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The Sea Seejealstts. It
was aT chief actor . Poyer on opening his choice ^ found written therein the three words— " Vita Deo doctd ? life given by God ; a legend which he substituted for the ancient motto of bis house , and which his descendants still bear . The other two lots being blank , their unhappy selectors were immediately led into the market-place and shot .
At the restoration , decimated and impoverished , such as were fortunate enough to escape the entire sequestration of their estates retired to live in privacy . But still—and for generations afterwardsthese men of Slebeach had the reputation of being zealous partisans of the exiled Stuarts . That their fortunes , numbers , and activity ever fluctuated with the increased or diminished expectations of that race ,
is considered a proof of their secret sympathies . After the suppression of the rebellion of 1745 , Ave hear no more of them in a political capacity . It was about this period that they took the appellation of " Sea Serjeants , ' because resident in the low
maritime counties of Wales , of the elite of whose gentry , in respect to antiquity , fortune , and rank , they principally consisted . They were gem tlemenwho were together at our great public schools and had afterwards , in manhood , partaken together of the usual manly sports and pastimes of a country life .
Their anniversary meeting was in the town of Haverford West , which lasted a week , where new candidates were chosen , with a year ' s probation before they could aspire to the privileges of the full degree of Sergeant . They had a President , Secretary-Examiner , and two Stewards . When there was a call of Sergeants , that is , on their first admission , they attended in their coifs and the badge of the order , being a silver star having a dolphin in the centre . In 1749 , it was resolved to elect , as lady patroness , an unmarried lady of Haverford
West , or its vicinity . The selection made , the Secretary was ordered to wait on her to announce the honour the society had done itself , and to present her with its silver badge . The privilege of introducing one lady to attend at dinner on their lady patroness was conceded to each member , the chaplain , and all the probationers for the time being . The following concise statement of the form of admission , is given literally from the lasFexamination MS .
" MODUS GXAMDfANDI . Ti ecttl hvopa ov ; " Do you swear allegiance to His Majesty % * u Are you a member ofthe Church of England as by law established % " Will you be faithful to your friends in prosperity and cherish them in adversity % . .. - *~ ^ ~ t . . 1 I * .. ! i / . it . « i - ¦ . 11
" llo you desire to be admitted a member ot tins society , and will you faithfully observe the rules and orders that have been read over to " you W ? ill you , on the honour of a gentleman , keep the secrets of the society and the form of your admission thereinto T * Which " Majesty" is not indicated , it might be Hanover—or the " King over the Water , "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Sea Seejealstts. It
was aT chief actor . Poyer on opening his choice ^ found written therein the three words— " Vita Deo doctd ? life given by God ; a legend which he substituted for the ancient motto of bis house , and which his descendants still bear . The other two lots being blank , their unhappy selectors were immediately led into the market-place and shot .
At the restoration , decimated and impoverished , such as were fortunate enough to escape the entire sequestration of their estates retired to live in privacy . But still—and for generations afterwardsthese men of Slebeach had the reputation of being zealous partisans of the exiled Stuarts . That their fortunes , numbers , and activity ever fluctuated with the increased or diminished expectations of that race ,
is considered a proof of their secret sympathies . After the suppression of the rebellion of 1745 , Ave hear no more of them in a political capacity . It was about this period that they took the appellation of " Sea Serjeants , ' because resident in the low
maritime counties of Wales , of the elite of whose gentry , in respect to antiquity , fortune , and rank , they principally consisted . They were gem tlemenwho were together at our great public schools and had afterwards , in manhood , partaken together of the usual manly sports and pastimes of a country life .
Their anniversary meeting was in the town of Haverford West , which lasted a week , where new candidates were chosen , with a year ' s probation before they could aspire to the privileges of the full degree of Sergeant . They had a President , Secretary-Examiner , and two Stewards . When there was a call of Sergeants , that is , on their first admission , they attended in their coifs and the badge of the order , being a silver star having a dolphin in the centre . In 1749 , it was resolved to elect , as lady patroness , an unmarried lady of Haverford
West , or its vicinity . The selection made , the Secretary was ordered to wait on her to announce the honour the society had done itself , and to present her with its silver badge . The privilege of introducing one lady to attend at dinner on their lady patroness was conceded to each member , the chaplain , and all the probationers for the time being . The following concise statement of the form of admission , is given literally from the lasFexamination MS .
" MODUS GXAMDfANDI . Ti ecttl hvopa ov ; " Do you swear allegiance to His Majesty % * u Are you a member ofthe Church of England as by law established % " Will you be faithful to your friends in prosperity and cherish them in adversity % . .. - *~ ^ ~ t . . 1 I * .. ! i / . it . « i - ¦ . 11
" llo you desire to be admitted a member ot tins society , and will you faithfully observe the rules and orders that have been read over to " you W ? ill you , on the honour of a gentleman , keep the secrets of the society and the form of your admission thereinto T * Which " Majesty" is not indicated , it might be Hanover—or the " King over the Water , "