On the Monday after Mid-Lent, the [dijkgraaf] and [heemraden] shall order the inheritors to meet at Bercheman, to choose the new [dijkgraaf[ and [heemraden], and each of the inheritors shall be [dijkgraaf] by rotation, and de retiring [dijkgraaf] will be a [heemraad] the next year. And if one is chosen to be the [dijkgraaf] and he refuses, he will forfeit .. old shield. If one is chosen to be a [heemraad] and he refuses, he will forfeit .. old shield.