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A42527	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.	Gaya, Louis de.	1678 (1678)	Wing G402A; ESTC R217414	40,394	159

the Corslet with the Breast-plate the Cuirasse with Tassets the Gorget of Mail Supeters whole Greaves Tasses Gantlets Helmet with Banners Arm-pieces Gossets Poldrons all guarded with Mail in the void spaces or Intervals Their Horses were barded and caparisoned with the Crannet and Frontstall For Offensive Arms they had the Sword by the side the Tuck at one side of the Pommel of the Saddle and the Battle-Axe at the other a long and great Lance in hand a Cassock which they called the Souldiers Coat which was of the Colour of their Ensign and Guidon of the Troop and bigger than that of the Light Horse The Light-Horse were armed with Gorgets Corslet with Tassets below the Knee Gantlets Arm-pieces great Shoulder-pieces Head-pieces with open Visers and the Cassock of the Colour of the Standard And for Offensive Arms a large broad Sword by the side the Battle-Axe at the Pommel of the Saddle and the Lance in hand The Estradiots were armed in the same manner as the Light-horse and and instead of Arm-pieces and Gantlets had Sleeves and Gloves of Mail a broad Sword by the side the Battle-Axe at the Pommel of the Saddle and the Zagaye in hand which they called Arzegaye ten or twelve foot long and headed with Iron at the two ends Their Coat over their Arms was short and instead of a Cornet they had a great Banderoll hanging at the end of a Lance. The Argolets were armed in the same way as the Estradiots except the Head which they covercd with a Cabasset or Casket that hindered them not to take aim Their offensive Arms were the Sword by the Side the Battle-Axe at the left side of the Pommel of the Saddle and at the right an Arquebuss two foot and a half long in a Case of Tanned Leather over their Arms a short Coat like to that of the Estradiots and a long Banderoll as they had to rally by The Cavalry under Henry the Fourth and Lowis the Thirteenth IN the Reigns of Henry the Fourth and Lowis the Thirteenth the Cavalry were divided into Gens-d'armes Light-Horse and Carabins The Gens-d'armes were armed with compleat Armour and carried Greaves and Knee-pieces under or over the Boots the Cuirasse Carabin-proof before and behind and instead of a Lance an Escopette or Petronel which carried five hundred paces the Holster Pistols charged with a Slugg of Steel a long and stiff Tuck without an edge Their Horses were armed with the Frontstall and Petrel The Light-Horse were armed with compleat Armour a Cuirass that was proof and the rest but slight they carried the Pistol at the Pommel of the Saddle under the Bridle-hand and on the other side the Salade or Head-piece The Carabins had for Arms a Cuirass voided and cut in the Right Shoulder that they might the better present and take aim a Gantlet reaching the Elbow for the Bridle-hand a Casket on Head and for Defensive Arms a long Sword a long Escopett or Carabin three foot and a half in length a Pistol at the Pommel of the Saddle and two Cartouches after the manner of the Reistres The Word Carabin comes from the Spanish Word Cara which signifies the Visage or Face and the Latine Word Binus which signifies double as if one should say Men of double Faces because of their way of fighting Sometimes flying and sometimes facing about We have changed the Carabins into Souldiers that fight both on Foot and Horse whom we have called Dragoons in imitation of the Dimachae of Alexander the Great which Name comes from the Greek Word Dimas that signifies terror and fear because they carried Dragons for their Ensigns FINIS Books Printed for Robert Harford at the sign of the Angel in Corn-hill near the Royal Exchange 1. MAre Clasum or the Right Dominion and Owner-ship of our Brittish Seas in Two Books by John Selden Esq in folio 2. A New Description of the Country of Surinam in 40. 3. The History of the Turkish Wars in Hungaria Transilvania Austria Silvesia and other Provinces of the German Empire from the first Invasion of Annirath the Se-Second 1432 to which is added a short Discourse of the State and Goverment of the said Provinces in 80. 4. The Sage Senator or a Discourse on the Wisdom of such as are called to publick Imployments for their Country prescribing a Method to discharge a publick Trust in 80. 5. The History of Portugal Describing the said Country with the Customs aud Uses among them in 80. 6. An Historical Essay Endeavouring a Probability that the Language of the Empire of China is the Primitive Language In 8. And also you may there have all sorts of Paper and Paper Books and the best Ink for Records

I said in the beginning of this Discourse that the profession of Arms has been in all Ages not onely the most glorious and honourable of Professions but likewise that which has produced the greatest men These Two Books newly published are to be sold by Robert Harford at his Shop at the Angel in Corn-hill near the Royal Exchange THe Art of War and the way that is at present practised in France Two Parts Wherein the Duties and Functions of all the Officers of Horse and Foot Artillery and Provisions from the General of the Army to the Private Souldier are treated of With the method of Conducting Armies Encamping Besieging and giving of Battel As also an account of all Offices and Charges and the Names of the Towns Places Citadels Castles and Forts where the most Christian King keeps Garison with the general and particular terms of War Written in French by Lovis de Gaya an expert Officer of the French Army and Dedicated to his most Christian Majesty Translated for publick Satisfaction and Advantage In 8 ● The Military Duties of the Officers of Horse Containing the Exercise of the Cavalry according to the present Practice of the imes With the Motions of Horse and the Functions of every Officer from the Chief Captain to the Brigadeer Written in French by an Ingeneer in Ordinary to his most Christian Majesty And Translated for publick Satisfaction and Advantage In 8 ● A Treatise of ARMS Of Engines Artificial Fires Ensignes and of all Military Instruments The First Book Of the ARMS of A SOULDIER CHAP. I. Of Sharp Weapons Sect. 1. Of the Sword THE Sword whereof the Invention comes to us from Tubal-Cain the Son of Lamech and Zilla is the first of all Weapons without which a Souldier should never appear in publick because it serves him for Ornament as well as Defence It is not necessary it should be too long for it becomes thereby cumbersome in a Battallion especially during the time of the Motions nor must it be too short neither but of an indifferent length the Blade must be good and about an inch broad The most common length of Blades is two foot and a half and two inches and the Handles three inches and a half All Blades are kept in Scabberds made of Wood covered with Cloath or Leather having a chape at the end of Iron Steel Copper or Silver The Sword is carried in a Shoulder Belt of Buff or other Leather and hangs down from the right Shoulder upon the left Thigh in the same manner as was heretofore in use according to the report of Virgil. Humero cum apparuit alto balteus And of Silvius in his Tenth Book Tergo qua balteus imo Sinuatur coxaque sedet munimen utraque Nevertheless we find by the words of the Royal Prophet that the Belts which we have since called Waste-belts are more ancient than those we call Shoulder-belts when he says Gird your Sword on your Thigh c. When a man would stand right to his Guard he ought to keep his Body straight bending a little on the left Thigh his Legs not too far asunder his Feet on a strait Line one after another the Handle of the Sword off of the Haunch the point just opposite to the Shoulder the Arm stretched half out and the left Hand as high as the Eye The Enemies Sword may be put by the line of the Body by a little motion of the Handle either inward or outward Souldiers in a Battel or Attack do not regularly alwayes observe this Method and most part thrust on any way without troubling themselves much with the Tierce Guart or Feint but make use of their Swords to attack or to defend themselves according to the small talent that God Almighty has given them The Figure of a Souldier on his Guard Sect. 2. Of the Shable and Cimeter THe Shable is more in use amongst the Horse than other Bodies of Men it is not altogether so long as the Sword but to make amends for that the Blade is twice so broad and edged on one side and therefore it is more used for cutting than thrusting The usual length of Shables is two foot and four inches taking it from the guard and two foot and a half and three inches from the button of the Pommel to the point The Cimeter is a kind of Fauchin broader and more crooked than the Shable used more by the Turks Persians and Hungarians than others A Souldier on his Guard The Espadon or two Handed Sword The Shable The Cimeter The Bayonet The Ponyard Sect. 3. Of the Bayonet and Poniard or Dagger THe Bayonet is much of the same length as the Poniard it hath neither Guard nor Handle but onely a Haft of Wood Eight or Nine Inches long The Blade is Sharp-pointed and two edged a foot in length and a large inch in breadth The Bayonet is very useful to Dragoons Fufiliers and Souldiers that are often commanded out on Parties because that when they have fired their Discharges and want Powder and Shot they put the Haft of it into the mouth of the Barrel of their Pieces and defend themselves therewith as well as with a Partizan The Poniard or Dagger is a little Sword in length but about Twelve or Thirteen Inches which is carried at the Girdle It is nor long ago since Duelists fought with Sword and Dagger Sect. 4. Of the Espadon or Two-handed Sword THe Espadon is a kind of a Sword whose Two-edged Blade is very long and broad and whereof the Haft which I dare not call Handle because it is a foot and a half long is made cross-wayes It cannot be used but with both Hands in a Breach or behind a Palissadoe I never saw so many Espadons as among the Hollanders The Ramparts of all their Towns were furnished with them each distant from the other six paces with a like number of Clubs or Maces and indeed to consider such preparatives one would have thought their designs had been furious and that they had had a great mind to defend themselves stoutly But there is great appearance that they onely placed these Arms there to adorn their Parapets Swords of all Fashions Swords of all Sorts The Explication of this Figure A A Stick-Sword called by the Ancients Sica B A Sword for a Rancounter after the French mode C A Swisser's Sword D A Tuck or long Sword with a narrow Blade such as were in use not thirty years ago E A Spanish Sword F A Braquemart Fauchin or short Sword G A Hunting Cutlass with a Handle of Horn. CHAP. II. Of Fire-Arms Sect. 1. Of the Musket THe usual Arms of Souldiers are not onely the Sword Shable Dagger and Bayonet but also the Musket Fire-lock Mousqueton Pistol and many others and the first thing they should learn is to make the right use of such as their Officers have given them The Musket is a Weapon for Foot the Barrel of which is three foot and eight inches long mounted on