. Memoirs of Prince Rupert, and the cavaliers. Including their private correspondence, now first published from the original manuscripts . ey shouldbe put away by the minister or priest with ignominy conformableto all articles of war.—Had. Coll. No. G844. In the campaignof the Duke of Alva in the Low Countries there were with thearmy troops of courtezans, commanded by captainesses and otherofficeresses, with banners of their own and strict discipline. For-merly one boy was allowed to each two soldiers to procure fuel,water, &c. They were found in Henry army.—Grose, vol. i. 2G1. ^
. Memoirs of Prince Rupert, and the cavaliers. Including their private correspondence, now first published from the original manuscripts . ey shouldbe put away by the minister or priest with ignominy conformableto all articles of war.—Had. Coll. No. G844. In the campaignof the Duke of Alva in the Low Countries there were with thearmy troops of courtezans, commanded by captainesses and otherofficeresses, with banners of their own and strict discipline. For-merly one boy was allowed to each two soldiers to procure fuel,water, &c. They were found in Henry army.—Grose, vol. i. 2G1. ^ Besides those regiments I have before mentioned on LordNugents authority, the Parliamentary army had Sir WilliamConstables blue coats, Lord Robarts red coats, Colonel Mey-ricks grey coats, and Lord Sayes blue coats. In later timeswe find, on the Royalist side, the Marquis of Newcastles whitecoats (the Lambs), Lord Northamptons green coats, andPrince Ruperts black coats. Colonel Lcgge was taken prisoner(often his fate !) by mistaking Hampdens • green coats for thoseof Lord Northampton. The Cavaliers now wore scarlet scarves. 1642.] PRINCE RUPERT AND THE CAVALIERS. 429 little to attract the eye; every man vras dressed athis own cost and according to his own fancy, as faras he could afford to indulge it. His pay Mas consi-derable, and now regular; the contributions of thewealthier Cavaliers, the neighbouring gentry, andthe universities, enabling the King to be punctualin his payments. As almost all the circulating me-dium was silver, however, the mint that was nowset up could coin but slowly, only 1000/. a-week bythe utmost exertions. The troops, however, werewell contented, and, as yet, well conducted; provi-sions were plentiful and cheap, and their cause wasfavoured by the country round.* as a badge, as we shall see at Cbalgrovo figlit, as they did inthe Scotch campaign of 1639 and 1640. The various uniformsthat British troops have worn are curious to trace, even sincethe
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