declaration of the cause after y e defender hath answered the cause declared yf the plaintyue wyl set hys cause by articles to come to probation as the day of his contestation he shall haue eyghte dayes to doe the same and then yf he haue righte eyther by wrytinge or instrumente for to serue hys purpose he shall bringe them furthe and declare them with his articles Thys done the Defender shall haue eyghte dayes to answere vpon the articles and no more If the probation lye in wytnes after the Defender haue aunswered the demaunder shall haue yet eyghte dayes terme to bring furthe his witnesses if thei be in the towne if they be withoute he shall haue a competent terme to bryng thē or examine them vpon the place by the vertue requisitorie so that eyghte dayes after the terme geuen the witnesses shal be published so that ordinarilye they shall haue but fiftene dayes This oughte so to be vnderstand that after the beginning of y ◠terme y e sayd party shal one certen day cause his witnesses to bee sworne against the daye of his publication exclusiuely neuerthelesse callyng his aduerse partie as right and reason requireth Item in the daye of the publication yf the parties pretend to propose any obligation or sedule to declare their facte or righte they shall haue eyght dayes delay to do it ¶ In case of exception IN case that the Defender in his answere vse exception the whiche requireth profe as yf he alegeth payment or suche lyke thynge that the same terme shall be geuen him as hathe ben sayd of the Demaunder Item vpon the exceptions whiche shal be made there shal be one replication and it shall not be permittted to y e defender to reioyn against him nor y e Plaintyue to surreioynder neuerthelesse it shal be lawefull as the matter shall require to oppose diuers exceptions in one cause accordyng to the diuersitie of the proues or demaundes so that one of the exceptions let not another ¶ For termes to here the right IN causes which mounte not aboue fyue Florence the principall and all other which be easye and nede no longe consultacion as yf Iudgement maye be geuen vpon an obligation or other certayne proues the Lieutenant and his Assistaunts shal not take aboue eyghte dayes terme at the moste Item in causes of greate importaunce whiche requireth further repecte and speciallye require consultation they shall take such terme as they thinke by their iudgement to be necessarye neuerthelesse so standing continuallye for briefnes as muche as in them is possible so that for the moste highest terme they shall not passe aboue a moneth ⧠For the longest tyme that processe ought to continue THAT thys order shall serue to dispatche al processes in the briefest maner that maye bee to auoyde all prolongings and delayes so that in causes of great importance the whiche shal be broughte by wrytinges althoughe there be acception of the partie Defender a proces shal not continue aboue foure monethes and an halfe but shal be alwayes ended and finished in the sayde terme namelye that they bee constrained to seeke theyr wytnesses oute of the towne for in suche case they muste ioyne to it such tymes as is ordeined to call them as hath bene sayde and so the terme shal be so manye dayes prolonged ¶ Of the two Feries or vacations THERE shal be two Feries in the yere in the which the causes and sute shal sease that is to say in corne haruest and wyne haruest the which shal dure eche one a moneth For the beginning there is no certayne tyme to continewe but they shall ordeyne it accordynge as the yere and season wyll beare so in the ende of the moneth of May the Lieutenaunt with his assistauntes shall consulte when corne maye bee rype and there after the daye shall be appointed the whiche shal be published in the courte the weke before and in the wyne haruest the like to be done The reste of the yere there shal be no nother vacations to stoppe the course of the audientes except there happen some necessitie extraordinarie in the towne for the whiche the coūsel shal ordein according to reasō Moreouer concerninge the examination of the witnesses as hath bene said thei may chaunge the dayes as the Sonday ought to be exempt and lykewise other actes iudiciall as to adiorne to leuy goods suche lyke Now also because the feries maye come often before one proces maye be ended as hath bene sayd of times and delayes in the terme whyle the causes shall duer that is to be vnderstande by this exception that the feries shall not be comprised in y e same tyme of delay ¶ Of causes extraordinarie TOVCHYNG causes whyche maye not suffer delaye as matters of prouision of fruites hanginge or standing on the grounde suche lyke because it is needefull to prouyde more briefely it shal be sayd in the place and order of eche one ⧠Of exception against Iudges in the processe sentence difinitiue THAT no Iudge shal be holden suspecte excepte he be refused of one of the parties but in case the partyes consent both to haue hym he shall not refuse to doe his office Item it shall not be lawefull to refuse wythout allegacion of the cause and to be knowen to the reste of the bench and he that wyll refuse shal be hearde vpon his reasons ⧠The causes to refuse be suche as foloweth THAT is to say to haue ben proctor or counseller or first Iudge in the cause Also parentage as father to sonne brother to brother or Vncle to neuew or cosyn germayne likewise affiniti vnto y e degre of vncle or neuew and so to the contrarie Item when the cause toucheth him which is refused as if the proces were touching marchandize in the whiche he was a peartener in or yf he were suertie or in any case haue had to doe in the same Item yf he beare manifest fauour to the one partie or hate to the other which maye be knowen or perceyued by vehement presumptyon it shall not bee nedefull to proue the same thoroughlye ¶ Here foloweth the taxes of fees or stypendes in whiche it shall not be lawefull to excede or passe FYRST the lieutenant or assystantes shall not exacte nor take of the partyes aboue thys which foloweth In the fyrst audience when the demaūde shal be formed i. shil ITEM in the examinacions of the witnes briefly withoute settinge downe in writing where euery wytnes shal be examined i. shil Item if it ought to be written and yet briefly without articles then shal he take for euery witnes ii shil Item yf it be by articles that for euery leafe of articles whiche y e proctor shal presēt for eueri witnes 3 shil Item for the othe iii. shil Item yf the sentence difinityue of y e sūme be lesse then .5 florens i. shil Item if it be a higher summe yet vnder a hundred florens iii. shil Item
declared in y e Catechisme and also to exhorte all straungers newe commers to come fyrste and present them selues vnto the churche to be instructed yf nede shal be and consequently that none approcheto his coÌ„dempnacion ⧠Of Mariage AFter the declaration of the banes accustomed the Mariages to be made when the party shall require it as well on the sondaye as working dayes so that it be done at the beginning of the sermon And as concerning the abstynence of the same it shal be good that onely vpon the day of the celebration of the supper they absteyne for the honour of the same sacrament Item it shal be good to bring in and vse ecclesiasticall songes or psalmes y e better to stirre y e people vnto praier and praise god Item first they shall teache their litle children and so in the proces of time all the church may folowe Touching debate in causes matrimonialls for that it is not onelye a spirituall cause but medled with the ciuile order the same to remayne to the Seniorie neuertheles we are determyned to leaue to the consistorye the charge to heare the partyes and so to make reporte of ther aduyse vnto the counsell therin to geue Iudgement so that good ordinances may be from henceforthe made and folowed accordingly Of burying ITem that they doe burie honestly the deade in the place appointed And as concerning y e traine or company we leaue it to y e discressioÌ„ of euery one Item we haue moreouer ordeyned and determyned that the porters appoynted to bury eshalbe sworne vnto the Seniorye to put awaye all supersticions that are contrary to y e worde of god not beare them by nighte and also if anye be deade sodeinly to make reporte therof to the ende to auoide al inconueniencyes which may folowe therof Item that after their death not to beare them to theyr burying before twelue howers nor to kepe them aboue fower and twenty howers Of the visitacyon of the sicke BEcause that many be negligent to comforte them selues in god by his worde when they be in extremity of sickenes wherof it happeneth ofteÌ„ tymes that many dye without admonicion or doctrine the whiche at that tyme is most nedefull of all times for this cause we haue ordeyned and determyned that none shall tarye three dayes in their bedde or â—icke but that it be made knowen to the mynisters and that euery one shal be aduertised to call y e mynisters whensoeuer they wyl haue them at a coÌ„uenient houer they not to with drawe them selues froÌ„ their office in y e whiche they serue in common to the churche and to put awaye all excuses we haue determined that the same shal be published moreouer to be geuen commaundement by proclamacion y t the parents frendes and kepers shal not tarie vntyll the person be redye to yelde vp y e spirite for in such extremitie the consolacion serueth to smale purpose for the most part The order which ought to be kept for litell children THat all cytezens and inhabitauntes shall bring or sende their children on the sondaye at twelue of the clocke to the Cathechisme which hath bene spoken of here before Item there shal be a certaine forme or maner composed in the which they shal be instructed and they shal be demanded and apposed in the same doctryne whyche they haue before learned to see if they haue wel vnderstanded and kept it When a childe shal be sufficiently instructed and haue passed his cathechisme then he shall recite solempnely the suÌ„me of that whyche is therin conteyned and also shall make as it weare a confession of his christianity in the presence of the churche Item before this be done that no childe be suffered to receyue the supper of the lorde and that the parents be aduertysed not to brynge them before that time for it is a thinge most perelous as well for the chyldren as the parents to enter into it withoute good and sufficient instruction for y t which it is necessari to vse this order To y e ende that there be no defaute it is ordeined that the children which goe to schole shall come to gether before none y t the maisters doe bryng them in good order in euery paryshe The others that their parents doe bringe or send them And to the ende to auoyde all confusyon they shall obserue as much as may be the distinctioÌ„ of the parishes in y e case as hath ben said before of y e sacrameÌ„ts Item that those whyche shal be by force constrayned to come shal be called before the Seniors elders or coÌ„myssioners and yf they wyll not be persuaded by good counsell y e reporte shal be made to the Seniorye Also to take hede to suche whether they doe their duety or not and that the commyssioners haue an eye vnto them to take order accordingly Of the visitacion of the prisoners MOreouer we haue ordeyned a certeyne day in the weeke in the whyche shal be made certeyne consolacions to the prisoners for to admonishe and exhorte them that there be one of the Seniors of y e counsell deputed to be there assistent to the ende there be no fraude committed and if there be anye appointed to dye by the determynacion of the couÌ„sell it shal be necessarye to call some certayne mynyster to comforte the person as nede shall require for wheÌ„ they tarye vntyll suche tyme as they leade them to the death they be often tymes so occupied with horrour that they be not apte to receyue or vnderstand anye consolacion and this daye is ordeined the satterday after diner ⧠Of the order which ought to be kepte towardes the growen persons for to obserue good order in the churche THe commissyoners aforesayd shall gather them selues together once a weeke with the mynisters whiche shal be on the thursdaye to see if there be any disorder in the churche and to talke together for the remedye therof wheÌ„ how as shal be most couenient Because they haue no auctoritie or Iurisdiction to compell or to constrayne anie we haue aduised to geue them one of oure offycers to call any of those persons before theim vnto whom they wyll geue admonycion If anye by contempte refuse to appeare theyr offyce shal be to aduertise the counsell therof to the ende to geue order therin ⧠Here foloweth the persons whom the elders or commyssyoners oughte to admonyshe and howe they oughte to procede IF there be anye whych teacheth strauÌ„ge or false opinions agaynst y e doctrine receyued that he be called to conferre with them And if he be coÌ„formable they shall suffer hym to departe withoute defame or slaunder if he be obstinate yet they shall admonyshe him certayne tymes vntill they see that greter seueriite be nedefull and then to forbid him the communioÌ„ letting it be knowen to y e magistrate If anie be negligent in comming to churche so that there be perceyued in him a notable contempte of the
e parties aboue al to procure that the christian religion be puerlye obserued and god honoured serued as well in the towne as in y ◠teritoris of the same god being witnes vnto vs in al these promises to be Iudge therin if we doe the contrarie Touching the appointement of all their places y ◠foure aūcient Sendicques shal be the first and so orderly y e other according to y e time y ◠they haue bene counsellers or in higher offices The election of the Treasorer ITem from thre yere to thre yere he shal be chosen with the Sendicques in like order and fassion moreouer when he shal be chosen that he make like othe w t y e counsellers adioyning therto this promise to minister faithfully to the profyte of the towne the common monye which shal be delyuered into his handes and in general to procure for the common welth as his owne proper as wel in recouering as in keping and distributing ¶ The election of the Secretaries ITem their shal be two Secreataries the one superior the other inferior whose office shal be for no prefixed terme but euery yere when the Sendicques shal be elected the counsell shal consider if it be good that thei continue in their office And if it shall seme good vnto them vpon good consyderacion to put them of y ◠then they place other in their steade referringe it alwayes to the Iudgement of the two hundred the whiche maye doe as semeth good vnto them that there be ouerseing or suruieng euery yere ouer this office to make election whan nede shall require The forme of their othe WE promyse and swere to put in writing faithfully and diligently al that shal be nedeful as oure office shal require and also to trauail that by oure defaulte or negligence there come no damage neyther to the towne nor to the people Item not to reueale anye of y e Seacreates of y e counsel nor declare them to any person excepte it be by y e ordynarie cōmaundement of the counsell Item to make expedicion in al that shal be committed to oure charge as well for the towne as for priuate parties and in generall to obserue with a good conscience al y ◠apperteineth to the duety of oure offices ¶ Of the counsell of the two hundred ITem the smale counsell shal the next day after y e election peruse the roule of the yere past to the ende to chose the counsell of thre score and consequently the two hundred continuinge those whiche they shall thinke to be mete putting of those which shall seme good to be put of placing other in their steade to fulfill the number moreouer to commaunde to swere or renewe their othe y ◠forme therof shal be the same which they of the smale councell doe make ¶ For the auditours of the accomptes ITem that euery yere the pety coūsel shal chose foure wherof one shal be one of the Sendicques for to cōtynue if it shal seme good vnto them of those whiche were the yere before or others that done they shall make their reporte to the counsell of y e two hundred the which haue suche lybertie to ratifie them or put them of as hath bene saide ¶ The forme of their othe VVE promyse and swere to doe in oure office that which apperteineth to good and faithful procurers of the publyke welthe and to haue such care therof as of oure owne propre famylye And principally in hearing the accomptes which shal be made vnto vs neither to ouer passe nor alowe anye thinge but that which semeth vnto vs iust and reasonable Item to conserue and kepe all the rightes and priuileges of the towne well and faithfully ▪ bringing all into good order as shal be nedefull Item if their be anye thinge amisse or oute of the waie to make good and diligent inquisision to brynge agayne and recouer it Item that all which shal be perteyninge to the towne be it rent prest fines confiscation or other thinges whatsoeuer they be to make good diligent inquisition and pursute w toute respecte of person Finally to doe oure diligence that nothinge perishe or be alienated in maner of wyse by oure faulte negligence or dissymulacion ⧠For the Controuler the maister of the monye the keper of the towne house called the Saoulter and the maister of the ordinance Item that euery three yere after the counsel is chosen the petie counsel shall chose these officers alwayes vpō this condicion y ◠y ◠election shal be referred to the two hundred to be ratified by them and yf they doe not approue them the petye counsell shall chose newe neuertheles the olde may continue if they shal see it good Touching the forme of their othe it shal be sufficient that it be general to procure the welthe and honour of y e towne as muche as lyeth in their power and with all paine and diligence w tout fraude or gile to exercyse their office as wel towardes euery perticular man as y ◠who le publicke state ⧠For the procurer generall ITem that this shal be a yerely office for as muche as it shal be lawefull to continue him which hath serued if it shall seme good namely it shal be most expedient yf he be a mā meete and one that serueth in his office diligently moreouer the maner of his electyon shal be lyke vnto the laste aboue sayde Item being chosen he shal be sworne betwene the handes of the Seniorye as foloweth ⧠The forme of his othe I Promyse and swere to maynteyne and defende with all my power the honour and profite of y e commons diligently to watche for the conseruacion of the rightes of the citie as if they were myne owne proper and to pursue those to whom it shall apperteine likewise to recouer withoute supporting y ◠one or greuing y ◠other Item to haue an eye that no perticuler person doe encroche vppon the cōmunaltie if ani happen so do doe to reueale him or pursue him according as mine office importeth Item to make no bargain couenaūt or agrement in anye wyse for to dyminyshe the profyte of the towne nor to receyue presentes nor bribes for to dissemble nor to holde my peace whē my dutie shal be to speake ⧠For the captayne generall THis shal be an office perpetual yet neuertheles there shal be a diligent vew had euery three yere to prouide for y e towne a newe yf he whyche is therin be faulen into age or longe sickenes or other wyse occupied that he cannot tende to hys office and the election to be by y e coūsell and also approued by the two hūdred as is afore sayde ¶ For the perticuler captaines THis shal be an office for terme of lyfe and in euery quarter of the towne he shall chose his perticuler captaine in the presence of the captayne generall and two of the counsell deputed for the same
Tuesday and Fryday e they shall come together at the sounde of the bell withoute anye other calling moreouer yf it shall happen anye extraordynarye matters that they shal appeare at the hower assigned by y e commauÌ„dement of y e Sendicques by night or by daie Item in the ordinarye dayes from Easter to Michelmas they shall assemble at seauen of the clocke And from Michelmas to Easter at eight of the clocke which is at the ende of the â—ermon and he that appeareth not to be assistant shall paie Item in matters of greate importaunce and which require y e presence of the whole couÌ„sell the Sendicques shall commaunde to seke the counsell by y e othe which they owe to y e towne but thys shal not be done but by good discreacyon Item whosoeuer shal be called vpon his othe appeareth not he shall pay a fyne of fyue florence excepte he haue a lawful excuse for y e whiche he shal be sworne if he wyll haue hys excuse receiued moreouer y â— he doe signifie in his owne person or his wyfe Item y e none shal depart before y t the couÌ„sel be ended w toute asking leaue Item whosoeuer shall depart withoute the leaue of the counsell and beinge called agayne by the Saoultier at the commaundement of the fyrste Sendicque yf he come not he shall be put to a fyne fyue Florens and three dayes imprysonment Item after the praieâ— be made none shal speake but in his order and if many speake at once the first Sendicque shall impose Sylence the sylence imposed if their be any that ceaseth not he shal be put to a fine of v. shil Item that euery one shall kepe his place to auoide confusion Item y â— noe man be so hardye to propose any thiÌ„g of his own heade but he shal reueale the same to the first Sendicque before the counsell be set that the Sendicque may propose it neuertheles yf it seme good vnto hym he may commaunde the other to declare it more at large the better to informe the counsell Item yf it happen that anye haue aduertysement after the counseyll be set of anye thynge perteyninge to the common welthe that then beinge entred into the house he shall aduertise the first Sendicque a parte Item that none shall reueale that whyche is intreated of or decreed in secreate in their counseyll vpon paine to be deposed and for euer to be vnable for that estate moreouer according to the weighte of the case to be punished by the aduyse of y e couÌ„sell eyther by a fine of mouer or open penaÌ„ce or els by corporall punishement but yf it appeare that he hath done it to stoppe the course of Iustyce it shal be open penance if it haue bene to greue the common welth it shal be payne corporall Item if any of them haue ought to propose of his owne case he shal let it be writen or otherwyse he shall tarye vntyll they haue dispatched the present thinges Item that none swere or curse as to name the deuyl w tin y â— couÌ„sell vpon y e paine of v. shil and if he contynue after he hath ben corrected soÌ„drie times then to be deposed Item y â— none shal blaspheme god vp on y e paine to crie god mercy solemynly that is w t a torche burning in hys hand and to be put in prison if he doe it often tymes to be deposed and punished more rigorously Item y â— none reproche or mysname any other nor to enter into any contenssion or chiding or brauling that they speake no contumelious wordes or dishonestie but that eche one telling his opinion shal speake w t al modestye withoute charging the other or speaking against their honour vpon the paine of v. shill if he be accustumed so to do after certeyne admonicions and no amendemeÌ„t had to be deposed from the counsel Item if any doe charge another w t a crime he shal be bounde to proue it otherwyse to crye him mercy and to be deposed from y e counsel the rest of y e yere and he whiche hath ben charged shal haue his action Item this order shal be kept as wel for y e couÌ„sel of sixtie as in general of y e two huÌ„dred for y e auoiding of confusion y â— al thinges may be the better obserued they shal rede y t which is passed euery yere as wel in y e firste couÌ„sel holdeÌ„ after y e electioÌ„ as also of y e two huÌ„dred then al shal swere to kepe it Item y e nothynge shal be set forth amonge y e two hundred before it hath bene treated of by y e petye couÌ„sel neither in the generall counsell before it hath ben treated of before as wel of y e two hundred as of the petye counsel ⧠For what causes the councellers ought to retire them selues ITem that euery one in hys owne proper cause shall retyre hym selfe before he be commaunded and yf he doe it not they shall compell hym to doe it Item in that whiche apperteyneth to his and not to his owne person as in ciuill causes the father shall not be present when the cause of hys sonne shal be denounced neither brother nor vncle moreouer if anye wil not retire him selfe of his owne good wil to be admonished by the counsell Item in Criminall causes none shal tarye in the affaires of his parent or of his Coosyn yssued from his cosyn germayne but shal be excluded Item in all causes which shal seme good to the counsell to exclude anye immediatly they shall depart ¶ The office of the threasorer THe threasorer shal be present eueri day in y e counsell vpoÌ„ paine aforesaid and haue his voice as the other Item that he shall kepe secreate y â— which shal be sayd or done in the couÌ„sell vpon the same paine that is set vpon the counsellers Item to receiue all the commoÌ„ money as well of the ordinarye reuenue as the paynes of fines or other extraordinarye sommes Item that he shall demaunde and receiue in due time and also yelde accompte of that which shal be due eyther by fermers perticuler receyuers or paines fines or reuenewes as of al ather things so that the towne haue no lacke by negligence Item if he cannot be payde with a good will he shall constreyne the detters by imprisonment withoute anye further delaye Item he shall delyuer no money to anie person but by commaundement and hauing receiued commaundemeÌ„t he shall not delaye the tyme so that there comme anye complaynte agaynst him Item he shall render accomptes euery syxte monethe in the chamber of accomptes not to dyfferre y e time aboue sixe wekes ouer his terme Item in rendering of his accompts he shall shewe howe he receyued it w t what modiacioÌ„ Acte or Ordinaunce or by what vertue he hath receiued it Item concerning the things receyued or paied he shal shewe forthe the commaundementes with y e quittances vpon euery
article Item y ◠the accomptes may appeare more cleare he shall set them downe in forme of a register When he shal be deposed frō his office he shall render the accomptes w t in thre monethes and if he be founde debitour he shall render the remainder within sixe wekes or otherwyse he shal be kept in prison vnto the last ende of the paiment ⧠The office of the Secreataries ITem they both shal be continually in the counsell excepte he haue a lawefull excuse also they shall kepe secreate that which shal be done in the counsell Item they shall not make oute or delyuer to anye person the copye of any act which ought to be kept secreate nor to reueale anye thynge without the knowledge of the Seniors he that doth the contrary shal be punished as is aforesayde Item he shall haue two Registers the one for the publike affaires or in any poynte touching the comminaltie the other for perticuler men whiche appertayne not to the towne Item the fyrste Secreatarye shall wryte the fyrste Register of those thynges holden in the counsell the other shall haue that whiche appertayneth to perticuler affayres Not withstandynge the one shall wryte yf nede be read the letters instrumentes and actes that the other shall make to the end that there be no delay Item that eche of them in his office shall make dispatche of the matters whiche his Register importeth neuerthelesse the fyrste onelye shall haue the charge to signe all thynges when they shal be present Of the other part when there shal be publike matters to dispatche of great importaunce as instructions and such lyke the first shall comunicate with his companion the one to vse the others counsell But in the absence of the one the other shall haue the whole charge the seconde shall doe the office of the fyrste Item there shal be a Register apart for the letters missiues and shal continue in the Secretaries place or closet the whiche shal be cōmon to them both according to the necessitie Item a Register aparte for causes criminalls Item a Register for causes of mariages Item a Register wherin shal be enrouled the officers from the fyrst day of their office to the last Item another to kepe in order the statutes proclamatiōs which shal be made accordīg to y e necessitie of time Item a Register of the cōmaundements w t shal be made for the disbursing of any monei to y e ende y ◠the rendring of the acomptes maye appeare more cleare and be better verified Item another Register wherein shal be drawen al the actes which import the recoueryng of money for the communaltie as of fynes and other profittes Item that all informacions shall be locked in a cheste or closet of the whiche the first Secretarye shall haue the kaye and in his absence the seconde of the which thei shal render accompte and that thei may be found when nede shal be eche of them shall haue a marke by number and in another coffer there shal be an Inuentorie marked all the proces concluded finished shal be brought into another place Item they shall make diligent dispatche aswel for y ◠perticuler matters as common and that nothynge shall be left vndone thei both shall comme together after dinner at the same houre that the Sindicques assemble also at sixe of the clocke in the mornynge Item they shal distribute equallye together all the profittes ¶ Of the office of Capitaines Banderetts and Dyzners THE Capitaine generall shal be diligente and vigillant ouer all the towne he shall gather no assemblie suspecte nor make any conuenticle whiche maye be a preparatiue to sedicion tumulte or mutinetie and the perticuler Captaynes Banderettes and Dizners shall doe the lyke euerye one in his office and quarter Item yf any such lyke thyng happen or that there be beginninges of trouble the Captaine generall shall take hede to it betymes and aduertise the counsell Item if the perticuler Captaitnes shall firste perceyue it they shall doe the lyke enformyng the Seniors or their Generall to make their reporte as shall seme good to them Item thei shall watche euerye one in his office that there be no disorder or insolence and that the Burgeses and Inhabitants gouerne them selues honestlye in their housholdes without noyse trouble or brauling and if any do the contrary they shall admonishe him and if that admonission profit not they shall make their reporte to the Captayne or Seniors Item if there happen any daunger or inconuenience in the towne they shal be alwayes readye for defence of the same when commaundement shal be geuen them Neuertheles it shal not be lawful to the Capitaine or Banderet to assemble men or to arme any without expresse commaundement of the counsell except there happen some sodein assaulte without in the whiche case thei shal doe their office whyle in the meane tyme the counsell maye prouyde more largely Item to the ende that the towne shal not be vnprouided the Capitain general shal not enterprise any farre voyage as to bee aboue eyght dayes absent without speciall lycense Item that eche of them and especially the Dizners shall be diligent that the Proclamations and Ordinaunces of the counsell as well for the reformation of the church as for the ciuile estate that thei may be wel obserued if any doe the contrarye they shal aduertise the Seniorie Item that euery Dizener shal make euery halfe yere a roule of all the burgeses and inhabitauntes within his diznarie comprehended with all the housholdes makyng fyre aparte to present the said roule to the counsel Item that once a yere the captain generall accōpanied w t the captaines perticulers and Dizners eche in his quarter shall make visitation from house to house to know if the Burgeses and Inhabitauntes be furnished with armour as it appertayneth for the defence of the towne ¶ The Auditours of accomptes ITEM that three dayes in y ◠weke that is to say Tewsday Thursday and Saterdaye they shall assemble them selues together bothe mornyng and euenyng to doe that theyr office requireth Item they shall put in writynge all maner of Instrumentes and obligacions in order and set thē downe in Inuentorie to the ende that nothing be loste but be founde easely Item they shall haue an officer conuenient appoynted to seeke partyes when nede shal be Item that withoute exception of person they shall doe theyr dutie to all men to cause them to paye theyr duetye Item when any refuseth to paye or denieth the debt or alledgeth anye excuse which semeth to them insufficient they shall make report thereof to the counsell within eyghte dayes folowinge Item if by fauoure or frendshippe they spare anye man they shal be punyshed vpon their wages for that whiche is paste and to be bounde for the dette and charged therewith Item to declare that they do truely discharge this office euery .iii. monethes thei shal present a roule of inuentorie of dettes and