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<HEAD>By the Commander in Chief of the PARLIAMENTS Forces in IRELAND.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas, the Lord in Mercie hath been plea&s;ed, to ble&s;e the Endevours of his poor unworthy In&s;truments in this Army, in bringing the work of Mar in this Nation to &s;o hopeful a Period; yet withall con&s;idering that every Condition hath us Tempt|ations, and even outward Peace and Succe&s;&s;es attended oft times with the greate&s;t and mo&s;t dangerous appearing in a Spirit of Carele&s;&s;ne&s;s and Negligence, ari&s;ing much from Incon&s;ideratene&s;s and &s;lighting of Enemies (becau&s;e but few, and their Condition low) too little minding how God can, and oft doth make poor de|&s;pi&s;ed handfuis of the Enemie, prevalent again&s;t, or at lea&s;t vexations to his own In&s;truments (whom he hath before eminently u&s;ed) when they are given up to, or acted by the forementioned Spirit of Negligence in the Duties of their Places, and having too evident grounds to fear and beleive, that &s;uch an evil Temper is much bro|ken in upon this Army, &s;ince the days that God le&s;&s;ened the number of their Ene|mies, &s;o as that, that con&s;cientious Care which hath formerly been ob&s;erved in the keeping clo&s;e to Duty, is much abated, partly through the Officers ab&s;enting them&s;elves too frequently from their re&s;pective Commands, or in being too carele&s;s and remi&s;s when pre&s;ent with them to execute the Duties of their Charges, whereby the through &amp; effectual pro&s;ecution of the Enemie yet remaining is not onely neglected, but &s;ome of the Officers them&s;elves become uncapable of giving a due account of the Tru&s;t committed to them,</P>
<P>As perticularly appears in the &s;upine Carele&s;&s;ne&s;s and Negligence of Captain Deyas in the late lo&s;s of the Fort of <HI>Archeen</HI> in the I&s;le of <HI>Arran:</HI> For Prevention of which Evils in future, and the &s;ad Con&s;equencies of them; I thought it my Duty with the Advice of a Council of Officers, to Publi&s;h this, which I de&s;ire and hope, may be in Mer|cy a Warning to all, both Officers and Souldiers under my Command, who are hereby required diligently to Ob&s;erve and Execute the en&s;uing Articles according to their Capacities re&s;pectively. (<HI>viz.</HI>)</P>
<P>I. That no Commander in Chief of the Forces in any Precinct, be ab&s;ent a night out of the &s;aid Precinct, un|le&s;s upon Publick Service or bu&s;ine&s;s relating to his Charge, without leave from my &s;elf or other Superior Officer, upon penalty of lo&s;s of Place.</P>
<P>II. That no Governor of a Garri&s;on in any Precinct, do leave his Government or Command or be ab&s;ent a night from his Charge, unle&s;s upon Publick Service again&s;t an Enemie, or upon nece&s;&s;arie bu&s;ine&s;s relating to his Com|mand, without leave from a General-Officer or the Officer Commanding in Chief in the Precinct, or whom he &s;hall Au|thorize &s;o to give leave, upon lo&s;s of Place.</P>
<P>III. That no Inferior Officer what&s;oever, be ab&s;ent without leave, a night from his Charge, upon penalty of Ca&s;hiering.</P>
<P>IV. That no privat Souldier &s;hall depart a Mi&s;e from his Garri&s;on or Colours, without leave from his Officer, upon the penalty provided in the fir&s;t Article, concerning Duties in Camp and Garri&s;on, Expre&s;t in the Book of Articles.</P>
<P>V. That the Commanders of the Forces in their re&s;pective Precincts, or &s;uch as &s;hall be impowered by them, in giving leave to any under them, do both re&s;pect the &s;ea&s;on of doing it, the Number they give leave unto, and other Circum&s;tances, &s;o as the Publick Work may not &s;uffer thereby; and likewi&s;e that the &s;aid Commanders do as oft as they can, take a view of the Forces under their Charge, inquiring diligently after their Discharge or Neglects of Du|tie, and cau&s;e &s;uch Neglects to be Puni&s;hed.</P>
<P>VI. That a &s;trict Care be always had in the disarming all <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> what&s;oever, or others who have been in Arms again&s;t the Parliament at their entering into any Garri&s;on, upon penalty of Ca&s;hiering the Officer commanding the Guard, who &s;hall be Negligent herein.</P>
<P>VII. That the Officer commanding any Guard, do not &s;et forth a Centinel without a Match lighted, except he have a fire lock Musket: And that no Officer be ab&s;ent from his Guard, nor &s;uffer any Souldier to be off from the Guard, but upon a ju&s;tifiable Occa&s;ion, until they be releived, upon penalty of Ca&s;hiering.</P>
<P>VIII. That at no time, above the Number of two <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> at once (and tho&s;e unarmed) be &s;uffered to enter into any Ca|&s;tle, Fort, or Citidel upon any Occa&s;ion what&s;oever, without &s;pecial Order from the Governor, nor the Grate or Door of any Ca&s;tle, Fort, or Citidel &s;tand open but at the time of pa&s;&s;ing in and out, upon penalty of Ca&s;hiering the Officer commanding the Guard wherein they entered, or &s;uch Grate or Door &s;tood open.</P>
<P>IX. And la&s;tly, for the due and frequent Exerci&s;e of Troops and Companies (whereof there is lately too much Neglect) as al&s;o touching defending of Garri&s;ons with Care, and to the utmo&s;t extremity, and in all other perticulars requi&s;it for pre&s;erving the Di&s;cipline of the Army, the Officers are required to ob&s;erve and put into Execution the Printed Book of Articles, which are to be Publi&s;hed once every Month atlea&s;t by the Chief Officer pre&s;ent with every Troop or Company, or upon default thereof, the &s;aid Officer &s;hall for the fir&s;t Offence forfeit one Months Pay, for the &s;econd two Months Pay, and for the third be Ca&s;hiered.</P>
<P>And all Officers what&s;oever, who are now ab&s;ent from their Charges without &s;pecial Licence, are required to repair unto their re&s;pective Commands, within three days after Publication hereof.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Dated at DUBLIN,<DATE> <HI>December</HI> the 21, 1652.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Charles Fleetwood.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>Printed at DUBLIN, by WILL. BLADEN. <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1652.</P>
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