iii. Ability: as well in estate as in body, that so

he may attend and execute his office diligently, and not neglect the same through want or impotency.[58]

It would be tedious to recount the multifarious duties that from time to time have fallen to the constable, especially as many of the most important are noticed in subsequent chapters; it will here be sufficient to state, in a general way, a few of the main directions by which he was expected to act: these may shortly be summarized as follows:--