Orders and institvtions of vvar, made and ordained by His Maiesty and by him delivered to his generall His Excellence the Earle of Nevvcastle with the said Earles speech to the army at the delivery and publishing the said orders prefixt. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A32013 of text R4905 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C2530). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A32013) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 61646) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 248:E127, no 23) Orders and institvtions of vvar, made and ordained by His Maiesty and by him delivered to his generall His Excellence the Earle of Nevvcastle with the said Earles speech to the army at the delivery and publishing the said orders prefixt. England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. 8 p. Printed for J. Johnson, [London] : 1642. Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library. eng Newcastle, William Cavendish, -- Duke of, 1592-1676. England and Wales. -- Army. Military law -- England. A32013 R4905 (Wing C2530). civilwar no Orders and institutions of vvar, made and ordained by His Maiesty, and by him delivered to his generall His Excellence the Earle of Nevvcast England and Wales. Sovereign 1642 2361 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 B The rate of 4 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-01 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-02 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Robyn Anspach Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Robyn Anspach Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion ORDERS AND INSTITVTIONS OF VVAR , Made and ordained by His MAIESTY , And by Him delivered to His Generall His EXCELLENCE The Earle of NEVVCASTLE . With the said Earles Speech to the Army at the delivery and publishing the said Orders prefixt . Printed for J. Johnson . 1642. Orders and Institutions of War . INprimis , it is by us ordered , That no Colonell Captaine or other Officer or souldier , shall be admitted into our service , but such as shall take the Oathes of Supremacy and Allegiance . 2. No Papist of what degree or quality soever shall be admitted to serve in our Army . 3. All Colonels are commanded to have a speciall care that the due service of God be performed in their severall Regiments , by the Chaplains to each Regiment every Sunday twice , except some contingent occasion of moment be a lawfull impediment for their forbearance . 4. All Colonels , Lievtenant Colonels , Captaines and other inferiour Officers are commanded to represse all disorders in their severall quarters , as they will answer the contrary to our Councell of War if the default be found in them . 5. Whosoever shall presume to sweare or blaspheme the name of God in our quarters ; for the first offence shall suffer twelve houres imprisonment ; for the second , he shall suffer foure and twenty houres durance ; and for the third he shall be whipt and cashiered our Army . 6. Whatsoever souldier shall be found drunke and so neglect his duty , shall be punished at the discretion of our Court of War , according to the haynousnesse of the fact , and the detriment arrived by his default to our service . 7. What Captaine or other Officer that shall inflict punishment , or strike any souldier without good cause of offence given ; for such punishment or blow shall upon complaint made receive censure from his superiours . 8. What Captaine or other superiour Officer or inferiour , that shall detaine the souldiers pay after 't is delivered to him by our Treasurer or his subordinate Officers , upon complaint made shall make full repayment of such moneyes and then be cashiered our service . 9. Wheras there is and hath been in most services divers enormous abuses committed in Musters by Muster-Masters , Commissaries and Officers for that purpose , making their Companies seem compleat by men hired out of other Companies : We doe therefore command all Colonels , Captains , and other Officers , to take especiall care that their Companies be full , and no such enormities committed : Every Muster-Master so offending being lyable to Capitall punishment , and every man so hired shall suffer death , for his second offence ; for his first , lye in Irons during ours or our Generals pleasure . 10. What souldier soever that shall presume to steale from or plunder any of our good Subjects in his march , or in any Towne where he is billeted , shall suffer death , if the thing so stolne or taken be above the value of twelve pence , if under , he shall be punished according to the discretion of his Officers . 11. Whosoever shall wilfully act any murder upon the persons of any of our good subjects , souldier or other shall suffer death . 12. Whosoever shall force or ravish any woman within our quarters , or any other place , shall suffer death . 13. Whosoever draweth any sword in the presence of our Generall to doe any harme with it , shall lose his hand . 14. Whosoever draweth his sword when his Colours are flying , or upon any march , he shall be harquebuser'd : if it be done in the place where he is billeted , he shall onely lose his hand and be banish'd our quarters . 15. Whosoever draweth his sword in the quarters after the watch is set , with intention of mischiefe to any , shall suffer death . 16. No man shall hinder our Provolt-Marshall or his inferiour Officers from execution of any charge given them by our Generall , who presumes to doe it shall suffer death . 17. All that is to be published and made knowne to all men , shall be openly proclaimed by sound of Drum or Trumpet , that no man plead ignorance for the neglect of his duty . Who so is found disobedient shall be punish'd as the fault is of importance . 18. No man shall presume to make any Alarum in the quarter , or shoot off his Musket in the quarter but shall be severely punish'd . 19. After advertisement is given to set the watch , he that shall absent himselfe without some lawfull cause , shall be punish'd with Irons . 20. He that is found sleeping upon his watch in any place of danger shall be harquebuser'd . 21. He who shall come off the watch where he is appointed to stand , or he who shall drinke himselfe drunke so long as he hath the guard shall be harquebuser'd . 23. Whosoever repaires not to his Colours when he heares the Trumpet sound or Drum beat shall be punish'd with Irons . 24. Whensoever a march is beaten , every man shall follow his Colours , neither shall any through presumption stay behinde without leave , upon feare of punishment . 25. If any stay behind in a mutinous fashion he shall be punish'd with death . 27. He who doth run from his Colours in the field , shall be punish'd with death ; and if any other souldiers kill him in the meane time , he shall be free . 28. When occasion of service is , he who doth first run away , if any can kill him he shall be free . 29. What Regiment or Company shall begin any mutiny , the first beginner shall be punish'd with death , and the rest that consent to him shall be punish'd according to the discretion of the Councell of War . 30. Whosoever souldier or other that shall directly or indirectly hold intelligence with the enemy , or disclose any of our secrets to them or any of them , shall as traytors be punish'd with death . 31. What Regiment of Horse or Foot shall treat with the Enemy , or enter into any league with him without our leave or our Generals , shall be punish'd with death . 32. Whosoever shall give over any of our Townes to the Enemy that may be defended against them , unlesse in case of necessity shall be punish'd with death . 33. No man shall presume to send any challenge to any other of his fellowes , nor to fight any duell in the quarters or without , upon paine of death . 34. They who shall hold any manner of conference with the Enemie , without licence from our Generall , shall be punished with death . 35. Every one that shall not be contented with that quarter which is assigned him shall , be accounted a Mutiner . 36. If any cast away any of his Armes , either in the field , or in the quarters , he shall be whipt thorow the quarters , as an example to others . 37. Hee who doth pawne any of his Armes , or any Amunition whatsoever , or any other necessaries whatsoever used in the field , for the first & second offences shall be whipt thorow the quarters , for the third time he shall be punish'd as for other theft : Also he that bought them , or took them to pawne , be he souldier or victualler , or other , shall lose his money , or be punished as he who pawn'd or sold them . 37. No man shall presume to set fire on any towne , village , house , barne , out-house , haystacke , or Mill of any of our Subjects , whoever shall be found guilty of any such crime , shall suffer death without mercy . 38. No man shall presume to wrong any who hath our Warrant or our Generalls for his safe passage , be he friend or enemie , upon paine of death . 39. He who doth beat his Hoste or Hostis , or any of their servants , the first and second time , shall be put in Irons ; the third time he shall be punished at the discretion of our Officers . 40. None shall presume to wrong any man that brings necessaries to our quarters , nor take his horse from him by force , whosoever doth , shall be punished with death . 41. No souldiers shall come to the muster , but at what day and houre they are commanded : no Colonell nor Captaine shall presume to muster his men without command from our Generall . 42. If any Horse-man doe borrow either Horse , Pistoll , Saddle or Sword to muster withall , so much as is borrowed , shall be forfeited , and he that doth it shall be put out of our service , and he that lendeth them shall forfeit one half to the captain , the other half to the Provost . 43. If it can be proved that any Horse-man doe spoyle his Horse willingly of purpose , to returne home , he shall be held a coward , lose his Horse , and be turned out of the service . 44. No souldier whatsoever , Horse or Foot , shall be cast off by his Captaine , or any inferiour Officer , without consent of the Colonell . 45. No Colonell nor Captaine shall licence any souldier , either Horse or Foot , to depart the field without leave of the Generall , as he will answer the same , and incurre our displeasure . 46. Any Souldier , Gentleman or other , that shall be maymed , or lose any limbe in this our present service , shall have a competent pension allowed him to subsist upon during his life . 47. If any Captaine , or other Commander , doe lend his souldiers to any other Captaine , it shall be done in the presence of our Muster-masters , that so our service be not neglected . 48. All our Souldiers We doe hereby strictly require to avoid all quarrells and offences one to another , to give due obedience and fit respects to their Captaines , Lievtenants , Ensignes and other inferiour Officers . 49. We also require , and strictly command all Ensignes , Lievtenants , Captaines , to give the same respects to our officers of the field ; as Serjeant-Majors , Lievtenant-Colonells and Colonells . 50. As we expect they and all the rest of our Army by our expresse command , doe the right Honourable , Our trusty and welbeloved Cousen and Councellor , William Earle of Newcastle , his Excellence , whom wee have constituted and ordained Generall of all our present Forces . 51. And we doe hereby will and require our said trusty and welbeloved Cousin and Councellour , William , Earle of Newcastle , his Excellence , our Generall , so constituted and ordained , to see all these , and all other our Ordinances of war whatsoever , put in execution by his immediate officers , that so our Cause may succeed prosperously , and We , with the Almighties assistance , be victorious over all our Enemies . His Excellence , the Earle of Newcastle's SPEECH to his Colonels , and other Commanders , at his receiving the charge of Generall , and the precedent Orders from his Majestie . LOrds and Gentlemen , my Noble Friends and fellow Souldiers , I could have heartily wished , that either the Earle of Lindsey , who before commanded you , had evaded his untimely destiny ; or th●● his sacred Majesty had beene pleased to have conferr'd the successive managing of this office to one of better abilities then my selfe but since I am invested with this charge , I shall study to demeane my selfe like a faithfull Subject to my Prince , a true legitimate sonne to my mother the Common-wealth , and a just and loving Chiefe to you all ; to use incouragementss to men of fortitude , is an implicit diminution to their valours . I shall not therefore so much undervalue yours , as to intrude an exhortation upon your courages , onely I shall desire you will keepe those men under your commands free from disordiers , performing with all care and diligence , these Institutions which I now as your Generall am ingaged to deliver to you from his sacred Majesty : we are here in our owne Countrey , a sad and lamentable affaire it is in Armes , and must imploy our hands against our selves , our brothers ; if we must fight , I make no doubt of your deportement in the affaires of war , but could heartily wish , and so I hope you doe all wish with me , that we might be happy in a faire and sudden attonement between his Majesty and his high Court of Parliament ; 't is not improbable , but it may be effected , if not , I hope you will all fight as valiantly as I shall leade you on resolutely , and ( if it so please God ) bring you off with safety . FINIS .