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public, and also the two chaplains, the first was requested to 

 stay, that he might direct and inform us in the mode of elec- 

 tion ; the other, that he might record and attest the transac- 

 tions ; and the two last that they might be witness to them. 



Then, having read the constitution of the general council 

 " Quia propter," and the forms of elections contained in it 

 being sufficiently explained to them by De Lacuna, as well in 

 Latin as the vulgar tongue, and having deliberated in what 

 mode to proceed in this election, they resolved on that of 

 scrutiny. Three of the canons, Wyndesor, Berne, and London, 

 were made scrutators ; Berne, London, and Stratfeld, choosing 

 Wyndesor ; Wyndesor, London, and Stratfeld choosing Berne ; 

 Wyndesor, Berne, and Stratfeld choosing London. 



They were empowered to take each other's vote, and then 

 that of Stratfeld ; " et ad inferiorem partem angularem " of the 

 chapter-house, "juxta ostium ejusdem declinentes," with the 

 other persons (except Stratfeld, who stayed behind), proceeded 

 to voting, two swearing, and taking the voice of the third, in 

 succession, privately. Wyndesor voted first; "Ego credo 

 Petrum Berne meliorem et utiliorem ad regimen istius ecclesie, 

 et in ipsum consentio, ac eum nomino," etc. Berne was next 

 sworn, and in like manner nominated Wyndesor ; London nom- 

 inated Berne ; Stratfeld was then called and sworn, and nomi- 

 nated Berne. 



" Quibus in scriptis redactis," by the notary public, they 

 returned to the upper part of the chapter-house, where by 

 Wyndesor " sic purecta fecerunt in communi," and then sol- 

 emnly, in form written, declared the election of Berne ; when 

 all, "antedicto nostro electo excepto, approbantes et ratifi- 

 cantes, cepimus decantare solemniter *Te Deum laudamus? et 

 sic canentes dictum electum ad majusaltare ecclesie deduximus, 

 ut apud nos est moris. Then Wyndesor electionem clero et 

 populo infra chorum dicte ecclesie congregatis publicavit, et 

 personam electi publice et personaliter ostendit." We then 

 returned to the chapter-house, except our prior ; and Wyndesor 

 was appointed by the other two their proctor, to desire the 

 assent of the elected, and to notify what had been done to the 

 bishop ; and to desire him to confirm the election, and do what- 

 ever else was necessary. Then their proctor, before the wit- 



