WHereas We have received divers Complaints from most part of the Countrey , that several Officers and Soldiers of Their Majesties Army ( although they have been plentifully supply'd with Provisions for their Subsistance at the Charge of the several Counties ) have Robbed , and daily do Robb and Plunder many of Their Majesties good and Lawfull Subjects of their Cattle , Corn , and other Goods ; have destroyed Improvements , cut down Trees , and have exacted and Levied Money from some , and from others have taken Oxen and Horses out of Ploughs , whereby much Land lies waste and untill'd . The Kingdom in General is greatly Impoverished , Trade much decayed , Property Invaded , the King's Revenue extreamly impaired , and a Famine is like to ensue , unless some present stop be put thereunto , which Actions are not only contrary to the known Laws and Statutes of this Kingdom , but expressly contrary to the Articles of War and Military Discipline , and highly Penal to the Offenders ; All which Mischiefs have been occasioned by not observing former Rules & Proclamations , made & published for the prevention and regulation of such Disorders . We therefore taking into Our Serious Consideration the Fatal Consequences which must attend such Offences , and Resolving to apply a timely and effectual Remedy to prevent the same for the future , do hereby strictly Charge and Command all Officers and Soldiers whatsover , that from henceforth they forbear such Robberies , Plunderings , Destructions , Levies and Exactions , and that they demean themselves Soberly and Civilly in their Quarters and Marches : And We do hereby declare , that if any of them shall hereafter Commit any Violences , Robberies , Plunderings , or any of the aforesaid Mischiefs and Disorders upon any of Their Majesties Protestant or Popish Subjects under Their Obedience or Protection , they shall be proceeded against with the utmost Severity . And We do hereby further Publish and Declare to all The●r Majesties Good and Loving Subjects , that if any Officer or Soldier shall henceforward so far forget or neglect their Duty as to offend in any of the aforementioned Particulars , upon complaint , and their making due proof thereof upon Oath before some Iustice of Peace in the County where any of the said Offences shall be Committed ( which Oath the said Iustice of Peace is hereby required to Administer Gratis ; ) and forthwith to return a Certificate thereof unto vs or the Chief Governour or Governours of this Kingdom ( for the time being ) upon due Consideration thereof We will cause such Offenders to make Restitution to the Parties ; or if the Goods so taken cannot be Recovered so as to be Restored , We will cause Payment and Satisfaction to be given out of the Officers or Soldiers Pay , for what he or they shall so take , Plunder , Force away , Destroy , Exact , or Levy from any Person , and such Officer and Soldier shall likewise receive due Punishment according to the Nature of their Offence : And if the Commander in Chief in the Quarter where such Offences shall be Committed , shall not use his utmost Endeavours to bring such Offender to Condign Punishment , then the Satisfaction to the Parties grieved shall be made out of the Officers Pay Commanding in Chief as aforesaid : And forasmuch as Their Majesties have been Graciously Pleased , to direct the Payment of Subsistance to Their Army in this Kingdom , from the First Day of January last : These are strictly to will and Command all Officers and Soldiers of Their said Army , from time to time to pay their Quarters ( according to such Rates as are already Established ) as they shall received their said Subsistance .