time re-resolved to put all to the sowrde If in batteries assaultes or in counteres be shall happen to overcome his enemy Let him be of a generouse determination and set all his care in executinge the victorie and in no vvife to attende the spoyle nor leaue his order as doe many nowe adayes like 〈◊〉 and base factioneres to the greate dishonor of the action and losh of â—â—lyâ—â—lives and of litle regarde of they re owne honor and reputation He is to serve and fighte in his prince his cause and deâ—gnes with afection and constancie and he is not to 〈◊〉 vvhether the â—poâ—e by juste or unjuste soe that it by not againste Godes true Religion But in such o cation he is to looke vvell to his conscience and to be vvel advised for Godes cause is to be loocked unto aboue all thinges In all ocationes that shall happen or falle oute in the courses of vvarr and specially in travailes and adversities he is periâ—hâ—ly to indure and suffer them That therby his vertue may 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 knowen the uncorrupted affection he beareth to his prince in acomplishinge his obligationes vvith a generouse minde and 〈◊〉 constancie not murmuringe of his sloe paymente 〈◊〉 â—e compelled to stande in greate nede therof And specially let him be moste carefull not to yealde or by any meanes give eare to Mutenies or Rebelliones whiche sometimes resulte of suche cases and vvhose ende moste comonly is Sheamefull death vvher of there have beene toe many examples He whiche intereth in to this noble profession of vvarr oughte sence the day of his asentasion to serve his prince with greate loue and loyaltie and obey his Officeres and willinglie fighte for a juste cause for suche vertues seeme to be a similitude of a generouse minde and true religion As Platon saieth that loue and obedience are signes of a high and generouse minde and he that wanted the vertue of obedience is un wourdie of this name for cause that trough disobedience resulteth the greatheste disgrace than can happen to an Army Let him be careful bin not murmuringe nor speaking ill of any Officer of his nor of any that serveth his prince for it seemeth a bad custome resultinge of litle prudence and respecte to speake ill of him whome he is bounde to defende and by whome he is to by governed and comounded but rather honor and respecte him though his vertue and goode partes are not agreeable to his obligationes neverthelesh for beinge a minister to his prince he is thereunto bounde Let him by no meanes trough his comarades wife nor for any thinge that shoulde give him lawfull occation of discontentemente because that of suche like inconueniences and disordered apetites resulteth many quareles and scandeles amonghste Souldieres and oftener kill one another trough the same then for any other o cation Neyther is he to receive the boy of another withoute licence so that thereby he may the better acomplish his Masteres service In all ocationes of marchinge skirmish incounteres or assaultes with the enemy by force of armes all Officieres are to by obeyed and respected for it belongeth to them or any of them to see all thinges well ordered and specially where they re devitiones fall Not onelie those of his Company or Regimente but whosoever of the army beinge so comodiouse for the Kinges service In such semblable occationes let him not stande uppon termes not disputes as some doe in sayinge do not knowe youe for my Officer Let him not by ingnorante therin because that the Officer may lawfully punish him for if otherwise it falleth oute and that the Officer doth complaine of him to the higher Superiores he shall by reprehended for his ingnorance for because that at all times and occationes his owne Officieres can not be presente wherfore he is to obey all Officeres Let him exercise him selfe in all sorte of Weapones and of them let him choose the armes whereunto he is moste a fected and findeth more fit for his purpose the pike and coselett a mongste foote men is of moste estimation for beinge the moste firmeste to defende and mantaine a place beinge vvell ordered and sett and specially againste the furie of horse 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 Let him practice him selfe in eache sorte of Weapon to imitate as neere as posible the Ianisaros Turcos who were moste experte in armes trough they re continuall exercice And let him frequente the sworde and target and specially i woulde vvish oure Irish to frequente the same for beinge more inclined to this sorte of weapoÌ„ more then a ny other Nation and besides that of all Nationes none are more fitt for the same nor more resolute This vveapon is of greate importance in many occationes and specially when men close togither or to vive or recnoledge a ny narowe or straighte pasadge or place as trenches fortes batteries assaultes encamisada and for other purposes in warr and specially a boute the cullores or to defende or offende in a ny narow place Let him alwayes a plie him selfe vvith affection to vvarlike exercices because that vertue exeleth fortune and it avayleth him much to reade histories and to be experte in Aritmeticke for it doth both revive and perfectionate manes vvitt There be shall he understande the cariadge prudence and valor of braue men and base inclination of bad persones the alteration or decayinge of Kingdomes and comon vvealthes the braue and prudente conduction and stratagemes of battelles both vvon and loste the vertue and valcor of the renoomed the shame and infamie of the vile the maner and use of ancient and moderne vvarres vvith the stratagemes used both for the one and the other If he happen to be at the siedge or takinge of any stronge place or fortress he is diligentlie to vive the scituation the orderes and industrie used for the defence therof and the stratagemes used for the vvininge of the same consideringe thiese aforesaide and many more used in vvarres and that vvhich toucheth everie Officer in particular even from a Corporal to a Captaine generall to the ende he may be perfecte in the arte he profeseth that by his vertue he may be advaunced into greater dingnitie sith that this arte he profesheth is the moother and true fundation of nobilitie Therfore reason it is that it be perfectly understoode of the Professores and followeres therof seinge that the practice of mecanicall artes do folowe the same order and course to come to the cunninge of they re crafte And that besides that no man can reduce into perfection those thinges wherof he is ingnorante and knoweth not the arte vvithoute much practice and specially in this soe noble and couriouse arte who for the executiones therof vvith prudence and auctoritie is required both
fall withoute confusiō into they re juste place in battell a ray All vvhich the Sardgente mayor is bounde to instructe for beinge the master vvho is to learne and leade them for it belongeth to his chardge and office and besides it importeth him muche that they be vvell instructed and exercised in martial affaires for soe vvith greate facilitie shal he execute his affaires as did the Thesarios to vvhose chardge be the Romanies was recomended this office as vvell in filde as in garison They instructed they re Souldieres in the scoole they exercised the Tirones which were the Bisones or newe Souldieres two times a day and the Veteranos vvhiche vvas they re oulde Souldiers once a day Soe they vvere very experte as vvell in knovvinge howe to manadge they re armes as to serve with the same as alsoe in punctualy knowinge to observe order in march and squadron as alsoe induringe greate travailes They alsoe vvere exercised in runinge leapinge shevvminge and all other exercicee and vertues necessarie and fitenge for warr They were constrained to march with they re complet armor both foote and those that wente a horssbake two dais in a month carienge alsoe with them on they re backes al necessary foode for that jurney fightinge as it vvere vvith the enemy givenge and receivinge the chardge as if it vvere in a bloody vvarr for the space of ten thousand pases in they re vvhole yurney cominge and goinge and vvith this as customed exercice they were apte and nemble whensoever occasion of service or employmente did offer Soe that vvith two thousande of these greater exploytes and executiones vvere made then with thirtie thousande bisones or rawe mē for vvhich cause they vvere victoriouse councoringe with greate renoome till they vvere vvholie given to vice idelnes and regalitie Trough which meanes they begon to fall into decay and of they re longe repose and idel life did resulte a bad and sorowfull ende for beinge vvholie given to woomen delicate meates sleeepe and ease and of no care to exercice them selves in armes They became to forget all vertue to by covardes and fall into decay Now see a plaine example vvhich happened to one of the moste famouseste Captaines of the vvorlde vvhich was Anibal Cartagenes son to Amilcar beinge nine yeares oulde vvas broughte to the vvarres and vvas caused to swere to be enemy to the Romaines duringe life and cominge to the adge to governe an army he marched from Spaine trough France into Italie vvhere in passinge the river Rodane The Romaines a tendinge him where he had a moste sore incounter in pasinge the river But Aniball with prudence and greate valeure with tables tember and greate tries made a bridge trough with dificultie and greate hasarde that at lēghte he paste his army over the river by force of armes and vvith no lesh endustrie did he pass the hugie montaines of the Alpes breakinge downe greate rokes and makinge them plaine where he made a way that his army coulde pass which contained 120000. of foote and horse and they re bagadge on Elefantes and brute beastes and pased to piamonte vvher he rejoysed of his safe a rivall trough such a trouble some and dangerouse vvay comfortinge and givinge his to understande that they vvere oute of danger and trouble and arived into a fertill countrie abondante of all necessaries befittinge Ther havinge reposed his army he touke his jurney towardes the river of Trevia in Plasintin and met vvith the Romaines where he optained the victorie and from thence he touke his jurney and paste by Perusa til he came to Trasimeno vvhere he gave an other overtrow to the Romaines and kilth of them three and twenty thousande And after this he paste with his army to Pulla in Canas which nowe is Barleta vvhere he alsoe foughte vvith the Romaines and had the victorie of them vvith the slaughter of fortie thousande of them as Plinius and Francisco Petrarca Tuscano declareth Soe that he had the bridell vvith Italie sixtime yeares poseste vvith that brave and prudente conductor skilfull and valerouse army After this he came to Capua a pleasante country of vveomen and other comodities and they re gave him self and his army to repose in garisones a longe time vvhere he and they became idel and forgetfull of all military exercice as thoughe they never had managed armes Which vvas cause of the ruine and perdition of all his army as they say that Capua vvas a greater perdition to Anibal then to the Romaines the losh of Canas and after beinge constrained to pass unto Africa to soucour Cartago his countrie beinge informed that Cipio that famouse Captaine vvente thiter vvith his Romaine army be vvhome Aniball vvas overcome so that his vice longe repose and neglectinge of armes vvas cause of his destruction as alsoe hapened to many other brave vvarrieres But this of Aniball is a sufficiente example for those that followe the profession of armes to alwayes houlde and keepe they re Souldieres in exercice of armes and that vvith greate care for feare of destruction Soe this is a goode and sufficiente example for a Sardgent mayor to alwayes keepe his Souldieres in the exercice of armes and to imitate still the Romaines in they re continuall practice And in case that the moste parte of the Companies of his Regimente are not togither vvhere he is residente Let him advertice they re Captaines that they be carefull to exercice they re Souldieres and it vvere not amiss that he in the ende of everie three or foure montes shoulde visite them all over and vvith care exercice them in the ocasiones of marchinge and imbatelinge Wherby he shall finde them apte and ready to his will not needinge overmuch paines nor disputes as alwayes muste by with rawe men litle exerciced in armes In nothinge is he to be more curiouse then in learninge and instructinge them who to observe orderes of marchinge and in framing with them all sortes of squadrones and to cause them skirmish sundrie manner of wayes and cause them to toss the pike and to by apte in handelinge the same beinge queene of armes and moste noble of all the reste This office of a Sardgent mayor vvas in times paste cauled thesariouse or Master who is to instructe military discipline he which is apte and skilfull in vvell a complishinge the aproved partes ordained for the execution of this office is fitt for any other office in vvarr to the verie office of a Master de campe generall which of all the reste requireth greatesth care and sufficiencie Wheresoever the Sardgente mayor shall happen to by with his Regimente or vvith parte of the same eyther in campana or garison when the Companies of the same shall inter the watch he is to by presente and take care that the Captaines be vvell armed with faire and complet corseletes and all peeces therunto a pertaininge and vvith a faire peeke of sixtine or seventine foote longe the Musquetier with a
stratagemes of the enemy they re oughte to by sente certaine lighte horse to scoute and revewe before a certaine distance soe beinge advertised before the enemy a proache all thinges necessarie may by prevented in due time The Furiell mayor or Quarter-master with the reste Furielles are to marche all at once and not otherwise for to make the quarter in due time For If otherwise they goe they may use fraude and villany in spoylinge the Villadges and poure enhabitantes to whome all equitie justice and goode examples are to be ministred for many goode respectes Some Souldieres of litle honor and reputation some times in they re marche to ease them selves doe breake they re pikes or leave the same behinde of suche base fellowes the Sardgent mayor is to take a speciall care to see them severelie punished in publike excepte it be one that is sicke or hurte of vvhich persones he is presentlie to give enteligence to theyr Captaines and see that order be tacken to save them In ocasiones of marchinge the Sardgent mayor is to order and make his devitiones when he thincketh that all the Souldieres of his Regimente are gathered and comenge to a conveniente place to frame a squadron of them of whate forme he thincketh beste And when he cometh within a mile to the quarter vvhere he is to lodge with his Regimente he is to step forwarde to see whiche is the fiteste place to frame a battell As alsoe to revewe the sallies and entries of the quarter The Quarter-master is to receive him and sheowe howe and where the Regimente shall be lodged As alsoe the fiteste place for the embattellinge of his Regimente and after the squadron is framed he is to a pointe the Companies that shall be on the watch that nighte if on the generall a munitiones or Master de campe or elsh where let him see that ther by no empedimente in the place vvhere he choiseth to be more fit for the framinge of his squadron Alsoe he is to be verie carefull and diligent in ordaininge the necessarie places for the watches and he shall a pointe gardes a goode distance from the quarter Soe that the enemy of a sodaine doe not fall uppon him of which for many respectes greate consideration oughte to by taken and prudenrly prevented He is to procure with the Master de campe to cause avando or proclamatiō to by beaten for the observationes in passinge the wourde in march battel or eilsh where and such as do not observe this vando to see them severelie punished for this beinge amatter of greate emportance and wherof greate disorderes and inconvenienses doe resulte often times for not observinge the same The wourde is to by given be foure persones that is the Master de campe Sardgent mayor and from the Captaine that leadeth the Vangarde and from him that leadeth the rergarde And greate speede oughte to by tacken from whence it came and the cause For it may be that the enemy shoulde of a suddaine chance to fall on the rergarde or that some other ocation of emportance may offer for whiche respectes and many more considerationes this order is to be inviollabbly observed And let itt with greate speede pass from rancke to rancke in youre march or order It is moste necessarie nowe and then to make some altos or standes to ease the Souldiores and refresh them with suche sorte of vituales as they cary a longe with them and specially where they re is comoditie of water and take a speciall care that some unruly fellowes by not permitted to goe oute of the order and fall aspoylinge the contry neyther there boyes The Sardgent mayor is to oversee and informe of all thinges that paseth in his Regimente and give order to the Captaine de campan̄a or borachell to see that his sutleres by well provided with vituales and other necessaries therunto a pertaininge and to take a speciall care that noe wronge by don unto them But rather to see severelie punished suche as vvoulde presume to doe them wronge That ther by they may vvithe amore willinge minde a complish they re obligationes in furnishinge them selves with vituales and other comodities and alsoe the Sardgente mayor is to see that they be well paied for otherwise beinge ill paied and seeinge that there is no justice minestred they will run avvay and give a bad reporte soe that noe other sutleres shall dare to come and soe provicion will be vvantinge to the greate discomoditie of the Officeres and Souldiores The Captaine de campan̄a is to use discression and concience in seeinge that the sutleres doe fell there vituales with suche concideration that they may gaine and not overpress the poure Souldior troughe coveteousnes and griddie deceite as often times they doe In thies and many more ocationes if the Sardgente mayor be courious and carefull in a complisinge with his obligationes hardlie can any thinge pass vvithoute discoverie and redress in due time for he is aprincipall minister to oversee redresh and remedie many faultes disorderes and fraudes and he is in conscience bounde to procure the goode of the poure Souldior that noe fraude be permitted in deceivinge him of his poure meanes If the Sardgente mayor be in the filde with his Regimente alitle before the fallinge of the nighte he is to relive the watches soe that the enemy may not discover them cominge nor goinge but in garison the watches is to be sooner set In campan̄a aspecial care oughte to be takē that the enemy for cause of oure negligence litle care and prudence do not of asodain fall on us beinge un provided for to prevente such soddaine ocationes it is necessarie that a corpe de garde volante be ordained acertaine distāce towardes the enemy where yove moste suspecte they re cominge which is a greate securitie for that quarter of the campe but this muste be set at the fallinge of the nighte and they re can hardlie any fire be made that the enemy may not discover yove they oughte to be verie readie varie and vigilante vvith there armes at hande to fall on the enemy if of asoddaine they be therunto constrayned and see if they can finde any conveniente shadowoe to shelter them And if perhapes the enemies spies doe knovve or discover vvho oure vvatches are set and not knovvinge of this vvatch set soe late and soe secrett it may fall oute that the enemy may fall into they re handes for not beinge advertised by there spies of the prevention taken And fall of a sodaine on them and give the a larme to the vvhole campe soe that they may be ready in due time to prevente the enemy his incursiones and purpose and at lenghte cause them to retire in executinge nothinge of they re designe or desire For this purpose muste by chosen a Captaine vvho is vvell knovven to by prudente vigilante and valerouse and of a brave and resolute determination And findinge the enemy
forwarde well and prudently ordered and with abrave and resolute tetermination til they come in pocession and master the place and strongeste watche they finde In thies and other semblable ocasiones there is no lookinge after still goe forwarde with greate couradge and valeoure whiche execution oughte to be recomended to the care and chardge of prudente and valerouse Captaines and chosen souldiores which bienge so hitted uppon greate expectasiones mighte be hoped of theire goode sucesse And order oughte to be given that in paine of death no souldier shall stir oute of his order till the enemy be wholie vanquised and all thinges dulie ordered and prevented Goode successes are often times optained by meanes of military prudence care and diligence wherfore it is necessarie the Captaine generall be verie industriouse in knowinge who to invente neowe occasiones of warr to diverte and intertaine the enemy when ocasion shall require and to corupte them with money for many ocurantes in warr it is necessarie to have many trustie spies whiche serve for many purposes it is moste necessarie that thies persones by knowen for men of truste and fidelitie for otherwise beinge of double dealinge they are moste dangerouse In all ocasiones he shall atempte he is to be verie carefull and diligente and to knowe the qualitie and condision of the enemyes comaunder wheader he be raish and inconsiderat or prudente and reposed in his actiones and wheader he be a man of a high minde to come to the facte of armes and to knowe the qualitie of his counseleres conductores and officeres and of whate determinasiones and to be well informed if his army be of bisones or rawe men or of anunciente skillfull and practised souldiores and of whate nasiones and of whate desingnes A generall can helpe him selfe in many matteres havinge goode and trustie spies whiche are to be verie well rewarded and paied for be their meanes often tymes matteres of greate momente is prevented in due time and to the contrarry for wante of suche trustie and carefull persones greate disgraces doe happen and brave interprises loste thies persones beinge of confidente truste care and abilitie is agreate repose of minde to the generall Moste necessarie it were that some Captaines and Alferises reformed of longe practice and experience in warr shoulde still asiste nexte his person to informe of many matteres which doe occurr unknowen to the Generall and of greate importance to his majesties service and which shoulde by prevented in due time Thies persones for cause of there longe experience and a proved fidelitie in materes of warr shoulde rather by imploied then otheres ordinarily sente with comisiones in visitinge frontieres fortificasiones amunisiones magasenes or storehouses and of verie many more ocasiones of importance to the furtherance of his majesties service and in givinge true relasion of the extreame necessities of souldiores for wante of the ordinary and inescusable necessaries ordained for them be the Prince in theire garisones as lodginges bedes c. And seinge that none do procure nor pittie them they run away from theire coloures which mighte be prevented in due time be meanes of faithfull and trustie relatores to the better performance of his majesties service and repose of the comon wealth and poure inhabitances it were verie necesary he shoulde have trustie persones of good skill and understandinge in warr who shoulde in due time advertice him of many matters which doth ocurr unknowen to him or his counsell and verie necessary for his majesties service To by prevented in due time againste the poysonous designes and practises of the enemy it were moste necessary to get faithfull and trustie spies to knowe the intentes of the enemy and to whate ende they aspire and to see thies spiees well rewarded so that with the greater care they acomplish the truste emputed in them so that matteres of greate importance may by discovered and prevented withoute facte of armes onely with military prudence His ceasless care and high conceite ought never to be weery in toylinge after vertue and to attaine with travaile care and military prudence the gloriouse issues of his deepe designes In thies oure later warres for the moste parte all electiones goes by favor frindshipp or affection to the greate discomoditie of his majesties service wherfore the Captaine generall as a supreame iustice over a whole army shoulde have aspeciall care in informinge him selfe well in due time to see amatter of so greate importance prudentely prevented It alsoe falethe oute that when the Generall Caules for arelasion of the Master de campes to reforme so many Captaines of eache regimente of eache nasion to reforce other companies In such and semblable ocasiones the Generall shoulde take aspeciall care to by well informed for cause that by dayly experience wee see thies afaires sinesterly handled Reforminge those of greate service suficiency and valoure which is manifeste and to no smale discomodity to his majesties service in the atemptes of many honorable interprises and incounteres and to the greate decay of military discipline So that for wante of prudente conductores many honorable ocasiones are dayly loste And that resultinge of the litle perfection of many officeres in military discipline To see thees ocasiones and many more duly prevented the Captaine generall for many wourdie respectes oughte to informe him selfe well in as much that favoure frindshipp nor affecsion may take place but rather forwarde and advance those of longe and faithfull service prudente cariadge renoomed actes and valoure So that in the administrasion of justice he shall by reputed for one inclined to minister equitie and righte as alsoe for one of greate disgression and wisedome And soe moste comonly by all reason the sucesses of military discipline shall prosper to the greate renoome of the Prince repose and furtherance of the comon wealthe Happy is the Prince and renoomed is the Generall who in his electiones doe imitate the Greekes and Romaines in electinge the conductores of theyr armyes of men experte and skillfull in the arte of warr and moste comonly wise vertuese and valiante Generalles will chuse wise valiante and vertuese Captaines of longe practice renoomed actes and goode examples So with the asistance of the divine powere greate hopes oughte to by expected of theire happie successes as Alexander the greate Scipio Africano Aniball and many more renoomed warrieres lefte in writhinge suficiente examples of the same The ende of the seconde Booke THE THIRDE BOOKE TREATINGE OF FIREWOURKES OF RARE EXECUTIONES BY SEA AND LANDE After which followes A DISCOURSE OF THE CONFINES OF A KINGDOME And the goode lavves to by observed in the same and hovve it is to by fortified and stronge by arte or by nature or by both THE FIRSTE CHAP. Treatinge of Patarres TO chardge a pattar to breake a bridge is required six pounde of pouder or six and haulfe and to breake stronge portes or gates foure pounde or foure and haulfe and for
manes mynde And he oughte diligently to applee him self to learne the arte of warr from whence proceedeth all nobilitie and wherby many men of lowe degrees and base linadge haue attayned into high degrees dingnitie and fame as CAIUS MARIUS decended of poore and vile parentes in a Viladge of the Arpines came to by a Romaine Emperor and trough his vertue VALINCIAN a poâ—â—e man is son of Cibaly in Hongari came into the licke dingnitie and alsoe MAXIMINO borne in a poure Castel in Thrasia Nicolas Pichino a boucheres son by his vertue and valor came to by Captaine generall of Philipp Viconte Ducke of Milan is army and of all the Potentates of Italie The Senoria of Venecia was governed by Francisco Carmanola a poure man is son and that trough his prudence and valor Many more borne of loe degre and base linadge came into the licke and semblable dingnity and creditt and raised unto honorable degrees and reputation of perpetuall memory So let none by ingnorante that vertue valeur prudente and braue conduction is the true Way of proceedinge in the noble profession of Armes Let him alwayes with a pure and senseare harte aboue all thinges by Carefull to serue God for although all professions are therunto bounde yet none more deeply then the braue Souldior whose actiones are day and nighte in danger of death more then anny other and douptles he that soe doth a complish fighteth with a more resolute determination and suche men moste comonly are a fisted by the divine power fighting in a iuste cause and with a cleere conscience Wher of there have beene to many examples which i have read in antcieÌ„te Auctores and noted my self the same in many incounteres He is alwayes bounde to by carefull and vigilante in acomplishing his obligationes and principally to by obediente For mishinge this pointe the other goode partes whiche in him do ocurr are of litle or noe estimation Aboue all thinges lett him alwayes liue in the feare of God and let him by no blasphemer for in this worlde it is moste o diouse and can not escape withoute severe punishmente of his Divine majestie Wherof theyr have beene many examples and we see that such blasphemers in the warres are shot in the mouth or receive other impedimentes in the same and comonly dee a moste miserable death for theyr wicked a customed inclination to that diabolicall vice Lett him by carefull to chuse to his comarades and fellowes oulde Souldiers if posible and men well acquainted and of good conditioÌ„ and to by yerie carefull that they bee no factioners nor mutineres whose Company are more dangerouse then the divell he is to by quiet and frindly and rather seveare then licentiouse in spiches for such like persones moste comonly doe loose there estimation togither with theyr owne quietnes and are wonte to have many un happiecrosses in this worlde and to be litle reputed and hardly can prosper as wee dayly see In his diet let him not by to couriouse nor inclined to delicate meates rather to distribute well his meanes and contente him selfe with such provitiones as the campe or place shall affourde for those that are given to there belly and to the unsatiable vice of drunknes are apte for nothing and moste comonlie are subject to many disgraces wherof theyr are many examples Prisco Captaine of Maurish Emperor of Constantinopla a prehended and defeated the Kinge of Mosaquio de Salabia and his army who beinge blinde drunk with drinking to muche wine in the Selebratinge of a certaine sacrifice don for the soule of a brouther of Mosaquio Which bienge killed the eveninge before in a certaine skirmish and the victorious Soulders havinge ended theyr figt they fell to eatinge and drinkinge and for that vice and there litle care and beeinge found unprovided and forgetfull in a complishinge there obligation were defeated as many more unsatiable drunkardes and gluttons have beene There contraries supposinge afterwardes to finde they re enemy in the like trap with the like forgetfulnes wherin they were founde Thinkinge and consideringe that they were a smale distance of They determined to turne and fall uppon them and revenge them selfes and release they re kinge or die in his recoveringe which they agried uppon with a resolute determination soe that Prisco nor none of his shoulde escape and had itt not beene for a Captaine of horse named Gencono who beeinge hoth prudente and experiment in warr Comaunded that those under his chardge shoulde in no manner take anny liberty in not acomplishinge with they re military obligationes Wherof hee and his officers tooke a spetiall care so that at the arivinge of his enemy and determined to fall on with greate fury he fell on them with greate couradge and constrayned them ro retire and turne they re backes And with the like or semblable fortune Tomires queene of the Scithians did overcom kinge Ciro and his three hondereth thousande Persians in they re Slugish and beastely drunknes who came to revenge the death of Sargapiso hir son who beeinge before slaine by Ciro and the selfe same succes happened Achab kinge of Iraell againste kinge Benado of Ciria so that trough the inclination which som have to this vice causeth greate disorders destruction of the coâ—on wealth and rebelliones wherof they re are many exaÌ„ples Not contentinge them selues with the ability of they re poore hoste wher by greate scandles do offten tymes arise causinge townes citties and provences to revolte from theyr prinses by resultinge of thies unsatiable drunckardes which un ruly disorderes and filthy examples are to by well looked unto and severely punished the Tirantinos for this vice drived a way the Romaines and they re Captaine Cajo Lucio and rendered them to Haniball his enemye Abidio Casio did soe seaverely punishe his Souldieres for they re disorders and insolences that in five dayes space he cocomaunded to hange al moste the one hause of his army for theyr robberies and unruly factes comited a gainste the contry people Whiche severitie caused the enemy townes to yealed unto him and with willinge myndes provided his army vvith vituales and all other necessaries Pesenio niger for takinge a cocke per force from they re hosste condemned to death a vvhole comarade of Souldieres Marques de Pescaro comaunded to cutt of the eares of a Souldier of his for leavinge his order in marchinge and for his intente to make spoyle in a villadge vvhere he vvas apreheÌ„ded the Souldier repleeinge to the Marques that he vvoulde rather suffer death then receive such an offronte to vvhiche the Marques condecended presently and commaunded to hange him in the firste tree Greate Tamberlan punished soe severlie one of his Souldieres for the like or semblable offence that the rigor therof did soe corecte and feare his vvhole army that vvhere his campe did continue three dayes to gither a tree full loaded vvhith fruite at there departeture remayned vvhole and untouched a mervayllouse example to all