captains, every troop by his own) to petition the Parliament the
phylarch, as the council, shall frame the petition in the
pavilion, and propose it by clauses to the ballot of the whole
tribe; and the clauses that shall be affirmed by the ballot of
the tribe, and signed by the hands of the six magistrates of the
prime magnitude, shall be received and esteemed by the Parliament
as the petition of the tribe, and no other.

"Secondly, the phylarch has power to call to their assistance
what other troops of the tribe they please (he they elders or
youth, whose discipline will be hereafter directed), and with
these to receive the judges itinerant in their circuits, whom the
magistrates of the phylarch shall assist upon the bench, and the
juries elsewhere in their proper functions according to the more
ancient laws and customs of this nation.

"Thirdly, the phylarch shall hold the court called the
quartersessions according to the ancient custom, and therein
shall also hear causes in order to the protection of liberty of
conscience, by such rules as are or shall hereafter be appointed
by the Parliament.

"Fourthly, all commissions issued into the tribes by the
Parliament, or by the chancery, are to be directed to the
phylarch, or some of that troop, and executed by the same
respectively.

"Fifthly, in the case of levies of money the Parliament shall
tax the phylarchs, the phylarchs shall tax the hundreds, the
hundreds the parishes, and the parishes shall levy it upon