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CXXXVII.

The Kingdom and the Region. Regnum & Regio.

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Many _Cities_ and _Villages_ make a _Region_ and a _Kingdom_. Multæ _Urbes_ & _Pagi_ faciunt _Regionem_ & _Regnum_.

The _King_ or _Prince_ resideth in the _chief City_, 1. _Rex_ aut _Princeps_ sedet in _Metropoli_. 1. the _Noblemen_, _Lords_, and _Earls_ dwell in the _Castles_, 2. _Nobiles_, _Barones_, & _Comites_ habitant in _Arcibus_, 2. that lie about it; the _Country People_ dwell in _Villages_, 3. circumjacentibus; _Rustici_ in _Pagis_, 3.

He hath his _toll-places_ upon _navigable Rivers_, 4. and _high-Roads_, 5. Habet _telonia sua_ juxta _Flumina navigabilia_, 4. & _Vias regias_, 5. where _Portage_ and _Tollage_ is exacted of them that sail or travel. ubi _Portorum_ & _Vectigal_ exigitur a navigantibus & iter facientibus.

CXXXVIII.

Regal Majesty. Regia Majestas.

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The _King_, 1. sitteth on his _Throne_, 2. in Kingly State, with a stately _Habit_, 3. crowned with a _Diadem_, 4. _Rex_, 1. sedet in suo _Solio_, 2. in regio splendore, magnifico _Habitu_, 3. redimitus _Diademate_, 4. holding a _Scepter_, 5. in his Hand, being attended with a Company of _Courtiers_. tenens _Sceptrum_, 5. manu, stipatus frequentiâ _Aulicorum_.

The chief among these, are the _Chancellor_, 6. with the _Counsellors_ and _Secretaries_, Inter hos primarii sunt _Cancellarius_, 6. cum _Consiliariis_ & _Secretariis_, the _Lord-marshall_, 7. the _Comptroller_, 8. the _Cup-bearer_, 9. the _Taster_, 10. _Præfectus Prætorii_, 7. _Aulæ Magister_, 8. _Pocillator_ (pincerna), 9. _Dapifer_, 10. the _Treasurer_, 11. the _High Chamberlain_, 12. and the _Master of the Horse_, 13. _Thesaurarius_, 11. _Archi-Cubicularius_, 12. & _Stabuli Magister_, 13.

There are subordinate to these the _Noble Courtiers_, 14. the _Noble Pages_, 15. Subordinantur his _Nobiles Aulici_, 14. _Nobile Famulitium_, 15. with the _Chamberlains_, and _Lacquies_, 16. the _Guard_, 17. with their _Attendance_. cum _Cubiculariis_, & _Cursoribus_, 16. _Stipatores_, 17. cum _Satellitio_.

He solemnly giveth Audience to the _Ambassadors_ of Foreign Princes, 18. Solemniter recipit _Legatos_ exterorum, 18.

He sendeth his _Vice-gerents_, _Deputies_, _Governors_, _Treasurers_, and _Ambassadors_ Ablegat _Vicarios_ suos, _Administratores_, _Præfectos_, _Quæstores_, & _Legatos_, to other places, to whom he sendeth new _Commissions_ ever and anon by the _Posts_, 19. aliorsum, quibus mittit _Mandata nova_ subinde per _Veredarios_, 19.

The _Fool_, 20. maketh Laughter by his toysom Actions. _Morio_, 20. movet Risum ludicris Actionibus.