7. The essence of this paragraph is as follows. (A) Appointers: (i) All, (ii) some, (iii) all to some offices, some to others. (B) Appointed: (i) All, (ii) some, (iii) all to some offices, some to others. (C) Mode: (i) Election, (ii) lot, (iii) election for some offices, lot for others. Confusingly, all cases of (iii) are reserved for the last sentence of the paragraph.

8. On the two ferociously complex and textually corrupt paragraphs that follow, see Newman’s commentary, Ross’s and Barker’s translations, and the appendix to this chapter.

9. I.e. the use of election for some offices, the lot for others.

10. I.e. in no case do ‘all’ appointers appoint together as a body; some of them appoint to some offices, others to others.

11. I.e. some offices filled from among all, others from among some.