The Scotch military discipline learned from the valiant Swede, and collected for the use of all worthy commanders favouring the laudable profession of armes: By Major Generall Monro, being novv generall of all the Scotch forces against the rebels in Ireland, communicates his abridgement of exercise, in divers practicall observations for the younger officers better instruction; ending with the souldiers meditations going on in service.

The fifteenth Dutie discharged of our March from Low∣land to Alzenheure, and from thence to Trailesound by water.

THE eight of May 1628. I being at Copemanhagen, soliciting for our Regiment, orders were given unto me, to be sent to Lowland and to Fune, to make our Regiment march in all haste to Alzenheure, and there to attend for their orders: the orders I did direct to Captaine Mac-Kenyee, commanding him to keepe good discipline in his March, and strict, being in his Majesties owne Land; he receiving the orders breakes up the twelfth of May from Lowland, and continues his March to the Randezvouz. The Garrisons also in Funeland breake up the said day, and continued their March towards their Randezvous. On the March through Zeland, Cap∣taine Mac-Kenyee his Souldiers being quartered in a Dorpe, the Boores take Armes, stayd not to be led by their Officers, but entered the skirmish with the Boores, where at the first Salve, foure of the Boores were killed dead, and sundry hurt, the rest flie away, leaving the Dorpe to the Souldiersto be quartered in; the blame of this accident was laid on the Commissary ap∣pointed for the Convoy, who being absent was to answer for the wrong; but the Commissary caused for revenge, a Boores daughter to complaine on three Souldiers of Captaine Mac-Kenyee his Company, alleaging they had all three forced her, so that the Souldiers were apprehended, conveyed in

Irons to Copemanhagen, to be examined there before the Generall Commis∣sary, the State-holder and me: who being examined, no proofe was found against them but accusations, whereupon they were remitted to prison till fur∣ther triall, where there was an act made, they should suffer no tryall, except I were present. Neverthelesse, in my absence, they were all three executed, (viz.) Donald Rosse, Iames Dumbarre, and Alexander Caddell, who went to death without acknowledging the fact, still pleading their innocency. The Lieverenant Colonell Alexander Seaton, being then come from Holland, was ordained by his Majestie in all haste to ship three Companies, and to goe with them for the reliefe of Trailesound, I being appointed to stay for the other Companies comming; they being come to Alshenure, were shipped al∣so, and arriving at Copemanhagen, it behoved me in all haste to ship, and follow the Lievetenant Colonell, for reliefe of Trailesound being hard beleager'd, where I entred the twenty-eight of May, and was no sooner drawne up in the Market place, but presently we were sent to watch at Franckendore, to relieve the other Division, that had watched three dayes and three nights to∣gether uncome off, that being the weakest part of the whole Towne, and the onely poste pursued by the enemy, which our Lievetenant Colonell made choice of, being the most dangerous, for his Countries credit; where we watched fortie eight houres together, till we were relieved againe by the o∣ther Division, and so Singulis noctibus per vices, during six weekes time, that my cloathes came never off, except it had beene to change a suite or lin∣nings.