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A22830 Lawes and ordinances of vvarre, for the better government of His Maiesties Army Royall, in the present expedition for the northern parts, and safety of the kingdome Under the conduct of his Excellence, the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Earl Marshall of England, &c. and Generall of His Majesties forces.; Regulations. 1639 England and Wales. Army.; Arundel, Thomas Howard, Earl of, 1585-1646. 1639 (1639) STC 9335; ESTC S101120 10,462 30

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DIEV ET MON DROIT Lawes and Ordinances Of VVarre For the better Government of His MAIESTIES Army Royall in the present Expedition for the Northern parts and safety of the Kingdome Under the Conduct of his EXCELLENCE The Right Honourable THOMAS Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY Earl Marshall of ENGLAND c. and Generall of His Majesties Forces Imprinted at Newcastle by ROBERT BARKER Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie And by the Assignes of JOHN BILL 1639. Lawes and Ordinances of VVar. SIR THOMAS HOVVARD Chiefe of he Howards Earle of Arundel and Surrey First Earle and Earle Marshall of England Lord Howard Mowbray Brews of Gower Fitz-Allen Clan Oswaldesty Maltravers and Graystock Chiefe Iustice and Iustice in Eyre of all his Majesties Forests Parks and Chaces beyond Trent Lord Lieutenant of the Counties of Norfolk Sussex Surrey Northumberland Cumberland and Westmerland Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter One of his Majesties most Honourable Privie Councell in all his Majesties Kingdomes of England Scotland and Ireland and GENERALL of all his Majesties Forces in the present Expedition for the defence of this Realme c. To all Officers of the Army Colonels Lieutenant-Colonels Sergeant-Majors Captains Lieutenants Ensignes and all other Officers and Souldiers of Horse and Foot And to all his Majesties Subjects and others whom these LAVVES and Ordinances of Warre shall concerne VVhich LAVVES being thus ordained and proclaimed in the Army all the said Persons respectively and severally are to swear unto and thereafter to observe and keep upon the pains and penalties to the LAVVES and Ordinances severally expressed Concerning Religion and breach of Morall duies FIRST Whosoever shall impiously blaspheme the Deity or ay of the blessed Persons of he holy Trinity and be lawfully convicted thereof shall for the first offence make a publique acknowledgement with detestation of his fault before the Preacher or his Regiment and all others present at the time and place of Divine Service and be kept three dayes in prison with bread and water The second time he shall have a red hot iron thrust thorow his tongue and after that be ignominiously for ever turned out of the Armie 2. The like penalty shall they incurre for the first and second times who shall either do or say ought in despite or derision of Gods word any known or received Article of Faith or the Ministerie of holy Church and their Office 3 Whosoever shall be convicted for a common Swearer or Curser or for a profane abuser of holy Scripure in vain jesting or scurrilous fashion shall orfeit such a proportion of his entertainment and suffer besides so long imprisonment or other punishment as according to the quality of the person or offence the Court of war shall adjude it to have deserved 4 Likewise shall they be punished that profane rob or ab●● any Church Chappel or other place of Gods ublike worship or any thing that is in them or belonging to them 5 All Commanders and Officers of the Army are straightly ●●arged that in their severall Regiments Quarters and Garrisons they take care that God Almighty be duly served the Lords day with other Holy dayes of the Church more reverently observed that Morning and Evening prayers with the Sermons at the appointed times be diligently frequented by themselves their souldiers and servants so far forth as the necessitie of the wars will permit And that all repair to the places appointed for Divine Service upon solemne warning given for it by sound of Drum or Trumpet 6 And forasmuch as gaming is oft times the provocation unto swearing quarrelling neglect of militarie duties with other dishonours of God Almightie losse to the souldiers with danger to the whole Armie all common playing at dice and cards with other unlawfull games are utterly hereby forbidden to the souldiers especially to the meaner sort who if they bee convicted to offend herein shall befirst admonished and if they leave not they shall be fined imprisoned or otherwise severely proceeded against according as the offence and scandall of it shall deserve 7 All suspitious and common women shall bee turned out of the Armie or Garison so soone as ever they shall be discovered Where if they be taken the second time they shall be soundly whipped like common strumpets Souldiers also that frequent their companies shall bee fined and imprisoned and Officers for the same faults shall utterly lose their places 8 All wilfull murders rapes burning of houses thefts outrages unnaturall abuses with other notorious and abominable crimes shall be punished with death 9 Whosoever shall dishonestly touch any married or unmarried woman women in childbed or children shall be cashiered without money or pasport or be otherwise punished as the Marshall court shall thinke fitting 10 Whosoever shall be drunk in Camp Garrison or Quarter shall be imprisoned and fed two whole daies with bread and water As for common drinkards they shall be fined and cashiered the Armie without pay or pasport 11. Whoever being set Sentinell by his Officer or in his Watch Guard March or other Service shall be found drunk shall dye for it 12 Whoever in his drunkennesse shall commit any outrage or doe other injurie shall be punished both or his drunkennesse and offence according as either of them shall in a Marshall court be judged to have deserved 13 No enterprise shall be taken in hand but the Company that are to execute the same shall first commend themselves to God and pray to him to grant them good successe Concerning the safety of the Armie Royall and of the Kingdome FIrst Whoever in savour of the enemy or other pretence whatsoever shall presume to say or secretly insinuate to any that his Majesties Forces or Army Royall is unlawfull or not necessary shall suffer as an enemy and rebell 2 All that conspire against our sacred Soveraigne Lord King Charles or any of his Majesties dominions or countries As likewise against the Lord Generall or other Generalls Governours or Commanders in the Armie or Garrison or that shall goe about to betray the same or any part or person of them or that shall consent thereto or conceale them shall suffer death without mercy 3 All such as by discourse signe letter or otherwise shall practise and entertaine intelligence with the Enemy Rebels or others in action against his Majesty without direction from their Commanders shall be punished as Traytors and Rebels 4 No man shall assist or relieve an enemie with money victuals munition or other necessaries upon paine of death without mercy 5 Whosoever shall begin or maintaine any mutiny or unlawfull assembly in the Army or Garrison shall die for it 6 Whosoever yeeldeth up any Towne Fort or other strength unto the enemie as likewise any Magazine Victuals Armes or Ammunition or that motioneth any such matter but upon extremity and that to the Governour or in