1810.] 
whilst another doth visite aiawndiers and 
victualers (if any ‘follow the campe) for 
bread, drinke, or other cates, if other- 
wise they be not prouided by forrage, or 
picoree, and makes a hole in the earth, 
wherin hauing made a fire, stroken 
two forked sticks at either side, and 
hanged his kettle to seeth upon a cudgel 
of wood upon the same, or that for rost 
meat he makes a spit, woodden gaw- 
verds,” &c. 
From the articles of war, in p. $7, and 
other passages, it appears, that the cant 
which prevailed in Cromweil’s army, did 
not originate in the Puritans. 
The following are the methods pyre- 
scribed to detect mining. 
“To bee aduertised thereof, place within 
these caues upon the playne ground, a 
drum on the one end, and lay certaine 
dice vpon the skinne, which/dice, the 
enemy labbouring under the earth, neere 
unto the wall, cannot lye still and quiet: 
but by reason of theyr worke under the 
earth, (although not seene of the defeud- 
ants) doe remoue and Jeape. 
placing within the sayd countermynes, 
and upon the playne ground, a bascn of 
copper, tinne, or brasse, or of such like 
mettal, fall of water, the enemie !abowr- 
ing under the earth, neere unto the wall, 
by reason of the sayd strokes and work- 
ing, although the same remayne onsceene 
of the eye, neurthelesse the water shall 
be seene to remocue and trenple, a-ma- 
nifest showe of their myning, which may 
suddaynly be .preuented, by means of 
these countermynes, or.such hke prepa- 
ration as dooth serue for that purpose. 
“Some vse to lay a sacke of wooll inthe 
countermunes, and upon the same_a ba- 
son of copper, wherein is put three or 
four round harde pease, the which wyll 
moove and ring against the side of the 
bottome of the bason, at the strokes of 
the miners of the enemie.” 
In the “ Office of the General,” we see 
that the exaggeration and frequent fiction 
of the French bulletins, is derived from 
ancient Military policy. igo 
“ He must search by all meanes possi- 
ble, to kee is armie coniinally cou- 
ragious, os aspiring mindes, by 
arteficiall fictions, to the enemies ecn- 
fusion. Sometimes dispcearsing a 
tumor, that hee hath intercepted 
aud taken certayne aduertisements of 
importance. Sometimes to faigne that 
he hath the commoditie to ayde himéilfe, 
_ with the succours of many princes, and 
comon princis, although there be no 
_ Such matter,” 
Scarce Tracts, Xs 
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343 
The pay and provision of the soldier, in 
these times, are singularly expensive. 
“The common souldieur shall pay two 
shillings eight-pence by the weeke, for 
his dyet, lodging, and washing: the sole 
diour of bigger pay, at foure shillings the 
weeke, for his dyet, lodging, andAvash- 
ing, as heereafter followeth: wherein ig 
doth also appeare, how the pettie victu= 
alers are considered for theyr charges ° 
and tranell in the same, for a yeere of 
365 dayes. H 
“ The thirtie common souldiours, to haue 
eury inan.a day in wheaten breade, one 
pounde n halfe, rated at a penny. 
“Thet common souldters to every 
man a pottle of double beere’a 
day, rated ata penny. The thirty com- 
man souldiours, in -beefe every.man one 
pounde a day, rated at id. 
“The thirtie commoi souldiours, in 
mutton, eury man one pound a day, 
rated at two-pence.the pound, 
The thirtie common souldiours in porke, 
every man one pound one quarter a day, 
rated: at id, , Z i 
“The thirtie common souldiors in stock- 
fish, to eurie four men. one stock-fish.a 
day, for 52 Wednesdaies, two meales a 
day, half sernice, and the like allowance 
to cuery foure men, one stock-fish for 2 
meale, for 52 Frydayes, whole seruice, in 
all, 7 fishes and a halfe a day. 
“The thirtie common souldigars,to have 
in Shetland linges, for 26 Saterdayes, 13 
daies mLent,and 1 day inRogationweeke, 
in all 40 dayes: to every eight men, one 
ling a day, haife seruice, rated at 7d; the 
lig’. , ¢ 
“The thirtie common souldioursto have 
in Shetlande codde, for 26 Saterdayes, 
12 dayes in Lent, one day in Rogation 
weeke; to euery 8 men, one fysh and a 
halfe a day, halfe seruice, at 4d. the fysh. 
“The thirtie common souldiours to have 
in butter, to eurie foure men one pounde 
a day, halfe seruice, for 52 Wednesdayes, 
two meales a day: and to eury 8 men 
one pound a day, quarter seruice, for 52 
Saterdaies, 25 dayes.in Lent, and@ daies 
in Rogation weeke, at 4d, the pound. 
The thirtie common souldiours, in 
cheese for 52 Saterdaies, 25. dayes in 
Lent, and 2 cayes in Rogation weeke ; to 
every foure men, one pound a day gaare” 
ter seruice. 
“Some souldiers.there are married, and 
keepe house, whose proportion of yice 
tuals must be to them delivered accerde 
ingly, with the hke allowance. as to the 
petty yictualer in every thing.” 
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