Non enim habent regem iidem Antiqui Saxones, sed satrapas plurimos suae genti praepositos, qui ingruente belli articulo mittunt aequaliter sortes, et quemcumque sors ostenderit, hunc tempore belli ducem omnes sequuntur, huic obtemperant; peracto autem bello, rursum aequalis potentiae omnes fiunt satrapae.
For the Old Saxons don't have a king, but instead have many aldermen assigned over their territory, who, whenever there is a need for war, equally draw lots, and whoever is chosen by lot, they all follow as their leader, for as long as the war lasts, and they obey him. However, after the war is over, all the aldermen have the same power again.