RULES AND instructions To the Muster-masters of the Army.  
THat the Commissaries of the Musters, do attend the Commander in chief, for his Warrant to Muster, he being to assign the Time, and Place; And that the whole Army be Mustered in one day (if possible) and the Officers and soldiers are hereby required to appear in their arms.  
2. That the Commissary at every muster, call over each Company, or troop, by the Rolls of the former Muster, and note how many Officers or soldiers be dead, absent, or Recruited since the last Muster, and betwixt every Muster, view the persons Recruited, before he enter, and be admitted into the new List; After which, at every Muster, the Commissary is to certify upon the Roll, the day whereon such Recruits were entered to the Treasurer of the Army, Who is hereby required to pay those Recruits, according to the time they have been upon Duty, for no longer time then from their entertainment into the service.  
3. That Musters be made once a month at the least, before Payments be made, if it may be done without prejudice to the designs of the Army, And that the Muster-masters of Horse, and foot, at the request of the Commissioners, or any of them, (or in default thereof, such persons as the Commissioners shall appoint) shall cause any particular Regiment, troop, or Company, the train, or any part thereof, to be viewed, and Mustered, at such time, and place, as the Commissioners by consent of the Commander in chief, shall think most convenient: And the Commissaries of the Musters, and their Deputies, are to admit no soldier upon the Muster, but such as shall appear upon the Place, before the beginning of our general Muster, in case he be absent through his own neglect, or not attested for, in such manner as is hereafter expressed, viz.  
That the physician, the Apothecary of the Army, and the chirurgeon of the Regiment, or train, or any one of them, do give Attestation of all such sick, or wounded soldiers as lie within the Quarters of the Army, The Minister and Constable of the Parish for such as are sick, wounded, or absent upon Service, without the Quarters▪ which absent soldiers from their Quarters, the Commissaries of the Musters shall continue in their Rolls, and certify them every Muster to the Treasurer, and the Treasurer to reserve their several pays, till such time as the parties themselves return to the Army, or otherwise can receive their own Money, in such a way as (upon Certificate thereof made) the Commander in chief shall approve of; The Muster-masters, are hereby Commanded, that the Attestations after any general, or particular Muster be limited to the third day, and the Attestations to be certified under the hands of the persons Attesting upon the Roll of every Company, or troop so Mustered; Or in some sheet fairly written, and annexed to the said Roll.  
4. That the Commissaries take care, that no captain, or other superior Officer be absent from the Army without licence of the Commander in chief, nor any other inferior Officer or soldier without licence of his colonel or next Officer commanding the Regiment; Nor any Officer, soldier, or person belonging to the train, without licence of the lieutenant general of the Ordnance, which Lycences, and every of them, are to express and Limit a reasonable time for the return of such Officer or other persons (so Licenced) to the Army, and subscribed by the respective Officers Authorized as aforesaid▪ And after entered with the respective Muster-masters, who is hereby required, that every such Officer, soldier, or other person as shall be so absent, or beyond the time allowed him, shall not pass the Muster during such absence, But shall Forfeit his pay, and be further punished at the discretion of the Commander in chief.  
5. That every captain, lieutenant or ensign of every troop, or Company, shall once in six days, give notice in writing under one of their hands, to the respective mustermasters of the names, and surnames of every Officer, or soldier of the troop or Company that shall absent himself from his Colours for any time and how long, between Muster and Musters without such Attestation or Licence as aforesaid; And if upon due proof of the Commissioners for the Army, it appears that the Captain, lieutenant, ensign, or Cornet, do wilfully neglect or refuse to certify such absent Officers or soldiers within the time aforesaid, That then the Captain, lieutenant, ensign, or Cornet, shall each of them forfeit a days pay, to be charged out of their next pay; Which said forfeitures shall be disposed of by the Commissioners, and distributed by the mustermasters to the inferior Officers or soldiers of such troop or Company, or such other as shall give true Information of false Musters, Neglects, or absence as aforesaid.  
6. That at every Muster, the mustermasters shall take special notice of defective Horse and arms, and to represent them duly to the Commissioners aforesaid, who are hereby authorised to dispose of such unserviceable Horses, and unfixed arms for the best advantage of the public service.  
7. That every Captain, Captain lieutenant, Cornet, and other Officers of Horse, shall Muster such spare led Horses as are allowed him upon the list, And no Officer shall have pay for any more spare or led Horses than he shall Master from time to time over and besides his troop, nor any Trooper that is unmounted at any Muster, shall be allowed more than twelve pence per diem for so long time as he remains unmounted.  
8. That the Muster-Master, nor any of his Deputies, or Agents employed under him, shall directly, or indirectly take any Reward or Gratuity for Mustering or making up of the Rolls of the Muster, upon pain of severe punishment to be inflicted by Parliament or by a council of war.  
All which Rules and Instructions the mustermasters are enjoined to observe, and the Commissioners for the Army are hereby authorised and required to Supervise, and to the uttermost of their abilities see performed.  
Io: Brown Cleric. Parliamentorum.   

LONDON, Printed for Edward Husband. 1645.