ARTICLES AND RULES, FOR THE BETTER GOVERNMENT OF His Majesty's Forces in SCOTLAND.  
Edinburgh, Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to the King's most Sacred Majesty. 1678.   

CHARLES R. Articles and Rules for the better Government of His Majesty's Forces in SCOTLAND.  
ARTICLE I. ALL Officers and Soldiers (not having just impediment) shall diligently frequent Divine Service and Sermon, one Sundays and other days set apart for public Fasting and Humiliation, in such places as shall be appointed for the Regiment wherein they serve. And for those, who either wilfully or negligently absent themselves from Divine Service or Sermon, or else being present, do behave themselves undecently or irreverently during the same; if they be Officers, they shall be severely reprehended at a Court-Martial: But if Soldiers, they shall for every such first offence forfeit each man 12. pence to be deducted out of his next pay, and for the second offence, shall forfeit 12. pence, and be laid in Irons for 12. hours. And for every like offence afterwards, shall suffer and pay in like manner.  
ART. II. DUring the time of Divine Service, Public Prayers, and Sermon, as aforesaid; If any Sutler or Seller of Ale, Beer, Wine, or any sort of Drinks, Bread, Victuals, or other Commodities or Merchandise whatsoever attending the Army, shall put or set any such thing to sale, he shall forfeit the full value thereof for the use of the poor.  
ART. III. WHoever shall use any unlawful Oath or Execration, (whether Officer or Soldier) shall incur the same penalty that is expressed in the first Article.  
ART. iv IF any Officer or Soldier shall presume to blaspheme the Holy and Individed Trinity, or the Persons of God the Father, God the Son, or God the holy Ghost, or shall presume to speak against any known Article of the Christian Faith, he shall have his Tongue bored through with a red hot Iron.  
ART. V IF any Officer or Soldier shall abuse or profane any place dedicated to the Worship of God, or shall offer violence to any Minister or Chaplain of the Army, or any other Minister of God's Word, he shall suffer such punishment as shall be inflicted on him by a Court-Martial.  
But whoever shall take any of the Utencils or Ornaments belonging or dedicated to God's Worship in any Church or Chappel, shall suffer Death for the fact.  
ART. VI AFter the service of God Almighty, all Officers and Soldiers shall serve us faithfully, to the best of their Skill, Power and Understanding, and to that purpose, every one of them of what quality or condition soever, shall for himself take the following Oath, which shall be administered by such person or persons, and in such places as Ourselves, Our Major General, or the Chief-Officer commanding Our Forces shall appoint.  

Form of the Military Oath to be taken by every Officer and Soldier in the Army, and Militia.  
I A. B. Do swear to be true and faithful to my Sovereign Lord King CHARLES, and His lawful Successors; And in my station to maintain the present Government in Church and State, as it is now established by Law, and to oppose (to my power) the damnable principle of taking up Arms against the King, or those Commissionate by Him upon any pretext whatsoever; and to be obedient in all things to His Majesty's Major-General, or Commander in Chief authorized by His Majesty for the time being; and will behave myself obediently to my superior Officers, in all that they shall command me for His Majesty's Service: And I do further swear, that I will be a true, faithful and obedient Soldier, every way performing my best endeavours for His Majesty's Service, obeying all Orders, and submitting to all such Rules and Articles of War, as are, or shall be established by His Majesty. So help me God.   
ART. VII. NO Officer or Soldier shall use any traitorous words against the Sacred Person of the King's most Excellent Majesty upon pain of death.  
ART. VIII. WHoever shall hold correspondence with any of our Enemies, or shall give them advice or intelligence, either by Letters, Messages, Signs, or Tokens, or any manner of way whatsoever, shall suffer death for it. And whatever Regiment, Troup or Company shall treat with the Enemy, or enter into any condition with them, without Our leave, or leave of Our General, or of the chief Commander in his absence, the Officers of such Regiment, Troup or Company, who are found guilty, shall die for it, and of the Soldiers who shall consent thereunto, every tenth man by lot shall be hanged, and the rest shall be punished at the discretion of Our General. But whatever Officers or Soldiers can prove that they did their utmost to resist and avoid such a Treaty, and were no way partaker of the Crime, they shall not only go free, but also be rewarded for their Constancy and Fidelity.  
ART. IX. WHoever shall go about to entice or persuade either Officer or Soldier, to join or engage in any traitorous or rebellious Acts, either against Our Royal Person, or Kingly Government, shall suffer Death for it; and whoever shall not reveal to his Superior Officer such a Conspiracy or intended Rebellion, so soon as ever it shall come to his knowledge, shall be judged equally guilty with the Contrivers of such a Plot or Conspiracy, and consequently shall suffer the same penalty.  
ART. X. IF any Officer or Soldier shall behave himself disgracefully towards Our General, Lieutenant-General,, or other Chief Commander of the Army, or speak words tending to his hurt or dishonour, he shall die for it.  
ART. XI. HE who in presence of Our General, Lieutenant-General, or other Commander in Chief, shall draw his sword with a purpose to do any Officer, or any of his fellow-soldiers a mischief, shall die for it.  
ART. XII. SUch respect and obedience as is due to Our General or Great-Officer from those under his Command, is likewise due unto all Superior-Officers from their Inferiors, under the like penalty.  
ART. XIII. WHosoever shall presume to violate any Safeguard, Conduct, or Protection, given by Us, Our General, Lieutenant-General, or other Commander in Chief of Our Forces (knowing the same) shall suffer death.  
ART. XIV. IF any number of Soldiers shall presume to assemble to take counsel amongst themselves for the demanding their pay, any Inferior-Officer accessary thereunto shall suffer death for it, as the Heads and Ringleaders of such mutinous and Seditious meetings; and if any Captain being privy thereunto, shall not suppress the same, or complain of it, he shall likewise be punished with death.  
ART. XV. NO Officer or Soldier shall utter any words tending to sedition, mutiny, or uproar, upon pain of death, or suffering such punishment as shall be inflicted upon him by a Court-Martial. And whoever shall hear any mutinous or seditious words spoken, and shall not with all possible diligence reveal the same to his Superior Officers or Commanders, shall be punished, as a Court-martial shall think fit.  
ART. XVI. IF any Inferior Officer or Soldier, shall refuse to obey his Superior Officer, or quarrel with him, he shall be cashiered: But if any shall presume, to resist any Officer in the execution of his office, or shall strike, or lift up his hand to strike; Or shall draw, or offer to draw, or lift up any weapon against his Superior Officer, upon any pretence whatsoever, he shall suffer death.  
ART. XVII. EVery Soldier, shall keep silence when the Army is marching, embattelling or taking up their Quarters, (to the end, that their Officers may be heard, and their Orders executed) upon pain of imprisonment, at the discretion of the Officers.  
ART. XVIII. HE, who shall in anger draw his Sword, whilst his Colours are flying, either in Battle, or upon the March, unless it be against the Enemy, shall run the Goad-loup.  
ART. XIX. WHen any March is to be made, every man who is sworn to his Colours, shall follow them; And whoever shall (without leave) stay behind, or departed above a mile from the Camp; or out of the Army without licence, shall march in Irons, for such time as shall be found fit.  
ART. XX. WHen the Army, or any part of them, shall march through, or lodge in the Country; None of them shall extort free quarter, or money from them, or shall commit any waste or spoil: Or cut down Fruit-trees, or planting, deface walks of Trees, Parks, Warrens, Fishponds, Houses or Gardens, trade down, or otherwise destroy standing Corn in the ear. Neither shall they put their horses into meadows without leave from their Chief-Officer, upon pain of severe punishment: But if any Officer or Soldier shall wilfully burn any House, Barn, Stack of Corn, Hay, or Straw, or any Ship, Boat, or Carriage, or any thing which may serve for the provision of the Army, without leave from the Commander in Chief, shall suffer death for it.  
ART. XXI. WHen the Army or any part thereof, shall come to engage the Enemy in fight, whosoever shall run from his Colours (be he Native or Stranger) or doth not defend them to the utmost of his power so long as they are in any danger, shall suffer death for it: And whatsoever person shall at any other time run away from his Colours, shall suffer death.  
ART. XXII. IF any Regiment, or Commanded party shall not behave themselves in fight against an enemy, as they ought to do, they shall either die or be put out of the Quarters, until by a notable Act they redeem their honour.  
ART. XXIII. WHen it shall please GOD, that Our Forces shall beat the Enemy, every man shall follow their Officer in the chase; But whoever shall presume to pillage or plunder, till the Enemy be entirely beaten, and any misfortune happen, he shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be pronounced against him by Our General Court-Martial, and the Pillage so gotten, shall be forfeited to the use of the Sick and maimed Soldiers.  
ART. XXIV. When any Town or Place shall be taken (though by assault) no man shall presume to Pillage any Church or Hospital (without leave or necessary reason) much less to set fire to any Church, Hospital, School, or Miln●: Neither shall they offer violence to any Churchmen, Aged-men or Women, Maids or Children, unless they be found actually in arms against them, upon pain of Death: And whoever shall force a woman to abuse her (whether belonging to the Enemy or not) and the fact be sufficiently proven against him, he shall certainly suffer death for it.  
ART. XXV. IN what place soever it shall please GOD, that the Enemy shall be subdued and overcome, all the Ordinance, Ammunition and Victuals, that shall be there found, shall be secured for our use; and for the better relief of the Army, and one tenth part of all the spoil shall be laid apart towards the relief of the sick and maimed Soldiers.  
ART. XXVI. Whoever shall take any General, Officers as Prisoner's, shall present them to Us, or Our General, or the Officer in Chief, commanding our Forces, who will reward them: And they who shall take other Prisoners, may keep to themselves, the Officers and Volunteers, giving their Names to the Martial-General; But shall not put them to Ransom, without Our, or Our General Officers leave. And they are immediately to send all private Soldiers so taken, to the Martial-General, who is to take them into custody.  
ART. XXVII. IF any Soldier shall be drunk in the Enemy's Quarters, before they have wholly laid down their Arms and yielded to mercy, and any hurt or mischief ensue thereon; he shall be punished according to the prejudice, if it be general, or with Irons, Bread and Water, if no hurt ensue it.  
ART. XXVIII. ALl Officers whose charge it is, shall see the Quarters kept clean and neat, upon pain of severe punishment.  
ART. XXIX. NO Officer shall lie out all night from the Camp or Quarters, without his Superior-Officers leave obtained for the same; upon pain of being punished for it, as a Court-Martial shall think fit. Neither shall any Soldier or Officer, go any by way to the Camp, other than the common way laid out for all, upon pain of being punished as aforesaid.  
But if any Officer, shall without leave, be absent from his Quarters a week, he shall lose one months' pay; and if longer, he shall be discharged of his Command or Place as a man unfit to bear office in the Army.  
ART. XXX. NO Soldier shall presume to make any alarm in the Quarters, by shooting of his musket in the night, after the Watch is set; unless it be at an Enemy, upon pain of death.  
ART. XXXI. NO Soldier shall in anger draw his sword in any Camp, Post, or Garrison, upon pain of death.  
ART. XXXII. When warning is given for setting the Watch, by beat of Drum, or sound of Trumpet or Fife, if any Soldier shall absent himself without reasonable cause, he shall be punished by riding a Wooden-horse, or otherwise, at the discretion of the Commander.  
And whatever soldier shall fail at the beating of a Drum or the sound of Trumpet or Fife, or upon any alarm given to repair to his Colours, with his Arms decently kept and well fixed (unless there be an evident necessity to hinder him from the same) he shall either be clapped in Irons for it, or suffer such other punishment, as a Court-Martial shall think fit.  
ART. XXXIII. Who ever makes known the Watchword without order, or gives any other word but what is given by the Officer, shall suffer death.  
ART. XXXIV. A Centinel who is found sleeping in any Post, Garrison, Trench, or the like (while he should be upon his duty) shall suffer death, or such other punishment as Our General Court-Martial shall by their sentence, inflict for the same.  
And if a Centinel or Pardue shall forsake his place, before he be relieved or drawn off; or upon discovery of an Enemy shall not give warning to his Quarters according to direction, he shall suffer death or such other punishment as Our General Court-Martial shall think fit.  
As Likewise, if any Soldier employed as a Scout, shall not go upon that Service so far as he is commanded; or having discovered an ambush or approach of the Enemy shall not return forthwith to give notice or warning to his Quarters, or if he enter into any house, and there or else where be found sleeping or drunk, whilst he should have been upon duty, he shall suffer death.  
ART XXXV. Whoever shall do violence to any who shall bring victuals to the Camp or Garrison, or shall take his Horse or Goods, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as he shall be sentenced to by Our General Court-Martial.  
If any any presume to beat or abuse his Host, or the wife, child or servant of his Host, where he is quartered or billetted, he shall be put in Irons for it: And if he do it a second time, he shall be further punished, and the Party wronged I shall have amends made him. And if any presume to exact 〈◊〉 quarter without leave from the Chief Officer upon the place, they shall be severely punished at the discretion of a Court-Martial.  
ART. XXXVI. NO Soldier or Officer shall use any reproachful or provocking Speech or Act to another, upon pain of imprisonment, and such other punishment, as a Court-Martial shall think fit.  
Neither shall any Officer or Soldier, presume to send a Challenge to any other Officer or Soldier to fight a Duel; Neither shall any Soldier or Officer presume to upbraid another for refusing a Challenge: For whoever shall offend in either of these cases, if he be an Officer, he shall lose his Place and Command, whatever it be; and if a private Soldier, he shall ride the Wooden-horse, and be further punished as a Court-Martial shall think fit. And if any Corporal or other Officer commanding a Guard shall willingly or knowingly suffer either Soldiers or Officers to go forth to a Duel or private fight, he shall be punished for it, by the sentence of a Court-Martial.  
Forasmuch, as all Officers of what condition soever, shall have power to part and quell all Quarrels, Frays and sudden Disorders between Soldiers and Officers, though of another Company, Troop or Regiment, & to commit the disordered persons to prison, until their proper Officers be acquainted therewith: And whoever shall resist such an Officer (though of another Company, Troop, or Regiment) or draw his sword upon him, shall be severely punished, as Our General Court-Martial shall appoint. But if two or more, going into the field to fight a Duel, shall draw their swords, or other weapons, though neither of them fall upon the spot, nor die afterwards of any wound there received; yet if they be Officers, they shall lose their Places, and if common soldiers, they shall be punished with riding the Wooden-horse, or otherways as a Court-Martial shall direct. And Lastly, in all cases of Duels, the Seconds shall be taken as Principals, and punished accordingly.  
ART. XXXVII. NOne shall be Mustered but such as are completely Armed, Viz. Each Horseman to have for his defensive Arms, Back, Breast and Foot, and for his offensive Arms, a Sword not under three foot long in the Blade, and a case of Pistols, the Barrels whereof not to be under fourteen Inches in length; and each Trooper of Our Guard to have a Carbine besides the foresaid Arms: And the Foot to have each Soldier a Sword or Dagger for their Muskets, and each Pikeman a Pike of sixteen Foot long and not under, and each Musketteer a Musket (with a Collar of Bandaleers) the Barrel of which Musket to be about four-foot long and to contain a Bullet, fourteen of which shall make a pound, running into the Barrel.  
If any borrow Arms of another to pass the Muster withal, the Lender, if he be a Soldier, shall forfeit the value of the Arms so lent, to be taken out of his Pay, and the Borrower shall be severely punished.  
ART. XXXVIII. NOne shall be allowed upon any Muster, who by loss of Limbs, or otherwise is unable for Our Service, but by Order from Us or Our General.  
ART. XXXIX. NO Housekeeper or Inhabitant in the usual Quarters of Our Guard of Horse or Foot, or in the usual Quarters of any other Regiment or Garrison, shall be received or entertained into Our Service and Pay, and Mustered as a private Soldier without Order from Us, or Our General; Nor shall any Officer demand or receive directly or indirectly any sum of money whatsoever, from any under his command, for admitting and entertaining him into his Troop, Company or Garrison, upon pain of being Cashiered or rendered incapable of ever being employed again in the Army.  
ART. XL. NO Captain of a Troop or Company shall upon pain of being rendered uncapable of ever serving in Our Army any more, be allowed to Muster any Servants in his Troop or Company, but those who are not only fit and able for Our Service, but also are bound by Oath and Pay to follow the Troop or Company, and who duly and constantly appear at every Muster in proper Arms, unless they have leave to be absent, which is not to be granted but upon a real and good occasion. And whatever other person shall present himself or his Horse in the Muster, to misled the Muster-Master or defraud Us, shall suffer such punishment as Our General Court-Martial think fit.  
ART. XLI. NO man shall presume to present himself to the Muster Master to be enroled in the Muster-rols by a counterfeit or wrong name or surname, or Place of Birth or Habitation, upon pain of running the Goad●loup, if it be a Footman; or forfeiting the Horse and Arms he has if he be a Horseman.  
ART. XLII. ALL forlofs for some time shall be given by the Captain of each Troop, or Colonel of a Foot-Regiment, and if it shall be found, that under such Licences there is any collusion, the person guilty thereof shall not get what remains due of his Pay, nor thereafter be admitted into that Troop or Regiment.  
ART. XLIII. NO Muster-Master shall knowingly let any pass the Muster, but such as are qualified according to the precedent Articles, upon penalty of losing his place.  
ART. XLIV. Whatever Lieutenant, Cornet or Ensign shall discover and make proof to the General-Officer or Colonel, that his Captain hath made false Musters, the said Captain shall be Cashiered, and the Lieutenant or Ensign discovering as aforesaid shall have the place of his Captain; and whatever Sergeant or Corporal shall discover and make proof of false Musters as aforesaid, shall have for each time the sum of five hundred marks Scots money, payable by the Paymaster at the first Muster immediately following the discovery so made; but if his accusation shall upon examination be found false and malicious, in that case he shall be immediately Cashiered, and suffer such further punishment as shall be judged fit by Our General Court-Martial.  
ART. XLV. IF any Soldier shall be sick, wounded or maimed it Our Service, he shall be sent out of our Camp to some fit place for his recovery, where he shall be provided for by the Officer appointed to take care of sick and wounded soldiers, & his wages or pay shall go on and be duly paid, until it doth appear that he can be no longer serviceable in Our Army, and then he shall be sent by Pass to his Country, with money to bear his Charges in his Travel.  
ART. XLVI. ALL Captains shall use their utmost endeavours to have their Troops and Companies complete and full, and within two days after every General-Muster, both the Captain and Our Muster-master shall send to the General: (if he requires it) and to the Treasurer or Paymaster of the Army a perfect List and Roll of all the Officers, Troopers and Soldiers of their Troops and Companies, that are in actual Service, punctually expressing at the foot of the Rolls what new Officers, Troopers and Soldiers have been entertained since the preceding Muster, in lieu of such as have been Cashiered or are deceased, with the day when the one died or went off, and the other was entertained in his place.  
ART. XLVII. ALL Commissions granted by Us or Our General, to any Officer in Pay, shall be brought to the Muster-master, who is to receive and enter the same in a Book fairly written, and no Commission Officers shall be allowed in Musters without a Commission from Us or Our General: and the same entered with the Commissaries General of the Musters or their Deputies, who are hereby required forthwith, and from time to time to send the Officers names to the Secretary, and Judge-Advocate of Our Forces, or Register of Our Court-Martial.  
ART. XLVIII. NO Commission-Officer after Enrolment, and being Mustered, shall be dismissed or cashiered without Order from Us or Our General. But for None-commission-officers or private Soldiers, their Captains, with the approbation of their Colonels, or of the Governor of the Garrison where they are, may discharge them when they find cause, taking other Non-commission-Officers or Soldiers in their Places: Provided that such Colonel or Governor, shall forthwith certify the Commissaries General of the Musters, that (by their approbation) such Non-commission Officers or Soldiers were discharged, and others taken into their Places Respectively. And in Quarters and Garrisons, where they are only single Troops or Companies, the Captain's certificats are forth with to be sent and accepted by the Commissaries General, expressing the day of each Non-commission-Officers or Soldiers Discharge or Death, and who was entertained in his Place.  
ART. XLIX. WE do expressly forbid any Soldier's Duty either of Horse or Foot, to be done by any other than the Soldier himself, but in case of sickness and disability or other necessary cause, his Captain may dispense with his absence, without causing him to find another to serve in his stead.  
ART. L. THe Muster-Master shall always (the night before) give notice to the Officer in Chief, commanding any Regiment, Troop, Company or Garrison, of the time and place for their Musters, that so the Officers and Soldiers may have time to make ready for their Muster. Upon every Muster, three Muster Rolls are to be prepared of the Respective Troops and Companies, in which Rolls the names of all private Soldiers are to be written Alphabetically, one of which Rolls is to be in Parchment for the Paymaster, and to be subscribed (together with another Roll which the Muster-Master is to keep) by two Commission-Officers (at the least) of the Respective Troops and Companies, and the Muster-Master; The third Muster Roll is to be subscribed only by the Muster-Master, which the Officer is to keep, and no Rolls are to be allowed by the Muster-Master and Paymaster, otherwise then as We have herein directed: and the said Muster-Rols are to be perfected forthwith upon every Muster.  
ART. LI. IF any Trooper or Dragooner, shall loss or spoil his Horse, or any Foot Soldier his Arms, or any part thereof by negligence or gaming, he shall remain in the quality of a Pioneer or Scavenger, till he be furnished with as good as were lost at his own charge; and if he be not otherwise able, the one half of his pay shall be deducted and set apart for the providing of it, till he be re-furnished.  
Neither shall any Soldier pawn or sell, or negligently or wilfully break his Arms, or any part thereof, or any Hatchets, Spades, Shovels, Pick-axes, or other necessaries of war, upon pain of severe punishment, at the discretion of our General Court-Martial.  
And where Arms or other necessaries aforesaid shall be pawned, they are to be forfeited and seized on for our use.  
ART. LII. ALL Officers and Soldiers, and also the Mustermasters, not duly observing these Orders and Instructions, and every of them respectively shall be cashiered, or liable to such other punishments as ourselves, our General or Court-Martial shall appoint.  
ART. LIII. NOne shall presume to spoil, sell, or convey away any Ammunition delivered unto him, upon pain of suffering death, or such other punishment as our General-Court-Martial shall think fit.  
ART. LIV. NO Officer, Provider or Keeper of our Victuals or Ammunition for our Forces, shall imbezil or willingly spoil, or give a false account of any part thereof; to whom he is to make his account upon pain of suffering such punishment as our General Court-Martial shall think fit.  
ART. LV. NO Commissary or Victualler shall bring or furnish unto the Camp any unsound or unsavoury Victuals of what kind soever, whereby sickness may grow in the Army, or the service be hindered; and if upon Examination before our General Court-Martial, he shall be found guilty, he shall suffer such punishment as they shall think fit.  
ART. LVI. NO Officer or Soldier shall be a Victualler in the Army, without consent and allowance of our General, or of the Officer in chief of the Regiment, upon pain of being punished at discretion.  
ART. LVII. NO Victualler or Seller of Beer, Ale or Wine, belonging to the Army, shall entertain any soldier in his House, Booth, Tent or Hut, after the Warning piece, Tattoe, or Beat of Drum at night, or before the beating of Revalles in the morning; nor shall any soldier (within that time) be any where, but upon his duty, or in his quarters, upon pain of punishment, both to the Soldier and Entertainer, at the discretion of a Court Martial.  
ART. LVIII. THe Commission-Officers of every Regiment may hold a Court-Martial for that Regiment, upon every necessary occasion. There shall also be a Provost-Martial of every Regiment, like as there shall be a Martial in the Troop of Guard, who shall have the same privilege in his own Regiment or Troop, as the Provost-Martial-General hath in the Army or Camp, and such fees also as the Court-Martial shall allow.  
ART. LIX. THose who are Judges in our General Court-martials', or in Regimental Court-martials', shall hold the same rank in those Courts as they do in the Army for orders ●●ke, and they shall take an Oath for the due administration of Justice, or (where these Articles assign no absolute punishment) according to their consciences, the best of their understandings, and the custom of War in like cases; and shall demean themselves orderly in the hearing of causes (as becomes the gravity of such a Court) and before giving of sentence, every Judge shall deliver his vote or opinion distinctly; and the sentence is to be according to the plurality of votes, and if there happen to be an equality of votes, the Precedent is to have a casting vote.  
And when the sentence is to be given, the Precedent shall pronounce it; and after that the sentence is pronounced the Provost-Martial shall have warrant to cause execution to be done according to the sentence.  
ART. LX. AT our General-Court-Martial there shall be a Clerk, who is to be sworn to make true and faithful Records of all the proceed of that Court; and there shall be also such other Officers appointed both for that, and also for the Regimental Court Marshals, as shall be necessary: And our General Court-Martial may appoint and limit the Fees of our Provost-Martial General, as they shall think fit.  
ART. LXI. ALL controversies, either between Soldiers and their Captains or other Officers, or between Soldier and Soldier, relating to their Military capacities, shall be summarily heard and determined at the next Court-Martial of the Regiment.  
ART. LXII. IN any matter which shall be adjudged in any of the aforesaid Regimental Court-martials', either of the Parties that finds himself aggrieved, may appeal to our General-Court-Martial, who are to take care, that if the party appealing make not good his suggestion, recompense be made to the other for the trouble and charge of such an Appeal.  
ART. LXIII. IN all Criminal Causes which concern our Crown, our Advocate-General or Judge-Advocate of our Army, shall inform the Court, and prosecute on our behalf.  
ART. LXIV. NO Officer or Soldier shall presume to hinder the Provost-Martial, his Lieutenant or Servants, in the execution of that Office, upon pain of death, or such other punishment as our Court-Martial shall think fit. But on the contrary, all Captains, Officers and Soldiers, shall do their utmost to apprehend and bring to punishment all offenders, & shall assist the Officers of our Army or Regiment for that purpose, especially the said Provost Martial his Lieutenant and Servants. And if the Provost-Martial or his Officers require the assistance of any Officer or Soldier, in apprehending any person, declaring to them that it is for a capital Crime, and the party escape for want of aid and assistance, the party or pays refusing to aid or assist, shall suffer such punishment as our Court-Martial shall inflict.  
ART. LXV. THat Officer or Soldier who shall presume to draw his Sword in any Place of Judicature, while the Court is sitting, shall be put to death. And, We hereby authorise our Provost Martial, General of our Army by his own authority to apprehend such offenders. And if any Soldier being committed for any offence, shall break prison, the said Provost Martial General shall by his own authority apprehend him; and the offender shall suffer death, or such other punishment, as our General Court-Martial shall think fit  
ART. LXVI. IF any fray shall happen within the Camp or Place of Garrison, in any of the soldier's Lodgings, or where they meet, it shall be enquired into by the Officers of the Regiment, and the beginners and pursuers thereof punished according to the quality of the offence.  
ART. LXVII. IF any Inferior Officer, either of Horse or Foot be wronged by his Officer, he may complain to his Colonel, or other Superior Officer of the Regiment, who is to redress the same upon due proof made of the wrong done; but if he fail therein, the Party aggrieved is to apply to the General-Officer for redress; And if the accusation be false, the Complainant is to be punished, according as his Officer deserved, if he had been found guilty.  
ART. LXVIII. IF any Colonel or Captain, shall force or take any thing away from any private Soldier; that Colonel or Captain shall be punished according to the quality of the Offence, by the judgement of Our General Court-Martial: But if a Soldier shall be wronged, and shall not appeal to the Court, or his Superior Commanders, but take his own satisfaction for it, he shall be punished by the judgement of a Court-Martial.  
ART. LXIX. IF any Soldier die, no other shall take or spoil his goods, upon pain of restoring double the value to him to whom they belong, and of such further punishments as Our Court-Martial shall think fit. But the Captain of the Company of which such a Soldier was shall take the said Goods into his custody, and dispose of them for paying his Quarters, and to keep the overplus (if any be) for the use of those to whom they belong, and who shall claim the same within three months after his death. And if any Captain or Officer die, the Chief Commander shall take care of preserving his Estate in like manner.  
ART. LXX. NO Provost Martial shall refuse to receive or keep a Prisoner sent to his charge by authority, or shall dismiss him without order, upon pain of such punishment as a Court-Martial shall think fit. And if the offence for which the Prisoner was apprehended deserved death, the Provost-Martial failing to receive and keep him as aforesaid, shall be liable to the same punishment.  
ART. LXXI. IF any person be committed by the Provost-martials' own Authority, without other command, he shall acquaint the General or other chief Commader with the cause thereof within twenty four hours; and the Provost-Martial shall thereupon dismiss him, unless he have order to the contrary.  
ART. LXXII. NO man shall presume to use any braving or menacing words, signs, or gestures, where any of the foresaid Courts of Justice are fitting, upon pain of suffering such punishment as the Court-Martial shall think fit.  
ART. LXXIII. When ever any sentence of Death is given out in the under Court-Martial, it shall be read by the Register of the Court in the presence of the condemned, and signed by the Precedent; thereafter it shall be given to the General or chief officer, who may notwithstanding suspend the same until he shall acquaint Us, or see it put in Execution when he shall think fit.  
ART. LXXIV. IN the General Court-Martial shall always preside one of the Great Officers of the Army; Like as, in the Regiments of Foot, the Colonel or Lieutenant Colonel: And when it shall happen to fall out amongst the Horse, the Captain of Our Guard shall Preside, or a General officer, who for want of number to make up twelve with the Precedent, may call Officers of Foot, who all shall take the Oath aforesaid; and then proceed to their judgement, until sentence shall be pronounced against the Delinquent, or in the matter controverted.  
ART. LXXV. Whatever is to be published, or generally made known, shall be done by beat of Drum or sound of Trumpet, that so no man may pretend ignorance thereof. And after that, whoever shall be found disobedient or faulty against what is thus published, shall be punished conform to the pains contained in the Proclamation,  

IT is Our Royal Pleasure, That the foregoing Articles and Rules (in number, 75.) for the better Government of Our Forces in Our ancient Kingdom of SCOTLAND, be forthwith Printed and Published. For doing whereof this shall be to all Persons that may be therein concerned a sufficient warrant. Given at Our Court at Whitehall the 26 th'. day of Feb. 1674/5 and of Our Reign, the 27 th'. Year.  
By His Majesty's Command, LAUDERDALE.   
FINIS.