irx 'King CHARLES the II. Orders and Conftitutions , being recorded'ih the Books of Council and duly publifhed , are to be ohferved and obeyed by all his Majefties Subjects , any Law , Act or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. Likeas , his Majefty , with Advice and Confent forefaid , doth Refcind and Annul all Laws , Acts and Claufes thereof , and allCuftoms and Conftitutions Civil or Ecclefiaftick , which are contrary to, or inconfiftent with his Majefties Supremacy as it is hereby afierted, And declares the fame void and null in all time coming. I I. AX, T concerning the CMilitia. November 16. 1669. FOrafmuch as by divers ancieiit Laws and Afts of Parliament, made in the Reigns of His Majefties Royal Anceftors, it is Statute and Ordained, That Weapon-fhowings be holden in ilk Shire feveral times in the year, at which the Lieges are appointed to be harnifhed and armed, according to their qualities and degrees ; as at length is fpecified in thefe Afts. And it being declared by the fifth Ad of the firft Seflion of His Majefties late Parliament, That it is His Majefties Prerogative-Royal and undoubted Right , to have the power of raifing in Armes the Subieftsof this Kingdom, and of the commanding , ordering and disband- ing, or otherwayes difpofing thereof as He fhall think fit. Asaifo, tfie Eftates of Parliament of this King- dom, in recognifance of His Majefties Royal Prerogative forefaid , and in a further acknowledgment of their •duty, Having, by the twenty fifth Act of the laft Seffion of the forefaid Parliament, made offer to His Majefty of twenty thoufand Footmen, and two thoufand Horfemen , fufficfently armed and furniflied with fourty dayes provifion, to be raifed from the feveral Shires of the Kingdom, according to the proportions expreft in that Aft, to be inreadinefs as they mail be called for by His Majefty, to march to any part of His Dominions oi Scotland, England or Ireland, for any fervice wherein His Majefties Honour, Authority orGreatnefs may be concerned. And His Majefty, finding it expedient that the forefaid number of Foot and Horfe fhould be modelled and trained in military difcipline, to the effeft they might be in greater readinefs and fitnefs for His Majefties Service when they mould be called for, Having, by advice of His Privy Coun- cil, conftituted and fettled a Militia of horfe and Foot in many Shires of the Kingdom , according to the proportions mentioned in the forefaid Aft ; And in fome other Shires a Militia of horfe only ; having thought fit in this exigent, for important reafons, to change their Foot into a proportion of horfe, futeable to the charge of their proportion of Foot: And having nominated and appointed the Collonels and Lieutenant- Collonelsof Foot, and Captains of horfe; And the Lords of Privy Council having, by his Majefties Order andwarrand, appointed Commiffioners of the Militia in the feveral Shires, ordered the eleftion of the in- Feriour Officers, appointed particular dayes of Rendezvous, the way of lifting of Foot-fouldiers, ordered! fit allowances to be given to the Foot and horfemen every day of the Rendezvous ; That Collours, Standarts, Drums and Trumpets be provided at the charge of the Shire; And having given feVeral other Orders and I Inftruftions concerning the ordering and difpofing of the Militia, The Eftates of Parliament do in ail duty acknowledge his Majefties fingular Wifdom, and tender Care of this his ancient Kingdom, in conftiruting ■■' and fettling the forefaid Militia. Likeas, his Majefty, with advice and confent of his Eftates of Parlia- ment, doth Ratifieand Approve the conftitution and model of the Militia, asthefameiseftablifhedbyhis Majefty, with advice of his Privy Council: And particularly, their appointing dayes for Rendezvous, or- dering fit allowances to be given to the Foot, and horfemen the faids dayes of their Rendezvous; And all Afts, Commifliones, Orders and Inftruftionespaft and emitted by the Council concerning the Militia, and their whole proceedings relating thereto. And Statutes and Ordaines, that in all time coming there be allowed to each Footman fix fhillings Scots, and to each horfeman eighteen millings Scots, every day of the Rendez- vous, to be payed be theheretors; And that the faid fix fhillings to be payed to the Footmen , berefounded to the heretors by the men-tennents and fervants for whom the Footmen are put out , and who are not lifted in the Militia. And alfo Statutes and Ordaines, that the Rendezvous be punftudlly keeped, that horfe and Foot be duely outreiked and fufficiently armed, that Fraftiones with their proportions of the price of the Collours, Drums, Standarts, and Trumpets be timeoufly payed. Likeas, His Majefty, with advice forefaid, doth give power andwarrand totheCommiflioners of the Militia in the refpeftive Shires, to fine parties for the Souldiers abfence from the Rendezvous , not exceeding fix pounds Scots for the horfeman , and two pounds Scots for the Footman abfent ilke day of the Rendezvous; And likewife^fuch as fhall be deficient in the outreik of horfe or Foot, or in payment of the fraftions thereof, or of the proportions of Collours , Drums, Standarts and Trumpets , or of the pay allowed by this prefent Aft to the horfemen or Footmen, the men tennents and fervants for whom the Footmen are put out , being alwayes lyable to relieve the refpeftive here tors of the payment of the fines aforefaid, info far as concerns the deficiency in outreik of Foot, or payment of the fraftions thereof, or abfents of the Footmen from the dayes of Rendezvous. And to the effeft, more ready obedience may be given to this prefent Act and Ordinance , his Majefty, with advice forefaid ( without derogation C
