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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12531	The arte of gunnerie. Wherein is set foorth a number of seruiceable secrets, and practical conclusions, belonging to the art of gunnerie, by arithmeticke skill to be accomplished: both pretie, pleasant, and profitable for all such as are professors of the same facultie. / Compiled by Thomas Smith of Barwicke vpon Tweed souldier.	Smith, Thomas, fl. 1600-1627.	1601 (1601)	STC 22855; ESTC S116363	60,711	126

THE ARTE OF GVNNERIE Wherein is set foorth a number of seruiceable secrets and practical conclusions belonging to the Art of Gunnerie by Arithmeticke skill to be accomplished both pretie pleasant and profitable for all such as are professors of the same facultie Compiled by THOMAS SMITH of Barwicke vpon Tweed Souldier LONDON Printed for VVilliam Ponsonby 1600. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE PERIGRIN BERTIE KNIGHT LORD WILLOVGHBIE Beake and Earsby Lord Gouernour of her Maiesties Towne and Castle of Barwicke vpon Tweed and Lord VVardon of the East marches of England for and anempst Scotland c. IT is a common opinion Right Honourable amongst a great number who may be tearmed more wayward then wise that the Art of Soldiery may perfectly be attained in two or three moneths practise and that any common man in a few weekes trayning hauing seene two or three skirmishes may be called an expert soldier Not considering that a Mariner may saile seuen yeares and yet be far from a Nauigator A number of Mechanicall Artificers may labour diuerse yeares and yet be far from perfection and a number of Souldiers may serue many yeares and yet haue but the bare name of a souldier He may well be called a trained souldier that knoweth by the sound of Drum and Trumpet without any voice when to march fight retire c. that is able in marching embattelling encamping and fighting and such like to performe execute and obey the lawes and orders of the field that hath some sight in the Mathematicals and in Geometricall instruments for the conueying of Mines vnder the ground to plant and mannage great Ordinance to batter or beat down the wals of any Towne or Castle that can measure Altitudes Latitudes and Longitudes c. such a one may be tearmed in my opinion an expert souldier though he neuer buckled with the enemie in the field Such perfections is well knowne to be in your Honour that you are furnished with these and many morare qualities in the Art Militarie and aboue all with wisedome and noble courage to performe and execute any honorable enterprise whatsoeuer for the honour and seruice of God your Prince and countrie the which our proud enemies haue felt to their paine and your euerlasting fame And although I my selfe be but one of the meanest souldiers in this Guarison now vnder your Lordships gouernement whom we pray long to gouern ouer vs being brought vp from my childhood vnder a valiant Captaine in Militarie profession in which I haue had a desire to practise and learne some secrets touching the orders of the field and trayning of Souldiers as also concerning the Art of Managing and shooting in great Artillerie I haue thought it good hearing of no other that hath done the like before to frame together certaine Arithmeticall and Geometricall rules to shew in part how necessarie Arithmeticke and Geometrie is for our profession the which I haue set downe in two litle bookes the one intituled Arithmeticall Militarie Conclusions the other The Art of Gunnerie the first I wrote two or three yeares since and bestowed on my Captaine Sir Iohn Carie Knight the which God sparing life I meane to correct enlarge perhaps put to the Presse This other I haue thought it my part to offer to your Lordships good consideration to be shrouded vnder your Honourable buckler to beare off the blowes of enuious tongues which are euer ready to spit their spite against any vertuous exercise which although it be vnworthie to passe vnder so honourable a protection I hope your Lordship will in indifferent ballance weigh my willing mind to do my countrie good and your Honour any seruice my poore abilitie is able to performe which if your Honour allow of I shall thinke my paines well employed and shall encourage me hereafter to bring this new found Art into some better perfection so farre as my poore abilitie is able to put in practise or my simple skill in the Art will reach to Thus loth to be tedious I cease beseeching God to preserue your Honour with much increase of honour to Gods glorie and your hearts desire Your honours dutifully at command Thomas Smith Souldier TO ALL GENTLEMEN SOVLDIERS GVNNERS AND ALL FAuourers of Militarie Discipline Thomas Smith wisheth increase of happinesse GENTLEMEN there was neuer Author nor practised Gunner euer able as I am perswaded to describe at full or could shew perfectly the efficacie and force that Gunpowder is able to accomplish it being a mixture of such a wonderfull operation and effect as by dayly experience we find And although diuerse men in diuerse ages haue inuented diuerse engines and Ordinance for offensiue and defensiue seruices by Gunpowder to be perfourmed yet none hath nor could euer attaine to that full perfection to know precisely what straunge effects the said mixture is able to worke Also diuers learned men haue inuented many excellent rules pertaining to the Art of Gunnerrie and a great many of them haue and do erre in the principals of their inuentions and the cause is for want of due practise therein For the Art of Gunnery doth require great practise and experience to declare the rare secrets thereof which is not for meane men to attaine to for that the charges is great And albeit I am the least able of a great many to take any matter in hand pertaining to the same Art being but a sworne scholler thereto and my abilitie far vnable to put in practise that I would yet because I haue serued a prentize-hood twise told since I tooke my oth and neuer hearing of any that hath compiled any Arithmeticall rules or secrets which is the fountaine head from whence all Arts or sciences do spring into one volume I thought it my part and duty according to my skill to do the best I could therein for the benefit of others and that in the plainest maner I could that such as are not well seene in numbers Art might the sooner vnderstand the same And albeit I haue herein shewed but a few Arithmeticall conclusions belonging to the Art of Gunnerie yet the experienced Gunner or skilfull Mathematitian by these few may deuise a great many moe for seruice offensiue and defensiue by Arithmeticke and Geometrie to be performed All which conclusions gentle Readers I haue thought best to frame in easie questions shewing the answers or resolutions thereof And although they be but meanly framed I hope you will accept the same in good part the rather for that they are a yong Gunners practises And if there be ought herein that may profit you yeeld me your friendly censure I craue no more or if in any place I haue erred either gently correct it or passe it with silence or in friendly sort admonish me thereof I deserue no lesse There is a great many that can spie a mote in another mans eye that had neede to haue a beame pulled from their owne some wil scan verie curiously and sooner find two faults then