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| Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland and Lord Deputy of Ireland |
During the reign of King Charles I, ruler of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Henry Cary, 1st
Viscount Falkland (1576-1633) and Lord Deputy of Ireland
Here are some of the military regulations included in the proclamation:
1. First, we owe our highest duties to him from whom all power flows, as from the first fountain, and must receive our successes of him that is the Lord of hosts. I do straightly command all commanders and officers of the army to see, that Almighty God be served, that sermons, morning and evening prayer be diligently frequented, and that those that willingly absent themselves be duly punished.
2. Let no man speak impiously and maliciously against the Holy and Blessed Trinity, or any of the three persons, that is to say, God the Father, &c, or against the known articles of the Christian faith, upon pain of death.
1. First, we owe our highest duties to him from whom all power flows, as from the first fountain, and must receive our successes of him that is the Lord of hosts. I do straightly command all commanders and officers of the army to see, that Almighty God be served, that sermons, morning and evening prayer be diligently frequented, and that those that willingly absent themselves be duly punished.
2. Let no man speak impiously and maliciously against the Holy and Blessed Trinity, or any of the three persons, that is to say, God the Father, &c, or against the known articles of the Christian faith, upon pain of death.
3. Let no man blaspheme God's holy name or use unlawful oaths or execrations,
or commit any irreligious act to the derogation of God's honour, upon pain of
loss of his pay, imprisonment, and such further punishment as a Martial court
shall think his offence deserves.
7. No man shall
commit any murder, or kill any person, or draw blood of any, or draw any sword
in private quarrel, to offer violence within the camp or garrison, upon pain of
death.
8. No man shall force or ravish any woman upon pain of death, and adulterers
and fornicators shall be punished by imprisonment, banishment from the army, or
such other penalty as by the Martial court shall be thought meet.[1]
Notes
Notes
[1] Cited in
Richard Caulfield, ed., The council book of the Corporation of Youghal: from 1610 to 1659, from 1666 to 1687, and from 1690 to 1800 (J. Billing and Sons, 1878), 110.
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