The Commonwealth of Oceana by James Harrington
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page 105 of 382 (27%)
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THE LIST OF THE FIRST MOVER A.A. Equestrian Order, First Deputy B.B. Second Deputy, C.C. Third Deputy, D.D. Fourth Deputy, E.E. Fifty Deputy, Of the parish of in the hundred of and the tribe of , which parish at the present election contains twenty elders, whereof one is of the horse or equestrian order. "The first and second in the list are overseers by consequence; the third is the constable, and the fourth and fifth are churchwardens; the persons so chosen are deputies of the parish for the space of one year from their election, and no longer, nor may they be elected two years together. This list, being the primum mobile, or first mover of the commonwealth, is to be registered in a book diligently kept and preserved by the overseers, who are responsible in their places, for these and other duties to be hereafter mentioned, to the censors of the tribe; and the congregation is to observe the present order, as they will answer the contrary to the phylarch, or prerogative troop of the tribe, which, in case of failure in the whole or any part of it, have power to fine them or any of them at discretion, but under an appeal to the Parliament." For proof of this order, first, in reason, it is with all politicians past dispute that paternal power is in the right of |
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