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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	foot_n	hand_n	left_a	1,466	5	9.8057	5	true

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A20894	Here begynneth the table of the rubryshys of the boke of the fayt of armes and of chyualrye whiche sayd boke is departyd in to foure partyes ...; Faits d'armes et de chevalerie. English	Christine, de Pisan, ca. 1364-ca. 1431.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.; Vegetius Renatus, Flavius. De re militari.; Bonet, Honoré, fl. 1378-1398. Arbre des batailles.	1489 (1489)	STC 7269; ESTC S106571	183,535	276

on horsbake and on fote and see that thou first of all whan it commeth to assemble togider hand to hande that thy lyfte wynge be Ioyned and sette vpon the ryght wynge of thin enemyes and asmuche as thou caust putte from the a backe the ryght hande of thyn aduersaryes and make haste for to enuyrone theym And that other parte of thyn oost whyche thou knowest not so stronge dysseuere theym asmuche as thou caust from that other contrary wynge so that sperys nor dartes may not lyght vpon theym And thou muste take kepe that thyn enemyes make not a plowmpe of they re folke to entre and breke thy bataylle in trauers In thys manere thenne men fyghten profytably and in specyall yf the fall happeth that the lefte corner of thyn enemye be of lesse strengthe than is the thyne The fourth manere of fightyng in a felde is suche whan thou shalt haue ordeyned thy bataylles with foure or fyue hondred fyghtyng men or euer thou make eny approche vpon thin enemies thou shalt so sodaynly doo moeue thin oost secretly with bothe thy wynges in a gode ordynaunce that from bothe the corners of thyn enemyes as nought purueyed shal be constrayned for to tourne they re backis and flee awaie and yf swyftly thou caust do so thou shalt haue victorye But this maniere al be it so that thou haue men ryght stronge and wel excersiced in armes I holde hit peryllouse For yf the half of thy bataylle is constrayned to desseuere and departe thyn oost in two partyes and that thyn enemyes be not ouercome at the first comynge on they shal haue occasion to assaylle thy men of armes that thus ben deuyded ¶ The fyfthe manere of fyghtyng is lyke vnto the fourth but so moche more it is that the archers and they that ben lyghtly armed shal be ordeyned by fore the fyrst bataylle to th ende that they be not broken out of ordynaunce And shal also assaylle enuaysshe wyth the ryght cornere of hys bataylle the lefte cornere of hys enemye and wyth the lyfte the ryght And yf thou mayst do so thou shal soone ouercome theym But the myddell bataylle is not in peryll by cause it is deffēded by them that ben lyghtly armed and by the archers The sixth manere of fyghtynge is right gode and almost lyke vnto the seconde And with the same are wont the good fyghters to helpe semself in hope of vyctorye how wel that they be but a fewe folke for to ordeyne wel they re bataylles The bataylle of the enemyes thenne al renged in a rowe thou shalt Ioyne thy ryght cornere to they re lyfte there thou shalt begynne the bataylle wyth the best men that thou hast on horsbacke and a fote And that other parte of the ost shal folowe of ferre the bataylle of thyn enemye the whyche parte shal be spred all streyght and yf thou canst come to the lyfte wynge of thyn enemyes they muste nedes tourne they re backys and thaduersary may not be socoured of hys ryght wynge nor wyth hys myddle batayll he can not helpe the other For the taylle of the ooste is exceded vnto the lyknes of the moost long lettre L fro ferre hyt departeth from hys enemye ¶ Of the same ¶ Capitulo xxvj THe seueth manere of fyghtyng is whan the rowme the place is propyce for hym that fyrst taketh the feld that is to wyte yf thou hast a place where as at the one syde of hyt thyn enemyes can not come as it is sayd for cause of the see or of flodes or of montaygnes mares grounde or other lettīgis how be it that thou haue good men and well renged in bataille by gode ordynaunce And at that syde of the place where as noon suche lettyng is thou shalt putte thy men on horsbacke and thenne fyght surely yf thou be assaylled For by the sayd lettyngis thou arte kept sauf of that one parte and lyke wyse of that other parte by the strēgthe of them that be on horsbacke And it is to be take hede vnto what syde that thou wylt fyght that thou putte fyrst the moost valyaunt men And for eny lytel quantyte of peple that thou haue be not dysmayed therfore For vyctorye hath wel acostumed to be had of fewe fyghters so that the wyse duc ordeyne them there as proffyte and rayson requyreth and it is to wite that namely thesame tyme they holpe hem self in they re bataylles by dyuerse maneres of engyns and wyles for to breke the bataylles at it is sayd here before as of oxen that had the fyre sette vndre they re taylles that were chassed towardis the partye aduerse And namely also they vsed at that tyme wyth semblable engyns as ben thoo that now be called Rybawdekyns For euyn thus were they sette vpon awhele and a man withyn as withyn a lytyl castell that was made al of yron and shot with a gonne or with arbalaster And had at euery syde of hym an archer and sharp yrons were dressed to the foresyde of thesame engyn as hyt had ben sperys And wyth the strengthe of men or of horses made many of suche engyns to entre al attones wythyn the bataille of the enemyes ¶ The ordre and the manere that the capytayne ought to kepe whan good Fortune is for hym ¶ Capitulo xxviij SOme that knowe not wel the tournes of armes wene for to helpe hem self in a bataylle wyth closynge of they re enemyes withyn a certeyn compace of a place or by enuyronnyng of hem rounde a boute with multytude of folke so that they can not yssue out by noo waye but this doeth moche to be doubted For hardynes groweth wythyn the hertes of thoos that ben so enclosed a boute by cause that the more that they thynke hem self but as for ded or ouercomen hauyng noo hope to come nor escape out they wol selle full dere her owne flesshe or they be take And therfore was the sentence of Scypyon preysed that sayde that men ought to make awaye to the enemyes where thrughe they may flee and to putte abusshement where as they shal passe fore by For whan they ben so sore ouerpressed and see awaye where they may go out yf they wyl they wol soone take hyt and putte hem self to flyght trowyng to be sauffe therby and thenne they may be bettre thus slayne than in deffensing of them self And many caste fro them they re armures harnoys for to flee more lyghtly and thus they ben slayne as bestes by them that chasse them And the more grete multytude that they be the greter is they re confusyon For noo nōbre ought to be sette by there as the corages ben for fere dyscomfyted al redy The wise men of armes sayen that whan a good fortune cometh to that one of the two partyes so that she ouercometh that other partye in bataylle men ought for to pursyewe styl hys good fortune al vnto the ende

thoos that neuer sawe noo man kylde nor noo shedyng of bloode they are a ferde to see hyt And for thys cause whan they ben atte hyt they re thoughte is more to flee than to fyght and thus they may lette more than doo eny auayll atte lest yf they be not put vndre the Rule of som good captaynes ¶ Som saye that they ought to be putte by fore all the other to gyder And som sayen nay but ought to be medled emonge the goode ¶ Yet agayne for to speke shortly by recapytulacyon of that that is couenable to be kept in the ordynaunce of bataylles after the teghyng of the noble auncyent ther ben seuen thynges wherupon the gode capytayne ought to take kepe vnto ¶ The fyrst is that he haue take fyrst the aduauntayge of the place yf he may as it is sayde a fore where as he shall haue sette hys peple in fayre ordynaunce ¶ The seconde that they be at the one syde of them shelded or paueysed with hylles that nought may lette them or ellis with the see or wyth a ryuere or som other thynge that shall lette that noon ennemyes shall conne come vpon them of that syde ¶ The thyrde that they haue nother sonne nor wynde that can combre they re fyght wyth pouldre or glysteryng The fourth that muche couenable is to them that they shal knowe yf they can the astate of they re ennemyes What nombre of peple they haue whiche waye they comme and in whyche array ¶ And what ordre they kepe For after the knowlege of the same they may ordeyne and sette hem self to the best for to abyde and to receyue them ¶ The fyfthe that they be not mated nor traueylled nor made the more feble for honger ¶ The syxth that they muste be al of one corage and purpos for to kepe the place and to be wyllyng rather to dey than for to flee awaye ¶ And thus suche men shal not be brought lyghtly vnto noo manere of dysconfyture ¶ And the seuenth is that they re ennemyes knowe not what they re entencyon and purpoos is nor what they thinke for to doo nor what cours they wyl take ¶ Neuerthelesse after that that it is sayd a boue the falles and the aduentures of the bataylles ben wondrefull and merueyllous For hyt happeth at suche a tyme as god wylle helpe that one partye and nought that other ¶ As it dyde fall that tyme whan the rommayns fought som tyme wyth the two myghty kynges of Oryent Iugurta and Boctyus ¶ For at that tyme as the hete of the sonne was so brennynge boot and so feruent that almost hyt smoldred the rommayns sodaynly rose vp awynde so myghty and so grete that the archers shot of whyche thees two kynges had foyson had as almost noo vertue and syn came a rayne that refresshed al the rommayns whiche thyng was contrary to the other by cause hyt slaked the cordes of they re bowes they re elephantes wherof a grete plente was there whiche is a beste that can not wel suffre wet nor watre a boute hem myght vnnethe moeue hem self the girdell that helde vp the castell vpon they re backes were also slaked and the castelles charged wyth water that sore combred them ¶ And by thys manere of waye the Rommayns that al redy had recoured they re strengthe by the refresshyng of the rayne dyde envaysshe so vygourously they re ennemyes that how be it that they were muche lasse in quantyte of peple yet they obteyned and had the victorye ¶ Deuyseth after vegece of vij maneres of arrengyng of an oost and of fyghtyng ¶ Capitulo xxvo· Yet after vegece in hys thirde boke in the eyght and twenti chapytre there ben vij maneres of wayes how an oost shal fight in a felde and vij maneres of ordynaunces of bataylles the whiche wayes and manere how be it he gyueth hem derkly ynoughe for to be vndrestanden but onely of suche that ben excersyced in thoffyce maystrye of armes they ben declared here as foloweth The first manere of rengynge of folke in a felde is that whiche is to be made wyth a longe fore fronte as men doo nowe but this manere of way as it is said is not ryght gode by cause that the space of the grownde muste be longe and that the oost be al stratched in lengthe and hit happeth not alwayes that the place of the felde is founde propyce nor mete so for to doo ¶ And when there ben dyches or dales or som euyll pathes the bataylle is lyghtly broken by the same And wyth this thaduersaryes yf they be eny grete nombre of folke they shall goo to the ryght syde or to the left syde and so they shal enuyrone and close the bataylle a boute wherby many a grete parell may be fall as thauctour sheweth that saythe that if cas be that thou haue more foison of peple than thin enemye hath take of the best of thy folke enuyrone thyn aduersaryes yf thou may wythin the bosom of thyn ooste Te secunde manere is beste for yf thou ordeyne by the same a fewe of thy folke mooste valyaunte and wel assayed in som place covenable thou shalt mowe haue lyghtly the victorye thoughe thyn enemye hath more peple of the whyche manere the waye of fyghtynge is suche that whan the bataylles comen for to assemble togider thou shalt chaunge thenne thy lyfte wynge from hyr place in to another to th ende that thou mayste see ferre vnto the ryght cornere of thyn enemye and thy ryght wynge thou shalt Ioyne wyth the lefte wynge of thyn aduesaryes and there by the best men of thyn ost thou shalt begynne the bataylle sharply and stronge And by grete strengthe bothe an horsbake and on fote the sayd lyfte wynge of thyn enemyes shal be assaylled of thy men that shal goo a boute shouynge and rennyng vpon tyl that they comme at the backe of thyn enemyes ¶ And yf thou mayst ones departe a sounder thyn enemyes that ben so comyng vpon thy folke wythout doubte thou shalt obteyne the vyctorye ¶ And that one parte of thyn ost that thou shalt haue withdrawen from the other shal be sure ¶ Thys manyere of bataylle is ordeyned after the lykenes of thys lettre A And yf thyn enemyes ordeyne they re bataylle after thys manere of waye and make yssue fyrst oute then shalt thou putte thy men in a longe rowe that shal marche forthe all of a fronte wyth thy wynges all in a gode ordynaunce atte the lyfte corner of thyne oost and by thys manere of waye thou shalt wythstande thyn ennemyes ¶ The thyrde maniere is lyke vnto the seconde and noo dyfference is there betwene But that thou muste sette fyrst wyth the lefte corner of thy bataylle vpon the Ryght corner of thyn ennemyes ¶ And yf thy lefte wynge is bettre than thy ryght wynge than shalt thou putte with hit som ryght strong and best fyghting men bothe