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<DIV1 TYPE="title page">
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<P><HI>Orders, Rules, AND INSTRUCTIONS</HI> To be ob&s;erved by the Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter Gene|ral, and Cleark of the Checques, the Comp|troller of the Mu&s;ters and Checques, and Commi&s;&s;aries of the Mu&s;ters of His Ma|je&s;ties Army and Forces in <HI>Ireland,</HI> and all others whom the &s;ame doth or &s;hall in any way concern, for the better prevent|ing of any deceipts that may be practi&s;ed in the Army, and to render the &s;ame full and effectuall for His Maje&s;ties Service. <HI>BY THE</HI> Lord Lieutenant General, and General Governour of <HI>Ireland.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dublin, Printed by</HI> Benjamin Tooke, <HI>Printer to the Kings Mo&s;t Excellent MAJESTY; And are to be Sold by</HI> Jo&s;eph Wilde <HI>Book-&s;eller in</HI> Ca&s;tle-&s;treet, <HI>1672.</HI></P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="military orders">
<PB REF="2">
<PB N="3" REF="2">
<HEAD>Orders, Rules, AND INSTRUCTIONS BY THE <HI>Lord Lieutenant General, and General Governour of</HI> Ireland.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>ESSEX.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>I.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter General by him&s;elf and his Deputies, are to mu&s;ter all the Guards of Hor&s;e and Foot, and all the Troops and Companies of His Maje&s;ties Army, Officers, Mini&s;ters, and Artificers of the Train of Artillery
<PB N="4" REF="3"> within this Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> every three moneths at lea&s;t, or as often as We, or in our ab&s;ence the Deputy of this Kingdom &s;hall think fit.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>The Deputy Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ters, who are appointed to mu&s;ter the Guards, Troops and Companies, and Train of Artillery as afore&s;aid, in their &s;everal Gari&s;ons or Quarters, are not to give notice of their purpo&s;e &s;o to do, until late in the Evening, and then they are to give notice unto the Governour or Officer, commanding in chief the &s;aid Gari&s;on or Quarter, who is thereupon to have in a readine&s;s the Troops or Companies early next morn|ing, every Officer and Souldier in his pro|per Arms and Furniture, at the u&s;ual and accu&s;tomed place, or &s;uch other place as the Deputy Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter &s;hall appoint. Where the Captain or chief Officer com|manding of each Troop and Company,
<PB N="5" REF="3"> is to have in readine&s;s three mu&s;ter-Rolls, containing the names of the Officers, and Souldiers fairly written alphabetically, ac|cording to the Sirnames as it is now u&s;ual, and parted by lines into di&s;tinct Columes, each of which &s;hall mention the age, place of Birth, Complection, or time of en|trance into that Troop or Company of each Souldier, and then the Deputy Mu|&s;ter-ma&s;ter, before he proceed to mu&s;ter the Troop or Company, &s;hall take an ac|count of the Ranks and Files of each Troop and Company, and after he has &s;o numbred them, &s;hall call the Officers and Souldiers particularly, placing a Cypher before their names, &s;ignifying their being pre&s;ent, and if any be ab&s;ent, &s;ick, dead, di&s;charged, or run away, they are to be written &s;o upon their names; And after the Roll is &s;o called, the Deputy Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter is to count the Ranks and Files a|gain, that &s;o he may be a&s;&s;ured there is not any wrong done by the Officers in cau&s;ing
<PB N="6" REF="4"> Souldiers to be mu&s;tered twice, or mi&s;take on his own part, by making more or le&s;s than he ought, and that &s;uch men as are to be entertained, that mu&s;ter in the Roomes of any dead, di&s;charged, or run away, may be entred for that mu&s;ter at the latter end of the Roll, and not brought into the alphabet until the next mu&s;ter. After the mu&s;ter, the Deputy Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter is to clo&s;e the Rolls, with the Officers after the u&s;ual manner, two Rolls to be &s;igned by the Captain and all Commi&s;&s;ioned Offi|cers pre&s;ent, which are to be delivered to the Deputy Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter, to be by him delivered to the Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter General, and the Comptroller of the mu&s;ters, ac|cording to which mu&s;ter Rolls, Warrants are to be drawn for their pay, of which the Comptroller, or his Deputy is to take notice; And before any Warrant be offe|red, the Comptroller is to examine and Comptrol the &s;ame, and to atte&s;t them for Te&s;timony, that neither His Maje&s;ty, nor
<PB N="7" REF="4"> the Souldiers be wronged in the payments, and the other Roll is to be &s;igned by the Deputy Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter, which is to be de|livered to the Captain, or chief Officer pre&s;ent with the Troop or Company, to be by him produced at the next mu&s;ter for an Examining Roll, to the end if any Souldiers be wanting, it may be known what is become of them, whether dead, di&s;charged, or run away; And that there|by the Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter General, or the Comptroller, may be able to render an ac|count to Us from time to time, of &s;uch Souldiers as are received into any Troop or Company in the Army, and tho&s;e like|wi&s;e that go forth.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>The Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter General and his Deputies, are not to permit any Officer or Souldier in the Army, to pa&s;s mu&s;ter, unle&s;s they &s;hall produce a Certificate un|der the hand of the Bi&s;hop of the Dio|ce&s;s,
<PB N="8" REF="5"> upon a Certificate made to him un|der the hand and &s;eal of the lawful Mini|&s;ter of the Pari&s;h wherein they are Quar|tered or Garri&s;oned; That they had re|ceived the Ble&s;&s;ed Sacrament of the Holy Communion, according to the Di&s;cipline of the Church of <HI>Ireland,</HI> the <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> or <HI>Chri&s;tmas</HI> next preceeding the &s;aid mu&s;ter, and this to be done once every year.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P>No Captain &s;hall pre&s;ent at the mu&s;ter, any Officer or Souldier to be ab&s;ent by Licence, except the &s;ame be under our Hand, or the Hand of the Deputy of this Kingdom in Our ab&s;ence; which Licence is to be entred at the Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter Gene|rals, and al&s;o at the Comptrollers Office, for which entring of every &s;uch Licence in the &s;aid Offices the Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter Gene|ral, and the Comptroller, or the Deputies are to take and receive of every Commi&s;|&s;ioned Officer two &s;hillings and &s;ix pence
<PB N="9" REF="5"> each, and the time limited &s;et down on the mu&s;ter Roll, and if any that are Licenced to go out of this Kingdom, return not within the time limited, then they are to be checqued, except they produce a Cer|tificate or Te&s;timonial from the Mayor, or other chief Officer of the Port from whence they &s;hall &s;hip them&s;elves, that they were ready to come, but were &s;tayed by the ca&s;ualty of contrary winds or wea|ther, or for want of pa&s;&s;age, or by &s;ickne&s;s. And in ca&s;e any Officer or Souldier, who is Licenced to be ab&s;ent from his duty within this Kingdom, out-&s;tay the time Limited, then his Pay to be checqued for &s;uch time, and the checque not to be taken off, but by e&s;pecial Order in writing from Us, or in our ab&s;ence the Deputy of this Kingdom of which the Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter General and Comptroller are to take no|tice.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="5" TYPE="order">
<PB N="10" REF="6">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P>If any Officer or Souldier be ab&s;ent from his mu&s;ter, then he is to be returned ab&s;ent, and loo&s;e the benefit of &s;uch mu&s;ter, unle&s;s it be in ca&s;e of &s;ickne&s;s, which is to appear by view of the Deputy Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter, or by authentick certificate if the Per&s;on &s;ick be far di&s;tant, or that they have e&s;pecial Licence from Us, or the Deputy of this Kingdom in Our ab&s;ence, and entred as afore&s;aid.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="6" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<P>No Commi&s;&s;ioned Officer &s;hall pa&s;s mu&s;ter, till he fir&s;t produce his Commi&s;&s;i|on to the Deputy Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter, and the &s;ame entred in the Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter Generals and the Comptrollers Office, to the end he may receive his Pay accordingly; And that the Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter General and the Comptroller, may the better render an ac|count unto Us, or in Our ab&s;ence to the
<PB N="11" REF="6"> Deputy of this Kingdom, of all the Commi&s;&s;ioned Officers of the Army from time to time, as the &s;ame &s;hall be requi|red.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="7" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>VII.</HEAD>
<P>No Captain, or other Officer &s;hall give Licence to any Private Souldier under his Command, to be ab&s;ent above fourteen dayes, and no &s;uch Licence to be of force, if any Souldier be ab&s;ent at mu&s;ter.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="8" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>VIII.</HEAD>
<P>If any Officer or Souldier, be at any time taken Pri&s;oner, then upon atte&s;tation of the Captain, or other Officer Com|manding the Troop or Company, the &s;aid Pri&s;oner is to be allowed on the mu&s;ters during his Impri&s;onment.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="9" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>IX.</HEAD>
<P>No Officer &s;hall Entertain any per&s;on in the Room of any Souldier dead, di&s;|charged,
<PB N="12" REF="7"> or run away out of any Troop or Company, till the next mu&s;ter day, and his Pay to commence from that day for|ward, and not otherwi&s;e, and if any Offi|cer or Souldier be returned dead, then he is to be allowed pay to the day of his death, which is to appear by authentick Certificate.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="10" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>X.</HEAD>
<P>Taking into Our con&s;ideration the e|vil con&s;equences of Officers di&s;charging their Souldiers irregularly, no Officer &s;hall from henceforth di&s;charge any Souldier mu&s;tered in his Troop or Company, un|till &s;uch Souldier be di&s;charged by a Court-mar&s;hal, or by order in Writing from Us, or the Deputy of this Kingdom in Our ab&s;ence, or by the Souldiers con&s;ent at mu&s;ter, upon pain of being Ca&s;hiered, nor &s;hall the Officers of the mu&s;ters allow any new man in the place, of any that are not regularly di&s;charged.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="11" TYPE="order">
<PB N="13" REF="7">
<HEAD>XI.</HEAD>
<P>No Captain or other Officer of the Army, &s;hall in the tender or pre&s;entment of the mu&s;ters, u&s;e any fraud, practice or deceit, whereby the Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter Gene|ral or his Deputies, or the other Officers of the mu&s;ters maybe mi&s;led, mi&s;taken, or prevented of the due under&s;tanding of the true E&s;tate of that Company or Troop, upon pain of lo&s;s of his place, and &s;uch other Ignominious puni&s;hment, as by a Mar&s;hal-court &s;hall be thought fit.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="12" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>XII.</HEAD>
<P>Every Officer and Souldier of the Army, and Officers, Mini&s;ters, and Ar|tificers of the Train of Artillery, &s;hall take the Oathes of Allegiance and Supre|macy, or el&s;e not be allowed on the mu&s;ters.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="13" TYPE="order">
<PB N="14" REF="8">
<HEAD>XIII.</HEAD>
<P>No Officer &s;hall make contract or a|greement with any of the Souldiers of the Army, for le&s;s pay then is allowed them by His Maje&s;ties E&s;tabli&s;hment, nor take any money or Security of money for their admittance into the Army; To which end the Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter General and his Deputies, and the Comptroller and his Deputy, are hereby &s;trictly required to u&s;e all means po&s;&s;ible to inquire what Officers do make any &s;uch contract, or take money as afore&s;aid, who being &s;atisfi|ed therein, are forthwith to inform Us, or in Our ab&s;ence the Deputy of this King|dom of the &s;ame; and &s;uch Officers and Souldiers &s;o offending, &s;hall forthwith be di&s;charged the Army, and &s;uffer &s;uch o|ther puni&s;hment as &s;hall be thought fit by a Court-mar&s;hal. And if any Captain &s;hall detain from any Souldiers their Pay, or any part thereof, when he hath received
<PB N="15" REF="8"> the &s;ame, by the &s;pace of three dayes, or &s;hall not <HI>bona fide,</HI> pay the &s;ame without any Re&s;ervation or Engagement for re|ceiving the &s;ame back, or any thing in liew thereof, &s;uch Captain or other Officer &s;hall be ab&s;olutely Ca&s;hiered from his Com|mand.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="14" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>XIV.</HEAD>
<P>No Souldier &s;hall be &s;uffered to pa&s;s mu&s;ter upon a borrowed Hor&s;e, or with borrowed Arms or Furniture, and his Hor&s;e &s;hall be &s;erviceable, and not under Fourteen handful high, and worth at lea&s;t twelve pounds.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="15" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>XV.</HEAD>
<P>The Officers being &s;upplyed with ne|ce&s;&s;ary and convenient Arms, and Furni|ture belonging to their &s;everal Troops and Companies, the Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter General and his Deputies, and the Comptroller and his Deputies, are Required to take
<PB N="16" REF="9"> e&s;pecial care at the mu&s;ters taken by them, that the Souldiers Arms be well fixed, and that all the Fire-arms of Foot be of one Bore, and if they &s;hall find any Souldiers Arms unfixed on the mu&s;ter day, they &s;hall mark the &s;ame on &s;uch Souldiers name in the mu&s;ter Roll, and the &s;aid Souldiers &s;hall be chequed for every &s;uch defective Arms, the Cheques following, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<Q><L>For a Sword every moneth two dayes Pay.</L>
<L>The like for Pikes, Mu&s;quets, Bandaleers,</L>
<L>Pi&s;tols, Carbines and Hol&s;ter s</L></Q>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="16" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>XVI.</HEAD>
<P>No Souldier that is an Inhabitant of any Town or Garri&s;on, and a Trade&s;man (being well able to live of him&s;elf) &s;hall be &s;uffered to pa&s;s mu&s;ter, unle&s;s he will re&s;ide con&s;tantly in his Garri&s;on, and be fit and ready on all occa&s;ions for Service to be drawn into the field, and be well
<PB N="17" REF="9"> Trained in the Exerci&s;e of his Arms.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="17" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>XVII.</HEAD>
<P>No Officer &s;hall mu&s;ter a man fal&s;e up|on pain of Ca&s;hiering.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="18" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>XVIII.</HEAD>
<P>No Souldier in Mu&s;ter &s;hall an&s;wer for another, or mu&s;ter by a fal&s;e name, up|on pain of death, and the Officer that pre&s;ents &s;uch Souldier to be Ca&s;hiered.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="19" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>XIX.</HEAD>
<P>The Deputy Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ters &s;hall have a &s;ufficient Convoy from Garri&s;on to Garri&s;on, whil&s;t they are mu&s;tering, and &s;o &s;hall the Comptroller, or whom he &s;hall appoint as his Deputies or Sub&s;titutes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="20" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>XX.</HEAD>
<P>No Officer or Souldie &s;hall pre&s;ume to taunt, revile or pick a quarrel, with any of the Deputy Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ters, or the
<PB N="18" REF="10"> Comptrollers Deputies, but &s;hall quietly &s;uffer him or them to examine, demand or require any Souldiers name, the Country from whence he came, and time of his be|ing in the Kingdom, and to take any note or mark of the Souldiers at his or their plea&s;ure; and if any Officer or Souldier &s;hall offend herein, &s;evere puni&s;hment &s;hall be inflicted on him or them as oppugnors of His Maje&s;ties Authority, and breakers of Our Orders and In&s;tructions, as we &s;hall think fit.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="21" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>XXI.</HEAD>
<P>The Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter General &s;hall from time to time, alter and change his Depu|ties, to mu&s;ter in each Circuits and Pre|cincts, as he in his Di&s;cretion &s;hall think fit, and not to permit them to mu&s;ter in one and the &s;ame Precinct con&s;tantly.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="22" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>XXII.</HEAD>
<P>If any of the Deputy Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ters,
<PB N="19" REF="10"> or other Officers of the mu&s;ters, &s;hall at any time abu&s;e the Tru&s;t committed to his care, by conniving with the Officers to make a fal&s;e mu&s;ter, or taking from any Officer or Souldier any Bribe, Gift, Re|ward or Pre&s;ent what&s;oever, upon account of mu&s;tering, he &s;hall forfeit his Imploy|ment, and &s;uffer &s;uch further puni&s;hment as &s;hall be thought fit.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="23" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>XXIII.</HEAD>
<P>None but effective duty men that re|ceive His Maje&s;ties full pay, &s;hall be allow|ed on any mu&s;ter, nor any man ab&s;ent without leave from Us, or the Deputy of this Kingdom in Our ab&s;ence, and none under the age of Seventeen years, &s;hall be allowed on any mu&s;ter on any pretence what&s;oever.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="24" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>XXIV.</HEAD>
<P>The name of the Clerk of every Troop and Company is to be mentioned
<PB N="20" REF="11"> in the margent of every mu&s;ter Roll, as al&s;o the Servants, which We have thought fit to allow to the &s;everal Commi&s;&s;ioned Officers.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="25" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>XXV.</HEAD>
<P>The Comptroller, his Deputy or Sub|&s;titute &s;hall have free Egre&s;s and Regre&s;s into the Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter-Generals Office, to the end he may take Notes or Copies, and ob&s;erve how they do their duty; and that no mi&s;take may happen by having the management in one Office, We think fit that the Comptroller his Deputy or Sub&s;titute, &s;hall al&s;o &s;ign the Warrants for Pay, before they be offered unto, or &s;igned by Us, to which end they &s;hall be &s;ent to him.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="26" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>XXVI.</HEAD>
<P>The Comptroller of the mu&s;ters, or his Deputy or Sub&s;titutes by him ap|pointed, &s;hall u&s;e all diligence, indu&s;try and
<PB N="21" REF="11"> endeavours, to keep His Maje&s;ties Army in this Kingdom full and effectual for His Maje&s;ties Service, not onely at the dayes of mu&s;tering, but al&s;o at other times, when the Officers of the mu&s;ters are not expected, by &s;ending out his Deputies or Sub&s;titutes when he &s;hall think it nece&s;&s;a|ry, and mo&s;t for His Maje&s;ties Service, to the end that the con&s;tant expectation of being mu&s;tered, may keep them to the du|ty expected from them.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="27" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>XXVII.</HEAD>
<P>All Commi&s;&s;ions both of Hor&s;e and Foot, and all Patents, Orders, Rules and Directions for taking off Cheques, and all other things of like nature relating to the Army and Forces, are to be entred at the Comptrollers Office, as well as at the Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ters, of which all per&s;ons con|cerned are to take notice.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="28" TYPE="order">
<PB N="22" REF="12">
<HEAD>XXVIII.</HEAD>
<P>The Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter General, and his Deputy &s;hall within <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> dayes after the return of every mu&s;ter, give unto Us a true account and State of His Ma|je&s;ties Army, and the Cheques impo&s;ed thereon, and that no mi&s;take may happen, the Comptroller of the mu&s;ters or his De|puty &s;hall atte&s;t the &s;ame.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="29" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>XXIX.</HEAD>
<P>For the better putting in Execution the afore&s;aid Orders and In&s;tructions, the Mu&s;ter-ma&s;ter General, and his &s;everal De|puties within this Kingdom, in di&s;charge of the great Tru&s;t repo&s;ed in them, are required with all care and diligence, &s;trictly to ob&s;erve the &s;ame; and if any of the &s;aid Deputy mu&s;ter-ma&s;ters in any mea&s;ure o|mit, or neglect to put in Execution the Rules and Directions before expre&s;t, he &s;hall be di&s;mi&s;&s;ed from the &s;aid Imploy|ment,
<PB N="23" REF="12"> and &s;uffer &s;uch other puni&s;hment as We &s;hall think fit.</P>
<P>And We require all the Officers of the Guards, and other the Officers of the Ar|my, and Train of Artillery, in this His Maje&s;ties Kingdom, to take due notice hereof, and to yield due obedience there|unto, as they will an&s;wer the contrary at their perils.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at His Maje&s;ties Ca&s;tle of <HI>Dublin,</HI> <DATE>the 21th day of <HI>September</HI> 1672.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Hen: Ford.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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