former order, is the first magistrate of the phylarch, or
prerogative troop. The lord lieutenant, over and above his duty
mentioned, is commander-in-chief of the musters of the youth, and
second magistrate of the phylarch. The custos rotulorum is to
return the yearly muster-rolls of the tribe, as well that of the
youth as of the elders, to the rolls in emporium, and is the
third magistrate of the phylarch. The censors by themselves and
their sub-censors, that is, the overseers of the parishes, are to
see that the respective laws of the ballot be observed in all the
popular assemblies of the tribe. They have power also to put such
national ministers, as in preaching shall intermeddle with
matters of government, out of their livings, except the party
appeals to the phylarch, or to the Council of Religion, where in
that case the censors shall prosecute. All and every one of these
magistrates, together with the justices of peace, and the jurymen
of the hundreds, amounting in the whole number to threescore and
six, are the prerogative troop or phylarch of the tribe.

"The function of the phylarch or prerogative troop is
fivefold:

"First, they are the council of the tribe, and as such to
govern the musters of the same according to the foregoing orders,
having cognizance of what has passed in the congregation or
elections made in the parishes or the hundreds, with power to
punish any undue practices, or variation from their respective
rules and orders, under an appeal to the Parliament. A marriage
legitimately is to be pronounced by the parochial congregation,
the muster of the hundred, or the phylarch. And if a tribe have a
desire (which they are to express at the muster by their