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<P>CAMP DISCIPLINE, <HI>OR,</HI> THE SOVLDIERS DVTY. In certain Articles and Ordinances of WARRE, commanded to be ob&s;erved in the Armie of SCOTLAND.</P>
<P><HI>BY HIS</HI> EXCELLENCE The LORD GENERALL of the &s;aid ARMIE.</P>
<Q>And the Souldiers demanded of him, &s;aying, What &s;hall we do? And he &s;aid unto them, <HI>Do violence to no man, neither accu&s;e any fal&s;ely,</HI> and <HI>be content with your wages.</HI> <BIBL>Joh. 3.14.</BIBL></Q>
<P><HI>LONDON.</HI> Printed for <HI>Jo. Rothwell</HI> in Pauls Church-yard. the tenth of <HI>Augu&s;t.</HI> 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>ARTICLES AND ORDI|NANCES of WARRE, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The pub|li&s;hing of the Arti|cles and Ordinan|ces of war</NOTE>_THat no man pretend ignorance; and that every one may know the dutie of his place, that he may do it: The <HI>Articles</HI> and <HI>Ordinances</HI> follow|ing, a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">e to be publi&s;hed at the generall randez|vous in every Regiment apart, by the Mar&s;hals of the &s;everall Regiments, and in the pre&s;ence of all the Officers. The &s;ame &s;hall afterward be openly read to every Companie of Hor&s;e and Foot, and at &s;uch times as &s;hall be thought mo&s;t convenient by the Lord Generall: and in like manner &s;hall be made known to &s;o many as joyn them&s;elves to be profe&s;&s;ed Souldiers in the Armie. For this end, every Co|lonell and Captain &s;hall provide one of tho&s;e Books, that he may have it in readine&s;&s;e at all occa&s;ions, and every Souldier &s;hall &s;olemnly &s;wear this following Oath;</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Oath of Soul|diers.</NOTE><HI>I N. N. promi&s;e and &s;wear to be true and faithfull in my &s;ervice to the Kingdom of</HI> Scotland, <HI>according to the heads &s;worn by me in the Covenant. To honour and obey my Lord Generall, and all my &s;upe|riour Officers and Commanders, and by all means to hinder their di&s;|honour and hurt: To ob&s;erve carefully all the Articles of war and Camp di&s;cipline: never to leave the d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">nce of this Cau&s;e, nor flie from my Colours &s;o long as I can follow them: To be ready to watch|ing warding and working, &s;o far as I have &s;trength: To endure and &s;uffer all di&s;tre&s;&s;es, and to fight manfully to the uttermo&s;t, as I &s;hall an&s;wer to GOD, and as GOD &s;hall help me.</HI></P>
<P N="1"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Kirk di&s;|cipline.</NOTE>I. Kirk di&s;cipline &s;hall be exerci&s;ed, and the poore cared for in every Regiment, by the particular Elder&s;hip, or Kirk Se&s;&s;ion to be appointed, even as u&s;eth to be done in every Pari&s;h in the time of peace: And that there may be an uniformitie through|out the whole Army in all matters Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall; there &s;hall be a generall Elder&s;hip, or common Eccle&s;ia&s;tick judicatorie, made up of all the Mini&s;ters of the Camp, and of one Elder di|rect from every particular Regiment, who &s;hall al&s;o judge of
<PB N="3" REF="2">appellations, made unto them from the particular Se&s;&s;ions or El|der&s;hips.</P>
<P N="2"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Councels of war.</NOTE>II. For deciding of all que&s;tions, debates and quarrellings, that &s;hall ari&s;e betwixt Captains and their Souldiers, or any others of the Armies and for the better ob&s;erving of Camp Di&s;cipline, two courts of Ju&s;tice, the one higher and the other lower, are appoint|ed, wherein all Judges are &s;worn to do Ju&s;tice equally: The higher al&s;o to judge of appellations to be made from the lower court. And if any man &s;hall by word or ge&s;ture &s;hew his contempt or <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> regard, or &s;hall fall out in boa&s;ting or braving, while Courts a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">e &s;itting, he &s;hall be puni&s;hed by death. And both the&s;e Judi|catories as well of the Kirk matters as of war, &s;hall be &s;ubject to the Councell of E&s;tate, and generall A&s;&s;embly <HI>re&s;pective.</HI></P>
<P N="3"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Duties to God.</NOTE>III. Who&s;oever &s;hall wilfully or carele&s;ly ab&s;ent him&s;elf from morning and evening prayers, or from preaching before and af|ter-noon on the Lords day, or other dayes of the week, when the &s;igne is given by &s;ound of Trumpet, or Drum, he &s;hall be cen&s;ured and puni&s;hed for his neglect or contempt, by penaltie, impri&s;on|ment, or other puni&s;hment, as his fault de&s;erveth.</P>
<P>After the warning given, there &s;hall be no Market, nor &s;elling of commodities what&s;oever, till the Prayers or Preaching be end|ed, upon the pain of &s;ore-faulting the things &s;o &s;old, and of the impri&s;oning of the offenders.</P>
<P N="4">IIII. Common and ordinarie &s;wearing and cur&s;ing, open prophaning of the Lords day, wronging of his Mini&s;ters, and other acts of that kind, &s;hall not onely be puni&s;hed with lo&s;&s;e to pay, and impri&s;onment, but the tran&s;gre&s;&s;ors &s;hall make their pub|like repentance, in the mid&s;t of the Congregation, and if they will not be reclaimed, they &s;hall with di&s;grace be openly ca&s;&s;eered, and di&s;charged as unworthy of the meane&s;t place in the Armie.</P>
<P N="5"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Dutie to King, coun|trey, and Generall.</NOTE>V. If any man &s;hall open his mouth again&s;t the Kings Maje|&s;ties per&s;on, or Authoritie, or &s;hall pre&s;ume to touch his &s;acred Per&s;on, he &s;hall be puni&s;hed as a traitor. He that &s;hall &s;peak evill of the Cau&s;e which we defend, or of the Kingdom and Countrey in the de&s;ence thereof, or &s;hall u&s;e any words t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">nding to the di&s;|honour of the Lord Generall, he &s;hall be puni&s;hed with death.</P>
<P>No man &s;hall at his own h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">nd, without warrant of my Lord Generall, have or keep intelligence with the enemie, by &s;peech, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word">, &s;ignes, or any other way, under the pain to be puni&s;hed as a auaitor. No man &s;hall give over any Strength, Magazin, victuall,
<PB N="4" REF="3">&amp;c. Or make any &s;uch motion, but upon extremitie, under the &s;ame pain. No man &s;hall give &s;upply, or furni&s;h money, victuall, or any commodities to the enemie, upon pain of death.</P>
<P>Who&s;oever &s;hall be found to do violence again&s;t the Lord Ge|nerall his Safe-guard, or &s;afe-conduct, &s;hall die for it.</P>
<P>Who&s;oever &s;hall be found guiltie of carele&s;ne&s;&s;e and negli|gence in his &s;ervice, although he be free of treacherie and double dealing, &s;hall bear his own puni&s;hment.</P>
<P N="6"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Duties of Superiors.</NOTE>VI. All Commanders and Officers &s;hall be carefull, both by their authoritie and example, that all under their charge, live in godline&s;&s;e, &s;oberne&s;&s;e, and righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e: and if they them&s;elves &s;hall be common &s;wearers, cur&s;ers, drunkards, or any of them at any time, &s;hall come drunk to his Guard, or by quarrelling, or any other way &s;hall commit any notable di&s;order in his quarter, lo&s;&s;e of place &s;hall be his puni&s;hment: And further, according to the &s;entence of the court of War.</P>
<P>The Captains that &s;hall be negligent in training their Compa|nies, or that &s;hall be found to with-hold from their Souldiers any part of their pay, &s;hall be di&s;charged of their place, and further cen&s;ured by the court of War.</P>
<P>No Commander or Officer &s;hall conceal dangerous and di&s;|contented humours, inclined to mutinies, or grudging at the or|ders given them, but &s;hal make them known to the prime Leaders of the Army, upon the pain to be accounted guiltie of mutinie.</P>
<P>No Commander or Officer &s;hall authorize or wittingly permit any Souldier to go forth to a &s;ingular combate, under pain of death; But on the contrarie, all Officers &s;hall be carefull by all means to part quarrellings among&s;t Souldiers, although they be of other Regiments, or Companies, and &s;hall hav<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ower to com|mand them to pri&s;on, which if the Souldiers <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> di&s;obey or re&s;i&s;t by u&s;ing any weapon, they &s;hall die for <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word">.</P>
<P>No Captain &s;hall pre&s;ume at his own hand&punc; without warrant of the Lord General, to call <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> or give a Pa&s;&s;e to any enroled Soul|dier, or Officer who hath appeared at the place of the generall Randezvous; nor &s;hall any Commander, Officer, or Souldier de|part without a Pa&s;&s;e, or &s;tay behind the time appointed in his Pa&s;&s;e, and who&s;oever tran&s;gre&s;&s;eth the one way or the other, &s;hall be puni&s;hed at the di&s;cretion of the Court of War.</P>
<P N="7"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Duties of Souldiers.</NOTE>VII. All Souldiers &s;hall remember that it is their part to ho|nour and obey their Commanders, and therefore &s;hall receive
<PB N="5" REF="3">their commands with reverence, and &s;hall make no noi&s;e, but be &s;ilent, when the Officers are commanding or giving their dire|ctions, that they may be heard by all, and the better obeyed: he that faileth again&s;t this, &s;hall be impri&s;oned.</P>
<P>No Souldier &s;hall leave his Captain, nor &s;ervant for&s;ake his ma&s;ter, whether he abide in the Army or not; but upon licence granted and in an orderly way.</P>
<P>Who&s;oever &s;hall pre&s;ume to di&s;credit any of the great Officers of the Armie, by writ, word, or any other way, and be not able to make it good, and who&s;oever &s;hall lift his weapon again&s;t any of them &s;hall be puni&s;hed by death; and who&s;oever &s;hall lift his hand again&s;t any of them, &s;hall lo&s;e his hand.</P>
<P>No Souldier nor inferior Officer &s;hall quarrell with, or offer any injurie to his Superior, nor refu&s;e any dutie commanded him upon pain of ca&s;&s;eering, and to be further cen&s;ured by the Court of War. And if any &s;hall pre&s;ume to &s;trike his Superiour, he &s;hall be puni&s;hed with death&punc; But if it &s;hall happen that any Officer &s;hall command any thing to the evident and known prejudice of the publike, then &s;hall he who is commanded mode&s;tly refu&s;e to obey, and pre&s;ently give notice thereof to the Lord Generall.</P>
<P>If any man &s;hall u&s;e any words or wayes, tending to mutinie or &s;edition, whether for demanding his pay, or upon any other cau&s;e, or if any man &s;hall be privie to &s;uch mutinous &s;peeches, or waies, and &s;hall conceal them; both &s;hall be puni&s;hed with death.</P>
<P>All mu&s;t &s;hew their valour again&s;t the enemie, and not by re|venging their private injuries, which upon their complaints to their &s;uperiour Officers, &s;hall be repared to the full. And if any man pre&s;ume to take his own &s;atisfaction, or challenge a com|bate, he &s;hall be impri&s;oned, and have his puni&s;hment di&s;cerned by the Mar&s;hall Court.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Duties to others.</NOTE>The Provo&s;t Mar&s;hall mu&s;t not be re&s;i&s;ted, or hindred in appre|hending or putting delinquents in pri&s;on, and all Officers mu&s;t a&s;|&s;i&s;t him to this end, and if any man &s;hall re&s;i&s;t or break pri&s;on, he &s;hall be cen&s;ured by the Court of War.</P>
<P N="8">VIII. Murther is no le&s;&s;e unlawfull &amp; intolerable in the time of war, then in the time of peace, and is to be puni&s;hed with death.</P>
<P>Who&s;oever &s;hall be found to have forced any woman, whe|ther he be Commander or Souldier, &s;hall die for it without mer|cie. And who&s;oever &s;hall be found guiltie of adulterie or forni|cation, &s;hall be no le&s;&s;e &s;everely cen&s;ured and puni&s;hed than in the time of peace.</P>
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<P>Theeves and robbers &s;hall be puni&s;hed with the like &s;everitie. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">n<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;hall &s;po<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">le, or take any part of their goods that die in the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> or are killed in &s;ervice, he &s;hall re&s;tore the double and be farther <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters">&s;hed a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> di&s;cretion. It is provided that all their goods be forth comming, and be di&s;po&s;ed of according to their Te&s;ta|ment &amp; will declared by word or writ before witne&s;&s;es, or if they <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word">&punc; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">de no Te&s;tament, to their wives, children, or neare&s;t kin|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters">, according to the Lawes of the Kingdome.</P>
<P>A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">l <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">all live together as friends and brethren, ab&s;taining from w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">s of di&s;grace, contempt, reproach, giving of lies, and all pro|v<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">cation by word or ge&s;ture. He that faileth, &s;hall be impri&s;oned for the fir&s;t fault, and if he be incorrigible, he &s;hall be with &s;hame put out of the Armie.</P>
<P N="9">IX. All Sould<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ers &s;hall come to their Colours,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Con<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="4 letters">. Armes.</NOTE> to watch, to be exerci&s;ed, or to mu&s;ter, with their own Armes, and if any Soul|dier &s;hall come with another mans Armes, he &s;hall be puni&s;hed with rigour, and the lender &s;hall loo&s;e his Armes. All &s;hall come al&s;o with compleat and right Armes in a decent manner, other|wi&s;e to be &s;everely puni&s;hed.</P>
<P>If any man &s;hall &s;ell, or give in pawne his Hor&s;e, his armes, or any part of the ammunition committed to him, or any in&s;tru|ments, as Spades, Shovels, Pickes u&s;ed in the field, he &s;hall for the fir&s;t and &s;econd time be beaten, through the quarter, and for the third time be puni&s;hed as for other thift: And he that buyeth them, or taketh them to pawne, be his Souldiour, or Victualler, &s;hall pay the double of the money, be&s;ide the want of the things bought or impawned, and b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> further puni&s;hed at di&s;cretion.</P>
<P>Who&s;oever in a debauched and lewd manner by Cards or Dice, or by &s;loath, and un<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">x<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="5 letters">e neglect, &s;hall loo&s;e his Hor&s;e, and Armes in who<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span">, th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> hinderance of the &s;ervice; And who&s;oever &s;hall w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">llful<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">y &s;poile, or breake his Armes, or any in|&s;trument of war<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">e comm<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">d <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">m, by cutting downe of trees, or any other way he &s;h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters"> &s;erve is a pioner, till the lo&s;&s;e be made up, and he <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">uni&s;hed <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"> charges.</P>
<P N="10">X. No man on h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">s <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">rch,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Concerning Marching.</NOTE> or at his lodging within or with|out the Countrey upon what&s;oever pretext, &s;hall take by violence either hor&s;e, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span">, money, or any other thing, le&s;&s;e or more, but &s;hall pa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> u&s;uall prices for his meat and drinke, or be furni&s;hed according to the order given by the Lord Generaall up|on paine of death, without mercie.</P>
<P>If any man &s;hall pre<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">e to pull down, or &s;et on fire any dwel|ling
<PB N="7" REF="4">hou&s;e, though a Cottage, or hew downe any fruit trees, or to wa&s;te, or deface any part of the beautie o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">e countrey, he &s;hall be puni&s;hed mo&s;t &s;everely, according to the importance of the fault.</P>
<P>In marching, no man &s;hall &s;tay behinde without leave: No <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;hall &s;traggle from his Troop or Company. No man &s;hall <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> out of his ranke, and put others out of order, under all high<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters"> paine.</P>
<P N="11">XI. If any Colonell of hor&s;e or foot,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Of Mu&s;ter.</NOTE> &s;hall keepe back his Soul|diers from the appointed mu&s;ters, or &s;hall lend his Souldiers to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> fal&s;e mu&s;ter, upon tryall in the court Mar&s;hall, he &s;hall be puni&s;hed as a deceiver. And if any Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter &s;hall u&s;e any take Rols, &s;hall have any hand in fal&s;e Mu&s;ters, or by connivence, or any other way be tryed, to be acce&s;&s;ory to them, he &s;hall &s;uffer th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ike puni&s;hment.</P>
<P N="12">XII. No man &s;hall pre&s;ume to doe the &s;malle&s;t injurie to any that bring nece&s;&s;aries to the Leaguer,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Victuallers.</NOTE> whither by &s;tealing from them, or deceiving them, or by violence in taking th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ir hor&s;e or goods, under the paine to be accounted and puni&s;hed as enemies. No Victualler &s;hall &s;ell rotten victuals, upon paine of impri&s;on|ment and confi&s;cation, and further as they &s;hall be judged to de|&s;erve.</P>
<P>No Souldier &s;hall provide and &s;ell Victuals, unle&s;&s;e he be au|thorized, nor &s;hall any that &s;elleth Victuals, keepe in his Tent or Hutte, any Souldier at un&s;ea&s;onable houres, and forbidden times, under paine at di&s;cretion. Like as all the prices thereof &s;hall be &s;et down by the generall Mar&s;hall, and be given to the Mar&s;hall of the &s;everall Regiments.</P>
<P N="13">XIII. No man enrolled profe&s;&s;ing him&s;elfe or pretending to be a Souldier &s;hall abide in the Army,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Duties in the Campe.</NOTE> unle&s;&s;e he enter in &s;ome Company, nor &s;hall he that hath entered depart without licence upon the paine of death. No man having licence &s;hall &s;tay be|yond the time appointed him upon paine of lo&s;&s;e of his pay during the time of his ab&s;ence, and further puni&s;hment at di&s;cretion. If any man in a mutinous way &s;hew him&s;elfe di&s;content with the quarter a&s;&s;igned him, he &s;hall be puni&s;hed as a mutiner.</P>
<P>And if any man &s;hall &s;tay out of his quarter or goe without &s;hot of Cannon being intrin&s;hed, but one night, without leave of his &s;uperiour officer he &s;hall be ca&s;heerd.</P>
<P>All that &s;hall be ab&s;ent from the watch after the &s;igne is given for the &s;etting thero<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;hall be &s;everely puni&s;hed. He that revealeth or fal&s;i&s;ieth the watchword given by the officer, within the tren|ches,
<PB N="8" REF="5">or before the Colours: He that is taken &s;leeping or drunken upon his watch: he that commeth off the watch before the time, every one of tho&s;e &s;hall be puni&s;hed with death.</P>
<P>If any number of Souldiers &s;hall a&s;&s;emble together, for taking mutinous coun&s;ell upo~ what&s;oever pretext: The Officers joyning with them, &s;hall &s;uffer death: The tenth man of the Souldiers &s;hall be hanged, and the te&s;t condemned to be pioners, and to purge the Campe, till by &s;ome exploit they procure pardon, and redeeme their reputation.</P>
<P N="14">XIV. Every man when the Alarum is given,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 span"></NOTE> &s;hall repaire &s;pee|dily to his Colours: no man &s;hall for&s;ake or flee from his Colours. No man in the Countrey &s;hall receit them that flee. No man in the Battell &s;hall throw away his Mushet, Pi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">, or Bandilier, all un|der the paine of death.</P>
<P>What&s;oever Regiment of hor&s;e of foot, having charged the enemie, &s;hall draw backe, before they come to &s;troke of &s;word, &s;hall an&s;wer for it before a councell of war: And if it be through default of any Officer, he &s;hall be cen&s;ured by the councell of war. If the fault be in the Souldiers, the tenth man &s;hall be puni&s;hed with death, and the re&s;t put to ba&s;e &s;ervice, till by their valour they prove them&s;elves worthy of a better condition.</P>
<P N="15">XV. If it &s;hall come to pa&s;&s;e,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Dut<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> after Battell.</NOTE> that the enemy &s;hall force us to Battell, and the Lord &s;hall give us victory, none &s;hall kill a yeeld|ing enemy, nor &s;ave him that &s;till pur&s;ueth, upon paine of death. Neither &s;hall there be any ran&s;oming of per&s;ons, &s;poiling, pilla|ging, parting of the prey, or wa&s;ting and burning by fire, or di&s;|banding from their charges, or Officers, but as the Lord Generall &s;hall give order upon the &s;ame paine of death.</P>
<P N="16">XVI Every mans carriage &s;hall be diligently ob&s;erved,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rewards for <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">he well-de|&s;erving</NOTE> and he according to his merit rewarded or puni&s;hed: And what&s;oever Officer or Souldier &s;hall carry him&s;elfe dutifully in his &s;tation, and doth his part valiantly, in battell or fight, &s;hall after the laudable example of the wi&s;e&s;t, and worthie&s;t Kingdomes and E&s;tates, have his honour and reward according to his worth and de&s;er|ving, whether hereafter we have peace or warre.</P>
<P><HI>Matters that are cleare by the light and law of Nature are pre&s;up|po&s;ed: Things unnece&s;&s;ary are pa&s;t over in &s;ilence: and other things that be judged by the common customes and con&s;titutions of warre, or may up|on new emergents, be expre&s;&s;ed afterward.</HI></P>
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