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but only on bel during this tyme, and uppon the alaram al the bells to be ronge out. That yow appoynt fom of your hoblers [c] duringe this tyme ftil 1to attend yow, and that ther horfes be alwais in a reddines to pas in haft as occafion lhal be offred. That yow charge al your centens, as they wil anfwer to the con- traire at their perrills, to provide themfelves with powder, fhott, and matche fufficient, and that they be in a reddines uppon the fyrfte ftrocke of an alaram, to marche to the place of ther fyrft aflembly, but that al that can com on horfebacke repayre in al haft to meet me at the place from whence the alaram fhal be fyrft ray fed.. That every man carry into -the feclde with him., when he gocthe abroad, his furniture, that he may the foner be in a reddines to an- fwer the alaram. That every houlhoulder make proviiion in a reddines of meale or bread for on monthe, accordinge to the proportion of his houf- holde, that we may kepe the feeld yf wee mail ie occasion* That yow obferve, as well in watching and firinge of beacons, as in other occafionns of fervis prefented at this time in my former booke of Inftruclionns, and confider wel the contens thereof. GEORGE CAREY. This to pas from M r Dingley to M r Erlfman, M r John. Baiket to. M r Bowrnniam, from hande to hande in poft." [f] Camden tells us, in his Britannia, " It had been the cuftom antiently for horfe- men, then called hobelers, to be ftationed in moft places, in order to give notice of the enemy's approach iu the day." IX. Account