shall take his place upon a form set across the pavilion, with his face
toward the lord high sheriff, who shall be seated in the middle of the
pavilion, with certain clerks by him, one of which shall write down the
names of every elector, that is, of every one that drew a gold ball at
the middle urn, and in the order his ball was drawn, till the electors
amount to six in number. And the first six electors, horse and foot
promiscuously, are the first order of electors; the second six (still
accounting them as they are drawn) the second order, the third six the
third order, and the fourth six the fourth order of electors; every
elector having place in his order, according to the order wherein he was
drawn. But so soon as the first order of electors is complete, the lord
high sheriff shall send them with a copy of the following list, and a
clerk that understands the ballot, immediately to a little tent standing
before the pavilion in his eye, to which no other person but themselves,
during the election, shall approach. The list shall be written in this
manner:”
Anno Domini
THE LIST OF THE PRIME MAGNITUDE, OR FIRST DAY’S ELECTION OF
MAGISTRATES
1. The Lord High Sheriff, Commander-in-Chief,
2. Lord Lieutenant,
3. Lord Custos Rotulorum, Muster-Master-General,
4. The Conductor, being Quarter-master General,
5. The First Censor,
6. The Second Censor,
Of the tribe of Nubia, containing at the present muster 700 horse
and 1,500 foot, in all 22,000 deputies.
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