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de Lacuna, in decretis Baccalarius, and Robert Peve- 

 rell, notary-public, and also the two chaplains, the first 

 was requested to stay, that he might direct and inform 

 us in the mode of election; the other, that he might 

 record and attest the transactions ; and the two last 

 that they might be witnesses to them. 



Then, having read the constitution of the general 

 council, " Quia propter," and the forms of elections con- 

 tained 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, choos- 

 ing 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 angu- 

 larem" 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 tirst : " Ego credo Petrum Berne me- 

 liorem et utiliorem ad regimen istius ecclesie, et in 

 ipsum consentio, ac eum nornino," &c. Berne was 

 next sworn, and in like manner nominated Wyndesor ; 

 London nominated Berne: Stratfeld was then called 

 and sworn, and nominated Berne. 



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

 they returned to the upper part of the chapter-house, 

 where by Wyndesor "sic peracta fecerunt in com- 

 muni," and then solemnly, in form written, declared the 

 election of Berne : when all, " antedicto nostro electo 

 excepto, approbantes et ratificantes, cepimus decantare 

 solemuiter ' Te Deum Laudamus,' et sic canentes dictum 

 electum ad majus altare ecclesie deduximus, ut apud 

 nos est moris. Then Wyndesor electionem clero et 



