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A19256	The prospectiue glasse of vvarre Shevving you a glimpse of vvarres mystery, in her admirable stratagems, policies, wayes; in victualling of an armie, prouiding money to pay souldiers, finding out the enemies purposes, traps, and stratagems: ordering of marches, framing of battails, sundry fights, retreats, and the like, to auoide battell or fight. Furnished with argument to encourage and skill to instruct. By C.E. Warre is a schoole of necesary knowledge.	Cooke, Edward, fl. 1626-1631.	1628 (1628)	STC 5669; ESTC S120766	26,668	55

when the King had the better would presently giue vpon his Flanks so snatcht the victory out of his hands hauing neither Horse nor seconds to recouer it The Argonians haue diuided their Army into fiue Battels which battels in forme of straight or direct hornes were extended from the great battell or midle-ward But these were partly Horse and Foote The Heluetians haue martialed their Army into three battels without Horse or seconds sometimes into one battell onely of footmen which was their vsuall forme by custome But not to be imitated The Spaniard haue martialed their Army into two battels one of footmen in one winge and another of horsemen in another winge all in an euen Front Now they do otherwise The Ancient Romanes haue martialed their Armed foote into three Battels The first subsisting of the Hastatij the second of the Principes the third of the Triarij with Velites to either of them and Horse in the winges How their Velites light Armed men were placed being too weake to deale with Horsemen or armed Foote without aduantage I will shew you hereafter Some haue ordered a weake battell of Foot or horsemen against a strong battell of their Enemies Foote or Horsemen thereby to bring their Enemies strength into some stratagem which was wisely done by the great Captaine Gonsaluo against the Frenchmen This Gonsaluo sent a noble Spaniard called Mondotius against the Generall of the Frenchmen to fight with his Reareward which Mondotius had a company of light horsemen for to inuade the Reare of the Frenchmen and with him likewise went two Cohorts of Calliuer-shot which kept company in the front almost with them being extended as in two spred winges Mondotius horse left these shot and inuaded freshly the hindermost of the French The French barbed horsemen with fury set vpon Mondotius light horsemen Mondotius light horsemen retired as though they were not able to encounter the barbed Horsemen thus flying caused the barbed horsemen to persue out of order Then the Calliuer-shot keeping aloofe off about a furlong and in forme of a halfe Moone shot of vpon the French barbed horsmen before on the Flanks Gonsaluo thereupon sent a company of his barbed horsemen to the aide of his light horsemen flying his Calliuers fighting Thereupon his light horsemen returned and ioyned with their owne barbed horsemen that came for aide and both of them in order did set vpon the Frenchmen out of order the shot continuing on both sides and backes as before Which kinde of order you see and flying and ayde of the Spaniards was for to bring first such French force to disorder and so thereby to discomfort them the easlier which was done to their mindes The forme of the French Kings battell containing 12000. Foote and 4000. Horse The Horse should haue beene higher placed and more inclining to the three vppermost field Peeces Where you shall see 15. battalions of Foot martialed in a manner after the French Kings forme viz. In the Vantgard or right wing are three battalions of 500. a peece Flanckt with Muskettiers before euery one of which are raunged ten files of Muskettiers three in the right angle three in the left and foure in the midst iust before them euery file containing ten men which shot are to make their way through the interuals of the battalions in the Reare of all there to giue vpon the Enemies Flanks In the Battell are three battalions containing 3000. men a thousand a peece flankt with Muskettiers and with Muskettiers before them in the same fashion as the rest In the Reareward or left winge of the battell are likewise three battalions of 500. a peece Embattailed as the rest with Muskettiers before them in the same forme as the other Behinde these battalions for seconds are foure battalions of 500. a peece standing against the Interuals of their opposite battalions which Interuals are 200. foote broad that the foure battalions may the better passe through them These foure battalions haue shot before them as the former which with the rest may march forth to skirmish with the Enemie or stand still to second them vpon their retreate before the Battels ioyne after being in the Reare to giue vpon your Enemies flanks as the other The rest of the battalions are in Front but twelue foote distance one from another and at three foote order The diuisions of Muskettiers are allowed six foote that they may the better fall through hauing giuen fire In the Reare of all are two battalions of a thousand a peece standing iust behinde the three battalions of the Battell about a furlong of On the Flanks of these are 800 Horse 400. in each flanke oblique wise the better to start forth and inuiron the Enemy In like manner are the Horse martialed in the outward flanks of the rest but in greater numbers peruse the Figure By the winges of these two battalions are two field Peeces ready turned and bent to the Reare to discharge vpon the Enemy if he should with Horse or Foote giue vpon that part if not then these field Peeces may bee with ease brought from thence to some other place to annoy him other wayes As for the rest of the Ordance I haue planted them vpon two Hils opposite against the Enemies flanks thereby to distresse him And for the better performance of this I haue planted 700. Muskettiers to guard them and will ayde them with more if neede be Now against this Battell hauing Ordnance in the Reare and on the Hils to distresse the Enemies Flanks I oppose this Battell following A Battell of 12000. foot and 4000. horse with Ordnance in the midst and on the wings Described in the next page The pricks inclosed with lines are 800. shot to surprise the enemies Ordnance on the hils Here or in the Figure going before you see are sixteene Battalions The Ordnance planted both in the Wings and in the Front of the maine Battell The Ordnance in the maine Battell hath before them 400. Muskettiers ranged in the same forme as the Enemies the better to hide the deceit for so soone as the Muskettiers are cleare of the Battell the Ordnance are to discharge vpon the Enemy to breake his maine Battell and then the other Battels are to march on to charge the Enemy in disorder the Horse are martialled outward on the wings and stand oblique wise to inuiron the Enemy Now before the Horse giue the charge eight hundred Musketties doe sallie forth to surprise the Enemies Ordnance being planting on the hils The Figure doth demonstrate it as plaine as can be with the number of euery battalion onely take notice that the shot before euery battalion are to make their passage through the interuals and sides of the battailes in the Reare of all from thence to giue vpon the Enemies Flankes if occasion be otherwise to aide their own men in the Fight All the shot before the battalions are in number 1200. This appointing of shot for to march before and

to surprise the enemies Ordnance in such a place of aduantage was heretofore practised by ancient Generals and lately by our great Commander Sir Horatio Vere in the Palatinate though the Battel were vnfought The planting of Ordnance in the Front of the maine Battaile betweene the interuals to breake the Enemies Battalia was and is at this day practised by the Turkes and other Nations Likewise the placing of Ordnance in the Reare with seconds for all attempts was and is at this day practised both by Italians French Germanes and other Generals besides You see then that all this is no crotchet of mine as the pacing of the shot before euery battalion was no crotchet of the French Kings but the vsuall custome of all Generals before and in his time The ancient Romans did continually obserue it in placing their Velites before euery Maniple Their Velites were their light Armed such as vsed throwing weapons in Latine Massilia as Bowes Slings and Darts To a popular Legion they allotted 1200. Velites 1200. Hastalij 1200 Principes and 600. Triarij These made vp a Legion This Legion of 4200. foot was deuided into 30. Maniples ten of the Hastatij ten of the Principes and ten of the Triarij The ten of the Hastatij made the first Battell the ten of the Principes the second Battell the ten of the Triarij the third Battell if but one Legion were Embattailed To each of these Battailes were allotted 400. Velites fortie to a Maniple the Battels containing 3000. of well armed men besides the Velites which were but lightly armed How these Maniples were placed how far distant each Battell stood one from another the order of the Velites the number of their Horse and how ranged by Troopes must not be passed ouer Briefly thus The Embattaling of a Romane Legion shewing you how the Velites were first placed being in number 1200. They are marked with Prickes being fiue in ranke eight in depth 40. before euery Maniple The Maniples of the Hastatij are marked with H. those of the Principes with P. those of the Triarii with T. Fiue Troupts of horse in the right Wing fiue in the left and 32. in a Troupe Lastly at a larger distance behinde these were the Triarij set aud deuided with spaces betwixt euery Maniple which spaces were great enough to receiue the Principes in case they retired also but how bigge the crosse interuals were I cannot truely and soundly set downe rather I beleeue they varied according to the Forces and will of the Generall Polibus noteth that Haniball in his Affrican Battell remoued the third Battell for so he had diuided them according to the Roman fashion more then a furlong from the second And although I dare not affirme that the Romans did the like yet may I probably guesse it differed not much because they had neede to haue such space to retire and to auoid the mingling and confusion of Troopes Now the direct waies were indifferent sometimes of one distance sometimes of another as vse required if the Velites were there placed as often as they were they had neede be broad so large as to receiue them with the Maniples yet not so large as the crosse interuals of which I haue spoke The manner of the Velites fight dismarching from their Maniples marked with S. with their retreat in the Reare of all behinde the Triarii marked with V. and prickes The Horse of this Legion were in number 320. diuided into ten troopes 32. in a troope fiue troopes placed on the right wing fiue on the left wing oblique wise withall closing in the Front and opening in the Reare like this letter A put downewards The manner of the Velites fight with their Retreat into the Reare of all behinde the Triary is in the former page figured to the life With the station of the Horse on the Flanks to saue the Battell from inuironing and to charge the Enemy in the Flanke if the Enemy gaue the charge with his Horse in the Front I with Iustus Lipsus doe admire the Romane Embattailing and will affirme as much as hee that if this ancient discipline were ioyned with these our new found Armes the old and new world would be subiect to one man for surely if our light Souldiers so I call shot were mixt betweene the Maniples and before the Maniples of the armed with Interuals and distances for retreat and that against the Horse and Armed Foot what Battalia durst assaile nay what Battalia could resist vs For in regard hereof our men should be alwayes fit to charge fit to retire for a second charge All which notwithstanding is to be done with long vse and exercise least they trouble vs in the doing If any obiect against the Romans discipline because such Maniples are not able to cope with great Battaliaes Let them know that the Romans did make their Maniples Cohorts and their Cohorts were sometimes 500. sometimes 600. nay a thousand if we beleeue Vegetius and is not this our number when wee Embattaile and will not you imitate them well if you will not yet follow the discipline now in vse a discipline approued for instruction instructing you to doe thus 1. When your Battalia of Footmen come to ioyne Battaila with your Enemies Footmen haue a great company of Muskettiers before you to hurt and weaken your aduersary before you ioyne battell or fight which shot when they haue wrought their effect must haue roome ready open for them to retreat into the Reare from whence they may be fecht to serue against the Enemies Flankes Your Enemies Battalia in such case comming without shot before hath his next remedy in all haste to ioyne to handy stroakes Your care must euer be to auoid confusion of fight Confusion of fight isto begin before your time which causeth such inconuenience as is cause oftentimes of losse therefore in the beginning of your Fight take great heede that you inuade nor fight confusedly Whereas euery part of the Army hath his ordinary time to fight neither suffer any part of your Army to fight with your Euemy in any other fashion then you appointed him And for such casualties and accidents as may happen to you in Battell or Fight keepe these conclusions following in memory and heart and they will much auaile you in time of neede 2. If your Horsemen be oppressed with your Enemies Horsemen send for succour a supply of Musketties who may scattering and out of order as occasion shall serue shoot at the oppressors and vpon occasion retire and returne very often 3. To these you may send a gard of Pikes for rescue the better to bring them off safe but if you inuade your Enemy with Muskettiers with your gard of Pike send some Horse that both may defend them from inuasion of the Enemies Horsemen 4. Likewise to giue the Enemy his hands full follow him with a battalion resolutely to put all or one of his battalions to rout and hauing discomfited any one of his

report in the third Booke of his Antiquities Chap. 3. 12. Being to march in the night obserue the Graecian order Send your baggage and carriage before with a sufficient guard Then follow first with your Pikemen then with your light Armed being Musketteers next with all your Horse in the reare the better by breake of day to come all together into one place as ought to be This way your Army in the night is easily kept together and is soonest espied if it breake 13. Being to inuade an Enemies Countrie march with your Carriage in the Reare When you doe dismarch from an Enemies Countrie let your Carriage be in the Front vnlesse great store of Enemies be suspected to intercept it then you must place it in the midst 14. Now in fight you may dispose of it fiue manner of wayes either before the Army or behinde or on the one flanke or on the other or in the midst Before the Army when you feare to be charged behinde behinde the Army when you lead towards the Enemy when you feare to be charged in Flanke on the contrary side in the midst when a hollow battell is needfull and fit This last was practised by S r Horatio Vere in the Pallatinate and by the Graecians as Zenophon doth record in his third booke of the Ascent of Cyrus 15. Being to march through a wood obserue Zenophons counsell Let your Foot and Horse in order single themselues as the way fals out and you shall make your passage the more secure and easie Zenophon did thus as you may read in his sixt book of the Ascent of Cyrus 16. It were not amisse to haue some Musketteers to march on the sides of the Wood to secure the rest within 17. If your Enemy be in a Wood Fenne Hill Fort Towne or other place of strength that admitteth no accesse send your Musketteers to shew themselues and with a brauado to toule him out of his aduantage and bring him into the field where he may the more easily be dealt withall with these Musketteers send some Horse to set vpon him if he dare to venture forth Example Alexander leading his Army against the Tribals that had hid themselues in a wood commanded his Archers and slingers to run out and shoot and sling among the Barbarians to see if he could toule them into the plaine The Archers and slingers spared not to let flye and the Tribals being wounded with arrows threw themselues out of the wood with all speed to fall vpon the vnarmed Archers Then Alexander with his Horse presently charged them and being ouerborne by the Horse they fled through the Wood to the Riuer 18. Alexander whensoeuer he was to vse expedition marched away with the Horse and light armed leauing the Armed to come after The Armed are for a firme and stedfast fight not for Concursions 19. Being then forsome farre yet sodaine attempt leaue your Pikemen behinde and march away with your Horse and Musketeers for when celeritie is requisite who so fit to be imployed as they who haue nothing to hinder their speed 20. Being to march against an Enemy in his owne Countrie giue the word to come to such a Prouince but Inuade another by this you shall deceiue your Enemy Agesilaus to deceiue Tisaphernes made countenance as though he would first inuade Caria whereupon Tisaphernes gathered all his power together but Agesilaus on a sodaine returned backe againe and entred into Phrygia tooke there many Cities and won great spoile 21. Many Generals besides Agesilaus haue done the like then be not you carelesse of it for by such a plot the Enemy some other time may perchance be drawne to deceiue himselfe Example Agesilaus vpon another time gaue out that he would enter Lydia not meaning to deceiue Tisaphernes againe but Tisaphernes deceiued himself and thought he would haue inuaded Caria a woodie Countrey very ill for horsemen in which he was the weaker but Agesilaus tooke the champion Countrey of Lydia contrary to his expectation so that Tisaphernes was inforced to come with all the speed that might be to the rescue thereof therefore leauing all his Foot behinde him he came stealing vpon them with his Horse Agesilaus vnderstanding by his men that Tisaphernes was come and had made some slaughter of such as were found stragling abroad out of order imagined with himselfe that the footmen of his Enemies could not yet be arriued therefore with all speed he thrust in among the horsemen which he had his light armed footmen and commanded them straight to charge the Enemy whilst he caused the heauy armed men to follow at their heeles as they did but Tisaphernes men fled vpon it immediately and Agesilaus men lustily followed the chase tooke his Campe and made a great slaughter of them that fled 22. Being in an Enemies Countrie march in battell array and let your Pyoners worke the harder for a long march here is dangerous Send Horse and Musketeers a good way before to search the hils and to surprise them from the Enemy 23. In marching betweene Mountaines and Hils see that your Vantgard succour your Rereward your Rereward the Vantgard if your Enemies goe about to intercept or molest you marching Zenophon and Cherisophus did thus against the Carduchans Obserue the manner The Carduchans by fighting took the streights which lay in their way and indeauoured to hinder and shut vp their march but when they opposed against the Vant Zenophon from the Reate ascending the Mountaines and gaining the vpper ground remoued all the impediments the Enemy could cast vpon the way when against the Reare Cherisophus ascending vp tooke the vpper ground likewise and freed the way from them that came behinde So they alwayes succoured and had mutuall care one of another 24. Lighting in your March vpon deepe and impassible Riuers and hauing no Boats to make Bridges to waffe you ouer marching further to the heads of the Riuers you may goe ouer without wetting your knees Zenophon in the third Booke of the Ascent of Cyrus 25. Being come to some passable Riuer where the currant runnes exceeding strong cause your Horse to breake the waters and then let your Foot march ouer but sheltered on each side with the Horse 26. If the currant be ouer bigge so that you cannot waide ouer cut the same Riuer in diuers places and turne it into the landward with other currants and you may passe ouer with ease 27. Being to passe a great Riuer where the Enemy on the bankes stands to intercept your passage to withdraw him from thence and to deceiue him seeme to leaue the attempt and march away then hauing left some behinde you to make a Bridge vnknowne to the Enemy returne when you see your time and passe your men ouer with ease Example Caesar hauing his Army on a banke of a Riuer in France and his passage being let of Vergintorige a Frenchman the which on the other side of the Riuer had his men marched

taking time to Flye for if you flye not like a good Souldier but like one voide of iudgment without Discipline you will bring distruction to your Army shame to your Friends and dishonour to your selfe but if you flye with iudgement as a Souldidier you bring safetie to your Army glory to your Friends and hope of victory to your selfe That you may be enabled to flye thus with honour obserue these precepts following 1. When your Enemies being mightie or else very strong vrgeth you being weake in strength helpelesse then know that vpon such an occasion so necessitated that a wise orderly and politicke flight is better then an indiscreet stay without reason 2. If you be by necessitie compelled to flye flye in order and in Battell array fully prouided of rescues and helpes that your Enemies eagerly vrge you not 3. Flye with sufficient space of time and place that your Enemies cannot easily ouertake you before you come into safetie I meane places of aduantages for you 4. Flye in many parts and sundry wayes which conceale that your Enemies may haue no intelligence of your meaning and diuersitie of flying 5. If you flye or auoid the fight doe it either compelled by necessitie or subtiltie or cautiously to bring your Enemy into your danger or else to seeke places or occasions for your best or better aduantage 6. If you flye your Enemy hardly vrging you in the Reare and Flankes your Hosemen or else your Muskettiers or both should eagerly skirmish with them which persue so earnestly so that your Army may in the interim win a good space of ground 7. Before your Horse and Muskettiers should issue out as aboue said you should haue a Peece of Ordnance remaining in the Reare of your Army for to shoot off vpon the vrgers as opportunity should serue 8. In like fashion two or three peeces of Ordnance in the Reare of euery battalia trauelling iournying or flying 9. Commonly your Muskettiers in such cases last rehearsed are vsed to be placed both in the Reare and Flanks for the said speciall purpose namely to skirmish with such as doe disturbe your March and yet to keepe on their iourney with the rest 10. Some such as flye vse to leaue some great Stales or Ambushes in places very conuenient as Woods Mountaines Forrests Rocks banks of Riuers Caues Hils hollow and deepe wayes Corne-fields and the like for such a purpose to intrap the vrgers if occasion can serue 21. Sometimes as Count Mansfield they fire houses to stay their Enemies following and on that side the smoake fals by reason of the winde they lay an Ambush to intrap the Enemy The like doe you that the rest of your Army may passe with safetie 12. When you flye onely the Battell and seeke order and time conuenient for the same send all your baggage and carriage before and after them all your Footmen and with a strong company of Horse fortifie your Reare and leaue many fires in the Campe And for time choose a cloudy darke morning 13. In your flying or before learne exquisitely of them as be skilfull of the wayes and places where how farre off or how lye such places as you hope may somewhat defend you from any danger of your Enemies and make the greatest haste towards them 14. If you can learne of any narrow passage between two great Hils or betweene some great Riuer or Wood some dangerous Hill or some other dangerous place wherein you may safely rest from your Enemies make haste thither 15. In which case learne very diligently whether there be not some secret place in the same place of your quietnesse whereunto your Enemies getting may disturbe your quietnesse and if there be cause such kindes of dangerous places to be either well warded or else stopped by a trane-ditch or by another good way 16. Also learne very diligently whether your Enemy seeke not by their Horsemen to fetch a great compasse about any side of your said place of your securitie either to inclose you there or else for to goe before you to some place of their aduantage against you 17. In which case if your Enemies with their whole Army seeke to compasse the place and for to be before you take good aduice if you may not turne that their practise vnto your commoditie by some new inuention As first for to returne backe againe vnto some place of refuge for you are else as the Graecians to seeke another way not suspected of your Enemies Or else to returne a little backe to giue a colour to your Enemy of flying away so to draw him into the same streight to follow you the easier in his opinion and to returne to incounter him the more easely 18. A chiefe or else a notable place of refuge for Flyers is to flye to be vnder the wings or safetie of some Citie or else strong Fort well furnished with great Ordnance vpon the wals it is able to shoot ouer your flying Army into the Army of your prosecuting Enemy and so hurt him to his great danger and your great securitie and comfort many wayes 19. If you flye or iourney in three Battels or more euery Battell must alwayes be in sight of the next before or behinde in such order that the one be alwayes able to succour the other in case it be inuaded by Enemies so Flying or Iournying Otherwise for lacke of such order and aide one may be discomfited for want of others helpe To conclude 20. If Flying your Enemy with a great company of Horse and shot inuade your hindermost Battell discharge two Peeces of Ordnance vpon them or more which will coole their courage and will likewise by their roaring and thundering noise warne your other Battels to make Alt or stand whereby you may worke your will Example The Landgraue with his Germaine great Army when Charles the fift Emperour sent a great company of shot for to inuade their hindmost Battell and to stay them hee caused two Culuerins to be discharged vpon them and all the Army staid Thus much for Flying CHAP. V. How a Commander or Generall must auoid Battell and when accept of Fight THe wisedome of a Generall doth best appeare in the auoiding of Fight and in the taking of opportunitie to fight both of which are so necessarie in the Warres that the one cannot be without the other but which of these for a time are first to be vsed and for a time laid aside resteth in the wisedomes of a wise Generall to determine Wisedome willeth you to begin with wars when you see your selfe very strongly prepared and your Enemies contrariwise altogether weake and vnprouided And wisedome willeth you as you begin well so to continue your warres wisely for your most commoditie In warres if you either for lacke of knowledge or by negligence or else by pride let slip most apt occasions you seldome after can get them againe To let slip a good opportunitie bringeth both repentance shame and losse