nine in the morning
These necessities made almost any conditions easy to him ; the greatest difficulty was that the King of Sweden demanded the absolute command of the army , which the duke submitted to with less goodwill than he had reason to do , the king 's experience and conduct considered . I had not patience to attend the conclusions of their particular treaties , but as soon as ever the passage was clear I quitted the Saxon camp and went to see the Swedish army . I fell in with the out-guards of the Swedes at a little town called Beltsig , on the river Wersa , just as they were relieving the guards and going to march , and having a pass from the English ambassador was very well received by the officer who changed the guards , and with him I went back into the army . By nine in the morning the army was in full march , the king himself at the head of them on a grey pad , and riding from one brigade to another , ordered the march of every line himself . When I saw the Swedish troops , their exact discipline , their order , the modesty and familiarity of their officers , and the regular living of the soldiers , their camp seemed a well-ordered city ; the meanest country woman with her market ware was as safe from violence as in the streets of Vienna . There were no women in the camp but such as being known to the provosts to be the wives of the soldiers , who were necessary for washing linen , taking care of the soldiers ' clothes , and dressing their victuals . The soldiers were well clad , not gay , furnished with excellent arms , and exceedingly careful of them ; and though they did not seem so terrible as I thought Tilly 's men did when I first saw them , yet the figure they made , together with what we had heard of them , made them seem to me invincible : the discipline and order of their marchings , camping , and exercise was excellent and singular , and , which was to be seen in no armies but the king 's , his own skill , judgment , and vigilance having added much to the general conduct of armies then in use .