Different treaties are made on different terms, but they are all concluded in the same general method.
We have heard that it was then concluded as follows, nor is there a more ancient record of any treaty.

A herald asked king Tullus thus, "Do you command me, O king, to conclude a treaty with the pater patratus of the Alban people ?" After the king had given command, he said, "I demand vervain of thee, O king." To which the king replied, "Take some that is pure." The herald brought a pure blade of grass from the citadel; again he asked the king thus, "Dost thou, O king, appoint me the royal delegate of the Roman people, the Quirites?
_including_ my vessels and attendants ?" The king answered, "That which may be done without detriment to me and to the Roman people, the Quirites, I do." The herald was M.Valerius, who appointed Sp.

Fusius pater patratus, touching his head and hair with the vervain.

The pater patratus is appointed "ad jusjurandum patrandum," that is, to ratify the treaty; and he goes through it in a great many words, which, being expressed in a long set form, it is not worth while repeating.

After setting forth the conditions, he says, "Hear, O Jupiter; hear, O pater patratus of the Alban people, and ye, Alban people, hear.