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A20894	Here begynneth the table of the rubryshys of the boke of the fayt of armes and of chyualrye whiche sayd boke is departyd in to foure partyes ...; Faits d'armes et de chevalerie. English	Christine, de Pisan, ca. 1364-ca. 1431.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.; Vegetius Renatus, Flavius. De re militari.; Bonet, Honoré, fl. 1378-1398. Arbre des batailles.	1489 (1489)	STC 7269; ESTC S106571	183,535	276

theyr discontynuaunce they were by hanybal prynce of auffryke desconfyted in the seconde bataille where as they loste all theyr seignourye tofore canes in puylle whiche was soo horrible that almost alle they of rome were deed And theyr chieuetains taken destroyed also the noble chyualrye in so grete quantite that after the desconfiture hanybal whiche dyde doo serche the felde had thre mues or busshe lis all full of rynges of gold fro theyr fyngres lyke as thistorye saith the whiche he dyde doo bere in to his contre in signe and Ioye of that vyctorye But aftre whenne the said excersice of werre was of the noble auncyents taken vp ayen they alwayes had victorye Therfore concludeth the said auctour to the louing praysing of the contynuall excersyce of armes that more profytable is to a kyng or prynce to see his men vsed wel taught in the said art and fait of armes how fewe or lytyl quātite of peple that he hath than to take and reteyne vnder hym grete foison of strange souldeours that he knoweth not nothyng so ferme ne stable saith he ne that more is to be commended than is a contree where foyson of gode men of armes be wel lerned taught in all that longeth to the fayt of werre for nethre gold ne siluer nor precyous stones vaynquysshe nor ouercome not the enemyes nor make not thenhabytans to lyue in peas as doeth may doo the might of worthy chyualrye wel taught And of suche folke ought not to be Iuged aftre the folysshe sentence of the kyng Bynytus of gallya or fraunce whiche aftre he had enuaysshed the romayns with Ciiij soore thousand men armed and sawe hem come ayenst hym with so lytyl a quantyte despysed them and sayd that they were not men ynoughe for to satisfye thappetit of the dogges of his oost But not withstandyng was ther men ynoughe for to dystresse bothe hym and his grete oost as is happed soone after lyke as thystory recounteth And this for to conferme after the sayng of the said Auctour we shall first speke of the doctryne and lore that thauncyent nobles yaue vnto theyr chyldren in tyme of they re youthe And then shal we retourne to the matiere of the said chieftain or chieftains of the chyualrye The said vegece to purpos saith in the first chapytre of his first boke We by noon othre meanes nor manere can perceyue ne see the cyte of rome to haue subdued vnto her the countrees of the worlde but by vse of armes and by techynges of ostes of knyghthode For al ynoughe may be presumed that so small a quantyte of folke as the romains were at the first shuld do lytyl harme to the grete multitude of frenshmē The wytte of the grekis as Titus liuius saith dyde resiste ayenst themalyce strength of them of affrique And by this we conclude as it is afore said that bettre is a small quantite of folke vsed and wel taught in fayt of armes by cōtynuel excersice of al that therof may fall in the doubtouse happe of bataill than is a grete ml̄tytude of rude folke nought knowing for as he saith ● the manere of connyng to knowe that that in werres bataylles b●longeth groweth norissheth gyueth hardynes to fyght as it is so that noon doubteth to do that in whiche he feleth hymself lerned expert taught And al sciences craftes are knowen lerned by contynuās of vsage Thus yf it be trouthe saith vegece that this be in small thingis ● bettre it behoueth to kepe the same in thynges that ben right grete O what is it of men vsed made to the werre and that be subtyl in thexcersice of armes with peyne can they be ouercome by noo maner of straunge aduenture that neuer was seen bifore As it appiered that tyme the romayns founde the crafte the manere for to sle the multitude of Elephantꝭ that ben so grete and ferfull bestis wat bothe men and horses of they re syght were affrayed that the cartagiens and they of parthe had brought ayenst theym And the wyse romayns made engyns by the whiche they lanchid cast vnto theim sharp barres of brennyng yron and thus distroyed them And therfore saith thauctour that of al artes or craftꝭ in a lande more to be comended is the arte of fighting in excersice of werre For by that is the fredom of the lande place or contrey surely kept and the dignite of the prouince is ther by encreaced and the auncyent worthy men as it is said soueraynly kept the same first the grekes and they of lacemodone right valyaunt and strong werryours And thenne this arte to lerne vndrestande aboue al other thing were the romains curyous fayne and the fame honour that ensued theym for the same appiereth and is wel knowen ¶ Here deuyseth sheweth the manere that the noble auntient worthy men kept to thyntroduction lernyng of they re childre in the doctrine of faitꝭ of armes ¶ Capio· ixo· The auncient noble men thenne that by haultnes of corage desyred al wayes that thexcersise of armes shuld be contynued to th ende the comyn wele of they re lordshipes and cytees shulde be the bettre amended and deffended made not they re children to be norisshed in the kyngis prynces courtꝭ for to lerne pryde lechery nor to were wāton clothing But dide so by cause in tyme to come of they re flowryng aage myght serue the prynce and the countrey in that offyce that apparteyneth to noble men had of a custume whan they re children were com to xiiij yere of aage they made hem to be taught in al suche thyng that longueth to knyghthed and in faites of werre And is to wite that there were in certayn places propre sooles where they were induced And taught to were harneys handlyng of staues deffensyng and the fayt the wayes of thesame And therfore wyl vegece say there as he speketh to this purpoos in his fourth chapitre of his first boke that the noble men ought to peyne hem self to drawe they re children in they re first youthe to the loue of fayttes of armes for the yong child is able to conceyne kepe in mynde that that men shewe to hym and naturelly chyldren are glad and wyllyng to tyse hem self to suche thingis as men see that they wrastle lepen playe one with other moeuing they re bodyes So ought thēne to be shewed vnto them the tournez of swiftnes to caste fyghte with bothe they re armes and the manere how they shall glaūche or with drathe themself from the strokes that in trauers or sydlyng may come to lepen oner trenchis or dyches to lanche or cast sperys dartes and the waye to couere saue hem self with they re sheldes and to doo al other semblable thyngis And vnto them they shewed also how in castyng of sperys or dartes they shuld sett they re

vpon the lande by cause they meue not so muche So ought they to haue amonge hem som small vesselles made at advauntage that may rowe and saylle byfore all other euery where for to aspye and knowe the couuyne of they re enemyes and when they come nyghe to seke them men ought thenne to grete hem ryght well with gode bombardes and stones cast wyth dyuers engyns and with stronge balesters and when the shyppes ben proched tyl eche other the valyaunt men of armes that trusten in they re strengthe putte doune the brygges and passen ouere in to the shyppes of they re aduersaryes and there with goode swerdes axys and daggers they fyght togyder hand to hand And in the grettest vesselles of werre men make som tyme towris and barbacanes to th ēde that like as men do from the hyghe walles they might cast donne dartis and wounde and slee It is a cruell thynge of suche a bataille where as men not onely by armes but also by fyre and by watre doo perysse and hauyng no powere to glanche a syde nor to flee are lyuered oftentymes there all quyke hole to the flode and vnto the fysshes brennyng arowes and dartes ben there thrawen that be lapt in tawe in brimstone in pitche and in oyle ayenst the bordes of the shyppes that be made of drye wode and enoynted wyth pitche whiche lightly be taken with the fyre And thus somme perysshen there by yron some be there brent and the other be constrayned to lepe in to the watre without eny mercy and by thees wayes perysshen dyuersly many one that fight vpon the see ¶ Deuyseth of the garnysons that behouen to men of werre that ben vpon the see ¶ Capytulo xxxix SO ought fyghters vpon the see to be garnysshed of vesselles full of pytche and of rosyn of brymstone of oyle whiche thynges ought to be medled altogider lapt al in tawe thees vesselles kyndled glowyng hoot men oughte to caste in to the shippes gallees of the enemyes to assaille hem strongly forthwith to th ende that they haue noo leiser to quenche the fyre it is to be knowen that there is a manere for to make compose certeyn fyre whiche som folke calle grekys fyre and yt may be so called wel by cause that it was first foūde by the grekys beyng at the sege byfore troye as som sayen Thys fyre brenneth namely in watre and stones yron and al other thynges hit wasteth Nor hyt can not be quenched but by certeyne myxtyons that men make for this cause Also there be made certeyne poysons so strong so mortall that yf eny yron were touched with the same and after ward shot or thrawen to the body of eny man so that the blode lytyl or grete cam out the wounde shulde be dedely But suche thynges ought not to be doo nor taughte for cause of the evylles that myght folowe For they that soo doo are deffended and accursed It is not gode to wryte them in bokes nor more plamly to recyte them be cause that it is not lycyte to noo crysten man to vse of noo suche inhumanitees that namely ben aienst all right of werre It they that fighte ought always to awayte of al theire powere to dryue and sette theire enemyes a groūde to kepe them self in the depnes of the see Item to the maste of the shippe ought to be made fast a bygge tree whiche shal be armed with yron of that one part and there sette by suche a crafte that men may haue hym vp doune for to gyue grete strokes with all ayenst the shyppe of the enemyes so may be brused to peces whiche engyn may serue as doeth the mowton a forsaid It they muste haue grete foyson of arowes with brode hedes that shal be shot ayenst the saille tyl that it be so peced so rented that it can not holde wynde noo lenger so shal they not conne goo noo ferthere Item a croked yron mistereth them made after the facion of a ze●●ll wel sharp and trenchaunt with a long hafte wher with all they shal cutte asondre the ropis cordes that seruen to the shyp of the aduersaryes with hokes of yron that they shal caste withinne they shall grype her so shal brynge her and theires togyder so that they shal not mowe escape It it is gode to haue grete quantyte of pottes filled with softe zande whiche after they be ones caste in to the shyp of the enemies they can vnuthe stande vpon they re fete so slydrye it is so falle they thenne in to the watre that be nyghe the borders of the shypp And semblably ben good to be cast therinne pottes full of quyk lyme made in to pouldre whiche at the brekyng of hem shal fylle al theire eyen and theire mouthes so that with peyne they can see afore them It with thys they oughte to be garnyshed of certeyn men that be lerned taughte to swyme and plonge in to the watre and wyth a long breth to kepe them self therynne whyche men shal goo vndre the schip of aduersaryes whiles that the bataylle lasteth and with grete wymellis and awgours shal perce the ship vndreneth in dyuers places so that the watre shall entre on all sydes Item grete foyson of stones and sharp yrons ought to be there lanched aand thrawen and al other thinges wherby they may sooner breke the ship After the forsayd thinges I may now wel vse of vegece hys owne wordes atte the ende of his boke thus saienge I byleue that from hens forth I may wel holde my peas of the dyscyplyne of armes For in thees thinges the custome and vsage fynde often more of the art and of newe thynges than thaūcyent doctryne doeth shewe ¶ Here fynyssheth the seconde partye of thys boke sequently foloweth the thirde partye that speketh of the ryghtes of armes after the lawes THe first chapitre deuyseth by what meane xprystyne added to thys boke that whiche is sayd in the lawe of the fayttes of armes ¶ Item demaundeth Cristyne the maister ansuereth yf the emperoure may of ryght moeue werre aienst the pope c ij ¶ Item whether the pope may moeue werre ayenst the Emperoure Chapitre iij ¶ Item deuyseth of the puyssaunce and auctorite of the hed captayne after the lawe and for what causes the men of armes may renne to the peyne capitall C iiij ¶ Item whether a vassall be holden by ryght of the lawe to serue his lord in werre atte his owne propre expenses C v ¶ Item demaundeth whether the feed men be more holden to helpe the prynce souerayne in hys werre than namely to theire naturell lorde yf a gentyl man holdeth two tenementys of two lordes that make werre that one ayenst that other Whiche of them he ought to helpe ¶ Item whether al manere of souldiours after the ryght of the lawe may goo in all manere of werres deuyseth of the parell