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THE ANCIENT ORDER OF BEDELLII CRIERS OF THE WORLD, (''The Second Oldest Profession) by Bruce W. Bedell OGTC,AGTC,CGTC. Criers have plied their trade throughout the passing times of the many cultures of spoken language that have trod the paths of Earth! They have summoned people: to councils to judgement, to Religious Rites, to public hangings! They have promulgated: the rules of the hunt, the news of the day, the laws of the village, the address of courtesans! They have chastised publicly those who have been judged and found wanting! Criers have carried the messages of: victory and defeat, war and peace, birth, death, and fresh fish! They carry: Staffs of office, maces of authority, white flags of truce, heraldic symbols of the high and mighty, and sign boards for steak and kidney pie! They tell of the glories of: Queens and Kings, chiefs and warriors, mayors and reeves, masters of guilds, chancellors of universities, martyrs to the cause, and Barney's Butcher Shop! Criers have many names in many languages: Apparitor, Banditore, Bedeau, Munadi, Oshkaybaywis, Vevel; for the traditions of criers come from our distant past, our present, and will be a fact in our future!