Phylarchs being
satisfied that he kept not out so long with any design to evade
the service of the commonwealth; but, that being no sooner at his
own disposal, it was no sooner in his choice to come in. And if
any youth or other person of this nation have a desire to travel
into foreign countries upon occasion of business, delight, or
further improvement of his education, the same shall be lawful
for him upon a pass obtained from the censors in Parliament,
putting a convenient limit to the time, and recommending him to
the ambassadors by whom he shall be assisted, and to whom he
shall yield honor and obedience in their respective residences.
Every youth at his return from his travel is to present the
censors with a paper of his own writing, containing the interest
of state or form of government of the countries, or some one of
the countries, where he has been; and if it he good, the censors
shall cause it to be printed and published, prefixing a line in
commendation of the author.
"Every Wednesday next ensuing the last of December, the whole
youth of every parish, that is to say, every man (not excepted by
the foregoing part of the order), being from eighteen years of
age to thirty, shall repair at the sound of the bell to their
respective church, and being there assembled in presence of the
overseers, who are to govern the ballot, and the constable who is
to officiate at the urn, shall, after the manner of the elders,
elect every fifth man of their whole number (provided that they
choose not above one of two brothers at one election, nor above
half if they be four or upward) to be a stratiot or deputy of the
youth; and the list of the stratiots so elected being taken by
the overseers, shall be entered in the parish book, and
diligently preserved as a record, called the first essay.
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