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 222 C. 3- Anno decima teitio& quarto Carol I 11. A. D. 1662. A-^A to defalk XVII. And it is hereby ordained and ena<fled, That it (haill and may be lawful to aitd for the faid Te- oflterne V' "'I'l'^ or Tenants, to defalk out of fuch Rent as fliall be next due to his or their Landlord, all fuch Mo- Rent.'/ '^ ««^ as the faid Tenant or Tenants fliall neceffarily lay out or expend in providing fuch Horfe and Horfe- man,-Horfes and Horfemen and Arrets, or Foot-foldier and Arms, as are charged upon his or their Land- lord, or ihall pay or be levied upon him or them by Diftrefs for any Default, in Manner as aforelaid' any Condition, Refervation, Covenant or Contract: for the Payment of his or their Rent, to the coaT ThsTensntsin-trary in any wife notwithftanding : (2) And for fo doing, the faid Tenant or Tenants {hall be indemni- dSnff"'^ '^°'' ^° iied by Authority of this A<£t, unlefs the Landlord or Landlords fhall make it appear within tv/o Months after fuch Levying fuch Penalties before the refpedive Lieutenants, and in their Abfence as aforefaid or btheiwife by their Diredions before their Deputies, or any two or more of them, that the Default and Penalty was occafioned by the ^lilful.Negledt of the faid Tenant or Tenants. Psersnottoafl XVIII. Provided alfo. That no Perfon being a, Peer of this Realm, fliall be capable of ading or fer' - orDeTrFeTbe '"^ ^s Lieutenant or Deputy-Lieufenant, by Virtue of this Adl, unlefs he or they Ihall firll before fix foVe ^they take" of ^ 'ie Lords of his Majefty's Privy-Council, for the Time being, or fuch other Perfons as Ihall be au- the 0.1th of Al- thorized by liis Majefty to adminifter the fame, take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and alfo anTtMs'o^th this Oath following : ^ 1 J. B. do declare and believe. That it is not lawful upon any Pretence what- Aboiifhedhy' foever to take Arms againft the King : And that I do abhor that traiterous Pofition, That Arms may be 1 w. &M. taken by his Authority againft his Perfon, or againft thole that are commiffioned by him in Purfuance of i*'i"i'' '^'^' ' ^'■"^'^ military. Commiffions : So^help me God.' Which Oaths they have hereby Power to adminifter. ■ - XIX. And thatno Perfon being under the Degree of a Peer of this Realm, fhall be capable of adiiie thtolKreet^a ^s Lieutenant, Deputy-Licutenant, Officer or Soldier, by Virtue of this Act, unlefs he or they fhall igrft Peer to take°th^e take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and this Oath following: ' IJ.B. do declare andbe- Onifof Alle- ' lieve,' That.it is Gjot lawful uppn.any Preteiice whatfoever to take Arms againft the King ; and that I fhi^Oa^*^' ^^ ' *^° abhor that traiterous Pofition, That Arms may he taken by his Aumority againft his Perfon, or f againft thofe that are commiffioned by, him in Purfuance of fuch military Commiffians : So help'me ?■ God.* f.z) Which Oaths,, .any one Jufiiqe of Peace of thp refpedtive Counties and Places aforefaid is enabled to adminifter, to fuch refpec^ive Lieutenant as is not a Peer of this Realm ; and the faid Lieu- tenant, or any one Juftice of Peace of the refpective Counties and Places aforefaid, is enabled to admi- nifter to the refpedive Deputy-Lieutenants, not being Peers j and the faid refpedlive Lieutenants and in' their Abfence as aforefaid, or othei*wife by their Diredtions when they are xxox. abfent, their Deputies or any two of them, fliall and are hereby enabled to adminifter the faid Oaths to the faid Officers ai;d .Soldiers. " ; ■ ■ 1 •, . . i ; i. 1 ..,..; The Trained ^X. And to the End there may be fome convenient Time to put in Execution the Powers of this Ad, Banfis to conti- and preparing an Eftabliftiment according to the fame, Be it hereby enadted, That the trained Bands of March^iee''' ^"'^ Forces now adually raifed, and in Being, fliall fo continue in each refpedtive City and County of and no longer! England and Wales, until the five and twentieth Day oi March one thoufand fix' hundred fixty and three and no longer, unlefs an Eftablifhment according to tliis Adt be no fooner had ; aay Thirig in this prte fent Adl to the contrary in any wife notwithfianding. ' 'j* The Times ap- XXI. And it is hereby declared and enadted. That the ordinary Times for Training, Exercifing anl pointed for Muftering the Forces to be raifed by .Virtue of. this Adl, fhall be thefe following, (that is to (zj) ^ Mufterin^"'' General Mufter and Exercife of Regiments, not above once a Year; the Training and Exercifing .See i^elr.js, Angle Companies, not above four Times a Year, unlefs fpecial Diredtions be given by his Majefty, _ >;. 4- ;§• ?• his Privy-Council ; (2} and that fuch fingle Com.panies and Troops fliall not at any one Time be con- tinued in Exercife above the Space of two Days; (3) and that at a General Mufter and Exercife of Re- giments, no Officer or Soldier fhall be conftrained to ftay for above four Days together from their re- ipedlive Habitations ; (4) and that at every fuch Mufter and Exercife, every Mufqueteer fliall bring with him half a Pound of Powder, at the Charge of fuch Perfon or Perfons as provide the faid Foot-foldiep 1 and Arms ; and every Horfeman is to bring with him a Qiiarter of a Povmd of Powder, at the Charee wiiat Arms and of ''^ch Perfon or Perfons as provide the faid Horfe, Horfemen and Arms ; (5 ) and the Arms ofFenfive' Provifion every and defenfive, with the Furniture for Horfe, are to be as foUoweth ; the defenlive Anns, a Back, Breaft 11 Mn^ """ ^"^"^ f °'^' ^^^ ^^^ Breaft and Pot to be Piftol-proof ; the oifenfive Arms, a Sword and a Cafe ofPiftols- ■ iG«o..f. stit.i. the Barrels whereof are not to be under fourteen Inches in Length ; the Furniture for the Horfe to be % j c. 14.. §. 5. f great Saddle or Padd with Burrs and Straps to affix the Holfters unto, a Bit and Bridle with a Pectoral i 1.7!°" '"'' *■ ^'^'^ Crupper : (6) For the Foot, a Mufqueteer is to have a Mufquet, the Barrel whereof is not to be ( under three Foot in Length, and the Gauge of the Bore to be for twelve Bullets to the Pound, a Collar 1 of Bandeleers, with a Sword : (7) Provided that all Mufter-Mafters fliall for the prefent admit and allow « of any Mufquets already made, which will bear a Bullet of fourteen to the Pound ; but no Mufquets i which henceforth fhall be made are to be allowed of, but fuch as are of the Gauge of twelve Bidlets to t the Pound : (8) A Pikeman is to be armed with a Pike made of Afh,- not under fixteen Foot in Length (the Head and Foot included) with a Back, Brealt, Head-piece and Sword : (9) Provided, that all Muf- - ter-Mafters fliall for the prefent admit and allow of any Pikes already made that are not under fifteen t Foot in Length ; but no Pikes which fhall be hereafter made are to be allowed of, that are under fixteej^ 1 Foot in Length. ' '^ Ttie Militia of XXII. Provided alfo, and be it enadled by the Authority aforefaid. That the Militia of the Iflandof*' theineofPur- Purbeck (hall remain feparate from the County of Dorfet, as heretofore hath been ufed ; and that hia' "^ ■ Majefty's Lieutenant or the faid Ifland, and his Deputies, or any three or more of them for the Time" being, (hall have Power for the Levying, Arraying, Muftering and Condudling of fuch Number of Foot' for the Defence of the faid Ifland, in fuch Manner, and by fuch Ways and Means, as heretofore hath' Been ufed j and ;alfo to ufe and execute williin the faid Ifland all and every the Powers, which by thel ,8 true/