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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

Reare and the Chiefe or Leader thereof is called the Liuetenant Generall Two Reares being 32000. Men is called the Maine Battaile and the Cheife or Leader thereof is called the King or Generall who hath also supreame Authoritie ouer all the whole Armie how great or puissant soeuer Thus you haue seene the true Range of Footemen and their Leaders according to their Numbers It now resteth that I shew you the true Range of their Weapons In the Auntient Times the Light Armed which were Bowmen Darters and Slingers had the Vantguard and were the first beginners of Fight and Skyrmish for by their Darts and Arrowes they prouoked the Enemie to breake their Rankes and ouerthrew and killed many in their approaches they galled and repulsed the Horse much and indeede were euer the first Authors of Victorie and as thus they sometimes placed them in the Front so at other times they had their places in the Flankes and sometimes in the Reare But the generall and most certaine Range which they held was euer betwene the Armed Pikes The first file of the Light Armed behinde the first file of the Armed the second file of the Light Armed behind the second file of the Armed and so consequently to leuie all the Armed Menne through the whole Batttalia yet the file of the Light Armed shall be but halfe the number of the Armed and these Battailes shall be drawne into diuers Deuisions But this Range of Weapons agreeth not without Discipline at this day for our Battailes consisting only of armed Pikes Muskatiers and a fewe short weapons they are raunged in this manner when they march into the Field they march Company after Company single of themselues without any mixture and in this march of single Companies the Muskatiers are deuided into two parts the one part hath the Vanguard the other hath the Reare and the Pikes march in the midst vpon the head whereof is the Ensigne and about it the short weapons as Halberd Partizans or the like if the Company haue any when they are come into the Field then is euery Regiment drawn vp into a Body by it selfe whereof all the Pikes are drawne into an entire body by themselues and the Shott deuided into two Bodies whereof one halfe Wingeth vp the right Hand of the Pikes and the other halfe wingeth vp the left hand of the Pikes The Ensignes stand still on the head or within a Ranke and the short weapons of execution about them for guard These Regiments are drawne into the Battaile according to the pleasure of the Lord Marshall or Serieant Maior Generall The Horsemen are the Wings which troope on each side of the Battaile keeping the distance of halfe a Furlong at least from either side of the Shot The great Ordance or Artilery are drawne from the two outmost poynts of the Battaile a pretty distance from the Vantguard and extend themselues wider and and wider frō the Battaile being drawe at length in a single File their Carriage prouision and Munision being drawn neere vnto them and the Regiment belonging to the Master of the Ordnance following closse about them as a sure Defence wall or guard And thus you haue the full Range of the Foote Battaile and how it is disposed CHAP. 5. Of the seuerall Ranges of the Horse and how they are Ordered and Compounded THe Horse-Troopes in the Ancient and first times had no one certaine Range or place in the Battaile but according to the humors and opinions of their Generals so they were altered and carried vp and downe to seueral places of Commandment Aelian saith that in some Battailes within his own memorie and knowledge the Horse Troopes were Ranged after the light Armed yet doth not constantly stand vpon the allowance of that Range but saith that although they were ranged after the Light-armed yet other places might be more conuenient and this range might be altered at the pleasure of the General or vpon any necessary occasion where Victories stood doubtfull others of the Ancients as at sometimes the Macedonians now and then the Romans but many times the Thebans Thessalians haue ranged their Troops of Horse in the Reare of the armed Battailes and good successe hath many times issued thereof the Rangers of such Battailes haue returned Victors Others of the Auntients and especially Alexander himselfe Craterus and most of the worthiest Macedonians haue ranged their Horse Battailes vpon the right and left Winges of the maine Armie and indeed these Places are most probable and best agreeing with our present Discipline To come then to the Range of the Horse Battaile as it is vsed at this day you must vnderstand that it varyeth foure seuerall waies two in the Range of the Curaseires two in the Range of the Harquebuseires or Dragoones The Curaseires haue two seuerall Ranges the one in ordinary trooping the other in a formed Battaile In an ordinary Troope where the whole Battaile mooueth the first day the Troope and Regiment belonging to the Generall troopeth formost and hath the leading of the Poynt After him troopeth the Troope and Regiment of the Lord Marshall and after him euery Colonell and his Regiment according to his Antiquitie The next day the Lord Marshall and his Regiment hath the leading of the Poynt or Vauntguard and the Generall hath the Reare the Eldest Colonell succeedeth the Lord Marshall and so the rest of the Colonells and their Regiments after him according to Antiquitie The third day the Eldest Colonell hath the Poynt or Vantguard and the Lord Marshall hath the Reare after the Generall and thus alternately euery Colonell shall change his Place haue the leading of the Poynt or Vauntguard according to the seuerall daies of trooping there being no intermission or stay of many daies betweene the seuerall remooues And as thus the Chiefe and Superior Cōmanders doe remooue and alter their Places so shall the Inferior Commanders of euerie Regiment doe the like the Colonell hauing the principall place the first day the Liuetenant Colonell the second day the Sergeant Maior the third day and so euery Captaine after according to his Antiquitie in which order no Commander looseth Dignitie but hath his seuerall day of Glory and as much preheminence as the Generall or any other Commander whatsoeuer Now if it come to a formed Battaile then the Ranges change and the Regiments are drawne vp into one whole and entire Bodie in which drawing vp of Regiments this order is to be obserued that euery perticular Troope shall duely keepe their two distances that is to say Open Order in their Rankes and Close Order in their Files then betwixt Company and Company in euery Regiment shall be the space of 25. foote that thereby they may be the better distinguished and the sooner drawne foorth and imployed in any needefull place as the Superior Commanders shall thinke good This Order and Distance being obserued Regiments are to be brought into maine Bodies eyther Square Long Tryangular or Dyamond according to the