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cap._n martin_n bond_n cap._n marmaduke_n rawdon_n cap._n george_n langham_n cap._n thomas_n covell_n cap._n robert_n davies_n thomas_n soame_n col._n cap._n john_n venn_n cap._n william_n gear_n cap._n john_n bradley_n cap._n rowland_n wilson_n cap._n thomas_n buckstone_n john_n gear_n col._n cap._n edward_n dichfield_n cap._n randall_n manwaring_n cap._n henry_n sanders_n cap._n matthew_n forster_n cap._n thomas_n chamberlain_n cap._n edmund_n forster_n cap._n samuel_n carleton_n cap._n tobias_n massy_n cap._n nicholas_n beale_n cap._n james_n bunce_n right_o worshipful_a and_o worthy_a commander_n this_o tract_n of_o war_n can_v i_o hope_v be_v unwelcome_a to_o your_o hand_n who_o body_n be_v daily_o employ_v in_o martial_a affair_n nor_o let_v it_o seem_v strange_a that_o one_o of_o my_o profession_n shall_v produce_v a_o subject_n of_o this_o nature_n see_v there_o be_v seldom_o any_o leaguer_n without_o man_n of_o our_o quality_n the_o minister_a levite_n be_v not_o only_o in_o the_o camp_n of_o israel_n but_o also_o have_v their_o special_a office_n and_o charge_n allot_v to_o they_o such_o grace_n the_o helmet_n animate_v the_o soldier_n and_o fit_v he_o at_o all_o go_n out_o for_o his_o happy_a dissolution_n when_o i_o be_v abroad_o with_o our_o army_n i_o speak_v it_o to_o their_o honour_n i_o find_v large_a maintenance_n and_o fair_a respect_n though_o with_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o hazard_n both_o of_o fortune_n and_o life_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o enemy_n too_o great_a force_n and_o our_o long_a and_o hasty_a march_n together_o with_o tedious_a beleaguering_n yet_o by_o the_o all-ruling_a providence_n of_o god_n i_o come_v off_o enrich_v with_o some_o knowledge_n and_o military_a experience_n which_o i_o account_v a_o rich_a prize_n though_o purchase_v at_o a_o high_a price_n i_o will_v not_o relate_v unto_o you_o the_o fearful_a and_o horrid_a issue_n and_o effect_n of_o war_n such_o as_o be_v poverty_n and_o decay_n of_o trade_n famine_n violence_n depredation_n destruction_n of_o justice_n and_o civility_n slight_v of_o magistracy_n fire_v and_o plunder_v of_o country_n death_n of_o famous_a commander_n the_o vast_a slaughter_n of_o man_n woman_n and_o child_n profanation_n of_o church_n with_o the_o violation_n of_o virgin_n and_o matron_n for_o quis_fw-la talia_fw-la fando_fw-la temperet_fw-la à _fw-la lachrimis_fw-la but_o yet_o i_o hold_v it_o conduce_v to_o my_o countrymens_n advantage_n and_o profit_n to_o show_v unto_o they_o some_o conclusion_n concerning_o soldier_n weapon_n which_o i_o have_v experimental_o see_v try_v and_o special_o of_o that_o ancient_a weapon_n the_o pike_n which_o though_o in_o former_a time_n and_o service_n have_v be_v of_o excellency_n and_o usefulness_n yet_o in_o these_o latter_a of_o small_a or_o no_o consequence_n as_o also_o a_o short_a and_o compendious_a discourse_n of_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o musket_n and_o half-pike_n above_o other_o weapon_n practise_v now_o with_o ease_n and_o 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