of the Council of War, according to the
orders of this commonwealth.

"V. That this commonwealth make no distinction of persons or parties,
but every man being elected and sworn, according to the orders of the
same, be equally capable of magistracy, or not elected, be equally
capable of liberty, and the enjoyment of his estate free from all other
than common taxes.

"VI. That a man putting a distinction upon himself, refusing oath upon
election, or declaring himself of a party not conformable to the civil
government, may within any time of his the three years' standing of
the army transport himself and his estate, without molestation or
impediment, into any other nation.

"VII. That in case there remains any distinction of parties not
conforming to the civil government of this commonwealth, after the
three years of the standing army being expired, and the commonwealth
be thereby forced to prolong the term of the said army, the pay from
henceforth of the said army be levied upon the estates of such parties
so remaining unconformable to the civil government."

The proposer having ended his oration, the trumpets sounded; and the
tribunes of the horse being mounted to view the ballot, caused the tribe
(which thronging up to the speech, came almost round the gallery)
to retreat about twenty paces, when Linceus de Stella, receiving the
propositions, repaired with Bronchus de Rauco the herald, to a little
scaffold erected in the middle of the tribe, where he seated himself,
the herald standing bare upon his right hand. The ballotins, having
their boxes ready, stood before the gallery, and at the command of the
tribunes marched, one to every troop on horseback, and one to every
company on foot, each of them being followed by other children that bore
red boxes: now this is putting the question whether the question should
be put. And the suffrage being very suddenly returned to the tribunes at
the table, and numbered in the view of the proposers, the votes were all
in the affirmative, whereupon the red or doubtful boxes were laid aside,
it appearing that the tribe, whether for the negative or affirmative,
Was clear in the matter. Wherefore the herald began from the scaffold
in the middle of the tribe, to pronounce the first proposition, and the
ballotins marching with the negative or affirmative only, Bronchus, with
his voice like thunder, continued to repeat the proposition over and
over again, so long as it was in balloting