❧ Orders appointed by His most Excellent Majesty, and signified by special Letters from the Right Honourable the Lords of His most Honourable Privy Counsel, which all persons within this County, of what degree or quality soever, are straight commanded to observe.  
1. FOrasmuch as the Sergeants, who were sent by His Majesty into this County, for the Exercising and Instructing of the trained Soldiers here, have done much good, yet not so much as His Majesty may justly expect from so exact Rules and Directions as were given; a great cause whereof hath been, for that as well diverse who stand charged with finding of Arms, have of late days been negligent to send their Soldiers and Arms to the usual places of trainings; as also the Soldiers when they were there, have gone away as soon as they were called, before they have been exercised, and have come thither without Powder and Match; It is now therefore straight required, That from henceforwards, no man whatsoever, that finds either Horse or Foot, presume to fail in sending such Horsemen, Powder, and Arms which he is charged to send to the usual places of Musters, and that no Soldier presume to departed from his Colours, until he shall be discharged by his Captain, And that no man charged with either Horse or Foot, do presume to borrow either Horse or Arms, but that he have the same always by him to be ready at an hour's warning, upon pain of severe punishment, if the same be discovered.  
2. Whereas His Majesty hath a special care, that both Captains, Officers and Soldiers, be not only able and sufficient men, but also well affected in Religion, and hath therefore given express Commandment, that aswell the Officers as Soldiers, be not only able and sufficient men, but also well affected in Religion; to which purpose His Majesty hath commanded, that aswell the Officers as Soldiers, take the Oath of Allegiance; That they therefore take notice hereof, and fail not to be present at the time of trainings, when they are to take the said Oath, lest a Certificate being made to the Lords of the Counsel of their defaults, there be a suspicion conceived of their disaffection in Religion, by reason of their absence at such Time as they should take the said Oaths.  
3. Whereas at the first coming of the Sergeants into the Country, there was special order given, that out of every hundred men, there should be two chosen to be Sergeants & Corporals, who should be taught and instructed to exercise the other Soldiers, That they, who are so chosen accordingly, do at such times as there are no public Training, and when they have best leisure, repair to the Sergeants (who are come out of the Low-countrieses to that purpose) to be instructed by them in the duty of their places, and that as well they, as all other Officers, be very careful to enable themselves to exercise their Companies when the Sergeants be gone out of the Country.  
4. FOrasmuch as His Majesty, hath taken special notice, that a chief cause of the insufficiency of the trained Bands of this Kingdom, proceeds from the changing of hatch therefore given commandment, that no Soldier enroled, remove his dwelling out of the Town or Parish of his abode, without Licence obtained of the Deputy Lieutenant of that Division, to the end that in case he shall be licenced to departed, that then the Company may be again made up, and complete both for Number, Persons of active and able bodies, and men practised in their Arms; It is therefore straight commanded, That all the Soldiers take notice thereof, and be careful in obeying this His Majesty's Command.  
5. FOrasmuch, as there are at this present great preparations both in Spain and Flanders, as well for Land, as Sea-forces, and that it is most apparent, that the Enemies of his Majesty's Peace, have some Designs upon his Highness' Kingdoms; and therefore it is fit that every man be in a readiness upon any sudden alarm: That therefore every Horse man have always by him in a readiness, a pound of Powder, and four and twenty Bullets: And every Musquetiere, his Bandeliers full of Powder, four and twenty Bullets, and six yards of Match, to serve upon any sudden Alarm, until the Magazine of the County may be brought unto them. It is therefore commanded, that every Soldier have in a readiness by him a Snapsack, to carry his Victuals in: And the said Powder, Match, Bullets, and Snapsack, to be presently provided and daily renewed, as occasion serves, at the charge of the Towns, or privatemen, that are charged with the said Arms. And for that the Pistols, and Harquebuses for Horse men, and the Muskets for Foot men, are many of them of several Boars, so that the Magazines of the Country cannot possibly serve them all: That therefore every man who finds any such Arms, have by him a Melting ladle, a pair of Moulds fit for his Pistol, Harquebusse, or Musket, according as he finds the same.  
6. THat every Officer and Soldier be always in a readiness, at an hour's warning, with his Arms and provisions, as aforesaid, to repair to his Colours, at such place of Rendezvous as shall by his Captain be apppointed.  
7. THat such Beacons as are in any sort decayed, be forthwith made up and repaired, and that there be provision of Wood laid by them, for the maintaining and renewing of them, and that they be diligently watched, by discreet and sufficient men.  
8. Whereas His Majestic hath given express commandment, That there be sufficient provision of Carriages in readiness, for the conveying of Munition, Victuals, Baggage, etc. to such Rendezvous, as the Forces of this County shall be assigned unto; And that to every thousand Soldiers, there be allotted one hundred pioneers, to be provided with Spades, Pick●xes, Shovels, H●tchets, Bills, and the like: And that there be Carts and Carriages, and a convenient number of Nagges apppointed, to mount Shot on upon any sudden: And that there be Posts appointed in several parts of this County, to be sent with directions from place to place. That therefore the high Constables within their several Hundreds, do presently warn four sufficient Carts, and twenty Naggs to every Company of two hundred men, within some of those Towns, where the said two hundred men are charged to be always in readiness to repair at an hour's warning, to such Rendezvous, as the Captain within that Division shall appoint his Soldiers to repair unto, letting the Owners of the said Carts and Horses know, that there is no intention to lay any charge upon them, but that they shall be fully and reasonably satisfied for any service they shall perform therein. And that every high Constable do deliver a Note in writing both to the Deputy Lieutenants near adjoining, and to the Captain of that Division, as well of the names of the men, whom he hath warned to have the said C●●ts and Naggs, at all times in a readiness, as in what Parishes they dwell: And that all the petty Constables, and other Inhabitants of every Parish, take notice hereby of His Majesty's pleasure for appointing of Posts in several parts; and that therefore whensoever any Letters of Direction shall come to any of their Parishes, for this His Majesty's important service, that they forth with, without excuse or delay, furnish the Messengers, who shall bring any such Letters, with Post-horses from place to place. And that the High Constables do presently, upon sight hereof, with every Division of two hundred Soldiers, warn twentieable and sufficient Labourers for pioneers to appear before the Deputie-Lieutenants next adjoining to that Division, to be enroled for pioneers, and that the said pioneers so enroled, be also ready at an hour's warning, to repair unto such place of Rendezvous, as the Captain within that Division shall appoint for his Soldiers. And that every Pioneer carry with him to the said place of Rendezvous, his Spade, Pickaxe, Shovell, Hatchet and Bill. And for that it will be a great charge to the Country, to buy so many Spades, Pickaxes, and the rest, not knowing certainly, whether there shall be occasion to use them, and that in time they are likely to be lost, That therefore every high Constable, do take order, that in every Parish where any such Pioneer so enrolled as aforesaid, shall dwell, the Inhabitants of the said Parish shall either provide for them at their charge, or undertake to have always in a readiness, at an hour's warning, for every Pioneer a Spade, Pickaxe, Shovell, Hatchet and Bill to be paid, if there be use of them by a general charges and that the said high Constables, give an account to the Deputy Lieutenants next adjoining, what order the Inhabitants of the said Parishes have taken for having the said Spades, etc. in a readiness: for that, if an Army should march, it would be very troublesome for the Carriages, especially of Ordnance, to travel, in respect of the great decay of High ways in this County; that therefore the Inhabitants of every Parish, be careful presently to mend their High ways, and especially to scour their Ditches, and lop the Trees growing upon the High ways, that upon any sudden occasion the great defects in the High ways, be no impediment to the safety and welfare of this Kingdom.  
9 HIs Majesty, out of His Royal and tender care of the peace and safety, as well of every one of his loving Subjects in particular, as of the whole Kingdom in general, hath given us strict commandment, by several Letters from the Right Honourable, the Lords of his Counsel, to deal seriously with the best fort of men, to provide themselves Arms for their particular use, which accordingly we do hereby pray and desire all persons that have any thing to lose, seriously to take the same into their consideration, and to provide themselves of some competent Arms for the defence of their Wives, Houses, and Families, from the danger of persons illaffected in Religion, or otherwise riotous and disorderly, at such times as the trained forces shall be drawn from the places of their habitation. And therefore that all high Constables & petty Constables be careful to watch, for to apprehend, and punish all vagrant and idle persons, as live not in any lawful vocation, and in times of suspicion and trouble, may either by tales and false tumors, distract the people's minds, or by way of fact, commit insolences or outrages, or minister the occasion by their lose examples, or unlawful combinations, wherein there may arise much disadvantage to His Majesty's service, and quiet of the people. And that therefore as well the high and petty Constables, as all other His Majesty's loving Subjects, do upon the least notice or suspicion of any such dangerous persons, advertise some justice of Peace, or Deputy-Lieutenant, that they may be suppressed, and punished according to their demerits.  
10. THat the high Constables within every several Hundred, do forthwith send into every parish within their Division, requiring the petty Constables, with the advice of other the principal Inhabitants of their Parishes, presently to deliver unto the justices of Peace, within their Division, the names and surnames of every able man, from sixteen years old to threescore; the said justices being already dealt withal, and desired to enrol them, and return their names, as aforesaid, unto some of the Deputy-Lieutenants next adjoining.  
11. LAstly, That the Sheriff of the County do send these Orders to all the High Constables within his County, and that the High Constables do send one of them into every Parish within their Hundred, and that every petty Constable cause the same to be published amongst all the Inhabitants of every Parish, and that every Inhabitant who stands chared with Arms, either Horse or Foot, be particularly made acquainted with these Orders.    

¶ Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton, and john Bill, Printers to the Kings most Excellent MAJESTY. 1626.