Articles and ordinances of warre

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Title
Articles and ordinances of warre
Author
Scotland. Army.
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[London] :: Printed at Edinburg by Evan Tyler, printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. And reprinted at London for Robert Bostocke, dwelling at the signe of the Kings-Head in Pauls Church-yard,
1644.
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Great Britain -- History
Scotland
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"Articles and ordinances of warre." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A92531.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2024.

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No man on his march, or at his lodging, within or without the Countrey upon whatsoever pretext, shall take by violence, ei∣ther horse, cattell, goods, money, or any other thing lesse or more, but shall pay the usuall prices for his meat and drinke, or be fur∣nished in an orderly way upon count, at the sight of the Com∣missar, according to the order given by the committee upon paine of death, without mercy.

If any man shall presume to pull downe, or set on fire any dwelling house, though a Cottage, or hew downe any Fruit-trees;

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or to waste or deface any part of the beauty of the Coun∣trey, he shall be punished most severely, according to the impor∣tance of the fault.

In marching, no man shall stay behinde without leave: No man shall straggle from his Troop or Company: No man shall march out of his ranke, and put others out of order, under all highest paine.

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