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enemy_n	battle_n	left_a	wing_n	1,482	5	9.1514	5	true

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A06967	The souldiers grammar containing, the high, necessarie, and most curious rules of the art militarie : as first, whether it be in great motions in generall? or foote motions especially?, or motions of horse, generall, or speciall?, the ranges of foote, or horse?, the ranges of officers, the seuerall imbattailings of foote, and horse, the imbattailing of a regiment, the ioyning of many regiments, or the forming of maine battailes, of any extent, or number, with their formes, and figures, in liuely demonstration, &c. / by G.M. ... ; vnto which, is added the Booke of postures, according to that which is ordered by the lords of His Maiesties most honorable Priuie Counsell.	Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.	1626 (1626)	STC 17391.5; ESTC S2808	26,181	63

fullnesse of perfection And Fourthly and lastly the knowledge of the Beatings of the Drumbe by which the Soldier taketh notice of euery Command when the sound of Mans voice is drowned or obscured It now seemeth good vnto me and I hope it will yeeld a generall profite to the whole Kingdome to fixe vnto the aforesayd Accidence a Grammar or Introductiō into more higher necessary and more subtile and curious Rules of the Art Mylitary whereby the younger Schollers may be enabled to proceed and goe forward in the greater and more hidden secrets of the Arte and the elder or better experienced Men of Warre may eyther finde Solutions for such doubtes as shall incumber them Or else matter whereon to worke and make their owne more singular Inuentions and Applications more wholesome for the common vse and more pleasing to their owne Studies and Labours The first thing therefore which I hold most necessary to Intreate of in this Grammar is of Great Motions in generall Because according to the Opinion of the Auncients These Military Motions are the Life of an Armie and only giue meanes of Victorie and without which all preparation of Forces are vaine and auaileth nothing in the Field nor to the end for which they were Leuied Since then Motion is of this inestimable reputation the labor cannot be misimployed which bringeth any luster or explanation vnto the same Of the Smaller Motions I haue spoken somewhat already in the Accidence As of Fileing Rancking Returning to the first Posture Countermarching Doubling and such like so far foorth as they appertayne to euery single Person or to the parts and members of a priuate Companie which we call Squadrons or Camerados But now I am to intreat of the Greater Motions which belong to Regiments Battalias and the whole Bodie of an Armie Neyther in the discourse of these things are you to expect much alteration of wordes or sence but only the application of them vnto the Greater and more infinite Bodies from whence they take the denomination of the Greater Motions The Gretians as Aelian and his Schollars doe reckon vp nineteene seuerall Great Motions to which they giue especiall Names and Titles The First they call Clisis which is a Turning to eyther Hand The Second Metabole which we call Turning about The Third Perispasmos which we call Wheeling about The Fourth Epistrophe which we call a Wheeling eyther to the one or the other Hand but not entire or about The Fifth Anastrophe which we call a Returning of the Wheele vnto the First Posture or Station where it stood before it was mooued or Wheeled to eyther Hand The Sixth Ecperispasmos which we call a treble or threefold Wheeling carrying the Battalia three parts about but not wholy and entire The Seuenth Plagiophalanx or the Broade Fronted Phalange which we call the Broad Fronted Battalia which hath the Length much exceeding the Depth The Eight Orthiophalanx which we call the Deepe Battalia or Herse Battayle which is a Battayle drawne out in Wing and hauing the Depth much exceeding the Length The Ninth Phalange Loxe which we call an Vneuen Fronted Battalia because one of the Winges which is thought fittest is euer drawne forth before the other and as a Forlorne beginneth the Fight against the Enemy till opportunity serue that the whole Battayle may Ioyne with greater aduantage and assurance The Tenth Parembole which we call Insertion being a Drawing vp of the Souldiers before then taking off the Hindermost we Ranke them within the distances of the First The Eleuenth Protaxis which we call Fore-Fronting as when we place eyther the Light-Armed or other Loosse Shotte before the Front of the Battayle and make them Fore-standers or beginners of the Skyrmish The Twelfth Epitaxis which we call an After placing or Attending on the Reare so that if the Enemie shall Charge behind yet are the Light-Armed in readinesse and prepared to giue their Volleys being placed so behind the Reare as the other before the Front for a singular helpe and anoyance The Thirteenth Prostaxis which we call a Ioyning of Bodies together by adding to eyther of the Flankes or to both entirely any new Supply of Men eyther from the Reare of the same Battalia or otherwise from any other remooued Bodie or Regiment whereby the Front of the Battayle is increased The Fourteenth Entaxis which we call Insition or Inserting as when we draw the Light-Armed or Loose vnguarded Shotte within the spaces of the Fyles and Rankes of the Armed Battalia so as they may be free from danger and yet notwithstanding euer readie to deliuer their Vollies in the face of the Enemies be they Foote or Horse as they shall giue their aproaches The Fifteenth Hypotaxis which we call Double Winging as when we draw the Light-Armed or Loose Shott only within the Armed Winges of the Battalia and not into the Entire Bodie and placing them in such an Embowed forme that the whole forme or figure thereof may resemble a threefold Gate or Doore The sixteenth we call an Induction or a Right Induction as when one Bodie or Battalia of one and the same kinde in forme and proportion followeth one another and so the March of Motion stretcheth out it selfe into the manner or forme of a Wing hauing the Depth much exceeding the Length And this kind of Battayle or Right Induction may consist eyther of a Single Bodie as when but one Enemie is feared or of a Double Bodie as when two are expected or of a Treble when three are on foote or of a Quadruple when the Enemie purposeth to giue on all sides The Seauenteenth Paragoge which we call Deduction is when a Battalia mooueth in a Wing not by File but by Ranke hauing the File-leaders on the Right-hand which is called a Right Deduction or on the Left Hand which is called a Left Hand Deduction And this Bodie or Battalia also Marcheth as the former eyther in a Single Double Treble or Quadruple Deuision according to the feare they apprehend of the Enemie and the aduantage of the place ground vpon which they march and mooue The Eighteenth Amphistomus which we call the Two Fronted Battayle and looketh vpon the Enemy two seuerall wayes that is to say by an euen and lust Deuision in the midst of an equall conuersion of the two parts The Middle-men or Halfe-fyle men are turned back to back and those in the Front and Reare make two equall Fronts and brauely Aduance against the Enemie and this kinde of Motion is excellent against Horse The Nineteenth Antistomus which wee also call a Two Fronted Battayle and differeth only from the former but in this that as the Two Fronted Battayle Amphistomus is Fronted by the Front and the Reare so this Two Fronted Battayle Antistomus is Fronted by the two Flanks the Right flanke and the Left and the Motion hath the like vse and perfection which the former hath being generally applyed for the Encounter of Horse Diuers other particular Motions

nature of the ground and the fashion of the Enemies Battaile for therein is the aduantage Now for the true Range the Generall hath euer the Vauntguard which is the right Wing of the Battaile and the Lord Marshall hath the second Vauntguard which is the Poynt of the left Wing of the Battaile For here is to be vnderstood that when Battailes of Foote are drawne vp and formed then the Battaile of Horse is deuided and extended forth in length acording to the number of the Regiments which as Wings stretching themselues foorth from the two points of the right and left hand battaile of Foot are as a Wall or defense betwixt the Enemy the Foot Army being to Charge vpon all aduantages to defend the Ordnance great Artillerie when it shal be Assaulted or ingaged or otherwise to keep the Carriage Munition and baggage from the pillage of the Enemy or other defeiture For the range of the Colonels they take their places according to Antiquity the eldest Colonell secondeth the Generall the third the Lord Martiall and so according to Antiquitie their Regiments doe troope either on the one or the other hand all things being ordered according to Dignitiy and Antiquity Now whereas a question may be demanded touching the place of the Quartermaster were he shall range himselfe I thus resolue it That if the Quarter-master who is a necessary dependant vpon euery Horse Regiment haue no troope of Horse as seldome or neuer they haue then his range or place is euer to troope with the Collonels Lieutenant and the Commissary or Prouost of euery Regiment with the Liuetenant Collonels Liueteuant or otherwise at his pleasure extrauagantly in any other inferior place of the Regiment Againe here is to be noted in the generallitie of the Army where Horse and Foote are mixed together or whensoeuer they shall meet either in publicke Court or priuate Counsell that the Commander of Horse hath priority of place before the Commander of Foot And howsoeuer some opinions would sway to the contrary preferring Number before Vertue yet it is most certaine that in all Courts of Warre the Horseman hath the first place a Collonell of 500. Horse preceeding a Collonell of 1000. Foot A Captaine of 100. Horse takes place before a Captaine of 200. Foot c. Antiquity in this place being no let but the Dignity carried according to the Honor of the Command the Nobility of the number Now next vnto these Curasheirs are the Harquebusheirs who at this day and in this present Discipline stand for the Light Horse these likewise haue two seuerall Ranges the one in their ordinary Trooping and the other when they come to be drawne vp into ordinary or extraordinary Bodies For the ordinarie Trooping it is eyther when they Troope into the Fielde to receiue Directions or else troope forth as Vantcurreers and Dicouerers of all Impediments that may happen to the Army for these are they which Scower the Coast and preuent Ambuscadoes they make good Ryuers Bridges and all straight Passages and albe their trooping is loose and disbanded holding no strickt or curious forme eyther in Ranke or file nor any certainety in Pace or Motion but sometimes galloping sometimes trotting sometimes standing still as danger or discouerie shall giue way to their proceedings yet doe they troope most commonly in Regiments the Vauntguard being led eyther by the Colonell himselfe or some other Officer in Chiefe who being better acquainted with the places they goe to discouer hath this Authority cast vpon him and Rangeth himselfe in the Front which is the greatest Place of eminence As the Colonell or chiefe Officer thus taketh the First Place so the Liuetenant Colonell taketh the Second and so the rest of the Captaines successiuely according to their antiquity These are the ordinary Scoutes Watchmen and Sentinells and if it be in Campe their guard is euer without the Verge of the Campe and if it be in a Walled Towne Citty or Garrison their guard is without the walles of the Citty and their Quarter in the Suburbes there are Dependants on the Lord Marshall and take directions from his Commands and thus much for the Range of Horsemen FINIS Motiues to the Worke. Motions vsed in the olde Warres Diuers other Motions The Authors plainenesse In what Motions consist Of Distances The Ancient and the Moderne Author reconcil'd The ground of all Motions The drawing of Grosses into order Of single Files Of closing and opening The manner of performing the Motion Aduancing of Files Reducing thē to their first forme Of Countermarching The Lacedemonian countermarch The Macedonian Countermarch Doubling of Rankes Halfe Files as they were Bringers vp As they were Of Wheeling Casting Files Of Opening and Cloasing Files opened or closed by the Middle-men Files opened or closed to any hand Other Motions The vse of Horse Motions An Horse File Drawing vp of a Horse Troope The Benefite of the square Bodie