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<NAME>Elspeth Healey</NAME>
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<HEAD>RULES AND INSTRVCTIONS To the Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ters of the Army.</HEAD>
<P>_THat the Commi&s;&s;aries of the Mu&s;ters, doe attend the Commander in chiefe, for his Warrant to Mu&s;ter, Hee being to A&s;&s;igne the Time, and Place; And that the whole Army be Mu&s;tered in one day (if po&s;&s;ible) and the Officers and Souldiers are hereby required to appeare in their Armes.</P>
<P>2. That the Commi&s;&s;ary at every mu&s;ter, call over each Company, or Troope, by the Rolls of the former Mu&s;ter, and note how many Officers or Souldiers be dead, ab&s;ent, or Recruited &s;ince the la&s;t Mu&s;ter, and betwixt every Mu&s;ter, view the per&s;ons Recruited, before he enter, and be admitted into the new Li&s;t; After which, at every Mu&s;ter, the Commi&s;&s;ary is to certifie upon the Roll, the day where|on &s;uch Recruits were entred to the Trea&s;urer of the Army, Who is hereby required to pay tho&s;e Re|cruits, according to the time they have beene upon Duty, for no longer time then from their entertain|ment into the &s;ervice.</P>
<P>3. That Mu&s;ters be made once a moneth at the lea&s;t, before Payments be made, if it may bee done without prejudice to the De&s;ignes of the Army, And that the Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ters of Hor&s;e, and Foote, at the reque&s;t of the Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any of them, (or in default thereof, &s;uch per&s;ons as the Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall appoint) &s;hall cau&s;e any particular Regiment, Troope, or Company, the Trayne, or any part thereof, to be viewed, and Mu&s;tered, at &s;uch time, and place, as the Commi&s;&s;ioners by con&s;ent of the Commander in chiefe, &s;hall thinke mo&s;t convenient: And the Commi&s;&s;aries of the Mu&s;ters, and their Deputies, are to admit no Souldier upon the Mu&s;ter, but &s;uch as &s;hall appeare upon the Place, before the beginning of our Generall Mu&s;ter, in ca&s;e hee be ab&s;ent through his owne neg|lect, or not atte&s;ted for, in &s;uch manner as is hereafter expre&s;&s;ed, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P>That the Phy&s;itian, the Apothecary of the Army, and the Chirurgion of the Regiment, or Traine, or any one of them, doe give Atte&s;tation of all &s;uch &s;ick, or wounded Souldiers as lye within the Quarters of the Army, The Mini&s;ter and Con&s;table of the Pari&s;h for &s;uch as are &s;ick, woun|ded, or ab&s;ent upon Service, without the Quarters&punc; which ab&s;ent Souldiers from their Quarters, the Commi&s;&s;aries of the Mu&s;ters &s;hall continue in their Rolls, and certifie them every Mu&s;ter to the Trea&s;urer, and the Trea&s;urer to re&s;erve their &s;everall Payes, till &s;uch time as the parties them|&s;elves returne to the Army, or otherwi&s;e can receive their owne Money, in &s;uch a way as (upon Certificate thereof made) the Commander in chiefe &s;hall approve of; The Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ters, are hereby Commanded, that the Atte&s;tations after any Generall, or particular Mu&s;ter be limited to the third day, and the Atte&s;tations to be certified under the hands of the per&s;ons Atte&s;ting upon the Roll of every Company, or Troope &s;o Mu&s;tered; Or in &s;ome &s;heet fairly written, and annext to the &s;aid Roll.</P>
<P>4. That the Commi&s;&s;aries take care, that no Captaine, or other &s;uperiour Officer be ab&s;ent from the Army without Lycence of the Comman|der in chiefe, nor any other inferiour Officer or Souldier without Lycence of his Collonel or next Officer commanding the Regiment; Nor any Officer, Souldier, or per&s;on belonging to the Trayne, without Lycence of the Lievtenant Generall of the Ordnance, which Lycences, and every of them, are to expre&s;&s;e and Limit a rea&s;onable time for the returne of &s;uch Officer or other per&s;ons (&s;o Licenced) to the Army, and &s;ub&s;cribed by the re&s;pective Officers Authorized as afore&s;aid&punc; And after entred with the re&s;pective Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ters, who is hereby required, that every &s;uch Officer, Souldier, or other per&s;on as &s;hall be &s;o ab&s;ent, or beyond the time allowed him, &s;hall not pa&s;&s;e the Mu&s;ter during &s;uch ab&s;ence, But &s;hall Forfeit his pay, and be further puni&s;hed at the di&s;cretion of the Commander in chiefe.</P>
<P>5. That every Captaine, Livetenant or En&s;igne of every Troope, or Company, &s;hall once in &s;ixe daies, give notice in writing under one of their hands, to the re&s;pective Mu&s;ter-Ma&s;ters of the names, and &s;urnames of every Officer, or Souldier of the Troope or Company that &s;hall ab&s;ent him&s;elfe from his Colours for any time and how long, betweene Mu&s;ter and Mu&s;ters without &s;uch Atte&s;tation or Licence as afore&s;aid; And if upon due proofe of the Commi&s;&s;ioners for the Army, it appeares that the Captain, Lievtenant, En&s;igne, or Cornet, doe wilfully neglect or re|fu&s;e to Certifie &s;uch ab&s;ent Officers or Souldiers within the time afore&s;aid, That then the Captain, Livetenant, En&s;igne, or Cornet, &s;hall each of them forfeit a dayes pay, to be charged out of their next pay; Which &s;aid forfeitures &s;hall be di&s;po&s;ed of by the Commi&s;&s;ioners, and di&s;tribu|ted by the Mu&s;ter-Ma&s;ters to the Inferiour Officers or Souldiers of &s;uch Troope or Company, or &s;uch other as &s;hall give true Information of fal&s;e Mu&s;ters, Neglects, or ab&s;ence as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>6. That at every Mu&s;ter, the Mu&s;ter-Ma&s;ters &s;hall take &s;peciall notice of defective Hor&s;e and Armes, and to repre&s;ent them duly to the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners afore&s;aid, who are hereby authori&s;ed to di&s;po&s;e of &s;uch un&s;erviceable Hor&s;es, and unfixed Armes for the be&s;t advantage of the publique &s;ervice.</P>
<P>7. That every Captain, Captain Livetenant, Cornet, and other Officers of Hor&s;e, &s;hall Mu&s;ter &s;uch &s;pare led Hor&s;es as are allowed him upon the Ly&s;t, And no Officer &s;hall have pay for any more &s;pare or led Hor&s;es then he &s;hall Ma&s;ter from time to time over and be&s;ides his Troope, nor any Trooper that is unmounted at any Mu&s;ter, &s;hall be allowed more then twelve pence <HI>per diem</HI> for &s;o long time as hee remaines unmounted.</P>
<P>8. That the Mu&s;ter-Ma&s;ter, nor any of his Deputies, or Agents imployed under him, &s;hall directly, or indirectly take any Reward or Gratuity for Mu&s;tering or making up of the Rolls of the Mu&s;ter, upon paine of &s;evere puni&s;hment to be inflicted by Parliament or by a Coun|cell of Warre.</P>
<P>All which Rules and In&s;tructions the Mu&s;ter-Ma&s;ters are enjoyned to ob&s;erve, and the Commi&s;&s;ioners for the Army are hereby authori&s;ed and required to Supervi&s;e, and to the uttermo&s;t of their abilities &s;ee performed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Io: Browne Cleric. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>LONDON, Printed for <HI>Edward Husband.</HI> 1645.</P>
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