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A43479	The first part of the principles of the art military practiced in the warres of the United Netherlands, vnder the command of His Highnesse the Prince of Orange our Captaine Generall, for as much as concernes the duties of a souldier, and the officers of a companie of foote, as also of a troupe of horse, and the excerising of them through their severall motions : represented by figure, the word of commaund and demonstration / composed by Captaine Henry Hexham, Quartermaster to the Honourable Colonell Goring.; Principles of the art militarie Part 1	Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650?	1642 (1642)	Wing H1652; ESTC R11968	36,185	55

of the postures them selves Briefe observations upon the postures of the Pike answering to the number of every figure following 1 SEt the but end of your Pike neere your right foot on the outside holding it right up in your right hand about the height of your eye and your arme a litle bending and your right foot forward 2 With the right hand alone bring your Pike just before your body bearing it directly right up raising the but end from the ground then take the Pike with your left hand about the height of your gridle 3 Forsake the Pike with your right hand and with the left hand alone raise vp the Pike that the But end be about the height of your thigh then take the But end in your right hand without stooping to it 4 Forsake the pike with the left hand and with your right hand alone carry the pike right up locking the pike betweene your shoulder and arme your right hand holding the but end of the pike about the height of your hip 5 Sink your right hand a litle and with your left hand take the pike as high as well you can reach and bring the pike just before your body 6 Forsake the pike with your right hand and bring downe the pike in your left hand that the but end be neere unto the ground then with your right hand take the pike about the height of your head 7 Forsake the pike with your left hand and with the right hand onely set the but end on the ground on the out side of your right foot as in the third posture 8 Bring the pike just before your body raise the but end from the ground bearing it forward then take it with your left hand a little beneath your right 9 Bring forward the pike with your left hand and take it in your right reaching backeward as farre as well you may 10 Forsake your pike with your left hand with the right onely lay it vpon your right shoulder bearing the but end about a foot from the ground holding your thumb under the pike the better to gouern it carrying the pike forward 11 Beare your right hand with the pike backward as farr as well you can with your left hand take the pike forward and with the right beare the pike vpward 12 Forsaking the pike with the right hand cast the point forward that the but end may conveniently be taken in the right hand 13 Take the but end of the pike in your right hand holding it about your hip and raising the pike with your left hand about the hight of your breast carry the pike directly before you your left foot tward 14 Raise the right hand and stretch it backward your left hand being at your breast your left elbow against your hip 15 Beare downe the but end of the pike with your right hand and raise the pike with the left and so advance as in the sixth figure 16 Sinke your right hand and with your left take the pike as high as wel you may reach brining the pike just before your body 17 Forsake the but end with your right hand bearing forward your Pike in the left hand and take the pike backward in the right hand as farre as well you may reach 18 Forsake the Pike with your left hand and with your right onely lay it vpon your shoulder or as in the twelfth figure 19 Beare the pike with your right hand backward take it forward in your left hand as you may conveniently reach bearing the pike with your right hand upward 20 Forsaking the pike with your right hand beare it over your head and at the same instant turne your body to the left hand that you may conveniently take the but end of the pike in your right hand 21 Having the but end of your pike in your right hand stretch your right arme backeward and set your left hand at your brest c as in the sixteenth figure 22 Slip your left hand forward as farre as well you may and lift the pike upwards to your head and with the right hand beare the but end some what downeward 23 Forsaking the but end of the Pike with your right hand beare up the pike over your head with your left hand onely at that instant turne your face to the right hand and be ready with your right hand to take the Pike more backward 24 Having the pike in the right hand forsake it with your left and with the right hand onely lay it upon your shoulder as in the 12 and 20 figure 35 This is to be done in three motions as the contrary is showne in the ninth tenth eleventh figures Beare the pike with the right hand backward with your left take it forward bearing the but end downeward then slip downe your right hand a little aboue your left and set the but end on the ground as in the ninth figure 26 This is to be done by severall palming postures with the right hand beare the but end of the pike backward as farre as you can and continue palming till you come to the head of your pike 27 With yout left hand hold the pike a litle below the head your right hand more backward as farre as the cheekes or arming reach set your right hand upon your hip your elbow stretch foorth and your left hand more forward before your breast 28 Remoue your right hand to your left in your right hand onely carry your pike your hand being vpon your hip 29 This is to be done by severall palming posturs backward bringing forward your right hand as farre as well you can and with the left hand gripe the pike backeward as farre as you can 30 Forsake the pike with your right hand bring forward the pike with the left take it backward with the right and so cōtinue palming until you have the but end of the pike in your right hand 31 Stretch your right arme backward with the pike in your hand your left hand at your breast and your elbow upon your hip as in the sixteenth figure 32 This is to be done in three motions first bearing the pike right up before the body and so forward as from the advance in the 6 7 and 8 figures onely you must observe to set the but end of the pike at the inside of the right foot which is your close order 33 The but end of the pike resting against your right foot take it in your left hand abouthe heigh of your gridle and step forward with your left foot the knee bent lay your left arme vpon your knee couching downe low and draw your sword over your left arme 34 Raise your body right up set your pike against your right shoulder with the left hand the but end being stil upon the ground then put up your sword Briefe observations upon the postures of the Musket answering to the number of every figure on the other page 1 THis

your pan and the thumbe behind the scutchian 7 In presenting draw backe first your left leg to your right and withall stooping a little with your head to your pan being guarded blow off your coale 8 Lying on as in the 12 posture marching opening your pan fal backe with your right leg bring your right hand to the thumbe-hole of your musket presenting a faire body hold your musket hard and closse betweene your brest and your shoulder blade and pulling your tricker with your fore finger give fire 9 Having given fire bring up your right leg againe to your left as in the 7 figure and withall vn cock your match 10 Set forward your left leg againe to your first stand and returne your match betweene the two lesser fingers of your left hand and after that doe these postures following as in the figures marching viz Cleare your pan prime your pan and shut your pan as in the 17 18 and 19 posture marching 11 In taking up the rest hold your musket right up cast off your loose cornes and falling backe with your left leg somewhat stradling bring vp the pan even against your mouth 12 First blow off your loose dust or cornes with a stiffe blast and then cast about yout musket to your left side falling a little backe with your left leg. 13 Having forsaken your rest hold the musket fast in your left hand about the middle of the barrell so as the but end touch not the ground and bringing forward the muzile of your musket to charge your right hand being at liberty do these postures following namely Open your charge Charge with powder draw forth your scouring stick shorten charge with bullet put in stoping ramme home with draw your scovreing sticke shorten and returne as in the 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 and 30 figurs marching 14 Bring forward your musket with your left hand bearing it upright taking it into your right hand at the brich withall bring forward your left leg even with your right as in the 11 figure 15 Hold the musket bolt vpright in your right hand and having the rest in your left hand slip your right hād and your thumbe vpward to the forke as in the marching posture number foure Note by the way that from this poizing posture you may either joyn your rest to your musket es in the fift posture marching or rest your musket as in the first figure standing or else shoulder your musket as in the next figure following 16 Having your musket poized hold the rest a hand full under the forke then bring the musket before your body and your rest crosse over it behind your thumb-hole and so with both hands lay it gently on your shoulder having the rest a crosse your body drawing in your right leg to your left and then falling back againe with your right leg to your stand either stand or march away And thus much for the standing postures of the musket Briefe observations for a Muskettier VVHen a Muskettier is to be excercised in his squadron Company or devision all postures both marching and standing are readily done and reduced to these three words of command to wit Make ready Present Give Fire For first a good Muskettier which hath all his postures perfectly hearing his officer give the first terme of direction make ready will quickly run them over even from vnshouldring of his Musket to the guarding of his panne which is the sixth posture standing and the eleventh marching before he comes to present Secondly in presenting he wil be sure to blow his match well open his panne and fall backe with his right hand to the thumbe-hole of his musket having his fore-finger vpon the tricker setting forward his left legge will attend the next word of direction Thirdly lying on before he comes to give fire bending his left knee will fall back with his right legge bringing the butt end of his musker close betweene his brest and shoulder raising his musket fast and hard to his shoulder will keepe it fast from recoyling resting firme vpon his right legge will give fire Having given fire he takeeth up his musket and rest gracefully and bringing up his right legge againe falls away in his ranke returnes his match cleares his panne prims his panne doth quickly all his postures standing or marching as hath been taught and which shall bee showne more at large by figure when wee come to the excercising of muskettiers in grosse Practised in the warrs of the united Netherlandt NOw followes the true forme of exercising of a Foot Company of 40 pikes and 40 muskettiers besides officers represented by figure the words of Command and demonstration but before we come to the particular motions it is necessary for a yong souldier to know first what a File and a Ranke is Files number 1 The Leader of the right hand file 2 The leader of the left hand file 3 The middle file on the right hand 4 The middle file on the left hand 5 The second file next the right hand 6 The second file next the left hand 7 The third file from the right hand 8 The third file from the left hand The Demonstration Rankes Letter a The first Rank of Leaders b The last Rank of Bringers up c The Rāks of the Leaders of half files to the front d The Rank of the leaders of half files to the Reere e The second Rank next the front f The second Rank next the Reere g The fourth Rank from the front h The fourth Rank from the Reere i The third Rank from the front k The third Rank from the Reere THirdly to vnderstand well the three distances namely Open order order close order The Definition Open order then or the first distance is when the souldiers both in Ranke and File stand sixe foot removed one from an other as the scale and this figure following shewe Observations BEcause the measure of these distances cannot be taken so exactly by the eye we take the distance of sixe foote between File and File by commanding the souldiers as they stand to stretch foorth their armes and stand so remoued one from an other that their hands may meete And for the Rankes we make account we take the same distance of sixe foot when the butt end of the pikes doe almost reach their heeles that march before them THe second distance or your Order is when your men stand three foot remoued one from an other both in Ranke and File and this order is to be vsed when they are embattailled or march in the face of an Ennemy or when they come to stand or when you will wheele as this next figure represents Observations VVEe take the second order or distance betweene File and File by bidding the souldiers sett their armes a Kenbowe and put themselves so closse that their elbowes maye meete And wee reckon wee take the same distance betweene the Rankes when they come vp almust to the swords

figure sheweth a muskettier marching with his musket on his left shoulder aslope holding the but end of it with his left hand and his match between the two lesser fingers with his rest in his right hand and his right leg before 2 How he carrieth his musket shouldred with the rest crosse close to the inside of his musket his match between his two fingers holding his thumbe upward to the forke of the rest and his right leg before 3 Draw the right leg to your left and withall sink your musket and then slip your rest griping it with your right hand between the brich and the thumb-hole 4 Hold the musket upright in your right hand and on your side raise your left hand to the forke of your musket and set your thumb against the Forke 5 Sink your right hand and gripe the musket fast in your left hand with your rest on the out side holding your thumb hard against the care of your Fork to lock the rest fast to your musket in your left hand that you may have the use of your right hand to do the posturs following 6 Take your match from between your little finger with your thumb and the second finger of your right hand being turned with the palme from you 7 Bring the right hand with the match backward and your left hand with the musket and rest forward turning your face a little backward and blow of your match with a good blast 8. Holding your match between your thumb and second finger then bring it to the cock presse it into the cocke with your thumbe 9 Your thumbe and finger being upon the cock and your second and third finger under the cock pull the cock downe to the pan and with your thumbe and middle finger either raise or sinke it that it may fall right into the pan 10 Lay the two fore fingers of your right hand upon your pan the thumb behind the schutchin of the pan the easier to lift up the musket and so bringing up the musket with both hands toward your mouth and yet not stooping blow againe your coale 11 Open yonr pan with your two fingers and withall bring backe your right hand to the thumbe-hole of your musket your second finger to the tricker and with your left hand fix the forke of the rest to your musket your thumbe against the forke and set the pick end of the rest vpon the ground 12 Lye on and lift up your right elbow bringing the but end of your musket with in your shoulder neere your breast winding your shonlder to it holding it fast from recoiling presenting a faire body the small end appeareing a little aboue your shoulder haveing the left legge before bending a little with the knee and resting stiffe upon your right legg take your marke breast high 13 First sinke the but end of your musket and with the rest bring it to your right side then stepp forward with your right legge and carrying your musket in your left hand fall away 14 Take the match out of the cocke with the thumbe and second finger of your right hand holding the musket and rest in the left hand onely 15 Returne the match betweene the two lesser fingers of your left hand from whence you had it 16 Bring up the musket with the left hand onely towards your mouth and withall blow your pan stiffely not stooping with your head in the meane time take your touch boxe in your right hand as this figure sheweth 17 Hold your touch-boxe betweene the thumbe and fore-finger of the right hand onely and so prime as sheweth the figure 18 Lay the right thumbe over the barrell neere the pan and with your two fore-most fingers shut the pan 19 Hold your musket fast with the right hand at the breech the left as before turning the pan downewards that the loose powder may fall off 20 Hold your musket in both hands as before heave it vp towards your mouth not stooping blow off the loose dust or cornes 21 Hold your musket in both hands as before beare it upright towards your left side and with all step forward with your left leg then holding the musket only in the right hand at the breech forsaken your rest 22 Having forsake your rest take the musket into your left hand about the middle of the barrell so as the but end touch not the ground trailing your rest between your musket and your body 23 Take your charg in your right hand with the thum band fore finger there of thrust of the cover 24 Draw back your left hand with the musket as far as conveniently you can and with your right hand put powder in to the boore of the barrell holding the charge between your thumb fore-finger onely as this figure showeth 25 Take your bullet forth of your bag or out of your mouth and then put it into the muzzell of your musket 26 VVith your right hand turning the palme from you draw forth your scouring stick bearing your body and your left hand with your musket so farre backe as you can 27 Having drawne forth your scouring-sticke set the rammer head against your brest and slip your hand closse to your rammer that you may the easier put it into the muzzel of your musket 28 After your bullet least it should fall out againe either in skirmishing or upon a slooping trench put in some Harts haire or some other stopping and then with your scouring-sticke ramme home your powder bullet and stopping twice or thrice 29 VVith your right hand turned draw your scouring stick out of your musket as before 30 Your scouring stick being drawn forth of your barrell turne it and bring the scouring-stick end to your breast and so slip your hand within a handfull of the end 31 Beturne the scouringstick into its socket from whence you had it 32 Bring forward your musket with your left hand and beare it right up take it into the right hand at the breech and so hold it in your right hand onely either to showlder it or to lock yt to your rest and so much for your marching postures The standing postures of the Musket and how to make ready upon the rest in a squadron Company or division 1 BRing up your left hand with the forke of the rest to the musket and pick your rest upon the ground your left leg some-what bending as in this figure 2 Take the match betweene the thumbe and second finger as in the 16 figure marching 3 Turne a little with your head behind your pan and blow your match with a good blast 3 Holding your match betweene your thumbe and second finger cok it as in the eight figure marching 5 Your thumbe and fore finger being vpon the cock and your second and third finger under the eock pull your cocke to the pan and raisiug or depressing it looke that it fals right into the pan 6 Hold the two fingers of your right hand upon