offender. In high treason they sentence the criminal to be drawn
upon a hurdle to the place of execution, there to be hanged and
quartered. In murder, robbery, and other felonies, which are
excluded the benefit of the clergy, the criminal is sentenced to be
hanged till he is dead. And for crimes within the benefit of the
clergy, the offender is burnt in the hand or transported, at the
discretion of the court. And for petty larceny, i.e., where the
offender is found guilty of theft under the value of twelve pence,
he is sentenced to be whipped. But a report being made to His
Majesty by the Recorder, of the circumstances with which the several
capital offences were attended, and what may be urged either in
aggravation or mitigation of them, the respective criminals are
either pardoned or executed according to His Majesty's pleasure.
But I should have remembered, that the sentence against a woman,
either for high or petty treason, is to be burnt alive. I shall now
give some account of the election of the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, &c.,
who are chosen by a majority of the liverymen.

The Lord Mayor is elected on Michaelmas Day (from among the
aldermen, by the liverymen of the City, who return two aldermen that
have served sheriffs to the Court of Aldermen for their acceptance,
who generally declare the first upon the liverymen's roll to be
Lord-Mayor) sworn at Guildhall on Simon and Jude, and before the
barons of the Exchequer at Westminster the day following.

The Lord Mayor appears abroad in very great state at all times,
being clothed in scarlet robes, or purple richly furred, according
to the season of the year, with a hood of black velvet, and a golden
chain or collar of S.S. about his neck, and a rich jewel pendant
thereon, his officers walking before and on both sides, his train