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A13221	The Svvedish discipline, religious, civile, and military The first part, in the formes of prayer daily used by those of the Swedish nation, in the armie. Together with two severall prayers, uttered upon severall occasions by that pious King; which God immediately heard and granted him. The second part, in the excellent orders observed in the armie; whereof we here present you the articles, by which the souldiery is governed. The third part, in the Kings commission for levying of a regiment: his order for drawing vp of a private company; of a squadron; and of a brigade: with his manner of enquartering a private regiment; and of an army royall: vnto which is added the best manner of building and fortifying of a towne of warre. All, in fiue severall figures expressed and explained. Last of all, is the famous Battell of Leipsich, in two fayre figures also set forth: and now this second time more fully and particularly described.	Watts, William, 1590?-1649, attributed name.; Roe, Thomas, Sir, 1581?-1644, attributed name.; Abelin, Johann Philipp. Arma Suecica. English.; Sweden. Armén.	1632 (1632)	STC 23520; ESTC S118094	72,824	144

aside and before them all upon his knees uttering these words of devotion O most great God that commaundest what ever thou pleasest both in heaven and earth and in the surging Seas what thankfulnesse am I now bound to render unto thee for that thou hast preserved me thus safely in all this so perilous a voyage Againe and againe doe I from the very bottome of my heart and soule giue thankes unto thee and here I humbly beseech thee that seeing as thou very well knowest I haue not undertaken this expedition for any private end of mine owne but onely for thine honours sake and to be some comfort and assistance unto thine afflicted Church so if so be the time which thy selfe hast appoynted be alreadie come thou wouldst now be pleased to favour and blesse me hereafter also and that especially thou wouldst send me a fayre winde and a prosperous that the Army yet left behinde which out of so many people and Nations I haue gathered together I may with joyfull eyes shortly here behold and with a happie beginning promote with them the glory of thy holy name Amen When his Counsellors and Commanders then next his person saw their devout King thus on the bare ground upon his knees and heard with what a fervencie of spirit he uttered these devotions an inward comfort and an holy joy they tooke at it wrought more with them than their enemies could yet ever doe that is even forced and pressed teares out of their manly eyes This his pious Majestie then perceiving Forbeare to weepe sayes he to them but heartily conjoyne your prayers with me for the greater the army of prayers is the greater and more assured shall the victory be He that prayes diligently hath in part overthrowne the enemy already and already gotten the victory Thus having sayd he out of two hundred long boates lands his men then on the shoares side and then sends them to his shippes to fetch more and God so heard him and the winde so favoured him that according to his former prayers his whole Army very shortly and very safely arrived I will not here compare this prayer of this pious and victorious Prince vnto that of the great Iosuah at whose request the Sunne stood still as the winde here did at his but that you may see that God did indeed heare the prayers of this King too I will now giue you a more eminent example of it The Papists had one of theirs done it would undoubtedly haue cryed out A miracle and well they might for few such they haue but I will onely thinke of it as of a present and a visible blessing sent from that great God to whom the windes and the Seas obeyed And thus it was The King a little after this having a designe upon Stetin and his Army now readie upon the shoare and his boats readie upon the River to imbarke them the winde behold was contrary and so had beene for some dayes before This the King observing turning a little aside he before his Army with bended knees and hands lift up to Heaven uttered these words O thou most just God! full well thou knowest that this enterprise I did not at first undertake out of any rashnesse or ambition but for the glory of thy most holy Name and the defence of the truth of thy Word here therefore now call I vpon thy Godhead and most humbly doe I beseech thee that with the ayre of thy favour and with a prosperous winde thou wouldst vouchsafe to breath vpon this my vndertaking Amen No sooner was this prayer ended but the winde suddenly as a man might say chopt about and swel'd the Swedish sayles with so hard a gale that the whole Fleete passing the Swing or arme of the Oder was in two houres space runne full sixe Germane myles twentie of ours perchance if not more and all on the sudden when they were little looked for came to an Anchor within an English myle of Stetin to the great admiration of the beholders and the greater defeate of the hopes and purposes of the Imperialists who had a designe within two dayes after to haue layd siege to the same Towne had not God thus miraculously prevented them And thus much though I now giue you out of a Latine Copie yet to confesse the truth did I in the writing of my former Booke finde mentioned in one of the weekly Currantoes how that the Kings Fleete was by a strong and a sudden Northerly winde strangely advanced through the Oder even to the very walles of the Citie But this I durst not then write vpon the bare credite of a common Curranto nor durst I with this winde though a strong one it were adventure to stemme the tyde of popular opinion which I found not onely to runne against but to vse the language of the Sea with a stiffe currant strongly to be set against the credite of these weekly Currantoes Which warinesse of mine made me indeed to leaue out many notable particulars which I since finde reported in the Booke called Ar●● Suecica God Almightie that hath so graciously both heard and granted these two prayers of this pious King heare all the rest also both those that himselfe makes and what other good Christians make likewise for him And those Englishmen that will not I wish they would say Amen vnto it FINIS THE SECOND PART of the Swedish Discipline Containing those Orders and Articles of Warre which haue beene commanded by the King of Sweden to be vnder their severall Penalties obserued in his Majesties Camp Garrisons or elsewhere GVSTAVUS ADOLPHVS By the Grace of God King of the Swedens Gothes and Vandals Great Prince of Finland Duke of Esthonia and Carelia and Lord of Ingria c. Whereas the exactnesse of Auncient Di●cipline and Iustice is now almost vtterly forgotten and in place thereof many strange and enormous abuses crept in amongst our soldiers Wee therefore taking the matter into our tender care and consideration will by the assistance of Almighty God endevour to doe our vttermost both for the reducing of the said forme of Discipline and the rooting out the same abuses vsing to that purpose the way of gentlenesse and admonition vnto some and resoluing to take the course and strictnesse of Iustice vnto others That therefore our soldiers may the better be trained vp to the right vse and handling of their Armes so as may best enable them for our service and defence of our natiue Country and that euery man in like manner may the better eschew what may fall out to be inconuenient Wee haue once againe overseene our former Articles of warres calling our from thence these following Articles which wee haue thought most fit and expedient both for our service and their ordering Streightly willing or commanding ●ll our soldiers both natiues of our Kingdome aswell as Strangers seruing both on Horse and Foote that from the time of their comming into our service they doe duely and obediently obserue

us by thy Holy Spirit gather governe and preserue thy Christian Church giue us thy grace that according unto what thou hast in thy holy Word prescribed us we may liue holily and unblamedly in this present world Preserve our Lord the King onr soveraigne Lady the Queene their royall Daughter and all the regall Family unto the glory of thy Name and the generall comfort and protection of us all Grant us a good government in the Common-wealth and whatsoever els is necessary for our wel-being Peace namely a happie government with a good and an honest neighbourhood Blesse finally our counsells our enterprises and that through Iesus Christ our Lord who liveth and reigneth with thee and the holy Spirit one God true and coequall Amen Another Prayer to the same purpose MOst mercifull God and heavenly Father wee giue unto thee all thankes for those thy benefits which untill this day thou out of thy Fatherly goodnesse hast bestowed upon us And first of all for that thou hast redeemed us by thy Sonne and hast in thy Word revealed him unto us in whom thou offerest remission of sinnes righteousnesse and everlasting life unto all men that with a penitent heart and true faith embrace it Preserue we beseech thee pure and uncorrupt thine owne holy Word Sacraments in these dangerous times against all Pereticks and false Teachers Especially against the Papists who at this present with many bloudy slaughters and inhumane tyranny doe like ravening Wolues roaring Lyons undeservedly scatter and devoure thy poore Christian flocke Looke downe O Lord upon the miserable condition of thy people refraine the insolency of their enemies hinder thou their bloudy purposes that so they may perceiue that thou thy selfe fightest for thy holy Church nor wilt giue it for a prey unto them Next O Lord pray we for all those Deputies of thine to whom thou hast committed the government of the Cōmon-wealth and the sword of justice For our own King first of all whom thou in mercy hast set over us to be our head and protector Preserue his Majestie from all perills as well secret as open grant prosperitie of successe unto him victory and deliverance against the enemies of his person and Kingdome Defend him Lord with the strength of thy right hand in this present and dangerous expedition which for the safetie of his owne Kingdome and for the obteyning of a good Peace he hath undertaken and graunt that the Warres being brought unto a happie end both himselfe and his whole Army may safely returne againe into their owne Countries Nor lesse earnestly doe wee recommend unto thee our Soveraigne Lady the Queenes Majestie with her royall Daughter Blesse Lord both him and her and keepe them both with thy Fatherly goodnesse and mercy Wee recommend unto thee in like manner the Right Honourable the privie Counsellours and chiefe Magistrates of his Kingdome so governe and direct them all with thy Holy Spirit that they may preferre thy glory before all and with an honest and a good heart study the prosperitie both of King and Kingdome Pray we also for his Majesties Army and Navy and for all his Mettall mynes and all things else which may be beneficiall unto the Cōmon-wealth and commodious unto the Subject Turne away for thy Christs sake what ever may eyther destroy or endanger them and giue a blessing unto any thing that may any wayes advance the truth of our Religion and our Country in generall Looke favourably O heavenly Father upon all the Professors of the same true religion with us who being sorely at this present oppressed by the Papists suffer the losse both of their liues and fortunes Succour them Lord that they may bee delivered from these troubles Keepe us in health from the noysome pestilence from sudden and unhappie death from dearth famine scar-fires mutinyes disagreements amongst our selues and from hayle and tempest Infuse into our hearts concord faithfulnesse and mutuall charitie Comfort all those that are afflicted sicke in prison or calamitie Succour and comfort all widowes and fatherlesse women with childe and that giue sucke Be thou guide unto all those that travell eyther by land or by water that they walking in thy right paths and having prosperously dispatched their owne businesse may safely returne at length unto their owne families Deliver us Lord God from all evill and when our fatall houre of death shall come mercifully receiue us into thy Kingdome translate our soules out of this vale of misery into thy heavenly Paradise where we may laud and prayse thee for it world without end Amen II. A Prayer for forgiuenesse of sinnes O Lord God heavenly Father who delightest not in the death of a sinner nor wouldest that he should perish but that he should be converted and liue we humbly entreate of thee mercifully to turne from us those punishments which our sinnes haue deserved and that thou wouldst be pleased in plentifull manner to bestow thy mercy upon us thorough Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Another Prayer to the same purpose O Wel-beloved Lord Iesus Christ haue mercy upon us miserable sinners and looke with the eyes of compassion upon us as thou sometimes diddest upō Mary Magdalene that penitent sinner when lying at thy feete shee from the bottome of her heart sincerely bewayled her owne transgressions and the Publican in the Temple when he smote upon his breast and implored thy favour and the Theefe upon the Crosse when he entreated and obteyned thy pardon Lord grant us to receiue the same this day from thee absolue thou us in Heaven forgiue us our sinnes O God thou author of all comfort Cast us not away from thy presence but cause us so to walke in thy feare that in faith and loue wee may serue and please thee thorough Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen III. For Peace and Concord GIue peace in our time O Lord because there is no other that fighteth for us but onely thou O God Giue peace unto our King and all other Princes direct them rightly to govern the Cōmon-wealth and grant that under them wee may liue a quiet and a peaceable life in all pietie and honestie Amen Another O Lord God heavenly Father from whom all courage of minde good counsaylt and just workes doe proceede giue unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot giue that both our hearts may depend vpon thy Commandements and also that being safe under thy protection wee may passe our time in rest and quietnesse thorough Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Another O Almightie and eternall God King of glory and Lord of Heaven and Earth by whose Spirit all things are governed and by whose becke and providence all things are directed thou onely art the God of peace from whom all peace and concord doe proceede wee humbly beseech thee to forgiue us our sinnes and to giue us thy holy peace and true concord that in thy feare we may serue thee and for ever laud praise thee who

vnto Sisera and Iabin at the brooke Kison Make their Princes like Oreb and Zeb and their Leaders like vnto Zeba and Salmana Let the mischiefe which they prepare for others fall vpon their owne heads and their wickednesse vpon their owne pates So shall wee sing of thy power and prayse thy goodnesse betimes in the morning For thou God art our Protector our refuge in all our necessities Amen A Prayer of King Asa 2 Chron. 14. 11 c. AS A cryed vnto the Lord his God and said Lord it is nothing with thee to helpe whether with many or with them that haue no power Helpe vs O Lord our God for we rest on thee and in thy name w● goe against this multitude O Lord thou art our God let not man prevaile against vs. A Prayer of Iudas Macchabaeus vnto his Souldiers 1 Macchab 4. 8 THen sayd Iudas to the men that were with him Feare yee not their multitude neyther be yee afraid of their assault Remember how our Fathers were delivered in the red Sea when Pharaoh pursued them with an Army Now therefore let vs cry vnto Heaven if peradventure the Lord will haue mercy vpon vs and remember the Covenant of our Fathers and destro● this Host before our face this day That so all the Heathen may know that there is one who delivereth and saveth Israel A Prayer of Luther for Souldiers found in the 3. Tome of the Edition at Iena fol. 330. HEavenly Father here am I by thy divine will in this externall calling under the Command of my Generall first to serue thee as is fitting and then for thee to obey my Captaine I giue due thanks unto thy goodnesse and mercy that thou hast called me unto this condition and set me about that worke which I assuredly know to be no sinne but a right action and a service acceptable unto thy will And for that I haue learned out of thy saving Word that our owne good workes doe not profit us for the meriting of salvation and that no man is saved for that he is a Souldier but for that he is a Christian I will not therefore put my confidence in this worke and service of mine but what ever I doe I will doe it with a good will as to doe thee a service and I out of the bottom of my heart beleeue that I am redeemed and saved onely by the innocent bloud of thy beloved Sonne my Lord Iesus Christ which according to thy will he shed for me vpon the Altar of the Crosse In this beliefe I resolue to stand in this will I liue and dye for this doe I now fight and take paines O Lord God heavenly Father preserue and encrease this faith in me through thy Holy Spirit Amen Against the Plague and other noysome Diseases A Almightie God Lord and Father of all grace and consolation haue mercy vpon vs and vpon thy Christian people Consume vs not in thy fury by this contagious pestilence but as in the time of David thou commaundedst the destroying Angell to hold his hand and giue over killing so cause O most gracious Lord this terrible rod of thine anger to cease from vs and not to destroy thine afflicted people Strengthen vs with the wholsome power of thy Word that we may be healthy both in soule body that we may laud prayse thee here on earth for a time and for ever in the Heavens O Lord Iesus Christ succour vs in this sickly time for those bitter paines that for our sakes thou sometimes enduredst make intercession for vs with thy heavenly Father defend vs against the heavie wrath of God forgiue vs our trespasses giue thine innocency vnto vs. Call to minde in this grievous plague-time how much our Redemption cost thee and suffer not that thy bloud-shed for vs to be lost or become in vaine O Holy Ghost vouchsafe thou to descend sweetly into our languishing hearts refresh thou and recreate our soules And if it so fall out that this plague strike vs also then take thou the cure of our soules in that houre in which we must depart out of this life lay vs in the most sweete bosome of Christ our Redeemer that we may be there partakers of eternall joy and quietnesse Fulfill all thy most sweete promises in us which are in thy Word made unto vs. Take from us all unbeliefe doubting and impatience make us ever readie to obey the will of God even thou who with the Father and the Sonne livest one God world without end Amen Of forgiuenesse of Sinnes and of the Lords Supper O Good Lord Iesus Christ I am no way able eyther in words or thought sufficiently to make expression of thy great loue which thou hast declared towards me at such time as thou receivedst me miserable sinner into grace and hast made me to eate and drinke of thy true body and bloud vnto euerlasting life Accept in the meane time this sacrifice of Thankesgiving of my heart and mouth which in this mortall bodie I am able to pay unto thee untill I come home unto thee where I shall for ever praise thee Giue thy Holy Spirit unto me who may teach me to know how much good thou hast alreadie wrought in me that so in faith charitie hope patience I may begin to leade a new life vnto thy prayse mine owne amendment and the good of my neighbour Grant this for the merit of thy precious bloud and the redemption which thou thereby hast made Amen And these be some of those devout prayers with which this most pious Prince teaches his Army to call vpon the Lord of Hosts and Victory Now vnto these good prayers let all religious Readers that wish well vnto this King adde this or the like for a close vnto the rest The Lord heare thee in the time of trouble and the name of the God of Iacob defend thee be vnto thee a Shield and Buckler against thine enemies arme thee with the sword of Gideon and the Lord of Hosts goe forth with thine Armies that the Victories which God shall giue thee may bring freedome and justice vnto the innocent and oppressed inlargement to Religion liberty to Germany and the benefits of a sweet and a lasting peace vnto all Christendome This grant vs for the Prince of Peace his sake Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ANd now that you may know that the King of Sweden doth not onely enjoyne others to pray but that in his owne person he practises these devotions by himselfe I will here subjoyne you two severall prayers conceived no doubt in his own● more private and premeditated consideration and uttered in publicke and extempore as it seemed The first was at his Majesties first landing upon the coasts of Germanie where so soone as ever he out of his long boate set his foote upon the dry Land he thus by prayer and thankesgiving in Gods Name tooke possession of the Countrey himselfe whilest his men were landing stepping a little

THE SVVEDISH DISCIPLINE RELIGIOVS CIVILE And MILITARY THE FIRST PART IN THE Formes of Prayer daily used by those of the Swedish Nation in the Armie Together with two severall Prayers uttered upon severall occasions by that pious King which GOD immediately heard and granted him The second Part in the excellent Orders observed in the Armie whereof we here present you the Articles by which the Souldiery is governed The third Part in the Kings Commission for levying of a Regiment his Order for drawing vp of a private Company of a Squadron and of a Brigade with his manner of Enquartering a private Regiment and of an Army Royall vnto which is added the best manner of building and fortifying of a Towne of Warre All in fiue severall Figures expressed and explained Last of all Is the famous Battell of Leipsich in two fayre Figures also set forth and now this second time more fully and particularly described LONDON Printed by Iohn Dawson for Nath Butter and Nich Bourne 1632. TO ALL GENTLEMEN PRACTITIONERS AND Lovers of Armes in all the Cities and Corporations of the Kingdome GENTLEMEN THat which I here present you with is a Military Argument the fitter for Military men therefore whose Exercise and Delight is in the fayre practise of peaceable Armes This is my best hope that it may be favourably accepted for that my Theme and my Patrones are so well suited So should every thing be about a Souldier I doe it not upon any vaine thoughts or presumption to teach you new wayes a many of you and your Leaders especially are so curious I know so skilfull at least in the Theory of a Souldier that you need not my Booke for a Maister in this kinde T is meant for your Recreation to put you into Discourse now and then and to testifie withall mine owne private respects both to your Persons and of your Practise that 's the purpose of it And truely very fit it is that some body in the generall name should encourage your Exercise with an acknowledgement how much your Countrey is beholding vnto you what though you haue not for your Countries cause as yet resisted vnto bloud nor in the open field done dutie against a foe what though the fayre Armes that you put on be for ornament rather than for defence yet is your Military skill and dexterity at your Orders Motions Postures and Handling of your Armes as much perchance as many an old Leaguerers that hath That our Age and Nation are so happy in a still and gentle peace as neither doe we stand in need of your valours nor haue you your selues any great use of your owne courages blessed be the Lord of Hosts therefore who hath not dealt so with any Nation That here 's no sword drawne in our Kingdome but that of Iustice and that of Honour sometimes which is gladly stooped vnto with a bended knee we are to thanke our royall Soveraigne for who is so studious of our quiet And under the favour of the first sword may wee all be ever happily protected and to the gracious stroake of the second sword I could wish with all my heart that all your shoulders that deserve it were submitted Valour courage I assure my self you would all shew should but your Country require your service and did she so you should be among the first the best men that her safetie must rely vpon That the Kingdome hath by this means the more that are enabled to defend it is partly owing vnto your forwardnesse and that there is a new Militia every yeare reered vp and a continuall supply of a Military breede of Practitioners is to be ascribed to your example I know you much honour that miracle of Souldiers the King of Sweden by that time you haue read this you will find more cause for it Here in the First part shall you find him Religious in the Second Iust in the Third most Sufficien for an every way accomplisht General Devotion Iustice a martiall excellency make vp his Discipline Farewell Gentlemen and be pleased to accept of this and of the good will and service of the namelesse Author Ad Gustavum Adolphum Regem Suecorum O Quem te memorem clarorum maxime Regum Quaevè feram meritis nomina digna tuis Romulus auspiciis forti probitate Camillus Pelides animis consilio Pylias Impetu Alexander praesenti pectore Caesar Scipio militiâ es Hannibal ingenio Omnia seclorum superas miracula quotquot Graecia post genitis Roma vel ipsa dedit Astraeam Marti solus sanctumque feroci Concilias ferrum legibus arma togae Quod si grassantes pergis prohibere tyrannos Pressáq servili solvere colla jugo Exemplo si parta novo sua cuique reponis Et repetens raptum nil rapis inde tibi Si populos victor trahis in tua jura volentes Et domitos auctâ reque Fideque beas Teutonis assertis merces tibi Thracia cedat Lustratae Fidei Roma Minerval erit Nascentem indigitet pugnanti militet aether Astra canant belli classica sacra tui Pressorum vindex inopum Tutela piorum Angelus ac reducis Signifer esto Dei At vos O sontes gladium sperate Tiranni Quem socij vibrant Christus et hic Gedeon The Same in English OH whom may I thee style most glorious King Or to thy worth what names can worship bring A Romulus in conduct may'st thou be Camillus in vnconquered honestie In courage thou art great Achilles peere In counsell Nestors farre from Nestors yeere In th'on-set Alexander one would deeme thee In constant valour Caesar I esteeme thee In martiall skill a Scipio thou art An Hannibal in stratageme and art All Wonders thou exceed'st of elder age Which Greece or Rome hath left vpon times stage Mars with Astraea thou alone dost crowne Fury with Faith Sword with Law Armes with Gown If thus the ravening Tyrants thou represse And galled neckes from slavish yoke release If justice strange thou part the rescued prey To each his owne purloyning nought away Of foes if willing Subjects thou create By conquest bettered in their Faith and State Let Thracia be thy pay for Almaine free'd For Faith restored Rome shall be thy meed Let Heaven poynt at thy birth serue in thy warres And blaze thy holy Armes with new-borne starres Be thou the oppressed's Shield the poores reliefe The Saints good Angel and Christ's Herauld chiefe Tremble yee guiltie Tyrants to come on Vpon the Sword of Christ and Gideon By Sa Cr. THE CHRISTIAN PART OF THE KING OF SVVEDENS DISCIPLINE The first Part. IT is not without a mystery I suppose that the old Israelites had an Armory in their Temple they would shew us That these two cannot well be parted And truely me-thinkes that a Temple in an Army is none of the weakest peices of fortification How prevalent an Orator the prayers of devout warriours haue beene with the Lord of Hosts the conquests and examples of