item: #1 of 25 id: A04919 author: Barriffe, William. title: Military discipline: or, the yong artillery man Wherein is discoursed and showne the postures both of musket and pike: the exactest way, &c. Together with the motions which are to be used, in the excercising of a foot-company. With divers and severall formes and figures of battell; with their reducements; very necessary for all such as are studious in the art military. By William Barriff. date: 1635.0 words: 69655 flesch: 74 summary: IN this doubling of Files , you may perceive , that each of the even files doubleth into the odde files , beginning from the hand named : as in this doubling of files to the left ; the left hand file stands fast , the second file doubleth into it , the fourth file into the third , and so for the rest . But that you may not be deceived , take this for a rule : that Inversion doth alwaies produce , file , or files ; and Conversion , ranke , or rankes . keywords: battell; body; command; countermarch; division; double; doubling; face; figure; files; fire; firing; flanke; ground; halfe; hand; leaders; left; like; manner; march; motion; muskettiers; pikes; place; ranke; reere; rest; right; stand; way; wheele; wheeling cache: A04919.xml plain text: A04919.txt item: #2 of 25 id: A05146 author: Barry, Gerat. title: A discourse of military discipline devided into three boockes, declaringe the partes and sufficiencie ordained in a private souldier, and in each officer; servinge in the infantery, till the election and office of the captaine generall; and the laste booke treatinge of fire-wourckes of rare executiones by sea and lande, as alsoe of firtifasions [sic]. Composed by Captaine Gerat Barry Irish. date: 1634.0 words: 87446 flesch: 53 summary: This 520. divide by 32. the fronte , and the number in the quotient will be 16. and 8. pikes remaininge so yove founde oute the fronte and flanke , meaninge that 32. is the fronte , and 16 the flanke , and 8. pikes remaininge , in youre laste division , whiche will serve to guarnish the culoures , withe the observation of this rule , yove may frame a battell of pikes eyther of smale or greate numberes , and of whate forme yove will have the same to conteine of 3. times 4. times or 5. times more in fronte then in flanke in multiplyinge the propounded number of pikes by the proportion therof , if yove woulde have it containe 3. times more in fronte then in flanke multiply youre propounded number of pikes by 3. if yove woulde have it to containe 4. times more in fronte then in flanke multiply it by 4. and in wourkinge as before taughte yove shall finde oute the fronte and flanke , and there juste proportion ; for the impalinge shott i have spoken of in other forme of squadrones , but for suche as woulde be curiouse and experte , is required greate consideration to be had for the severall sortes of divisiones of shott , as time occasion and situation shall require , and it is moste necessary for him that undertakethe this chardge in hāde to by expert in Arithmeticke , and so withe continuall practice shall he withe greate facility bringe to juste perfection all the divisiones befitenge for this purpose , and let none be ingnorante but that for the severall and rare curiosities of the divisiones of shott is required muche practice , and specially in Aritmeticke , whiche is the principall fundament in reducenge thees devisiones into there iuste perfection , alwayes consideringe of tyme occasion and situation , as also of afore caste prevention againste the stratageames and orderes of youre enemy . Of manual firie weapons the Musket is of greateste execution , nexte to the same the caliver , both which are to in viron , and line the Pikes in they re due devitiones , a cordinge as time place and occation shall require . keywords: alsoe; armes; army; battell; beinge; brave; campe; captaine; care; carefull; cause; center; chardge; company; culoures; divided; division; doe; don; eache; eache battell; eache ranke; enemy; examples; executiones; fall; finde; fire; firste; flanke; folio; foote; force; fronte; generall; goode; greate; horse; importance; kinge; let; litle; longe; marche; master; mayor; meanes; men; military; mixtures; moste; musketes; musketes whiche; necessarie; nowe; number; occasion; office; officeres; order; orderes; oughte; oute; partes; pass; peece; pikes; pikes whiche; place; pouder; propounded; prudente; ranke whiche; rankes; regimente; remaine; require; righte; sardgente; selfe; service; shott; shott whiche; shoulde; soe; souldieres; squadron; square; stronge; suche; table; theire; thies; time; uppon; verie; vvith; warr; way; whiche beinge; whiche yove; withe; withoute; youe; yove cache: A05146.xml plain text: A05146.txt item: #3 of 25 id: A05975 author: Aelianus. title: The art of embattailing an army. Or, The second part of Ælians tacticks Containing the practice of the best generals of all antiquitie, concerning the formes of battailes. ... Englished and illustrated with figures and obseruations vpon euery chapter. By Captaine Iohn Bingham. date: 1631.0 words: 59475 flesch: 72 summary: The word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is often interpreted for oblique ; which signification it cannot haue heere ; the oblique Phalange being in this Chapter tearmed by the name of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , and yet distingnished from the Plagiophalanx . This kinde of march the Greeke writers expresse by the words of leading d 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , that is , in a wing ; whereas the other kinde with a large front ( I meane the broad-fronted Phalange ) is said to be led f 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , and g 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , and h in a Phalange , and i 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , k 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , in front , l keywords: aelian; armed; army; battaile; body; chapter; charge; countermarch; depth; enemies; enemy; euery; face; file; flanke; foot; forme; fronted; giue; great; halfe; hand; hath; haue; hee; horse; leaders; left; length; leo; manner; march; men; middest; phalange; place; reare; rest; right; signe; themselues; vpon; vse; wedge; wing; words; ● ● cache: A05975.xml plain text: A05975.txt item: #4 of 25 id: A06964 author: Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637. title: The souldiers accidence. Or an introduction into military discipline containing the first principles and necessary knowledge meete for captaines, muster-masters, and all young souldiers of the infantrie, or foote bandes. Also, the cavallarie or formes of trayning of horse-troopes, as it hath beene received from the latest and best experiences armies. A worke fit for all noble, generous, and good spirits, that loue honor, or honorable action. G.M. date: 1625.0 words: 17559 flesch: 76 summary: To speake then first of those Postures which belong vnto the Pike , and are published by the most excellent Prince , the Count Ma●rice of 〈◊〉 , Prince of Orange ; they are in number ●●●●one ; That is to say , three which are exprest standing●●ixe ma●ching , and seaven charging . All other motions in the mayne body of a Battalia being nothing but the parents of disorder and confe●sion ; 〈…〉 Art , by the opinions of the Auncients● is o●●ly the true Science of Warlike Motion , of the Emperiall Art of comely and well ordering of Battayle● , Armes , Gestures , and Motions , any of which will not indure monstrou● shape● 〈…〉 . keywords: armes; arming; colours; distance; doe; foote; fyles; hand; haue; horse; left; man; march; men; motion; order; place; postures; rankes; right; troope; vpon; vse; words cache: A06964.xml plain text: A06964.txt item: #5 of 25 id: A06967 author: Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637. title: The souldiers grammar containing, the high, necessarie, and most curious rules of the art militarie : as first, whether it be in great motions in generall? or foote motions especially?, or motions of horse, generall, or speciall?, the ranges of foote, or horse?, the ranges of officers, the seuerall imbattailings of foote, and horse, the imbattailing of a regiment, the ioyning of many regiments, or the forming of maine battailes, of any extent, or number, with their formes, and figures, in liuely demonstration, &c. / by G.M. ... ; vnto which, is added the Booke of postures, according to that which is ordered by the lords of His Maiesties most honorable Priuie Counsell. date: 1626.0 words: 14097 flesch: 64 summary: The next Motion , whereto foote Companies ought to be applyed , is the Casting off of files , or , as some call it , the Giuing of Fire , by Flanke , or in the Flanke ; and this motion of casting of Files , is done diuers waies ; as first , in Flanke , then in Wing , and lastly , before the Front : If you cast off files in flanke to the Right hand , then the right hand file ( being readie to giue fire ) standeth still , till the Bodie of the Battalia be marcht so far forward , that the Reare , or Bringers vp , become euen with the Leader of the right hand file ; then that file so standing , and prepared , giueth fire altogether ; then presently march vp betwene the outmost file of Pikes , on the right hand , and the inmost file of Shotte ; then the second file of Shotte , as the first , doth stand still , till the Bodie be marched by , and then giue their Volley , and then march vp as they first did , betweene the outmost file of Pikes , and the inmost file of Shotte , as aforesaide ; And thus successiuely , euery file of Shotte giueth their Volley , that are conteyned in that right Wing , which done , wheele the whole Bodie about , and bring the Left Wing , to doe as much as the Right Wing , and so Wing after Wing , according to pleasure ; And this manner of casting of Files in Flanke , is of excellent vse for the beating of Paces in Woods , or Bogges ; also , for the mayntaining of straight and narrow Waies , for defence of Bridges , and the like ; and that you may haue a better vnderstanding therein , behold the figures following . When you haue therefore drawne your Horse Troop into Rankes and Files , which you must doe file after file , till euerie Man be placed according to the order , & not according to the fashiō of our ignorant Commanders , whom I haue heard ( at the first gathering of a Bodie together ) to command the Men to Ranke three , fiue , seuen , or as fancie leades them , for this is most absurde , and vnproper , because Rankes are , and may be of vncertaine Number ; so that ranking at hap hazard , it is almost impossible that the files should fall out euen , whose Number must not be changed ; and so a new worke to begin , which at the first might better haue bene finished . keywords: battaile; battalia; euery; file; foote; hand; haue; horse; leader; left; man; men; motions; place; range; rankes; reare; right cache: A06967.xml plain text: A06967.txt item: #6 of 25 id: A06968 author: Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637. title: The second part of the soldiers grammar: or a schoole for young soldiers Especially for all such as are called to any place, or office, (how high or low soeuer) either in the citie, or countrey, for the training, and exercising of the trayned band, whether they be foote or horse. Together vvith perfect figures and demonstrations for attaining the knowledge of all manner of imbattailings, and other exercises. By G.M. date: 1627.0 words: 11806 flesch: 54 summary: Next this officer is Ranged the Liuetenant of the Ordnance , who hath his generall dependance on the Master of the Ordnance , hauing vnder his charge the command of all the small Ordnance and Munition ; and in the absence of the Master commandeth as the Master , both ouer the great and lesser Artillery and ouer all sorts of Officers depending vpon the Masters commandment , The last and greatest of this second range is the Muster master Generall , or Controuler of the Musters being an high and most necessary Officer in all royall Armies ; his Office extendeth to the numbring of men , to the well Arming , ordering and disposing of bodies ; to the preuenting of all manner of frauds and deceits in the Captains , and their inferiour Officers : he hath the list of euery mans band , preuents alterations , hath the Controle of all inferiour Comisaries vnder him , In the Captaines absence he performeth all the Captaines duties , commandeth as Captaine , and in his presence is assistant to all the Captaines commandements , and an indifferent moderator in all questions betweene the Captaine and the Souldier : These Lieutenants take their ranges or places of dignitie according to the antiquitie of their Captaines , and the greatnesse of place in which they command ; as the Lieutenant to the Generall , or the Liuetenant Generall are Captaines absolute : The Lieutenants of other great and superiour Officers , and the Lieutenants of Colonells are Captaines in curtesie , and may in a Court of Warre fitte as the puny Captaine of that Regiment in which he commandeth : The Lieutenants of Lieutenant Colonells are ranged next vnto them , then the Lieutenants of Serieant Maiors , and lastly the Lieutenants of Captaines , according to command and antiquitie . keywords: battaile; body; euery; forme; generall; haue; horse; ibid; imbattailing; manner; master; men; officer; pikes; place; regiments; shotte; souldiers; square cache: A06968.xml plain text: A06968.txt item: #7 of 25 id: A10820 author: Roberts, John, of Weston. title: Great Yarmouths exercise In a very compleat and martiall manner performed by their artillery men, upon the twenty second of May last, to the great commendations and applause of the whole town, according to the modern discipline of this our age. 1638. Written by Iohn Roberts of Weston, neere Bathe, Gent. date: 1638.0 words: 5986 flesch: 54 summary: Lastly , the parley was assured and agreed upon by the Assaylants conditions propounded and consented unto by Field and Fort , and ordred thus . The whole scope of the exercise from the first Randevouze troop and march with the three severall Alts , together with the first skirmish and setting downe in the Field , as also the intrenching , with the advantages , and disadvantages both of those of the Field and Fort , with the raising , re enforcing , and recovery of every severall Work. keywords: assaylants; breach; cannon; captain; field; fort; men; pikes; quarters; tcp; text; trenches cache: A10820.xml plain text: A10820.txt item: #8 of 25 id: A10822 author: Roberts, Lewes, 1596-1640. title: VVarrefare epitomized in a century, of military observations: confirming by antient principles the moderne practise of armes. By Captaine Levves Roberts. date: 1640.0 words: 10719 flesch: 69 summary: MY love to Armes drew me as first to bee a practitioner thereof , in the Artillery Garden of London , and when occasions withheld me from the exercise it selfe , my mind was b●sied in perusing of such Anchors , as treated of that subject in sundry languages , which as length proved to bee so many , and so Various , and withall so differently handling the severall parts of Warre , that I found not thereby either my curiosity wholly satisfied , or yet my knowledg much bettered , whereupon I indevour'd to gaine som benefit by my labour , & somepleasure by my toil , collecting into one Epitome those quotations , which I had thus scatteringly met withall in my reading , reducing at length the ●a●e into three centuries of Military Observations ; the first confirming the moderne practise of Armes , by the authority of Antient Authors : the second confirming the same by reason , and experience , and the third , by the practise and example of sundry Commanders , and Chieftaines , the second being grounded upon the former , as the ●atter is upon both : A Nother cause of civill Warre , we called sedition , which is a sudden co●●otion , or assembly , of common people against their Prince , or his Magistrates , the originall of which disorders may proceed from diven causes , but commonly we find oppress●● the prime . keywords: armes; authority; captaine; cause; counsells; discipline; doe; doth; enemy; est; generall; good; great; hath; liv; men; military; non; observation; owne; peace; prince; sedition; selfe; soldiers; tacit; text; things; victory; warre; ● ● cache: A10822.xml plain text: A10822.txt item: #9 of 25 id: A19256 author: Cooke, Edward, fl. 1626-1631. title: The prospectiue glasse of vvarre Shevving you a glimpse of vvarres mystery, in her admirable stratagems, policies, wayes; in victualling of an armie, prouiding money to pay souldiers, finding out the enemies purposes, traps, and stratagems: ordering of marches, framing of battails, sundry fights, retreats, and the like, to auoide battell or fight. Furnished with argument to encourage and skill to instruct. By C.E. Warre is a schoole of necesary knowledge. date: 1628.0 words: 14357 flesch: 72 summary: If you flye , or iourney in three Battels , or more , euery Battell must alwayes be in sight of the next before or behinde , in such order , that the one be alwayes able to succour the other ( in case it be inuaded by Enemies ) so Flying , or Iournying . Then let them read , and reading they will learne to iudge aright of the Author ; who puts a difference betweene the state of Philosophers , and the state of Captaines ; betweene the skill to read in Schooles , and the knowledge to rule an Army ; between the science that wise men haue in Books , and the experience that others haue in war ; betweene the skill to write with the pen , and others to write with the sword ; betweene one that for his pastime is set round with deskes of Bookes , and another in perill of life , encompassed with troopes of enemies . keywords: army; battalions; battell; behinde; doe; enemies; enemy; fight; good; haue; horse; horsemen; order; ordnance; place; souldiers; time; victuals; vpon cache: A19256.xml plain text: A19256.txt item: #10 of 25 id: A22383 author: Achesone, James. title: The military garden, or instructions for all young souldiers and such who are disposed to learne, and have knowledge of the militarie discipline. ... Observed and set in order according to the best military practice by Iames Achesone gentleman at armes, burges of Edinburgh date: 1629.0 words: 10456 flesch: 85 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). 4 Fall backe with your right leg and hand . keywords: bee; hand; left; m p; order; p p; picke; ranke; reare; rest; right; strings; vpon cache: A22383.xml plain text: A22383.txt item: #11 of 25 id: A26617 author: Albemarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670. title: Observations upon military & political affairs written by the Most Honourable George, Duke of Albemarle, &c. ... date: 1671.0 words: 38666 flesch: 63 summary: Some Observations what is the fittest strength for Armies to be of ; and what proportion of Horse and Foot , Dragooners , and Pioners , there ought to be in an Army . But where the Service of your Army shall be most in Sieges , there you ought to have three Footmen unto one Horseman ; and sometimes four Footmen to one Horseman , besides your Dragoons ; provided your Enemy be not able to over-master you in Horse . keywords: army; battel; command; division; enemies horse; enemy; figure; foot; general; good; hand; horse; march; men; musqueteers; officers; order; pikes; ranks; right; souldiers; strength; town; war; way cache: A26617.xml plain text: A26617.txt item: #12 of 25 id: A37231 author: Davies, John, 1625-1693. title: Political and military observations a new collection / by J.D. of Kidwelly. date: 1679.0 words: 20161 flesch: 57 summary: ALL the assurances that can be had of an Enemy whether by oath , parole , engagement to friends , promises , or whatever other way can be imagin'd , are good ; but by reason of the corruption of persons , the depravation of Morality , and the vicissitude of times and accidents , the best expedient is for a man to take such order in his affairs , as that the Enemy may not be in a capacity to annoy him . THat Prince does well who makes it his business to be well supply'd with prudent Commanders and persons eminent for their valour for the management of War : keywords: affairs; contrary; danger; enemy; fear; good; government; honour; man; men; necessity; occasion; person; prince; prudence; publick; reason; regard; state; things; time; vertue; war cache: A37231.xml plain text: A37231.txt item: #13 of 25 id: A39580 author: Fisher, Thomas, 17th cent. title: Warlike directions, or, The sovldiers practice set forth for the benefit of all such as are, or will be, scholars of martiall discipline, but especially for all such officers as are not yet setled or rightly grounded in the arte of warre, by a practitioner in the same art, T.F. date: 1642.0 words: 13404 flesch: 84 summary: Files to the right , and left file on . Open order sixe foot square : that is , six foot , file from file , and six foot , ranke from ranke , which is the first distance that a Company is framed unto , especially for exercise . keywords: body; double; files; foot; halfe; hand; left; pikes; ranke; reare; rest; right cache: A39580.xml plain text: A39580.txt item: #14 of 25 id: A40443 author: Freke, William, 1662-1744. title: Select essays tending to the universal reformation of learning concluded with The art of war, or, A summary of the martial precepts necessary for an officer / by William Freke, Esq. date: 1693.0 words: 56188 flesch: 61 summary: 'T is true , Providence can reign in even the furiousest Tyrants , to Protect us , but shall that Enthusiastically make me surrender my self a Prey to corrupt Men ? But has my Brother , as I have said , injur'd me through inadvertency , or repents ? 't is noble to forgive him ; Revenge would equal us , but Pardon makes me Superior ; and besides , is it prudent to rub a Sore to keep it from healing ? I shall add no more , but that our Fable and Emblem Writers deserve no better Censure : 'T is true , an Example or Metaphor occasionally in Precepts , is of excellent use ; but 't is an Elaborate way of making Learning intricate and confus'd , to turn her in pursuit of such laborious and disorderly Excursions and Trifles , as far from the clear sight of Knowledge , as a Cloud , or a Maze , or a Veil . keywords: alass; army; art; body; books; brother; case; discourse; enemy; force; general; god; good; judgment; knowledge; learning; leave; life; like; love; makes; man; matter; men; method; mind; nay; new; office; precepts; reason; right; self; selves; sense; set; short; sincerity; souldiers; state; things; thou; time; truth; use; vertue; want; war; way; wisdom; words; world cache: A40443.xml plain text: A40443.txt item: #15 of 25 id: A42527 author: Gaya, Louis de. title: A treatise of the arms and engines of vvar of fire-works, ensigns, and military instruments, both ancient and modern; with the manner they are at present used, as well in French armies, as amongst other nations. Inriched with many figures. Written originally in French by Lewis de Gaya, author of the treatise called The art of war. Translated for publick advantage. date: 1678.0 words: 21655 flesch: 78 summary: The Kings Musketeers , who fight sometime on Foot , and sometime on Horse-back ( like the Dragoons of Alexander called Dimachae ) have for Arms the Half-Shable , the Bandeliers , the Musket and Pistols ; and for Instruments , Drums , and Haut-bois , with an Ensign and Guidon ; and when they are on Foot the Officers march with the Sword , the Pike , and the Gorget ; the Ensign with the Colours , and the Quarter-masters with the Halbard . The Dragoons who fight on Foot and on Horseback , have for Arms the Sword , the Fire-lock , and the Bayonet ; for Ensign the Standard somewhat larger than that of the Light Horse , and for Instruments of War , Drums , Bag-pipes , and Hautbois : keywords: arms; canon; carry; chap; charge; drums; end; ensigns; fire; foot; french; half; head; horse; inches; instruments; iron; length; manner; musket; petard; pieces; pike; pound; powder; romans; sect; sword; use; war; works cache: A42527.xml plain text: A42527.txt item: #16 of 25 id: A43093 author: Haward, Lazarus. title: Military and spirituall motions for foot companies with an abridgement of the exercise of a single company as they now ought to be taught and no otherwise : composed in Ireland and now published for the good of his fellow soldiers in England / by Captaine Lazarus Haward ... date: 1645.0 words: 20043 flesch: 75 summary: U pright justice is without equivocation , it seeks not to obey God for mans sake , but man for Gods sake ; it obeyes men , but never against God. T he Gospell is no weake thing , but comes in power ; for Christ hath a further latitude , he came once unto men , but he comes still into man. keywords: christ; day; earth; end; faith; glory; god; gods; good; grace; hand; hath; heart; heaven; left; life; man; men; owne; peace; right; sin; t o; thou; thy; way; world cache: A43093.xml plain text: A43093.txt item: #17 of 25 id: A43479 author: Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650? title: The first part of the principles of the art military practiced in the warres of the United Netherlands, vnder the command of His Highnesse the Prince of Orange our Captaine Generall, for as much as concernes the duties of a souldier, and the officers of a companie of foote, as also of a troupe of horse, and the excerising of them through their severall motions : represented by figure, the word of commaund and demonstration / composed by Captaine Henry Hexham, Quartermaster to the Honourable Colonell Goring. date: 1642.0 words: 18908 flesch: 68 summary: As for my self , J haue seene these things , & haue serued this Land two and fortie yeares , and learned some experience in these Warres , which made me take penn in hand , to writ the Principles of the Art Militarie , practised in these Warres , first vnder the Conduct of your Uncle Prince Maurice of blessed memorie , as now also vnder your victorious Father for the instruction of such English Gentlemen , & Souldiers , who are willing to come into the States seruice , & for the informing of their Iudgments the better , & with a great deale of labour , charg , and paines haue represented this noble art by the waye of Figure , the word of Commaund and demonstration , & hauing once showne one of my three parts to his highnesse your Father , it pleased him in your presence to giue mee encouragement , to turne my English bookes into Netherdutch . THere ought to be in a Company , a good Barber Chirurgian , both to trime the souldiers , & to have skill in Chirurgerie , that when the company watches in approaches , and guards , where there is danger , he may be at hand ( in the absence of the Chirurgian of the Regiment ) to bind up & dresse hurt , and wounded men , in doing there of , he is to be free from all other duties , belonging to the company , seing he is an officer allowed in the States list . keywords: captaine; charge; company; end; figure; file; fire; hand; hand file; hath; horse; left; marching; musket; order; pike; place; ranke; rest; right; troupe; vpon cache: A43479.xml plain text: A43479.txt item: #18 of 25 id: A43483 author: Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650? title: The second part of the principles of art military, practised in the warres of the United Provinces consisting of the severall formes of battels, represented by the illustrious Maurice Prince of Orange of famous memorie, and His Highnesse Frederick Henry Prince of Orange, that is Captaine Generall of the Army of the high and mighty Lords the States Generall of the United Provinces : together with the order and forme of quartering, encamping, and approaching, in a warre offensive and defensive. date: 1642.0 words: 38598 flesch: 57 summary: Therefore , it is very necessarie , that the Generall sends out before , a good number of Horse , to view , and informe themselves of the nature , and condition of that place , where the Armie is to Quarter that night , for the accommodation where of , they ought to chuse , as neere as possibly may be , a place situated in a plaine Feld , to which the Armie being come ( and that in good time by day , the Quarters shall be made neere vnto the a dioyning villages ) if there be any and the Horse lodged about them , in places of danger most suspected . All the Artillery and carriages belonging to the traine of his office upon a march o● quarter to be in the safest place of the Army , and therefore are to take place before all other carriages unlesse some of the Ordnance be drawne to march in the Avantguard , Battell , or Reere , or to some other places : where the necessity of the service may require . keywords: approches; armie; army; bredth; campe; earth; enemie; enemy; figure; foote; fortresse; generall; good; ground; hath; horse; huts; lord; manner; march; marshall; officers; order; place; quarter; reere; regiment; sariant; second; set; souldiers; things; troupes; use; victuals; vpon; vvhich; vvith cache: A43483.xml plain text: A43483.txt item: #19 of 25 id: A43484 author: Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650? title: The third part of the principles of the art military practised in the warres of the United Provinces vnder the Lords the States Generall and His Highnesse the Prince of Orange : treating of severall peeces of ordnance ... : together with a list of all necessary preparations appertaining to an armie ... / written and composed by Henry Hexham. date: 1643.0 words: 35691 flesch: 68 summary: These bricks are peeces of red copper weighing , about 50 lb. weight , cast after the fashion of a square footed pauement , and your great Sowes , are peeces of other Copper , melted one timelesse , then your brick Copper , where of some of them weighes 200 , 300. keywords: bullet; canon; capt; carriage; chapter; charge; degree; figure; fire; foote; generall; good; halfe; hath; haue; levell; long; master; men; mouth; number; ordnance; paces; peece; place; point; pound; powder; quarter; right; second; shot; vpon; weight; yron cache: A43484.xml plain text: A43484.txt item: #20 of 25 id: A50142 author: Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. title: Military duties recommended to an artillery company; at their election of officers, in Charls-town, 13. d. 7. m. 1686. By Cotton Mather, pastor of a church in Boston. date: 1687.0 words: 18799 flesch: 73 summary: And that Prince of Transilvania who read ●…ver the Bible Seven & twenty Times , wi●… condemn us if our Eyes are seldom placed o●… this Heavenly Sword. You 〈◊〉 ●…he Lord of Hosts against you ; and while y●… have , all the Hosts of the Lord are up in A●… against you too . keywords: blessed; christ; company; david; day; death; discipline; enemies; fight; god; good; hands; hath; jesus; lord; man; men; military; peace; souldiers; souls; strength; sword; text; thing; use; war; warr; world cache: A50142.xml plain text: A50142.txt item: #21 of 25 id: A51540 author: J. S., Capt. Fortification and military discipline. title: An epitome of the whole art of war In two parts. The first of military discipline, containing the whole exercise of the pike and musquet, &c. with plain directions for the various postures. Also the drawing up of battalions, and way of forming them; with the art of doubling, wheeling, forming and drawing up an army into any figure. The way of conducting armies in hilly, woody or plain countries: of encampings, besiegings, giving of battle, &c. The second of fortification and gunnery, which shews the principles and practices of fortification, as now used, as well by the English, as several other European nations, (especially by Their Majesties army) at the late siege of Athlone, Galoway, Limerick, &c. ... Of casements, cittadels, crownworks, ravelins, &c. Of gunnery, ... morters, demy-cannon, &c. with the manner of batteries, &c. All illustrated and further explained by 18 copper-plates, curiously designed and engraven. date: 1692.0 words: 23292 flesch: 77 summary: Of casements, cittadels, crownworks, ravelins, &c. Of gunnery, ... morters, demy-cannon, &c. with the manner of batteries, &c. All illustrated and further explained by 18 copper-plates, curiously designed and engraven. Of casements, cittadels, crownworks, ravelins, &c. Of gunnery, ... morters, demy-cannon, &c. with the manner of batteries, &c. All illustrated and further explained by 18 copper-plates, curiously designed and engraven. keywords: body; charge; end; files; fire; foot; ground; half; hand; left; line; lock; musquet; pike; price; rank; right cache: A51540.xml plain text: A51540.txt item: #22 of 25 id: A53478 author: Orrery, Roger Boyle, Earl of, 1621-1679. title: A treatise of the art of war dedicated to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty / and written by the Right Honourable Roger, Earl of Orrery. date: 1677.0 words: 82859 flesch: 37 summary: Page 191. Line 14. for Lines , read Line . If my whole Incamping be to consist of six Lines of Lodgments , then there must be five Streets the whole breadth of the Incamping of 50 or 100 foot wide ; all which wideness of Streets , between gross and gross Lodgment , and between Line and Line of Lodgments , I add to the breadth of the 36 gross Lodgments , which I sum up all together , and divide by six ; which is the number of Lines of Lodgments I intend to make ; and the Quotient shews me the breadth of every Line of Lodgments . keywords: alwayes; army; battalions; battel; breadth; camp; cavalry; countrey; enemies; enemy; field; fight; foot; foot regiment; foot soldiers; foot street; general; good; gross; ground; guard; hand; having; horse; hutts; left; length; like; line; little; lodgment; march; officers; page; place; rear; regiments; set; shot; soldiers; squadrons; street; time; troops; war; way cache: A53478.xml plain text: A53478.txt item: #23 of 25 id: A78014 author: Burt, Nathaniel, fl. 1644-1655. title: Militarie instructions, or the souldier tried for the vse, of the dragon, being a part of cavalrie, for fierings, on horsback, as the harquebusier, & on foote, as infantry, very necessary for such as desier to be studious, in the way of the art militarie. / Never before published, by any, and now set forth by Captaine Nathaniell Burt. date: 1644.0 words: 1809 flesch: 55 summary: 3. The Dragoone to fire on foot , if that he shall see occasion , and after fire given , to mount , &c. 4. The Dragoone service in a siege , and how he is to behave himselfe , and to fire , &c. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A78014 of text R210291 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.10[9]). keywords: burt; fire; horse; text cache: A78014.xml plain text: A78014.txt item: #24 of 25 id: A85922 author: Gerbier, Balthazar, Sir, 1592?-1667. title: The first publique lecture, read at Sr. Balthazar Gerbier his accademy, concerning military architecture, or fortifications, to the lovers of virtue, come hither to that purpose. date: None words: 3340 flesch: 64 summary: The Scriptures doe in effect in sundry places warrant so much the proceedings of warriours ; that therefore this art of Military Architecture is the more laudable , and to be made use of as well in the defence , as for the besieging of places ; so the prescriptions be duely observed , and that the destruction of Towns and People have those grounds prescribed by holy writ . The Places that are fortified according unto the ancient manner , are those that have single Wals onely , and with Towers at certaine distances , made of Materials that are not capable to resist the Canon ▪ and their Towers being too small as that they cannot beare any Canon ; Those kinde of places deserve not to be said fortified ones : The Modernes are those which are flancked on all sides , and that the flancking and flancked bodies are so solid and of such matter as that they may resist the Canon . keywords: angle; art; flanck; gerbier; line; places; text cache: A85922.xml plain text: A85922.txt item: #25 of 25 id: A96379 author: Whitehall, Robert, 1625-1685. title: Tećhnepolimogamia: or, The marriage of armes and arts, July 12. 1651. Being an accompt of the act at Oxon. to a friend. / By R. W. date: 1651.0 words: 2397 flesch: 80 summary: But this was Taylers talke , ( to right our Mother ) I mean not Water-Iohn , nor yet that other , Not {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} , but by Profession ( Of these in each new pocket there was one ) These make not * Berecynthia's Wedding-Gowne , Shee 'l have the Make and Spinning of her owne , Not loose , as ready still to fall to th' ground , Nor yet o' th' newest fashion , pinion'd ; But in the middle way ( the Golden Rule Of Mediocrity is in her Schoole ) The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). keywords: act; arts; english; july; marriage; text; thomason cache: A96379.xml plain text: A96379.txt