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<DIV1 TYPE="title page">
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<PB REF="1">
<P>A Nece&s;&s;ary ABSTRACT OF THE LAWS Relating to the MILITIA, Reduced into A Practical Method.</P>
<P><HI>To which is added,</HI> INSTRUCTIONS For Exerci&s;ing the <HI>Trained Bands.</HI></P>
<P><HI>London;</HI> Printed for <HI>Robert Vincent</HI> in <HI>Cliffords-Inn-Lane</HI> in <HI>Fleet-&s;treet,</HI> 1691.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="imprimatur">
<PB REF="2">
<P>THis ABSTRACT may be Printed, </P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>May</HI> 16, 1691.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Hen. Pollexfen.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="dedication">
<PB REF="2">
<HEAD>To his Grace, the mo&s;t Noble Prince <HI>HENRY</HI> Duke of <HI>NORFOLKE,</HI> Earl Mar&s;hal of <HI>England,</HI> Knight of the mo&s;t Noble Order of the <HI>Garter,</HI> and One of the Lords of Their Ma|je&s;ties mo&s;t Honourable Privy Council, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>May it plea&s;e your Grace,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>TO permit your Il|lu&s;trious Name to be placed in the Front of this Ab&s;tract,
<PB REF="3">which is de&s;igned to no other end, but to &s;hew, that the Militia (e&s;tabli&s;hed by Acts of Parliament) may be u&s;eful in all the &s;everal Counties of this King|dom, as that part, (with|in your Graces more peculiar Province,) has appeared to be, at very &s;hort Warnings, in more than two or three In&s;tances; which (without Flattery,) mu&s;t be a&s;cribed to
<PB REF="3">your Graces particular Directions and Per&s;o|nal Views, no le&s;s than to the active Diligence of your Deputy Lieu|tenants. And when your Grace (in the late Reign) refu&s;ed to put out tho&s;e Deputy Lieu|tenants, who would not comply with the Que&s;tions and In|&s;tructions (&s;ent at that time from the Court) or to give Deputations to Roman Catholicks,
<PB REF="4">and others (nomi|nated to your Grace.) It appeared (when tho&s;e &s;urprizing Or|ders were given for re&s;toring &s;uch who had been on that ac|count put out of Com|mi&s;&s;ion,) that your Graces Deputy Lieu|tenants of <HI>Norfolke, Sur|rey, Berks,</HI> and <HI>Norwich,</HI> were the only De|puty Lieutenants who remain'd capable to act
<PB REF="4">without new Com|mi&s;&s;ions.</P>
<P>There is one thing more may be added, &s;hewing your Graces Care to render the Train'd Bands, now under your Command, fit for Service; That &s;oon after Their Ma|je&s;ties happy acce&s;s to the Throne, (when Occa&s;ion required,) your Grace gave in
<PB REF="5">your Li&s;ts, con&s;i&s;ting of Eight Regiments, and Six Independent Companies, of Foot, and Eleven Troops of Hor&s;e (above 10000 Men compleat) inclu|ding the Borough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> that had ta|ken the Oaths appoin|ted by Act of Parlia|ment in the Fir&s;t Year of Their Maje&s;ties Reign: Whom, that GOD Almighty will
<PB REF="5">long Pre&s;erve, as al&s;o your Grace, with Health and Felicity, is the Prayer of one of</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Graces <HI>Mo&s;t Devoted and Obedient</HI> SERVANTS.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="dedication">
<PB REF="6">
<PB REF="6">
<HEAD>To the Deputy Lieutenants, and Commi&s;&s;ion Offi|cers of the Train'd Bands.</HEAD>
<P>WHereas not long &s;ince great Endeavours had been u&s;ed to render the Militia of this Kingdom u&s;ele&s;s; and an Account, of the Annual Charge every Coun|ty was lyable to by the Acts of Parliament, was de|manded, in order to the
<PB REF="7">keeping on Foot &s;o many (more) Forces in con|&s;tant Pay, as the &s;aid Expence would have de|frayed. To the end there|fore the &s;aid Militia may not &s;eem &s;o u&s;ele&s;s, this Method is compiled; in the doing whereof no new thing is offered, but only a placing of &s;uch Authori|ties and Directions, as are contained in the &s;eve|ral Acts, under re&s;pective Heads, for the more ready charging of E&s;tates, and
<PB REF="7">putting the whole in Ex|ecution, at &s;uch Times and Places as there may be Occa&s;ion, to charge E|&s;tates, impo&s;e Penalties, hear Complaints, qualifie Per&s;ons, and Train or Ex|erci&s;e, when the Acts of Parliament, at large, may not be at hand; which is all that is de&s;igned by the publi&s;hing this <HI>Ab&s;tract.</HI> And it is pre&s;umed, that none will be Offended at the Annexing an Exerci&s;e of
<PB REF="8">Arms, which may be u&s;e|full, and be practi&s;ed by the Trained Bands, with|out Offence to the Royal Army.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="publisher's advertisement">
<PB REF="8">
<HEAD>Adverti&s;ement.</HEAD>
<P>BLank Deputations, Com|mi&s;&s;ions, Warrants to Levy and Collect the Week|ly Tax, or Trophy-money, and Receipts for the &s;ame; al&s;o &s;everal &s;orts of Blanks relating to Sheriffs and Ju&s;tices of the Peace, and divers other &s;orts of Blanks of a general Con|cern; <HI>Are Printed for</HI> R. Vincent <HI>in</HI> Cliffords-Inn-Lane <HI>in</HI> Fleet-&s;treet.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="table of contents">
<PB REF="9">
<PB REF="9">
<HEAD>The TABLE.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>ARMS and Ammunition,</HI> Page. 30, 31, 32.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Abilities how examin'd.</HI> 16</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Arms &s;eiz'd, how re&s;tor'd.</HI> 43</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Commi&s;&s;ions to be from Lord-Lieutenants.</HI> 3</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Con&s;tables to furni&s;h Arms.</HI> 17</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Complaints to be heard.</HI> 25</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Carts and Carriages.</HI> 29</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Con&s;tables and Officers Civil to be aiding.</HI> 43, 44</ITEM>
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<LIST>
<HEAD>D.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Deputy-Lieutenants, Officers, and Soldiers mu&s;t be Sworn.</HI> 6</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Deputy-Lieutenants Powers.</HI> 14</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Deputy-Lieutenants to Train-Forces.</HI> 26</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Deputy-Lieutenants and Offi|cers
<PB REF="10">to obey lord-lieute|nants.</HI> 5, 6</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Duplicates of Tax to be return'd to Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions.</HI> 24</ITEM>
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<LIST>
<HEAD>E.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>E&s;tates, how to be Charg'd,</HI> 14, 15, 16.</ITEM>
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<LIST>
<HEAD>F.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Forces in Cities and Corpo|rations.</HI> 17</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>L.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Lord-Dieute. to be Sworn,</HI> 2</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lord-Lieutenants Powers.</HI> 3, 4</ITEM>
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<LIST>
<HEAD>M.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Mu&s;ters.</HI> 26, 27</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ters Duty.</HI> 40</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter to be an Inhabi|tant of the County.</HI> 40</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ters Pay.</HI> 41</ITEM>
<PB REF="10">
<ITEM><HI>Oaths to be taken.</HI> 10, 11, 12.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Officers of Foot excu&s;ed finding to Hor&s;e or Foot.</HI> 38</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>P.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Peers how to be Charged.</HI> 4</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Peers Hou&s;es to be &s;earch'd.</HI> 5</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Penalties how Levied.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Penalty for not finding Hor&s;e.</HI> 20</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>For not delivering Hor&s;e</HI> &amp;c. 21</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>For not appearing.</HI> 22, 23</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Pay to Inferior Officers.</HI> 24</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Pay for a Month to be advan|ced.</HI> 27, 29</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Penalty in default of Pay.</HI> 36</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Per&s;ons executing powers of the Acts Indemnified.</HI> 44</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Provi&s;o, as to Corporations.</HI> 47</ITEM>
</LIST>
<PB REF="11">
<LIST>
<HEAD>S.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Soldiers Names to be given in and to be approved by their Captain.</HI> 35</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Search Per&s;ons &s;u&s;pect.</HI> 42, 43</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Soldiers &s;ubject to Di&s;cipline of War.</HI> 39</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Suit or Action, when to be brought.</HI> 45</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>T.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Trea&s;urers Clerks.</HI> 25</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tenants to furni&s;h for Land|lord.</HI> 19</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tax, how Levied</HI> 23</ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>&rindx; Note, <HI>That where the</HI> Parag. <HI>&s;tands with Figures only, the &s;ame denotes the Paragraphs of the preceding Acts,</HI> viz. <HI>either</HI> 13 &amp; 14 Car. 2. <HI>or</HI> 15 Car. 2.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="rule book">
<PB N="1" REF="11">
<HEAD>A Nece&s;&s;ary ABSTRACT OF THE LAWS Relating to the MILITIA.</HEAD>
<P>THat the King's mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Suc|ce&s;&s;ors, &s;hall and may, from time to time, as Occa&s;ion &s;hall require, i&s;&s;ue forth Com|mi&s;&s;ions
<PB N="2" REF="12">of Lieutenancy to &s;uch Per&s;ons as he and they &s;hall think fit to be Lieute|nants (who, if Peers, are &s;tyled Lord-Lieutenants,) and may at Plea&s;ure Appoint or Di&s;place all Officers and De|puty-Lieutenants. 13.14. <HI>Car.</HI> 2. Parag. 2.</P>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Of the Power of the Lord-Lieutenant.</HEAD>
<P>That no Per&s;on, being a Peer, &s;hall be capable of Acting as Lord-Lieutenant or Deputy-Lieutenant, till Sworn before Six (at lea&s;t) Lords of the Privy Council, or &s;uch as His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, &s;hall ap|point
<PB N="3" REF="12">to Admini&s;ter the &s;ame. <HI>Parag.</HI> 18.</P>
<P>The Lord-Lieutenant may Con&s;titute, Appoint, and give Commi&s;&s;ions to &s;uch Per&s;ons as he &s;hall think fit to be De|puty Lieutenants, Colonels, Majors, Captains, and other Commi&s;&s;ion Officers: And &s;hall pre&s;ent to His Maje&s;ty the Names of &s;uch Per&s;ons as he &s;hall &s;o con&s;titute his Depu|ty-Lieutenants. <HI>Parag.</HI> 2.</P>
<P>And is to Appoint Trea|&s;urers or Clerks for receiving and paying all &s;uch Monies as &s;hall be levied by virtue of the &s;aid Act. <HI>Parag.</HI> 12.</P>
<P>The Lord-Lieutenant has Power and Authority to call
<PB N="4" REF="13">together all the Trained Bands, at &s;uch times, and to arm, array, and form them into Companies, Troops, and Regiments; and in ca&s;e of In|&s;urrection, Rebellion, or In|va&s;ion, to lead, or cau&s;e to be lead, conducted and em|ployed, as well within their re&s;pective Counties, Cities, and Places, as into any other, according as he &s;hall receive Direction from His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors. <HI>Parag.</HI> 2.</P>
<P>No Peer is to be Charged to Hor&s;e or Foot, nor A&s;&s;e&s;|&s;ed, but by Twelve, or Six, of &s;uch Peers as &s;hall be ap|pointed by the King for that purpo&s;e.</P>
<PB N="5" REF="13">
<P>But when Peers have been once &s;o Charged and A&s;&s;e&s;|&s;ed, then the Penalties may be levied and laid (as in &s;uch Ca&s;es is required,) by the De|puty-Lieutenants, and for want of Satisfaction in a week the Di&s;tre&s;s may be &s;old, ren|dring the overplus. No Dwel|ling of any Peer of this Realm is to be &s;earched but by im|mediate Warrant from His Maje&s;ty under the Sign Ma|nual, or in the Pre&s;ence of the Lord-Lieutenant, or one Deputy-Lieutenant of the &s;ame Divi&s;ion. <HI>Parag.</HI> 33.</P>
<P>All Deputy-Lieutenants, Commi&s;&s;ion Officers, Con|&s;tables, and other Officers or
<PB N="6" REF="14">Mini&s;ters, Civil as well as Military, are to ob&s;erve and obey &s;uch Orders and Dire|ctions, as they &s;hall from time to time receive from the Lord-Lieutenant, for putting in Execution the Powers gi|ven by the Acts. <HI>Parag.</HI> 13.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Of Oaths, of Powers to Charge E&s;tates, of Le|vying Taxes, of Mu|&s;ters, of Exerci&s;e, and Training.</HEAD>
<P>That all Deputy-Lieute|nants, Officers and Soldiers, ought to be Sworn before they act in their re&s;pective Capacities, the Lord-Lieute|nant,
<PB N="7" REF="14">or one Ju&s;tice of Peace of the &s;ame County, may ad|mini&s;ter the Oaths to Deputy-Lieutenants; and two Depu|ty-Lieutenants (when Sworn) may admini&s;ter the Oaths to officers and Soldiers. <HI>Par.</HI> 19.</P>
<P>By the Act 25 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. for preventing Dangers from Po|pi&s;h Recu&s;ants, it is Enacted, <Q REND="margQuotes">That all and every Per&s;on and per&s;ons, that &s;hall enter into any Office Military, &s;hall take the Oaths, and Sub&s;cribe the Declaration, in the High Court of <HI>Chan|cery,</HI> or Court of <HI>Kings Bench</HI> at <HI>VVe&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or at the Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, within three months after
<PB N="8" REF="15">Admittance into, or recei|ving, their Authority or Em|ployment, at which time, every Per&s;on (&s;o to be &s;worn) mu&s;t deliver a Cer|tificate under the Hands of the re&s;pective Mini&s;ter and Churchwarden, where he receives, and mu&s;t make proof of the &s;aid Certifi|cate, by two Witne&s;&s;es, upon Oath; all which is to be put upon Record, or el&s;e &s;uch Office to be void: But if any Per&s;on &s;hall execute any Office after neglecting to be &s;worn as afore&s;aid, and thereupon be lawfully con|victed, &s;uch &s;hall be uncapa|ble and di&s;abled to &s;ue or
<PB N="9" REF="15" MS="y">u&s;e any Action, or pro&s;ecute any Suit, or be Executor or Admini&s;trator, &amp;c. and &s;hall forfeit the Sum of 500 <HI>l.</HI> to be recovered by him or them that &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame.</Q></P>
<P><Q REND="margQuotes"><HI>Provi&s;o,</HI> That the &s;aid Act &s;hall not extend to the Office of High Con&s;table, Con&s;table, Tythingman, Headborough, Over&s;eer of the Poor, Church Warden, or any inferiour Civil Offi|cer, or any Office of Fore&s;ter, Keeper, or Bailiff of any Mannor or Lands.</Q></P>
<PB N="10" REF="16">
<P>The Oaths appoint|ed to be taken by 1 <HI>Wilielmi &amp; Mariae,</HI> in the &s;tead and place of the Oath of Allegi|ance and Supremacy.</P>
<P N="1"><HI>I</HI> A. B. <HI>do &s;incerely Promi&s;e and Swear, That I will be Faithful, and bear True Allegiance to Their Maje&s;ties King</HI> William <HI>and Queen</HI> Ma|ry. So help me God.</P>
<P N="1"><HI>I</HI> A. B. <HI>do Swear, That I do from my Heart Abhor, Dete&s;t, Abjure, as
<PB N="11" REF="16">Impious and Heretical, that Damnable Doctrine and Po&s;ition, That Prin|ces Excommunicated or Deprived by the Pope, or any Authority of the See of</HI> Rome, <HI>may be De|po&s;ed or Murthered by their Subjects, or any other what&s;oever; and I do de|clare, That no Foreign Prince, Per&s;on, Prelate, State or Potentate, hath, or ought to have, any Power, Juri&s;diction, Supe|riority, Preeminence, or
<PB N="12" REF="17">Authority, Eccle&s;ia&s;tical or Spiritual within this Realm.</HI> So help me God.</P>
<P N="1"><HI>I</HI> A. B. <HI>do declare and believe, That it is not Lawful, upon any pretence what&s;oever, to take Arms again&s;t the King, and that I do abhor that Traite|rous Po&s;ition, that Arms may be taken by His Au|thority again&s;t His Per|&s;on, or again&s;t tho&s;e that are Commi&s;&s;ionated by him in pur&s;uance of &s;uch Mi|litary
<PB N="13" REF="17">Commi&s;&s;ions.</HI> So help me God.</P>
<P>The Declaration which is to be made and &s;ub&s;cribed by eve|ry Per&s;on concerned in taking the Oaths, which are to be Regi|&s;tred at the Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions.</P>
<P N="1"><HI>I</HI> A. B. <HI>do declare, That I do believe that there is not any</HI> Tran&s;ub&s;tantia|tion <HI>in the</HI> Sacrament <HI>of the Lords Supper, or in the Elements of Bread and
<PB N="14" REF="18">Wine, At, or After, the Con&s;ecration thereof, by any Per&s;on what&s;oever.</HI></P>
<P>The Deputy-Lieutenants, or the major part of them, or three, or in &s;ome ca&s;es two, may put in execution the Powers of the &s;aid Acts, in the Ab&s;ence of the Lord Lieutenant. <HI>Parag.</HI> 2.</P>
<P>Three Deputy Lieutenants may Charge any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons with Hor&s;e, Hor&s;e|man and Arms, or Foot Sol|diers and Arms. That 500 <HI>l. per Annum</HI> in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, or 6000 <HI>l.</HI> Stock, (be&s;ides Hou|&s;hold Furniture) is to find a Hor&s;e, Man, and Arms; and &s;o
<PB N="15" REF="18">after that rate at Di&s;cretion. That 50<HI>l. per Annum</HI> in Po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion, or 600 l. Stock, (other than Stock upon Ground,) is to find a Foot Soldier and Arms; and &s;o after that rate at Di&s;cretion for E&s;tates or Revenues, greater or le&s;&s;er, and by joyning two, three, or more Per&s;ons together, as the Deputy Lieutenants, or major part pre&s;ent, &s;hall think fit. Provided no Per&s;on be char|ged to Hor&s;e and Foot in the &s;ame County. <HI>Parag.</HI> 3.</P>
<P>That any Per&s;on, having 100 l. <HI>per Annum</HI> in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, or 1200 l. value in Per&s;onal E&s;tate, or under 2400 l. value (chargable by the &s;aid Act,)
<PB N="16" REF="19">may be charged to Hor&s;e or Foot at Di&s;cretion, <HI>per</HI> Act 15 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>Parag.</HI> 18.</P>
<P>Provided, That no Per&s;on, that has not 100 l. <HI>per Annum</HI> in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion or 1200 l. value in Per&s;onal E&s;tate, &s;hall be compellable towards the find|ing of Hor&s;e 13 <HI>&amp;</HI> 14. <HI>Par.</HI> 5.</P>
<P>Nor &s;hall any E&s;tate of 200 l. <HI>per Annum</HI> in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, or Per&s;onal E&s;tate of 2400 l. value, be chargable to the finding of Foot. 15. <HI>Par.</HI> 18.</P>
<P>Deputy Lieutenants, three or more, may examine upon Oath, for di&s;covery of the Ability of Per&s;ons to be a&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ed and charged, and all Mi&s;demeanors tending to the
<PB N="17" REF="19">hindrance of the &s;aid Ser|vice. 13, 14. <HI>Parag.</HI> 11.</P>
<P>And may give redre&s;s ac|cording to the Merits of the Cau&s;e. <HI>Parag.</HI> 5.</P>
<P>Yet neverthele&s;s this &s;hall not be con&s;trued to extend to make any Alteration concern|ing the Forces to be rai&s;ed or charged in Cities, Corpora|tions, and Port Towns. 15. <HI>Parag.</HI> 18.</P>
<P>Three Deputy Lieutenants may appoint Con&s;tables to provide and furni&s;h &s;ufficient Foot Arms (with Wages and other incident Charges,) as they &s;hall a&s;&s;e&s;s and charge upon Revenues under 50 <HI>l. per Annum,</HI> or Per&s;onal E|&s;tates
<PB N="18" REF="20">le&s;s than 600 <HI>l.</HI> value, according to the Rules and Proportions of the &s;aid Acts by a Pound Rate.</P>
<P>And may inflict a Penalty of 40 <HI>s.</HI> for every Omi&s;|&s;ion of any Con&s;table. <HI>Pa|rag.</HI> 4.</P>
<P>And if any Per&s;on, &s;o rated, &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to provide, or pay according to the proportion (rated and &s;igned by Deputy Lieute|nants,) it &s;hall be lawful for Con&s;table, by Warrant for that purpo&s;e, to levy the &s;ame by Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale. <HI>Pa|rag.</HI> 5.</P>
<PB N="19" REF="20">
<P>Where Per&s;ons to be char|ged do not re&s;ide in the &s;ame County, Notice under Hand and Seal of three Deputy Lieutenants to the General Agent, or one or two &s;uffici|ent Tenants, &s;hall be &s;ufficient, and they are to return An&s;wer from the Landlord, or el&s;e to provide and do as the Land|lord in &s;uch ca&s;e ought to do; and in ca&s;e of refu&s;al or ne|glect, upon every default, are to pay like Penalties. 13 <HI>&amp;</HI> 14. <HI>Parag.</HI> 16.</P>
<P>That all &s;uch Tenants may defaulk what they &s;hall &s;o ne|ce&s;&s;arily expend out of &s;uch Rents as &s;hall be next due to
<PB N="20" REF="21">their Landlord, and &s;hall be indemnified by the &s;aid Acts, unle&s;s the Landlord make ap|pear, within two months, that the Default and Penalty was occa&s;ioned by wilful neglect of the Tenant. <HI>Parag.</HI> 17.</P>
<P>Provided, that the Act ex|tend not to avoid Covenants between Landlord and Te|nant, concerning the finding of Hor&s;es or Arms, or pay|ing Rates and Taxes. <HI>Pa|rag.</HI> 29.</P>
<P>Three Deputy Lieutenants may inflict a Penalty of 20 <HI>l.</HI> on &s;uch as refu&s;e or neglect to furni&s;h &s;ufficient Hor&s;e, Hor&s;e-man and Arms, and other Furniture; or may
<PB N="21" REF="21">cau&s;e to be levied &s;uch Sum or Sums of Money, or value of &s;uch Hor&s;e, Arms, and Fur|niture to be employed to the &s;aid U&s;es. <HI>Parag.</HI> 9.</P>
<P>And may impo&s;e a Penalty of 5 <HI>l.</HI> on &s;uch as refu&s;e or neglect to &s;end or deliver their Hor&s;e, Arms and Furni|ture. <HI>Parag.</HI> 10.</P>
<P>And in like manner a Pe|nalty of 5 <HI>l.</HI> on &s;uch as refu&s;e or neglect to provide and fur|ni&s;h &s;ufficient Foot Soldier and Arms. 1<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">. <HI>Parag.</HI> 3.</P>
<P>And for default of Ap|pearance at beat of Drum, &s;ound of Trumpet, or other Summons, two Deputy Lieu|tenants may impri&s;on five
<PB N="22" REF="22">days, or inflict a Penalty of Twenty Shillings on a Hor&s;e|man, and Ten Shillings on a Foot Soldier, to be imme|diately paid down. And may impri&s;on &s;uch as detain and imbezel Hor&s;e, Arms, or Fur|niture, till &s;atisfaction be made. 13 <HI>&amp;</HI> 14. <HI>Parag.</HI> 10.</P>
<P>And may impri&s;on for Twenty days, or impo&s;e a Penalty of Five Shillings on Mutineers, and on &s;uch Sol|diers as do not their Duty at the day of their Mu&s;ters. <HI>Parag.</HI> 8.</P>
<P>Three Deputy Lieutenants may commit to Pri&s;on, by Warrant under Hands and Seals, &s;uch as re&s;u&s;e to pay
<PB N="23" REF="22">Penalties inflicted by the &s;aid Acts (in ca&s;e there be not &s;ufficient Di&s;tre&s;&s;es to be found to an&s;wer the Forfei|tures and Penalties) until Sa|tisfaction be made. The &s;everal Forfeitures, Penalties, and Payments, impo&s;ed (not otherwi&s;e by the Acts di|rected) ought to be employed to the &s;ame U&s;es, in default whereof the &s;ame are impos'd. 15. <HI>Parag.</HI> 16.</P>
<P>Three Deputy Lieutenants have power to lay fitting Rates on the re&s;pective Coun|ty and Places, not exceeding the fourth part of one months A&s;&s;e&s;sment, in any one year, after the rate of 70000 <HI>l.
<PB N="24" REF="23" MS="y">per Men&s;em,</HI> according to the Rules of the Act made 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. Entituled, <HI>An Act for rai&s;ing</HI> 70000 l. <HI>for the further Supply of His Maje&s;ty, for furni&s;hing Ammunition and other Nece&s;&s;aries.</HI> 13 &amp; 14. Parag. 7.</P>
<P>Deputy Lieutenants may di&s;po&s;e &s;o much thereof, as they, or any three, &s;hall &s;ee fit, to the inferior Officers Em|ploy'd in or about the &s;aid re&s;pective Forces, for their Pains and Incouragement. 15. <HI>Parag.</HI> 12.</P>
<P>Of all which, Receipts and Disbur&s;ments; Accompts or Extracts, thereof, are to be given in by the Trea&s;urer or
<PB N="25" REF="23">Clerk in Writing, and upon Oath, at the General Quarter Se&s;&s;ions, and likewi&s;e be cer|tified to the Lords of the Privy Council. <HI>Parag.</HI> 12.</P>
<P>Three Deputy Lieutenants have power to hear all Com|plaints, examine Witne&s;&s;es upon Oath, and give redre&s;s as they &s;ee cau&s;e. <HI>Parag.</HI> 11.</P>
<P><Q REND="margQuotes">To which purpo&s;e it is requi&s;ite to appoint certain Times and Places for Ap|peals and Complaints, on the &s;econd day at every General Quarter Se&s;&s;ions, and &s;ome Afternoon at the time of the A&s;&s;izes.</Q></P>
<PB N="26" REF="24">
<P>In Ab&s;ence of the Lord Lieutenant, or otherwi&s;e, by his Direction, the Deputy Lieutenants, two or more, have power to Train, Exer|ci&s;e, and put in Readine&s;s, the Trained Bands, or any Regi|ment, Company, or Troop, thereof. 15. <HI>Parag</HI> 1.</P>
<P>The Training and Exerci|&s;ing of &s;ingle Companies, and Troops, are not to be above four times in one year; nor are they to be continued in Exerci&s;e above the &s;pace of two days at one time, unle&s;s &s;pecial Directions be given by Their Maje&s;ties or the Privy Council.</P>
<PB N="27" REF="24">
<P>A General Mu&s;ter is not to be above once a year, at which no Officer or Soldier is to be con&s;trained to &s;tay for above four days together, from their re&s;pective Habita|tions. 13 <HI>&amp;</HI> 14. <HI>Parag.</HI> 21.</P>
<P>And in ca&s;e of Inva&s;ion, or drawing out into actual Service, all Per&s;ons charged &s;hall furni&s;h a months Pay in hand, or &s;o much thereof as &s;hall be directed by the De|puty Lieutenants, or any two of them. For Repayment whereof (and Satisfaction to Officers,) Provi&s;ion is to be made by the King. And by the &s;aid Act no Per&s;on, who has advanced one Months
<PB N="28" REF="25">Pay, is to be charged again with another Months Pay till he be reimbur&s;ed. <HI>Pa|rag.</HI> 7.</P>
<P>But by an Act <HI>Anno Secundo Willielmi &amp; Mariae,</HI> for rai&s;ing the Militia for the year 1691, if at any time before the 25th of <HI>December</HI> 1691, it &s;hall be found nece&s;&s;ary to draw out the &s;aid Soldiers into actual Service, the Lord Lieutenant, or Deputy Lieu|tenants, or two or more, may, in pur&s;uance of Orders from Their Maje&s;ties, (notwith|&s;tanding that one or more Months Pay before that time advanced be not reimbur&s;ed,) rai&s;e and draw out the &s;aid
<PB N="29" REF="25">Soldiers into actual Service, and to cau&s;e the Per&s;ons charg'd as afore&s;aid to provide each their Soldier, with Pay in hand not exceeding one Months Pay.</P>
<P>Three Deputy Lieutenants, or the chief Officer upon the place, as there may be occa|&s;ion, may charge Carts and Hor&s;es, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> for carrying of Powder, Bullet, Match, and other Materials, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> allowing 6 <HI>d. per</HI> Mile (outward only) for every Carriage with Five Hor&s;es, or Six Oxen, and &s;o proportionably; and One Peny a Mile for every &s;ingle Hor&s;e that &s;hall be employed in &s;uch Service. 13, 14. <HI>Parag.</HI> 8.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<PB N="30" REF="26">
<HEAD>Of Arms, Ammunition, Accoutrements, Mu|&s;ter-Ma&s;ters, and Of|ficers.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM>Defen|&s;ive Arms for a Hor&s;e|man.
<LIST>
<ITEM>Back, Pi&s;tol Proof.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Brea&s;t, Pi&s;tol Proof.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Pot, Pi&s;tol Proof</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Offen|&s;ive Arms.
<LIST>
<ITEM>a Sword.</ITEM>
<ITEM>a Ca&s;e of Pi&s;tols, Barrels 14 In|ches.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Furniture,
<LIST>
<ITEM>A Saddle, with Burrs and Hol|&s;ters,</ITEM>
<ITEM>a Bit,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Bri|dle, </ITEM>
<ITEM>Pectoral,</ITEM>
<ITEM> &amp; Crupper. 13 <HI>&amp;</HI> 14. <HI>Parag.</HI> 21.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST>
<PB N="31" REF="26">
<P>Every Hor&s;eman to bring a quarter of a Pound of Powder, and like wait of Bullet, at every Mu&s;ter Training and Exerci&s;e at the Charge of the Finder, upon pain of the Finder forfeiting 5 <HI>s.</HI> for every Omi&s;&s;ion.</P>
<P>Every Mu&s;quetier is to bring half a Pound of Powder, and like Quantity of Bul|lets. 15. <HI>Parag.</HI> 7.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM>A Mu&s;quet, The Barrel 3 Foot, Gage 12 Bullets to a Pound; </ITEM>
<ITEM>a Collar of Ban|diliers;</ITEM>
<ITEM>a Sword.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<PB N="32" REF="27">
<LIST>
<HEAD>Pikeman,</HEAD>
<ITEM>A Pike of A&s;h, 16 Foot long,</ITEM>
<ITEM>a Sword,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Back, Brea&s;t, and Head Piece. 13 <HI>&amp;</HI> 14. <HI>Parag.</HI> 21.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<P><HI>The Captains di&s;pen&s;e with their not u&s;ing Iron Armour, in ca&s;e the Hor&s;emen agree to ap|pear in Buff Coats and Belts &s;uitable.</HI></P>
<P><HI>And the Foot in Cloth Coats of a colour, &s;uitable to the Regiment.</HI></P>
<PB N="33" REF="27">
<P><HI>But in ca&s;e the Finders refu&s;e to &s;end in, or ap|pear thus &s;uitably, the Officers may make the Duty &s;evere to &s;uch as are ob&s;tinate, by not per|mitting them to quit their wearing their Iron Ar|mour, during all the time they are out.</HI></P>
<P><HI>And &s;ince the Militia in many Counties and great Towns, for the mo&s;t part, have already fur|ni&s;hed the Hor&s;emen with Buff Coats and Belts, and
<PB N="34" REF="28">Carabines; and the Foot with Cloth Coats, Hats, and Stockings, a &s;mall Charge, (with the Care of the re&s;pective Captains, in ordering the &s;ame to be laid by and pre&s;erved, be|tween &s;uch times as there is occa&s;ion for their Ser|vice,) may make the whole Militia appear hand|&s;ome, as well as be u&s;e|ful.</HI></P>
<P>Per&s;ons charged mu&s;t find &s;uch to perform the Duty as are quali|fied
<PB N="35" REF="28">and approved by the Captain, and mu&s;t give in their Chri&s;tian and Sirnames, that they may be Li&s;ted and Sworn, who may not change nor depart the Service without Leave, on Penalty of Twenty Pounds, or Impri&s;on|ment for default of Payment, or Di&s;tre&s;s, (&s;ubject to Appeal.) <HI>Parag.</HI> 25.</P>
<P>Every one that re|fu&s;es to pay Two Shil|lings
<PB N="36" REF="29">and Six Pence <HI>per diem</HI> to a Hor&s;eman, for &s;uch time as he &s;hall be on Duty, &s;hall for|feit Five Shillings <HI>per diem</HI> to the &s;aid Hor&s;e|man.</P>
<P>And likewi&s;e every one that refu&s;es to pay one Shilling <HI>per diem</HI> to his Foot Soldier, &s;hall forfeit Two Shillings <HI>per diem</HI> to the &s;aid Foot Soldier, if &s;uch Forfeitures be demand|ed in Six Weeks after
<PB N="37" REF="29">default. 15. <HI>Parag.</HI> 2. <HI>Officers and others to whom Pay is u&s;ually allowed out of the Weeks Tax.</HI></P>
<LIST>
<HEAD>Of Horse,</HEAD>
<ITEM>Captain,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lieutenant,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Cornet,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Quarter-Ma&s;ter,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Corporals,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Trumpe|ters.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<PB N="38" REF="30">
<LIST>
<HEAD>Of Foot,</HEAD>
<ITEM>Captain,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lieutenant,</ITEM>
<ITEM>En&s;ign,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Sergeants,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Drummers,</ITEM>
<ITEM>a Quarter-Ma&s;ter of a Regiment.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>Every Commi&s;&s;ion'd Foot Officer is ex|cu&s;ed from finding or contributing towards Hor&s;e or Foot, if his E&s;tate be not charge|able with more than one Hor&s;e. 15. <HI>Parag.</HI> 9.</P>
<PB N="39" REF="30">
<P><HI>The Soldiers of every Company and Troop, (when &s;ummoned to appear,) af|ter they have been called over, are to be Subject to their Officers according to the Di&s;cipline of War, during the time of their being out: And in the Night time, a Court of Guard is to be appointed, Centinels &s;et, and Silence and good Order required; and every Fault and Di&s;|obedience is puni&s;hable.</HI></P>
<PB N="40" REF="31">
<P>Every Mu&s;ter Ma|&s;ter ought to be an In|habitant of the re&s;pe|ctive County, and is to attend at the Mu|&s;ter of every Regiment, Troop, and Company, once a year, and take care, that no Arms be admitted, but &s;uch as are allowable by the Acts.</P>
<P>Each Soldier Li&s;ted &s;hall pay, once a year, to the Mu&s;ter-Ma&s;ter, &s;uch Sum, not exceed|ing
<PB N="41" REF="31">One Shilling for a Hor&s;eman, and Six Pence for a Foot Sol|dier, as &s;hall be dire|cted, under the Hands and Seals of Three, or more, Deputy Lieute|nants, which may be levied by Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale of the Goods of the Per&s;ons charged, in default of Payment. 15. <HI>Parag.</HI> 6.</P>
<P>Two, or more, De|puty Lieutenants, by Warrant under Hand
<PB N="42" REF="32">and Seal, may employ &s;uch Per&s;ons as they &s;hall thine fit (of which a Commi&s;&s;ion Officer, and the Con&s;table, or his Deputy, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> of the the &s;ame Pari&s;h, to be two) to &s;earch for and &s;eize all Arms, in the Cu&s;tody of Per&s;ons whom they &s;hall judge dangerous to the Peace of the Kingdom, and &s;ecure &s;uch Arms for Their Maje&s;ties Ser|vice, and give account
<PB N="43" REF="32">thereof to the Lord-Lieutenant.</P>
<P>But no &s;earch to be between Sun Setting and Sun Ri&s;ing, except in Cities, Corporations and Bills of Mortality.</P>
<P>Arms &s;o &s;eized may be re&s;tored, if the Lord Lieutenant, or in his Ab&s;ence the Deputy Lieutenants, or two of of them, &s;hall think fit. 13 <HI>&amp;</HI> 14. <HI>Parag.</HI> 14.</P>
<P>All High Con&s;ta|bles, Petty Con&s;tables,
<PB N="44" REF="33">Officers and Mini&s;ters, are required to be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting in the Execution of the Powers of the &s;aid Acts. <HI>Parag.</HI> 15.</P>
<P>All Per&s;ons who &s;hall act and do any thing in Execution of the Powers in the &s;aid Acts &s;hall be Indem|nified. 15. <HI>Parag.</HI> 13.</P>
<P>No Action or Suit to be brought again&s;t any Per&s;on, for any thing done in Execu|tion
<PB N="45" REF="33">of the &s;aid Pow|ers, unle&s;s the &s;ame be brought in Six months after Cau&s;e, and in the proper County. <HI>Pa|rag.</HI> 14.</P>
<P><HI>Provi&s;o,</HI> Not to ex|tend to give further or other Power, for Tran&s;porting Subjects of this Realm, than by the Laws of <HI>England.</HI> 13, 14. <HI>Parag.</HI> 33.</P>
<P>The re&s;pective Lord Wardens of the <HI>Cinque Ports</HI> have like Au|thority
<PB N="46" REF="34">and Power within their Precincts, as the re&s;pective Lord Lieutenants have in the Counties. 15. <HI>Pa|rag.</HI> 19.</P>
<P>Provided always, That nothing in the Acts extend to put any new or other Charge on the Tinners in <HI>De|von</HI> and <HI>Cornwall</HI> than as formerly.</P>
<P>A <HI>Provi&s;o</HI> and Sa|ving al&s;o to the City of <HI>London,</HI> and the
<PB N="47" REF="34">Tower Divi&s;ion, and the I&s;le of <HI>Wight.</HI></P>
<P>Provided, That no Officer or Soldier of the Trained Bands, of any City, Borough, or Town Corporate, being a County, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> &s;hall be compelled to appear out of their Precincts at any Mu|&s;ter or Exerci&s;e only.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="handbook">
<PB REF="35">
<PB N="1" REF="35">
<HEAD>INSTR&V;CTIONS for Exerci&s;e of &s;ingle Com|panies, and Troops or Regiments.</HEAD>
<P>THere are three &s;orts of Di&s;tances.</P>
<P><HI>Open Order, Order, and Clo&s;e Order.</HI></P>
<P N="1">1. The open
<NOTE N="(a)" PLACE="marg">This is adjudged by the meeting of their Hands, when stretched at Arms length.</NOTE> Order, or fir&s;t Di&s;tance, is when the Soldiers both in Rank and File &s;tand 6 Foot from each other.</P>
<P N="2">2. Order,
<NOTE N="(b)" PLACE="marg">&V;&s;ed when Embattled, or marching towards the face of an Ene|my, or at a &s;tand, or wheeling.</NOTE> or &s;econd
<PB N="2" REF="36">Di&s;tance, is when the Soldi|ers &s;tand 3 foot di&s;tance both in Rank and File.</P>
<P>But when they march
<NOTE N="(c)" PLACE="marg">Di|&s;tance for Ranks is known when the But end of the Pikes do almo&s;t reach the Leaders Heels.</NOTE> through any Country, they mu&s;t ob&s;erve the 3 foot di|&s;tance between the Files, and 6 foot between the Ranks.</P>
<P N="3">3. Clo&s;e Order,
<NOTE N="d)" PLACE="marg">Di|&s;tance of clo&s;e Order is judged by the meeting of their El|bows when their Arms &s;tand a kenbo.</NOTE> or third Di&s;tance, is when there is a foot and half between the Files, and 3 foot between the Ranks, and is for the Pikes only when they are to &s;tand to receive the Charge of an Enemy.</P>
<P>The Musketeers mu&s;t ne|ver be clo&s;er than the &s;e|cond di&s;tance of three foot in &s;quare, that they may have
<PB N="3" REF="36">a free u&s;e of their Arms.</P>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>To Exerci&s;e their Motions.</HEAD>
<P>O B&s;erve the open Order or fir&s;t Di&s;tance of &s;ix foot in &s;quare, in which the Company being placed, they may more ea&s;ily be ac|quainted with the Terms of Direction, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Stand right in your files.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Stand right in your ranks.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Silence.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the right hand.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>As you were.</HI>
<NOTE N="(e)" PLACE="marg"><HI>Ob|&s;erve when the words of Com|mand,</HI> As you were, <HI>are pro|nounced, they are e|ver to re|turn by the con|trary hand.</HI></NOTE></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the left hand.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>As you were.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the right about.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>As you were.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="4" REF="37">
<ITEM><HI>Ranks, to the right hand, double.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>As you were.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the left, double.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>As you were.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Files, to the right hand, double.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>As you were.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the left, double.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>As you were.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Middle Men, to the right, dou|ble your Front.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>As you were.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the left, double your Front.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>As you were.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ranks, to the right (or left)</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Counter-march.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>As you were.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>When they Counter|march to the right, the la&s;t rank of Leaders only mu&s;t
<PB N="5" REF="37">advance one &s;tep with the right Leg, and then turn, and all the re&s;t of the ranks mu&s;t march fir&s;t up to the place from whence the fir&s;t rank did counter-march, be|fore they turn; the like Or|der for the Files al&s;o, in coun|ter-marching to the left hand.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>To Exerci&s;e a &s;ingle Company.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>RAnks, to the right (or left) hand, double.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Files, to the right (or left) or to the middle) clo&s;e to your Order of three foot.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ranks, clo&s;e to the Order of</HI> 3 <HI>foot.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Wheel to the right hand.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="6" REF="38">
<ITEM><HI>Wheel to the left hand.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Wheel about.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>It is fit to double the Ranks before they wheel, be|cau&s;e the body is &s;mall; but in a divi&s;ion or greater body, clo&s;e fir&s;t both Files and Ranks to the order of three foot, and omit the doubling.</P>
<P>When they wheel to the right hand, double the ranks to the left; and if to the left, then double the ranks to the right, for &s;o the right and left hand Leaders, will keep their places, on that corner, towards which they wheel.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><NOTE N="(f)" PLACE="marg"><HI>Double di&s;tance is</HI> 12 <HI>foot.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Ranks backward, open in double di&s;tance.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="7" REF="38">
<ITEM><HI>Files, open to your order of three foot.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ranks, as you were.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>Greater Bodies, where the doubling is omitted, open fir&s;t the Ranks and then the Files, to the open order of &s;ix foot.</P>
<P>In opening Ranks or Files, make all, except the outer|mo&s;t, (on that hand from whence they move, which mu&s;t &s;tand &s;till,) to move all together, till the &s;econd Rank or File from that which &s;tands hath got the due di|&s;tance, and con&s;equently the re&s;t.</P>
<P>If you would have them clo&s;e their Files to the right
<PB N="8" REF="39">or left, the outermo&s;t File (to which they &s;hould clo&s;e) mu&s;t &s;tand &s;till.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>To Exerci&s;e the Musket.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>SHoulder your Musket.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lay your right hand on your Musket.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Poize your Musket.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Rest your Musket.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Cock your Mu&s;|ket, or</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Handle your match.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Cock and try your match.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Guard your Pan, or,</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Blow your match.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Open your Pan.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<PB N="9" REF="39">
<ITEM><HI>Pre&s;ent.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Give fire.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Recover your Arms.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Clean your Pan with your Thumb.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Return your match.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Handle your primer.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Prime your pan.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shut your pan with a full hand.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Blow off the loo&s;e corns.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ca&s;t about to charge.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Handle your charger.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Open it with your Teeth.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Charge with powder.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Draw forth your &s;courer.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shorten it to an inch again&s;t your brea&s;t.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Charge with bullet.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ram down powder and ball.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Withdraw your &s;courer.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="10" REF="40">
<ITEM><HI>Shorten it to a handful.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Return your &s;courer.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Poize your musket.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shoulder your musket.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Order your musket.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>In the Exerci&s;e of the Musket, though the&s;e Po|&s;tures are to be ob&s;erved, yet after the Soldiers under&s;tand them, there needs only three terms of Direction, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Make ready.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Pre&s;ent.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Give Fire.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<PB N="11" REF="40">
<HEAD>To Exerci&s;e the Pike.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>ADvance your Pikes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Charge to the Front.</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>To the right,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the right,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the right,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the right.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the right about.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the left about as you were.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Charge to the Left.</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>To the left,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the left,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the left,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the left.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the right about as you were.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Advance your Pikes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shoulder your Pikes, charge to the front.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="12" REF="41">
<ITEM><HI>Shouder as you were, charge to the right.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shoulder as you were, to the right about.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shoulder as you were, charge to the left.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shoulder as you were, to the left about.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shoulder as you were.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Port.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>Is the &s;ame as Charge, but that you &s;ink not the point &s;o low.</P>
<P><HI>Comport.</HI></P>
<P>Is by bringing the left Hand back, and &s;tretch out the right, &s;tepping forward with the right Leg.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Charge to the front.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Trail, facing to the right about.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="13" REF="41">
<ITEM><HI>Charge as you were.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Advance your Pikes.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>More general Motions.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>ADvance your Pikes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Order your Pikes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shoulder your Pikes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Charge your Pikes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Order your Pikes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Trail your Pikes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Check your Pikes.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>In charging, half the Ranks only mu&s;t charge their Pikes, the other hindermo&s;t Ranks mu&s;t port their Pikes; that is, carry them &s;o couched over the Heads of the former Ranks, as may give them no
<PB N="14" REF="42">offence, either in charging or retiring, and by this way the Pikes will not be &s;o &s;ub|ject to be broken by the Ene|mies &s;hot, as when they are advanced.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>To Exerci&s;e the Muskets and Pikes together.</HEAD>
<P><HI>SHoulders your Muskets.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Muskateers make ready.</HI></P>
<P>At which Command, the Musketeers ought di&s;tinctly to perform every particular po&s;ture of the Musket, without further direction.</P>
<P>The Musketeers being ready, the Pikes are to charge as the Musketeers are faced.</P>
<PB N="15" REF="42">
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>To the right, to the right, to the right, to the right.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the left about as you were.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the left, to the left, to the left, to the left.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>To the right about as you were.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Advance your Pikes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shoulder your Muskets.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Order your Arms.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Pikes to your in&s;ide Order.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lay down your Arms.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>Which po&s;ture is to be performed with their left Legs, &s;tooping all together; their Arms being on the ground, they mu&s;t ri&s;e toge|ther, every one ob&s;erving his right hand Man.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Quit your Arms.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Face all to the right about.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="16" REF="43">
<ITEM><HI>March to your Arms.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Handle your Arms.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>Which mu&s;t be done by &s;tepping forward with their left Leg, and &s;tooping till the word of Command.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Order your Arms.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Pikes, to your out&s;ide Order.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Poize your muskets.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Advance your pikes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shoulder your muskets.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Muskets, march.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>The Musketeers mu&s;t ob|&s;erve in all their Motions to turn to the right hand, and to carry the Muzle of their Muskets high, to avoid doing mi&s;chief.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<PB N="17" REF="43">
<HEAD>Of Marching.</HEAD>
<P>THe Ranks ought to be twelve Foot di|&s;tance, and the Files clo|&s;ed &s;houlder to &s;houlder, having liberty to u&s;e their arms.</P>
<P>The Soldiers mu&s;t always begin to march with their right foot.</P>
<P>The Captains are to march with their Pikes &s;houldred.</P>
<P>The Lieutenants with Par|tizans.</P>
<P>The En&s;igns with their Pikes comported.</P>
<P>The Serjeants have no place, but are to be moving
<PB N="18" REF="44">to keep the Ranks and Files in due di&s;tance.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>To Draw up a Body of Men, and place the Officers at a General Mu&s;ter.</HEAD>
<P>THe Elde&s;t Company
<NOTE N="(g)" PLACE="marg"><HI>It is requi&s;ite each Com|pany &s;hould be divided into Files,</HI> 10 <HI>in a File. And there ought to be a Ser|jant at the right and left of e|very Rank and the re&s;t at the Rear, at</HI> 12 <HI>foot di&s;tance, the Drums are to be equaly divided, and placed in the &s;ame line with the fir&s;t Rank of Soldiers.</HI></NOTE> is to draw up on the right hand, the &s;econd on the left, the third next the fir&s;t, and the fourth next the &s;e|cond, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> as followeth.</P>
<P><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label"><HI>&s;t.</HI></CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label"><HI>d.</HI></CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label"><HI>th.</HI></CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label"><HI>th.</HI></CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label"><HI>th.</HI></CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label"><HI>th.</HI></CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label"><HI>th.</HI></CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label"><HI>th.</HI></CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label"><HI>th.</HI></CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label"><HI>d.</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>1.</CELL>
<CELL>3.</CELL>
<CELL>5.</CELL>
<CELL>7.</CELL>
<CELL>9.</CELL>
<CELL>10.</CELL>
<CELL>8.</CELL>
<CELL>6.</CELL>
<CELL>4.</CELL>
<CELL>2.</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
<PB N="19" REF="44">
<P>A File is to be di&s;tingui|&s;hed by,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>A Leader.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3 <HI>Between.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A Bringer up.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3 <HI>Between.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2 <HI>Midle-men.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>But for ordinary Exerci&s;e,
<NOTE N="(h)" PLACE="marg">This will be of u&s;e to pre|pare and Exerci&s;e the Soldi|ers.</NOTE> they may be reduced to 5 in a File, and then the two middle Men will be Bringers up, and have a kind of charge over the 3 between.</P>
<P>But when the Compa|nies come together, they &s;hould be Exerci&s;ed 10 in depth, in ca&s;e of Execu|tion.</P>
<PB N="20" REF="45">
<LIST>
<HEAD>General Words of Com|mand.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>MUsketeers, to the right and left outwards.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Pikes, to the right and left in|wards.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Interchange Ground.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>March.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>When a Regiment hath thus drawn up, the Officers are to be placed as followeth:</P>
<P><HI>One half of the Lieutenants are to &s;tand At the Front of the right Wing of &s;hot.</HI></P>
<PB N="21" REF="45">
<P><HI>The other half of the Lieutenants At the Front of the left Wing.</HI></P>
<P><HI>The En&s;igns are to &s;tand At the Front of the Pikes, at the &s;ame time as the Lieutenants.</HI></P>
<P><HI>The Captains are likewi&s;e to be equally divided, and to &s;tand four Foot before the Lieute|nants.</HI></P>
<P>None mu&s;t &s;tand before the En&s;igns but the chief Commander, who is to be ten Foot before the Pikes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<PB N="22" REF="46">
<HEAD>When the Regiment marches in a Body.</HEAD>
<P>The Lieutenants are to be removed from the Front to the Rear.</P>
<P>The re&s;t of the Officers keep their Po&s;t.</P>
<P>The Serjeants that were in the Rear, are to be moving to order the Ranks and Files.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>When the Regiment marches in Divi&s;ion.</HEAD>
<P>The one half of the Cap|tains are to march at the Front of the fir&s;t Divi&s;ion
<PB N="23" REF="46">of Shot, and the re&s;t in the Rear of the la&s;t Divi&s;ion of Shot;
<NOTE N="(h)" PLACE="marg">The Of|ficers in marching are to keep the &s;ame di&s;tance from the Body as when they were drawn up.</NOTE> and one half of the Lieutenants are to be in the Rear of the fir&s;t Divi&s;i|on of Shot, and the re&s;t at the Front of the la&s;t.</P>
<P>The En&s;igns are to march at the head of the Pikes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Of Salutes.</HEAD>
<P>THe Officer that Com|mands ought fir&s;t to Salute.</P>
<P>And the Captains that march next in a Rank mu&s;t not begin to Salute, till the &s;aid Officer hath done.</P>
<P>The Lieutenants mu&s;t
<PB N="24" REF="47">likewi&s;e ob&s;erve the &s;ame or|der and motion, and &s;o mu&s;t the En&s;igns, but they mu&s;t move their Colours all the &s;ame way, to avoid tangling.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>If the King, or Queen, or Ge|neral pa&s;&s;eth by,</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM>The Pikes mu&s;t be Advan|ced.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The Drums mu&s;t Beat.
<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">In ma|king a Guard.</NOTE></ITEM>
<ITEM>The Muskets be Shouldred.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The Pikes mu&s;t be Ordered.</ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>When the King or General comes in the Rear,</HEAD>
<P>The Colours or Officers, are not to march through the
<PB N="25" REF="47">Ranks, but keep &s;till at the Front.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>If the King pa&s;&s;eth by when the whole Army is drawn up in the Field,</HEAD>
<P>Every Battalion is to
<NOTE N="(k)" PLACE="marg">The Po&s;ture of more Guards.</NOTE> charge their Pikes, and re&s;t their Muskets.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Of Wheeling, when a Body marches in Divi&s;ion.</HEAD>
<P>IF to the Right, the right hand Man is to keep his ground, and only turn upon his Heel, whil&s;t at the &s;ame
<PB N="26" REF="48">time the left hand Men move about quick, till the Officer cries, <HI>Stand.</HI></P>
<P>The &s;econd Rank is not to begin till they have taken the Ground of the fir&s;t.</P>
<P>And &s;o every Rank is to take the Ground of the Rank next before.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>To Exerci&s;e a Troop, or Regiment of Hor&s;e.</HEAD>
<P>LEt them charge their Carbines and Pi&s;tols.</P>
<P>And when the Corporals or Officers have &s;een that they are all ready,</P>
<PB N="27" REF="48">
<P>The Officer commands &s;i|lence, and directs.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Lay your Hand upon your Swords.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Draw your Swords.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Put your Swords in your Bridle Hand.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lay your Hands upon your Pi&s;tols.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Draw your Pi&s;tols.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Cock your Pi&s;tols.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Hold them up.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Fire.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Return your Pi&s;tols.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The manner of Firing in Advan|cing towards an Enemy.</HEAD>
<P>THey &s;hould give Fire by Ranks.</P>
<PB N="28" REF="49">
<P>Two Ranks make ready
<NOTE N="(l)" PLACE="marg">A Ser|jeant or (when the Body is great) &s;ome Of|ficer mu&s;t &s;tand to whom the Muske|teers are to come up before they pre|&s;ent and give fire.</NOTE> together, and advance 10 Paces before the Body.</P>
<P>And whil&s;t the fir&s;t gives Fire, the &s;econd mu&s;t keep their Muskets ready, and Pans guarded.</P>
<P>And as &s;oon as the fir&s;t fall away, the &s;econd Pre|&s;ent, give fire, and fall off.</P>
<P>In like manner when the two fir&s;t Ranks move from their places in the Front, the two next Ranks mu&s;t un|&s;houlder and make ready, and do in all points as the former, and &s;o by two Ranks at a time, through the whole Di|vi&s;ion.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<PB N="29" REF="49">
<HEAD>To Fire when retiring from an Enemy.</HEAD>
<P>AS the Troop marcheth, the hindermo&s;t Rank (keeping &s;till with the Troop) maketh Ready, and when ready, they turn all to|gether to the right hand, and Fire, marching pre&s;ently a round pace to the Front, and there place them&s;elves ju&s;t before; and in like manner &s;hould every Rank do, if the Enemy &s;hould &s;tand or advance.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>To Fire by the Flank.</HEAD>
<P>THE outermo&s;t File next the Enemy mu&s;t
<PB N="30" REF="50">make ready, keeping &s;till all along with the Body,
<NOTE N="(m)" PLACE="marg">a Ser|jeant or &s;ome Offi|cer mu&s;t &s;tand at the Head of the fir&s;t File, to lead each File, till the whole Wing be com|pleat, and joyned in form equal with the Pikes.</NOTE> till they are ready, and then turn to the right or left, as they &s;ee the Enemy, and mu&s;t fire all together; when they have di&s;charged they mu&s;t not move from their ground, but charge a|gain; and &s;o each File are to ob&s;erve like time and motion.</P>
<P>When the whole Troop or Wing of Musketeers make ready together, the fir&s;t Rank, without advancing, gives fire in the place they &s;tand, and then as &s;peedily as may be (but orderly) fall off, all the Ranks doing in like manner.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<PB N="31" REF="50">
<HEAD>How to perfect the Trained Bands for Service, and not exceed the Duty appointed by the Acts.</HEAD>
<P>IN regard the times by the Acts for Exerci&s;e of the whole Companies are but few, it would much conduce to the fitting them for Ser|vice, to appoint the Exerci&s;e of&mdash; at a time (as they live convenient) under the command of a Serjeant or Corporal,
<NOTE PLACE="marg">Any num|ber not le&s;s then Ten.</NOTE> for the &s;pace of two hours, upon Holy days.</P>
<P>But till the Soldiers per|fectly under&s;tand their Du|ties, Po&s;tures, Motions, and
<PB N="32" REF="51">Exerci&s;e of their Arms, there needs not be any expence of Powder.</P>
<P>And after they do under|&s;tand their Po&s;tures, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> they may Exerci&s;e with fal&s;e Fires, as only a little Powder in the Pan, till &s;uch times as the whole Compa|ny meet together.</P>
<P>And if at &s;uch private Exerci&s;es there were &s;ome &s;mall Prizes provided, to be &s;hot for at Marks, it would make the Soldiers more rea|dy at firing, yet with le&s;s charge, and would prevent wa&s;ting their Money and Time at Nine-pins and idle Games.</P>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
<PB REF="51">
<PB REF="52">
<PB REF="52" MS="y">
</DIV1>
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