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the_o rest_n of_o the_o forego_n table_n rhynland_a foot_n  _fw-fr max._n med._n bred._n stab_n min._n st_o temp._n the_o border_n at_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o ram._n 3_o 3_o 6_o 3_o 3_o 2_o the_o width_n of_o the_o ditch_n 48_o 30_o 42_o 30_o 24_o 16_o the_o outward_a talu_n of_o the_o ditch_n 10_o 8_o 7_o 8_o 6_o 4_o the_o inward_a talu_n of_o the_o ditch_n 10_o 8_o 7_o 8_o 6_o 4_o the_o depth_n of_o the_o ditch_n 10_o 8_o 7_o 8_o 6_o 6_o the_o width_n of_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o d._n 18_o 14_o 28_o 14_o 12_o 8_o prop._n ii_o of_o the_o halfmoon_n or_o helmet_n i._o its_o definition_n and_o place_n halfmoon_n for_o the_o most_o part_n do_v not_o differ_v from_o ravelin_n unless_o it_o be_v in_o bigness_n perhaps_o they_o have_v this_o name_n give_v they_o because_o those_o which_o be_v build_v before_o bulwork_n be_v arch_v in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o crescent_a on_o that_o side_n which_o lie_v towards_o the_o bulwark_n they_o be_v place_v upon_o the_o covert-way_n which_o be_v beyond_o the_o ditch_n so_o that_o their_o capital_a line_n produce_v cut_v the_o courtine_n into_o two_o equal_a part_n they_o be_v build_v also_o before_o the_o angle_n of_o bulwork_n as_o i_o say_v but_o the_o great_a use_n of_o they_o be_v in_o irregular_a fortification_n as_o i_o shall_v show_v hereafter_o ii_o their_o form_n let_v not_o their_o angle_n be_v less_o than_o 60_o degr_n nor_o more_o than_o 90_o degr_n let_v their_o height_n be_v but_o indifferent_a and_o not_o distant_a from_o the_o rampar_n above_o musquet-shot_a that_o they_o may_v be_v defend_v by_o the_o rampar_n when_o they_o be_v build_v on_o the_o covert-way_n their_o face_n must_v be_v 25_o or_o 30_o pace_n let_v the_o thickness_n of_o their_o rampar_n be_v 15_o or_o 20_o foot_n and_o they_o must_v be_v so_o large_a as_o to_o receive_v 100_o or_o 150_o soldier_n iii_o their_o delineation_n 1._o in_o the_o angle_n of_o the_o fauss-bray_a v_n as_o in_o a_o centre_n with_o the_o distance_n of_o the_o breadth_n 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