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safety of the nation, which cannot 

 be done without the prompt and 

 exemplary punishment of the vile 

 and degenerate wretches who de- 

 ceive their country and their king, 

 by usurping the title of their de- 

 fenders, while they are selling them 

 to the enemy. From that severe pu- 

 nishment, such justices and places 

 are not to be exempted as show 

 any slowness in checking disorder 

 and confusion, or do not execute 

 your excellency's orders with the 

 necessary punctuality and zeal. His 

 majesty invests you with such great 

 authority, in order that you may be 

 convinced of the implicit confidence 

 which he places in your energy and 

 zeal. The necessary orders have 

 been dispatched for that purpose to 

 the respective juntas ofgovernment, 

 that they may possess full know- 

 ledge thereof, and obey your excel- 

 lency, to whom I communicate the 

 above royal order for your informa- 

 tion, and compliance withthesame, 

 God preserve your excellency many 

 years. 



Martin »e Garay. 



Ordinance of the Marquis in con- 

 sequence of the above Letter. 

 Dated Leon, Dec. 1808. 

 In pursuance thereof, I ordain 

 that all the inhabitants of the king- 

 dom of Castile, Leon, and Asturias 

 and Galicia, of from 16 to 45 years 

 of age, are immediately to arm 

 themselves with such musquets, 

 carbines, pistols, sabres, and every 

 other description of arms as they 

 have in their possession. That all 

 young men unmarned without chil- 

 dren, are to repair, without theleast 

 t'tUy, to the places which shall be 

 pomtea out by the juntas of go- 

 vernment in vKe respective pro- 



vinces and districts, to be immedi- 

 ately incorporated with the armies. 

 All other persons shall also arm to 

 defend their respective provinces ; 

 all horses and mules belonging to 

 any persons whomsoever, are put in 

 a state of requisition, and are im- 

 mediately to be delivered up for 

 the use of the armies. 



All armourers and smiths are, in 

 preference to any other business, to 

 devote their exertions to the fabri- 

 cation ofarms and pikes ; the latter 

 being destined for those inhabi- 

 tants who cannot be supplied with 

 any other sort ofarms. 



All persons refusing to enlist or 

 deliver up horses, mules, and other 

 necessaries, shall be committed as 

 traitors to their country, and be 

 punished in an exemplary manner. 

 All vile deserters shall be shot as 

 soon as apprehended, without any 

 exception or mercy. Cowards who 

 in an engagement with the ene- 

 my are the first to run away and 

 cause disorder and confusion, may 

 be killed on the spot for their own 

 punishment, and as an example to 

 others. 



All those gallant defenders of 

 their country, worthy of the heroic 

 Spanish names, who distinguish 

 themselves by deeds of superior 

 valour, shall be rewarded in such a 

 manner that their names shall bte 

 handed down to posterity, with 

 those marks of public approbatioti 

 which shall be best calculated to 

 immortalize their glory. 



Marquis de i-a Romana. 



In our Imperial camp of Madrid, 

 December i, 1808. 



Napoleon, emperor of the French, 

 king of Italy, &c. 



Con- 



