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A13221	The Svvedish discipline, religious, civile, and military The first part, in the formes of prayer daily used by those of the Swedish nation, in the armie. Together with two severall prayers, uttered upon severall occasions by that pious King; which God immediately heard and granted him. The second part, in the excellent orders observed in the armie; whereof we here present you the articles, by which the souldiery is governed. The third part, in the Kings commission for levying of a regiment: his order for drawing vp of a private company; of a squadron; and of a brigade: with his manner of enquartering a private regiment; and of an army royall: vnto which is added the best manner of building and fortifying of a towne of warre. All, in fiue severall figures expressed and explained. Last of all, is the famous Battell of Leipsich, in two fayre figures also set forth: and now this second time more fully and particularly described.	Watts, William, 1590?-1649, attributed name.; Roe, Thomas, Sir, 1581?-1644, attributed name.; Abelin, Johann Philipp. Arma Suecica. English.; Sweden. Armén.	1632 (1632)	STC 23520; ESTC S118094	72,824	144

marked with D. The vse of it is for the Officers of the Regiment cōmonly called the Officers of the Staffe Such be the Quartermasters of the Regiment the 2. Regiment-Schults the Preachers Clarke Surgeons Prouost-Marshals Regiment-Weble Stock-Knights Drummer Hangman with others as is to be seene in the Kings Commission for the raising of a Regiment Of the Quarters for the Common Soldiours on eyther side of this long void space these be the proportions All the little Squares be Hutts or Cabins of wood In the longer rowes marked with the letter M. on the first Hutt are the Musquettiers lodged and in the shorter rowes marked with P. be the Pikemen lodged one row of Musquettiers and one row of Pikes make up one compleat Band or Company of 126. Men. In the Musketiers row be 24. Huts and in the Pikemens but 18. The reason of which see in the King of Swedens Order for a priuate Company Each of these Hutts is 9. foot Square that is 3. yards euery way and whereas one row of Musquetiers and one row of Pickes belong to one Company these therefore are neerer set together then the rowes of Pikes belonging to seuerall Companies are for the Pikes and Musquetiers of the same Company are parted with a street but 6. foote wide whereas betwixt the Pikes of seuerall companies is a street of 18. foote wide and betwixt the Musquettiers of seuerall Companies a street of 12 foote wide And so you see the seuerall proportions marked The length of the Row of Pikes is but 162. foote as you see it marked betwixt the 2. first Rowes of their Hutts and the length of the Musquettiers Row is 216. foote as is marked in the Margent Cast now the distances of Bredth and they amount to 360. foot and so broad is the whole Quarter Below all this in the Reere or lower end of the Quarter you have avoyd space of 14. foot of ground running all the bredth of the Quarter serving againe for freedome of ayre c. This is marked with E. And last of all may you behold another allowance of ground marked with the letter F. which is for the Marcketenters that is the Market-holders Chapmen Victualers and Sutlers of the Regiment Adde now the distances of length together they come to 300. foot which is the length of the whole Quarter the allowance of ground for one entire Regiment But the chiefe point of the Discipline is in the number order of the placing of the Huts the men in them Concerning the number know that there be 3. men lodged in every Hutt aswell Pikes as Musketiers so that in the 24. Huts of Musketiers of one Company there be 72. men and in the 18. Huts of Pikemen of one Company there bee but 54. men which numbers added together come to 126 which is a compleat Band or Company in the Kings Discipline These 72. Muskettiers againe be devided into 3. Corporalships and the 54. Pikemen also into 3. Corporalships Of Muskettiers 4. Rotts or Files of marching men goe to one Corporalship And of Pikemen there goe but 3. Rotts or Files to a Corporalship So that 24. Muskettiers goe to one Corporalship and of Pikes 18. according to the number of eyther of their Cabbins Whereas againe the Kings Discipline is ever to march 6. deepe or in File therefore in every 2. Huts is there one Rot or File of men lodged which presently know how to put themselves into order Thus hath every Corporall of Muskettiers 8. Hutts to looke vnto and every Corporall of Pikes 6. Cabins under him This certainty and disposing of the numbers serves much for the private Goverment This order of lying in the second place does as much ●va●le for the resisting of the Enemy Whereas you see two Rowes of Pikes and two Rowes of Musketiers still together with their Cabbindooers opening inward one towards another this is the vse of it Suppose the Enemy in the night time perchance to be falling on vpon the Leaguer or Quar●er the Alarme being taken and giuen in thereupon by those that haue the outter Guards a good distance before euerie Quarter out step the two Rowes of Pikes into the voyd ●●ace betwixt them and presently marching out betweene the Captaines Hutts right before them they are instantly in ●aire order of battell The Pikes gone then the two next Rowes of Muskettiers ioyning together march also out on both sides of their Pikes where they are ready instantly to flancke them Thus one Squadron or halfe Regiment issuing out on one side of their Colonels Hutt and the other halfe on the other presently draw themselues vp into two compleat Battaglias who still finde their Colonell and Captaine in the head of the Quarter where their Huts are ready to conduct them Thus so soone as the Alarme is giuen in from the outter-Guards the Souldiers shall be in faire Battaglia euery man before his owne quarter vpon which the Enemy falls before he can possibly march he neuer so fast come neere to doe any execution If you desire to heare how in that huddle and darkenesse they can possibly find their weapons know that by the order of standing of them eue●y man can at first comming most readily clap his hand vpon his owne To instance in the Pikes for example The place where they all stand together is vpon a thing like a payre of Gallowes at the head of the Quarter all alongst which they ●eane So that after any seruice or exercise done abroad hee that lyes in the Reere of the quarter by comming in first sets downe his Pike inmost and he that comes in last leaues his outmost which when he againe goes first out hee findes formost and when the last man comes he findes his owne left euery man still keeping the same order that was at first appointed So that the Foreman the Right-hand man or the Bringer-vp is the same euer and his weapon therefore euer in the same place Thus lye the King of Swedens men in battle-array when they are in bed in battle-array when they rise vp and their Armes as ready as themselues So that if the Alarme be time enough giuen in how shall any enemie surprise them The following Figure for the layng of a Campe Royall with the vsuall Fortifications explayned THe former Figure concerning the enquartering of a particular Regiment being already explayned this in hand shall need the lesse labour seeing that euery Regiment or Quarter hath here the same ground order as is before described Let it now suffice to tell you what euery Space and Fortification about the whole Campe meanes and for the vnderstanding of that we desire you to looke vnto the Letters that euery of them is marked withall A Signifies the Parad●-ing place whither the Souldiers bee in their courses daily called to bee exercised for the handling of their Armes B The Kings Maiesties owne Quarter where himselfe lyes C The place for the Artillery and the Generall of it D The

us by thy Holy Spirit gather governe and preserue thy Christian Church giue us thy grace that according unto what thou hast in thy holy Word prescribed us we may liue holily and unblamedly in this present world Preserve our Lord the King onr soveraigne Lady the Queene their royall Daughter and all the regall Family unto the glory of thy Name and the generall comfort and protection of us all Grant us a good government in the Common-wealth and whatsoever els is necessary for our wel-being Peace namely a happie government with a good and an honest neighbourhood Blesse finally our counsells our enterprises and that through Iesus Christ our Lord who liveth and reigneth with thee and the holy Spirit one God true and coequall Amen Another Prayer to the same purpose MOst mercifull God and heavenly Father wee giue unto thee all thankes for those thy benefits which untill this day thou out of thy Fatherly goodnesse hast bestowed upon us And first of all for that thou hast redeemed us by thy Sonne and hast in thy Word revealed him unto us in whom thou offerest remission of sinnes righteousnesse and everlasting life unto all men that with a penitent heart and true faith embrace it Preserue we beseech thee pure and uncorrupt thine owne holy Word Sacraments in these dangerous times against all Pereticks and false Teachers Especially against the Papists who at this present with many bloudy slaughters and inhumane tyranny doe like ravening Wolues roaring Lyons undeservedly scatter and devoure thy poore Christian flocke Looke downe O Lord upon the miserable condition of thy people refraine the insolency of their enemies hinder thou their bloudy purposes that so they may perceiue that thou thy selfe fightest for thy holy Church nor wilt giue it for a prey unto them Next O Lord pray we for all those Deputies of thine to whom thou hast committed the government of the Cōmon-wealth and the sword of justice For our own King first of all whom thou in mercy hast set over us to be our head and protector Preserue his Majestie from all perills as well secret as open grant prosperitie of successe unto him victory and deliverance against the enemies of his person and Kingdome Defend him Lord with the strength of thy right hand in this present and dangerous expedition which for the safetie of his owne Kingdome and for the obteyning of a good Peace he hath undertaken and graunt that the Warres being brought unto a happie end both himselfe and his whole Army may safely returne againe into their owne Countries Nor lesse earnestly doe wee recommend unto thee our Soveraigne Lady the Queenes Majestie with her royall Daughter Blesse Lord both him and her and keepe them both with thy Fatherly goodnesse and mercy Wee recommend unto thee in like manner the Right Honourable the privie Counsellours and chiefe Magistrates of his Kingdome so governe and direct them all with thy Holy Spirit that they may preferre thy glory before all and with an honest and a good heart study the prosperitie both of King and Kingdome Pray we also for his Majesties Army and Navy and for all his Mettall mynes and all things else which may be beneficiall unto the Cōmon-wealth and commodious unto the Subject Turne away for thy Christs sake what ever may eyther destroy or endanger them and giue a blessing unto any thing that may any wayes advance the truth of our Religion and our Country in generall Looke favourably O heavenly Father upon all the Professors of the same true religion with us who being sorely at this present oppressed by the Papists suffer the losse both of their liues and fortunes Succour them Lord that they may bee delivered from these troubles Keepe us in health from the noysome pestilence from sudden and unhappie death from dearth famine scar-fires mutinyes disagreements amongst our selues and from hayle and tempest Infuse into our hearts concord faithfulnesse and mutuall charitie Comfort all those that are afflicted sicke in prison or calamitie Succour and comfort all widowes and fatherlesse women with childe and that giue sucke Be thou guide unto all those that travell eyther by land or by water that they walking in thy right paths and having prosperously dispatched their owne businesse may safely returne at length unto their owne families Deliver us Lord God from all evill and when our fatall houre of death shall come mercifully receiue us into thy Kingdome translate our soules out of this vale of misery into thy heavenly Paradise where we may laud and prayse thee for it world without end Amen II. A Prayer for forgiuenesse of sinnes O Lord God heavenly Father who delightest not in the death of a sinner nor wouldest that he should perish but that he should be converted and liue we humbly entreate of thee mercifully to turne from us those punishments which our sinnes haue deserved and that thou wouldst be pleased in plentifull manner to bestow thy mercy upon us thorough Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Another Prayer to the same purpose O Wel-beloved Lord Iesus Christ haue mercy upon us miserable sinners and looke with the eyes of compassion upon us as thou sometimes diddest upō Mary Magdalene that penitent sinner when lying at thy feete shee from the bottome of her heart sincerely bewayled her owne transgressions and the Publican in the Temple when he smote upon his breast and implored thy favour and the Theefe upon the Crosse when he entreated and obteyned thy pardon Lord grant us to receiue the same this day from thee absolue thou us in Heaven forgiue us our sinnes O God thou author of all comfort Cast us not away from thy presence but cause us so to walke in thy feare that in faith and loue wee may serue and please thee thorough Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen III. For Peace and Concord GIue peace in our time O Lord because there is no other that fighteth for us but onely thou O God Giue peace unto our King and all other Princes direct them rightly to govern the Cōmon-wealth and grant that under them wee may liue a quiet and a peaceable life in all pietie and honestie Amen Another O Lord God heavenly Father from whom all courage of minde good counsaylt and just workes doe proceede giue unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot giue that both our hearts may depend vpon thy Commandements and also that being safe under thy protection wee may passe our time in rest and quietnesse thorough Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Another O Almightie and eternall God King of glory and Lord of Heaven and Earth by whose Spirit all things are governed and by whose becke and providence all things are directed thou onely art the God of peace from whom all peace and concord doe proceede wee humbly beseech thee to forgiue us our sinnes and to giue us thy holy peace and true concord that in thy feare we may serue thee and for ever laud praise thee who

tenne seuerall times before the enemy and can bring good witnesse thereof he shall be discharged 112 If any Colonell or Captaine eyther of Horse or Foote does giue any Passe otherwise then is before mentioned he shall be punished as for other Felonies and he who hath obteyned the said Passe shall loose three moneths pay and be put in Prison for one month vpon bread and water 113 No Colonell or Captaine eyther of Horse or Foote shall giue leaue to his soldiours to goe home out of the Field without leaue of our Generall or Chiefe Commander whoeuer does the contrary shall loose 3. moneths pay and answere it before the Court. 141 No Captaine eyther of Horse or Foote shall presume to goe out of any leaguer or place of Strength to demaund his Pay without leaue of the Generall or Governour who so doeth shall be cashiered from his place and be put out of the Quarter 115 No Captaine eyther of Horse or Foot shall hold back any of his soldiers meanes from him of which if any complaine the Captaine shall answer it before the Court where being found guilty he shal be punisht as for other felonie Also if any mischance ensue thervpon as that the soldiours mutiny be sick or endure hunger or giue up any Strength then shall he answere for all these inconueniences that herevpon can or may ensue 116 If any Captaine lends money vnto his soldiours which he desires to bee payd againe that must be done in presence of the Muster-Maisters that Our seruice be no wayes hindred or neglected 117 If vpon necessity the case sometimes so falls out in the leaguer that Pay be not alwayes made at the due time mentioned in the Commissions yet shall euery man in the meane time be willing to further Our service seeing they haue victuals sufficient for the present and that they shall so soone as may be receiue the rest of their meanes as is mentioned in their Commission 118 Very requisite it is that good Iustice be holden amongst our Soldiers as well as amongst other our subiects 119 For the same reason was a King ordained by God to be the soueraigne Iudge in the Field as well as at home 120 Now therefore in respect of many occasions which may fall out his single Iudgment alone may be to weake to discerne euery particular circumstance therfore it is requisite that in the leaguer as well as other where there be some Court of Iustice erected for the deciding of all controuersies and to be careful in like manner that Our Articles of warres be of all persons obserued and obeyed so farre forth as is possible 121 Wee ordeine therefore that there be 2. Courts in our leaguer an Higher Court and a Lower 122 The Lower Court shall be among the Regiments both of Horse and Foote whereof every Regiment shall haue one among themselues 123 In the Horse-Regiments the Colonell shall bee President and in his absence the Captaine of Our owne Life-guards With them are three Captanies to bee joyned three Leiftenants 3. Cornets and 3. Quarter-masters that so togither with the President they may be to the number of 13. at the least 124 In a Regiment of Foot the Colonell also shall be President and his Leiftenant-Colonell in his absence With them are 2. Captains to be joyned 2. Lieftenants 2. Antients 4. Sergeants and 2. Quarter-masters that together with the President they may be 13. in number also 125 In our Highest Martiall Court shall Our Generall be President in his absence Our Field Marshall When Our Generall is present his Associates shall be our Field-Marshall first next him Our Generall of the Ordnance Sergeant-Maior generall Generall of the Horse Quarter-Maister generall Next to them shall sit Our Muster-Masters and all Our Colonels and in their absence their Leiftenant-Colonels All these shall sit togither wheneuer there is any matter of greater importance in controversie 126 Whensoever this Highest Court is to be holden they shall obserue this Order Our great Generall as President shall sit alone at the head of the Table on his right hand our Field-Marshall on his left hand the Generall of the Ordnance On the right hand next our Sergeant Maior generall on the left hand againe the Generall of the Horse and then the Quarter-Maister generall on one hand and the Muster-Maister generall on the other After them shall euery Colonell sit according to his place as here followes First the Colonell of our Life Regiment or of the guards for our owne person Next the Colonel for the Vplandish the Colonel for the West-Goths the Colonell for the Smollands the Colonell of the Ostro-Goths the Colonell for the Dales and Northlands After them the Colonels for the Finlanders and Carelians according to their antiquity of service If there happen to bee any great men in the army of our owne true subiects that be of good vnderstanding they shall cause them to sit next these Officers aforesaid After them shall sit all other Colonels of strange Nations euery one according to his antiquitie of seruice 127 All these Iudges both of our Higher and lower Courts shall vnder the blew Skies thus sweare before Almighty God that they will inviolably keepe this following Oath vnto Vs. I N. N. doe here promise before God vpon his holy Gospell that I both will and shall Iudge vprightly in all things according to the Law of God of the Swedens and these Articles of warres so farre forth as it pleases Almighty God to giue mee vnderstanding Neyther will I for fauour or for hatred for goodwill feare ill will anger or any guift or bribe whatsoeuer iudge wrongfully but iudge him free that ought to bee free and doome him guilty that I finde guilty as the Lord of Heauen and Earth shall helpe my Soule and Body at the last day I shall hold this Oath truly 128 The Iudge ●f our highest Court shall take this their Oath in the first Leaguer where our Campe shall be pitched Our Generall and the rest appointed to sit with him shall repayre to the place where we shall appoint before his Tent or otherwhere where an Officer appointed by vs shall first take his Oath and then the others Oaths also 129 When the Presidents of our lower Courts shall heare this foresayd Oath reade before them then shall they hold vp their hands and sweare to keepe it In like manner so often as any Court is to bee holden in any Regiment the foresayd Oath shall bee read before all them that sit in iudgement with him who shall also hold vp their hands and promise to keepe the Oath aforesayd 130 In our highest Court there shall bee one sworne Secretarie appointed who shall make diligent Record of all the proceedings that fall out eyther in any pitcht battel skirmish Leaguer or any other peece of seruice whatsoeuer Hee shall take the note both of the day place and houre with all other circumstances that shall happen Hee shall also set his hand vnto

all sentences signed by our Generall Hee shall also haue two Clerkes or Notaries vnder him who shall engrosse all these passages and keepe a true Register of all enterprizes that our Generall with his Counsayle of warre shall giue order to haue done and likewise of what Lettets be eyther written or receiued 131 In our highest Court there shall bee one Vice-president who shall command the Sergeant at Armes whose Office is to warne in all the Iudges of that Court that they may there appeare at the time and place appointed and also to giue the same notice both vnto the plaintiffe and defendant 132 In all lower Courts also there shall be one sworne Clerke or Secretary who shall likewise hold the sam● order that is mentioned in our highest Court. 133 Our highest Court shall be carefull also to heare and Iudge all criminall actions and especially cases of Conspiracie or Treason practised or plotted against vs either in word or deed Secondly If any giues out dishonourable speeches against our Maiesty Thirdly or consulteth with the Enemy to betray our Leaguer Castle Towne Souldiers Fleete any way whatsoeuer Fourthly Also if any there bee partakers of such Treachery and reueale it not Fiftly or any that hath held correspondency and intelligence with the Enemy Sixtly If any hath a spite or malice against vs or our Country Seauenthly if any speakes disgracefully eyther of our person or endeauours Eightly if lastly intendeth treachery against our Generall or his vnder-Officers or that speaketh disgracefully of them 134 All questions in like manner happening betwixt Officers and their souldiers if they suspect our lower Court to be partiall any way then may they appeale vnto our higher Court who shall decide the matter 135 If a Gentleman or an Officer bee summoned to appeare before the lower Court for any matter of importance that may touch his life or honour then shall the same bee decided by our higher Court. 136 All Ciuill questions that bee in controuersie in our lower Court if the debt or fine extends vnto fiue hundred Dollars or aboue if the parties complaine of iniustice they may thence appeale vnto the higher Court if so bee they can first proue the iniustice 137 All other occasions that may fall out bee they Ciuill or be they Criminall shall first come before our lower Court where they shall bee heard and what is there by good euidence proued shall be recorded 138 Any Criminall action that is adiudged in our lower Court wee command that the sentence bee presented vnto our Generall Wee will not haue it presently put in execution vntill hee giues command for it in our absence But Our selues being in person there present will first take notice of it and dispose afterwards of it as wee shall thinke expedient 139 In our higher Court the Generall Perforce or his Lieutenant shall bee the plaintiffe who shall bee bound to follow the complaint diligently to the end hee may the better enforme our Counsellors who are to doe Iustice If it be a matter against our selues then shall our owne Aduocate defend our action before our Court. 140 The same power hath the Perforce of euery Regiment in our lower Court. Which Perforce shall bee bound also to giue notice of euery breach of these Articles of warre that the infringer may be punished 141 Whatsoeuer fine is by the foresayd Iudges determined according to our Articles of warre and Escheated thereupon shall be deuided into three parts Our owne part of the fine Wee freely bestowe vpon the seuerall Captaines eyther of Horse or Foote which is forfeyted by their Officers and souldiours and the forfeytures of euery Captaine wee bestow vpon their Colonell and the forfeytures of all Colonels wee giue vnto our Generall The other two parts belonging eyther to the party to whom it is adiudged or to the Court those leaue wee vndisposed the point of Treason onely being excepted And this gift of ours vnto our Officers is to bee vnderstood to endure so long as the Army be in the field vpon any strength or Worke and till they come home againe After which time they shall come vnder the Law of the Land like the other naturall Inhabitants 142 Whensoeuer our highest Court is to sit it shall bee two houres before proclaymed through the Leaguer that there is such an Action criminall to bee there tryed which is to bee decided vnder the blew Skies But if it bee an Action Civill then may the Court bee holden within some Tent or other where Then shall the Souldiers come together about the place where the Court is to bee holden no man presuming to come too neere the Table where the Iudges are to sit Then shall our Generall come formost of all and the other his Associates two and two together in which order they all comming out of the Generals Tent shall set themselues downe in the Court in the order before appointed The Secretaries place shall bee at the lower end of the Table where hee shall take diligent notice in writing of all things declared before the Court. Then shall the Generall Perforce begin to open his complaint before them and the Contrary party shall haue liberty to answere for himselfe vntill the Iudges be thorowly enformed of the truth of all things 143 If the Court be to be holden in any house or Tent they shall obserue the same order in following the Generall in their degrees where they shall also sit as is afore mentioned 144 The matter being thoroughly opened and considered vpon according to the importance of it and our whole Court agreing in one opinion they shall commaund their Sentence concerning the same action to be publikely there read in the hearing of all men alwaies reseruing his Maiesties further Will and Pleasure 145 In our Lower Court they shall also hold the same order sauing that the particular Court of euery Regiment shall be holden in their owne Quarter 146 In this lower Court they shall alwaies obserue this order namely that the President sit at the boards end alone the Captaines Lieutenants and Antients upon either side so many Inferiour officers also vpon each side that so they may the better reason vpon the matter among themselues Last of all shall the Clerke or Secretary sit at the lower end of the table the one party standing vpon one hand and the other vpon the other 147 So soone as the sentence is giuen the President shall rise vp and all that sit with him But doome being giuen by our Generall that one of the parties must loose his head hand or the like then shall they Comaund the Perforce to take him away to prison Which done the Perforce shall send vnto the Minister to desire him to visit the party and to giue him the Communion But if the doome be passed in any Lower Court it shall be signified vp vnto the Generall in our absence who shall eyther pardon the fact or execute the sentence 148 No superior officer Colonell