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HEre the maine plot begins. The Master of Ceremonies ap∣pears with the Keeper of the Fresh-men: Tis consulted De Curiâ rectè curandâ, that things be done in Place, Time and Or∣der. Exit Ceremonius. Custos induces his Fresh charge, pearch∣eth them up at the Bar: succeeds again Ceremonius with his whole Court-traine. And first, marshalleth his fourth Classis, next his fift; then fall in the Officers, Seniors, Attendants, Prince, in ce∣remoniall order. Ceremonius leads the way, next him, Lord Mis-rule, then two Monitors abrest. Singly succeeds them Monitor Monitorum; next, Praeco Fecialis, the Mercuriall Herauld at Armes, Princeps Rhetoricus in the midst. After him the two Text-bearers; then the other two Monitors abrest, the Cap of Main∣tenance after them, and last, Custos▪ Tyronum, Proclaimer and Guards-man Generall.
They proceed to Election, on a fourefold Ground; 1. Sucessi∣on, 2. Merit, 3. Suffrages, 4. Lawes and Customes.
Invenitur Caduceo Habilis & Idoneus, proclaimed fit for the Mercuriall Scepter.
The Quaeries are ten: As first, whether he hath orderly as∣cended from Classis to Classis, non faciens saltum, not making a skip.
2. Whether he be patiens inediae, frigoris, & sudoris. An multa tulit, fecit{que} sudavit & alsit: whether he be Snow-proofe, able to endure Heats and Colds, and to watch by the Lamp of Cleanthes.
Againe, whether he hath learned obedire & imperare, to obey and command, as Junior and Senior; and whether well verst in the Lawes appertaining to the Chaire Mercuriall: whether be∣ne moratus, Bene linguatus, Religiosus, & Humilis.
And being approved by the Register generall, proclaimed Prince by the Herauld, and voiced by the rest, he ascends the Chaire of Eloquence.
Then followes the citement of Officers; after that, the Canto or Hymne of Congratulation••; the Speeches Encomiasticall ad Principem.