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A14722	Anima'dversions of vvarre; or, A militarie magazine of the truest rules, and ablest instructions, for the managing of warre Composed, of the most refined discipline, and choice experiments that these late Netherlandish, and Swedish warres have produced. With divers new inventions, both of fortifications and stratagems. As also sundry collections taken out of the most approved authors, ancient and moderne, either in Greeke. Latine. Italian. French. Spanish. Dutch, or English. In two bookes. By Robert Ward, Gentleman and commander.	Ward, Robert, fl. 1639.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.	1639 (1639)	STC 25025; ESTC S118037	599,688	501

base tearmes or have perisht by the Sword CHAP. CXXX How Zophirus by a politique Stratagem delivered a whole Army into his Generals hands ZOphirus one of Darius Captaines mangled his body and disfigured his face by cutting off his nose and eares fled to the Babilonians complaining of the tyranie of his King they crediting his words and knowing his prowesse committed the charge of the whole Army unto him as a man to whom such Barbarous usage had made him irreconciliable and deeming hee would have studied and used all his best indeavours to have beene revenged but hee taking his best opportunity delivered his Army into the hands of his Soveraigne with all the Townes and Forts in his possession CH●P CXXXI How Philip Macedon and divers others by their policie have gained Kingdomes by affording their aydes to distressea Princes FOraigne ayd is a surfet most uncurable for there is no Kingdome but by such a politique advantage hath beene conquered as appears by the example of Philip Macedon assisting the Thebanes in Greece against the Phocians by taking his advantage brought the Country under his own Command also the Romanes assisting the Sicilians against the Carthagenians possest themselves of the Iland likewise the Brittaines being ayded by the Saxons were by them thrust out of all The same Cup tasted the Irish they requesting the ayd of the English were by them dispossessed wherefore there is no confidence to bee put in forraigne assistance for they will not ingage themselves nor venter their lives when danger approcheth as by the example of Francis Sforza assisting the Millanois he revolted to the Florentines in expectation of higher preferment Likewise Gucapo Picinino assisting the King of Naples left him in his extremity of Battell the Switzers did the like to the French It is a thing most easie for a forreigne ayde if they be more potent to keepe possession in a Kingdome and by drawing in more forces to them to drive out the Natives or if they be lesse in power to side with the Enemy and so share the Kingdome betwixt them as the Burgundians did ayding the Romanes in Galacia against the Frankes and joyning with them overthrew the Romanes these brittle helpes makes the remedie worse then the disease so that they are least to be trusted and last to be tryed A politique Nation are ready to assist in three causes as first when some man in high authoritie upon discontent or desire of revenge openeth a way for them as Count Iulian did drawing the Saracens into Spaine to be revenged of Don Roderigo who had ravish'd his daughter Secondly when a weaker faction maketh way for them to overthrow or at least counterpoise a stronger as the Burgundians oppressed by the faction of the Orleans made way for Henry the fift to passe into France Likewise our English Barons being likely to have beene vanquish'd by King Iohn sent for Prince Lewis into England to assist them Thirdly when a Kingdome is over-burthened by a forraine foe whom he is neither able to repell nor resist he is constrained to make use of a forraine friend in this ease as one wisely saith plus a medico est quam a morbo mali CHAP. CXXXII A policie to preserve Townes from revolting with a covert-way to banish such men as are held in suspition IT was Maxime of State amonst the Romans not to suffer great men in authoritie whose birth was from great and noble Families because their revolt might indanger a Country or if a Generall were a Conqueror in a strange Land and yet having some few Townes standing in great suspition of revolt and divers men of note in them not to be trusted whereby a conquest is unperfect it is his best policie to command them to beate downe the walles of their Townes and banish some of their Citizens whom most doubt is to be made of and this must be so carried that no Towne so commanded might thinke that this charge concernes any other then themselves particularly in practising whereof the command must be given to all the Townes at one instant to the intent they might all immediately obey and have no respit to consult one with the other and as for those that are held in suspition for revolting the fairest way is to give them some commission to negotiate certaine affaires a-far off in such a place that they can worke to means of mischiefe this will stand in stead of a covert banishment CHAP. CXXXIII A politique way to prevent an Enemie from stopping the march of part of an Armie IF a Generall should be constrained to send part of his Forces upon some speciall and speedy Service he ought not to diminish the Huttes not lessen the bounds of his Camp only for his securitie fortifie strongly within the old workes because those forces left are too weake to maintaine the old the same fires are likewise to be kept and the same guards throughout the Campe that was before by which meanes an Enemy cannot take notice nor advantage either to prevent the passage of those troopes march'd away or to adventure to assault the Campe Claudius Nero put this in practice Likewise if new forces should come to assist an Army the way to prevent an Enemie from knowing it is neither to inlarge the guards nor the workes about the Campe this policie is to be performed when it is knowne the Enemie hath a purpose to assault your trenches because of the weaknesse of your forces The keeping of designes secret hath alwayes beene most prevalent this made Metellus say being with his Army in Hispania to one which asked him what he would do the next day made answer that if his shirt knew thereof he would burne it CHAP. CXXXIV A politique way for an Armie that is fallen into danger to escape it by securing the one halfe by the hazarding the other IF an Army bee in distresse either being beleaguered or coopt up in some place of disadvantage then the Generall is of two evils to make choyce of the least wherefore if his troopes bee farre inferiour to the Enemies his best policie is to divide his troopes and with one part of them assault the Enemie who being busie in making resistance the other part may escape safe this is onely to be practised when no other Project can helpe so that iminent ruine is like to ensue unlesse such a course be taken otherwise it were better to imitate Haniball who caused a strange Accident to happen that did dismay and distract his Enemy hee being disclosed by Fabius Maximus tooke the opportunitie of the night season to tie drie Kisks and Bavins betweene the hornes of many Oxen which being fired drove them with such fury that Fabius being astonished at the strangenesse of the same sight suffered him to passe without opposition CHAP. CXXXV A Policie whereby Scanderbeg in a Battell against the great Turke overthrew his troopes of horses SCanderbeg in a Battell against the great Turke being over-matched both with Horse