his parte to hym that shall gyue firste to the Marshall knowlege therof / and his body to be emprysoned & punysshed at the kynge wyll. And that euery man do kepe or do to be kepte his prysoner that he ryde nat nor go at large in the hoste ne in logynges / But if warde be had vpon hym / vpon payne of losynge of the same prysoner Reseruynge to his lorde or maister his thryddes of y ^e hole if he be nat partie / of the defaute▪ and y ^e seconde parte to hym that firste shall accuse hym / and y ^e thrydde part to the marshall / and also moreouer his body in arreste at the kyngꝭ wyll. Also that he suffre nat his prysoner to go out of y ^e hoste for his raunsome ne for none other cause without saufconduyt of the kynge his lieutenaunt / or the marshall vpon the payne aforesayd.

¶Also that euery capitayne in lyke wyse present & she­we his prysoner vnto the tresourer of the warres to thentent the kynge may be answeryd of his part / vpon pay­ne of forfayture of the same prysoner vnto the kynge.

¶Also that the Marshall from .viij. dayes to .viij. du­rynge y ^e kyng armye do certyfye y ^e tresourer of the warres of all suche certyfycatꝭ, as shalbe brought i by y ^e capitaynes or any other vnto hym aswell of his owne as of other all maner prysoners / taken by any man in y ^e hoste certyfyed vnto hym / vpon payne of rennyng in the kynges indignacion and to forfayte the double of the value to the kynge / of the sayde prysoner or prysoners so counceyled / And lyke as euery capitayne and souldyoure is bounde to brynge in and certyfye his prysoner vndre y ^e fourme aboue rehersed▪ so in the same wyse & vndre sem­blable penalties they and euery of them shall brynge in [Page] and certyfye all other prayes gooddes and catayles by them wonne by the warre.

¶Also that euery man pay his thryddes to his capitayne lorde and maister of all maner wynnynge by warre / and that aswell those that be nat in solde / but logynge or hostynge vndre the Baner or penon of theyr capitay­ne vpon payne to lose his parte of his foresayd wynnynge to his capitayne & his body to be in warde of the marshall vnto y ^e tyme he haue agreed with his foresayd maister. And also that euery capitayne paye vnto the kyng aswell the thrydde parte of his owne wynnynges of the warre / as the thrydde of the thryddes wherof eche of his retynue shalbe answerynge vnto hym / of whiche thryddes / and thryddes of thyrdes / euery capitayne shalbe accomptable byfore the treasourer of the kynges warres / vpon payne of forfayture of the sayde wynnynges vnto the kynge.

¶Also y ^t no man gyue no saufcōduyt to prysoner ne to no other / nor lycence no emnye to come nor to go out of the hoste / ne into y ^e hoste vpon payne of forfayture al his goodꝭ to y ^e kynge & his body to be emprysoned at y ^e kynges wyll except the kynge his lieutenaūt or y ^e marshall / if he haue speciall cōmyssion so to do. And that no man [Page] be soo hardy to breke the kynges saufconduyt / his lieu­tenaunt or his sayde marshall hauynge suche auctorite vpon payne to be hanged and drawen and his goodes & enherytaunces to be forfayted to the kynge.

¶Also that no man graunte no saufgarde by wrytyn­ge nor otherwyse to no noble persone / ne for the appatysshynge of any coūtree except the kynge / vpon payne of emprysonement and his body to be punysshed at y ^e kynges wyll / Nor that no man graunte no saufgarde to no vitayler / except the marshall and prouost of the kynges hoste vpon payne aboue sayde.

¶Also that euery man goynge in ostynge or batayle of what estate condycyon or nacyon he be of y ^e kynges partie and hoste▪ except he be a busshop or offycer of armes / bere a crosse of seynt George▪ suffysaunt and large vpon the payne that if he be wounded or slayne in the defaute therof he that so woundeth or sleeth hym / shall bere noo payne therfore / And if he for any cause passe the bondes of the felde that then he bere openly a crosse / of seynt ge­orge with his capitaynes conysaunce / vpon payne to be emprysoned and punysshed at the kynges wyll.

And that no souldyour bere no conysaunce but the kynges & his capitaynes / vpon payne of dethe / & that none [Page] [...]

¶Also that noo man make no roodes by daye nor by [...] but by lycence and knowlege of the kynge▪ or [...] of the wardes / so y ^t the cheiftaynes may [...] what way they drawe theym to the entent they [...] haue socoure and helpe if nede be / vpon payne of [...] herein offende. theyr bodyes and goodes [...].

¶Also that none assaure be made to Castell / towne▪ [...] or fortrasse by archers nor by none other cōm [...] without the wyll and presence of a capitayne ther unto appoynted by the kynge or his lieutenaunt vpon payne of emprysonement. And if any assaute be made by chaunce or aduenture then as soone as the kynge his lieutenaunt of the marshall sende for to cease to the sade assaute that then no man be so hardy to assaute after And if any man do it he shalbe corrected by emprysone­ment of his body. and [...]ose all the goodes goten at the sayde assaute▪

Also that noo man be so hardy to take or withdrawe a seruaunt frome other the whiche is in couenaunt with / [Page] [...] by his maister vpon [...] to the tyme he haue agreed with [...] after the warde of the cour [...]

¶Also that no man be so hardy to [...] or logynge where that any woman lyeth in childbed [...]her to robbe ne pyll of no goodes the whiche longeth [...] to her refresshyng ne for to make none affraye wher [...] [...] she & her childe myght be in any disease or [...] vpon payne he that in suche wyse offendeth shall [...] his goodes halfe to hym that accuseth and halfe to [...] marshall and hym selfe to be dede but if the [...] grace and pardone

¶Also y ^t noo man be so hardy to take no children [...] ch [...]ge of [...] but if he be a lordes sone or [...] shypfull gentylmannes or ryche mannes sone or [...] paynes▪ And that as soone as he hath brought hym [...] to the hoste or into the garyson where he is abydyng [...] brynge hym to his lorde▪ maister or capitayne vpon [...] of losynge horse and harneys and his parte of the same childe reseruynge to his lorde maister or capitayn his duete so that they be nat consentaunt vnto the sayd [...] And also that the sayde lorde maister [...] [Page] tayne brynge hym vnto the kynge within .viij. dayes.

¶ [...] forasmoche as our sayde soueraygne lorde for y ^e inwarde loue tendre zele and entyer affeceyon which he bereth naturelly to his subgiettes beynge of his sayde hoste and armye wolde be lothest and most displeasaūt to se or vnderstonde any of them to do y ^e offence wherby he shulde deserue the lest punysshement by the sayde ordynaunces prouyded. His hyghnesse therfore desyreth and tenderly prayeth his sayde subgiettes to consydre & vnderstonde that his good spede in his sayd iourney / the honoure of his Royalme and the wele and suretie of the same his subgiettes stondeth vpon y ^e obseruacion of the sayde statutes / wherfore though it be to the grettest he­uynesse and displeasure / yet must he of necessytye▪ when the case it requyreth se the sayde statutes executed / and the offenders punysshed.

¶In consyderacion wherof he wylleth & straytly chargeth his sayd subgiettes to haue theym selfe in so good awayte that in no wyse they offende the sayde statutꝭ / & to thentent they haue no cause to excuse them of theyr offences by pretense of ignoraūce of the sayd ordenaūces / his hyghnesse hath ouer and aboue the open proclama­cyon of the sayde statutes cōmaunded and ordeyned by wey of Emprynte dyuerse and many seuerall bokes cō ­conteygnynge thesame statutes to be made▪ and delyuered to the Capitaynes of his hoste chargynge theym as they wyll auoyde his great displeasure to cause the same twyes or ones at y ^e lest in euery weke hooly to be redde in the presence of theyr retynue.

[Page] ¶Here endeth certayne Statutes and ordenaunces of warre made ordeyned Enacted and establysshed by the moste noble victoryous and moste cristen Prynce oure moste drade soueraygne lord kynge Henry the .viij kynge of Englande and of Fraunce / and lorde of Irlande / by the aduyse of his noble & discrete counsayle. For the wele suertie good Rule and sauffegarde of his honourable lordes capitaynes and other his humble subgiettes And also for such of them of his sayd Realme of Fraūce that hereafter woll become his true subgettes beynge in his most Royall hoste ayenst his auncyent Ennemyes of Fraunce.