Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	flank_n	horse_n	wing_n	1,043	5	9.6383	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67704	Kyrou paideia, or, The institution and life of Cyrus the Great written by that famous philosopher and general, Xenophon of Athens, and from the original Greek made English, the first four books by Francis Digby ..., the four last by John Norris.	Xenophon.; Digby, Francis.; Norris, John, 1657-1711.	1685 (1685)	Wing X10; ESTC R30212	245,110	427

sides For I see that the Enemy has spread out their Wings a great way and withall they are very strong both in regard of Chariots and all manner of Forces And we have nothing to oppose to all this besides Chariots And therefore as for my own part had not this station fall'n to me by lot I should be asham'd of it I seem to be so very safe Well then reply'd Cyrus if you think you are well enough your self don't trouble your self for the other For I warrant you by the help of the Gods you shall see these sides of the Enemy quite bare And I desire you that you would not ingage with the Enemy till you see these whom you are so much affraid of flie before us Thus magnificently did he talk now the Battel was at hand whereas at other times he was not much given to boasting but when you see these flie then conclude that I am not far off and make your onset upon the Enemy For then shall you find the Cowardliness of the Enemy and the Valour of your own Men. But while you have leisure Abradatas ride along by your Chariots and incourage your Men to fight partly by inspiriting them with your looks and partly by chearing them up with hopes And do what you can to excite an Emulation among them of appearing the best in the Chariots For assure your self if you do thus they will all say at last that nothing is better than a good Couragious Heart Whereupon Abradatas getting up into his Chariot rod up and down and did accordingly Cyrus marching forwards came to the left Wing where Hystaspas was with half of the Persian Horse Whom he call'd to by his Name and said now you see Hystaspas a work which requires all your speed For it we can but prevent our Enemies by killing them first none of us shall perish To which Hystaspas smiling reply'd let me alone to deal with those that stand opposite but do you take care that those that are of the sides want not work Those are the men says Cyrus I am now going to But do you remember Hystaspas that to whomsoever of us Heaven shall grant the Victory if any part of the Enemy remain'd unvanquish'd we are both to joyn against those who oppose us When he had thus said he march'd forward And when he was come to the Commander of the Chariots I am come says he to help you But when you perceive that we are invading the skirts of the Enemy then do you endeavour to break through the midst of the Enemy For ' ●…will be safer for you to break through then to be intercepted by them in the middle But when he was come behind the Wagons he commanded that Artagerses and Phatnuchus with their thousand Horse and so many Foot should stand still in the same place But says he when you see me invade those who are on the right side then do you fall on upon those who stand opposite to you For you will fight that Wing where the Army is weakest And you will also be the stronger for having a Body You see the Enemy has placed their Horse in their Rear and against these do you oppose the Ranks of the Camels And be you well assured that the Enemy will appear ridiculous to you before you are to ingage When Cyrus had thus done he went to the Right Wing But Craesus supposing that the Body which he himself led was nearer to the Enemy then the Wings which were drawn out into a great length he gave a token to the Wings that they should venture no further but turn to the Enemy in that very place where they were And when they all stood still and viewed Cyrus his Army he gave them the Word to fall on upon the Enemy And thus there were three Squadrons that ran on upon Cyrus his Army one directly opposite and the other two on each side so that all Cyrus his Army was in a great fear For it 't was like a little Brick in a great Building compass'd about every where except behind with Horse-men and Target-men Archers and Chariots But however assoon as Cyrus gave the Word they all wheel'd about and faced the Enemy And all things were hush'd in great filence for fear of the event Cyrus thinking it now high time began the shout which was answered by the Eccho of the whole Army Then with a loud voice calling out Mars he broke forth and planting his Horse against the Flank of the Enemy he presently ingaged with them The Foot keeping their Ranks follow'd speedily after and were compass'd on every side with the Enemy But they were in much the better Condition for they set upon the Wing with the Body strengthning them So that there was quickly a great flight among the Enemy Artagerses assoon as he saw Cyrus ingaged invaded the left side of the Enemy sending in his Camels among them according to Cyrus his Order The Horses could not endure them at a great distance but some of them ran away Mad some pranc'd and leapt some rush'd upon one another For thus Horses use to do at the fight of Camels Artagerses keeping his Men in their Ranks fell upon those which were disorder'd with his well order'd Company and withall sent in the Chariots which were on the right and the left among them Many that escaped from the Chariots were kill'd by those that followed the Wing and many that escaped them were intercepted by the Chariots And Abradatas no longer able to contain himself cry'd out aloud Follow me Friends and rush'd in with his Horse upon the Enemy and shed a great deal of Blood among them giving quarter to no Body And with this the other Chariots broke in also Whereupon the opposite Chariots fled immediately some of them carrying those that fought out of them away with them and some leaving them behind Abradatas making his way directly through them set upon the Squadron of the Egyptians those that were next him in the Army attending him And here they verify'd that which is otherwise evident enough viz. That there is no Body of Men stronger then that which is made up of Friends For those that were his intimate Companions and sate with him at the same Table accompany'd him in this assault upon the Enemy And some of the Chariot-men when they saw that the Egyptians stood the shock with a full Body turn'd to the Chariots that fled and followed after them But those who were with Abradatas because the Egyptians were penn't up so close that they could not give way overturn'd some with the Violence of their Horses and those that were down they trampled under foot And not themselves only but also their Armour Horses and Wheels Whatsoever their Hooks took hold of was cut off by mere force whether Arms or Bodies And in this Tumult too great to be described it happen'd through the jumping of the Wheels over the heaps that laid in the

inclinable Constitution they might use the same with Excess You have said the very thing quoth Cyrus and therefore I beseech you Father in regard I come late to learn this Art that you would not fail to inform me in all the Points you know by which I may be enabled to make my Advantage of my Enemies Let this then reply'd he be your main and principal Design when your own Men are in all points prepar'd endeavour to attack your Enemies in some Disorder When you are well appointed to set upon them unarm'd When yours are watching to surprize them asleep You must view what Posture they are in your self undiscover'd to them You must take advantage of the most secure and fenced Places where you may at unawares assail your Enemies in Streights and Difficulties But how is it possible Father quoth he that a Man should catch his Enemies in such over-fights as these Because Son said He there is a necessity in it that you as well as your Adversaries should fall into divers of these and the like Circumstances For you must of necessity both of you forrage the Country for Provision you must both sleep and take your Rest and in the morning you must almost all of you range abroad to furnish your selves with Necessaries And look what way soever you bend your course be it better or worse you must pursue it Now of all these things you ought seriously to deliberate that where you find your self the weaker Party there you may use the greater Precaution and that you may when you perceive you have your Enemies at the best Advantage then and there especially attack them And are we quoth Cyrus to endeavour to be before-hand with our Enemies in these Points only or in some others also Not in these only reply'd he my Son but more principally in others For in these cases all Men commonly keep a strict and severe watch as knowing 't is necessary for them so to do But they that go about to circumvent their Enemies can either by making them first confident and think they are secure surprize them unawares or by betraying them into a ●…ursuit break their Ranks and disorder their battel or by the wile of a pretended flight draw them into Streights and Ambuscades and so attack them Now for you my Son it becomes you not only to make use of all those Arts and Designs of War which you have so earnestly desired to be instructed in but also of your accord to invent and contrive other Stratagems against your Enemies Just as Musicians don't content themselves barely with the Practice of those Tunes they have been taught but are continually inventing new Composures of their own And as in Musick what is new and gay is most taking and delightful so much more in War new Stratagems and Policies are highly approv'd of as being best accommodated to betray and circumvent the Enemy Now for you my Son quoth he if you would employ only those wiles and devices against your Enemies which you have us'd against lesser Creatures think you not that you should make a very fair advance towards the getting an absolute Mastery over them For you even in the dead of the Winter would up in the night and out a Birding and your Nets and Snares for that purpose were so prepar'd for them that you prevented their first stirrings and made your counterfeit moveable Pitfall seem as if it were fixt and real Besides you had some Birds so perfectly well taught as to be serviceable to your designs by decoying into your snares those of their own kind whilst you lay secretly in Covert to see them so as to be undiscover'd by them and your great Care was to secure and inclose them before they took wing But for the Hare because she is a Creature that shuns the Light and the Day and feeds in the dusk of the evening you kept your Hounds which tracing her by the scent might start her and because she is no sooner put up but she betakes her self presently to her heels you had other Dogs train'd up for the same purpose that they might take her upon the stretch Now if she chanc'd to out-strip these also you presently sought out her musing holes and observing what paths she generally took you accordingly so pitcht your nets that she not discerning them in the eagerness of her flight might fall into them and entangle her self therein And that she might not possibly escape hence you had your Lurchers and Spies so planted that they might observe what pass'd who being near at hand might immediately come upon her you in the mean time behind her filling her cars with your shouts and hollowings terrify'd her so that you might surprize her unawares whilst they that lay in wait before her having been by you charged to be silent kept under Covert close and unseen Therefore as I intimated before if you would put in practice these and the like Artifices against Men I for my part know not how you should be inferiour to any of your Adversaries But now suppose you should be necessitated in an open field and pitcht Battel to engage your Enemy when you are on both sides well appointed in this case my Son those Arts and Advantages of War wherein you have improv'd your self before are very prevalent and effective As for instance If your Souldiers have well inur'd themselves to bodily Exercise if their Spirits have on occasion been quickned and enliven'd and they throughly acquainted with all the Arts of War Besides you must know this for certain that all those from whom you your self exact Obedience will think it but reasonable that you should consult their Interest and Safety Therefore you ought not by any means to be careless and remiss but to design in the Night how you will have your Men employ'd in the Day and in the Day-time how best to dispose and order the concerns of the Night But how to set an Army in Battel array how to conduct them in the Day and how in the Night how through Streights and how in open Plains how over Mountains and how in Champaign Countrys how to Incamp how to set Watch and Ward by Night as well as by Day how to Advance against the enemy and how to Retreat how to march before an hostile City how to approach the Walls and how to retire how to lead through Forests and how to pass Rivers how to secure your self against the Horse how against Darters and how against Bow-men likewise if you lead your Army display'd into Wings and the Enemy appear and make head against you how you are to confront and oppose them or again if you lead in a close Squadron and the enemy flank you on some other side and don 't appear in the Front how you ought to charge them and give them Battel as also how you may best discover the Designs of your Enemies and they not have the least