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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	blow_v	match_n	musket_n	2,630	5	15.5126	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13315	The A, B, C, of armes, or, An introduction directorie whereby the order of militarie exercises may easily bee vnderstood, and readily practised, where, when, and howsoeuer occasion is offered / by I.T. ...	I. T.	1616 (1616)	STC 23623; ESTC S1392	11,660	46

perfectly instructed with the true knowledge of Files and Rankes Fronts and Flankes Leaders and Followers Middle-men and Bringers vp and not be ignorant of the chiefe principles of Action that is to say of Posture Distance and orderly Motion the knowledge of which warlike motions may truly be said to be the art of Warre By Posture is vnderstood the manageing of Martiall weapons either Standing Marching Chargeing or Dischargeing the easiest and readiest way to offend or defend Si doctrina cessat armorum nihil Paganus distat a milite Posture consisteth of Standing Marching Chargeing Postures of the Pike In Standing are three In Marching are sixe In Chargeing are three Of the Musket in Standing one Marching one Chargeing eighteene Dischargeing twelue All which in sight are reduced to three Postures of the Pike standing Lay downe your Pike Take vp your Pike Order your Pike Thereof marching Aduance your Pike Shoulder your Pike Leuell your Pike Slope your Pike Cheeke your Pike Trayle your Pike Posture thereof chargeing Port your Pike Charge your Pike Couch at the foot your Pike Of all foot weapons this is esteemed the most honourable for that it can bee accounted no disparagement to a Commander to traile his Pike vnder his fellow-Captaynes Colours Posture of the Musket standing Rest your Musket Your Musket shouldred Posture thereof marching Cleere your Pan Prime your Pan Close your Pan Cast off the loose poulder Blow your Pan Cast about and traile your Rest Open your charges Charge with poulder Posture thereof chargeing Draw out your skowring sticke Shorten your sticke Ram in your poulder Draw out your sticke Charge with buller Ram in your bullet Draw out your sticke Shorten your stick and put it vp Bring your musket forward with the left hand Hold it vp with the right and recouer your Rest Of which postures it is but idle to giue aduertisement that the foure after the chargeing with poulder viz. to charge with bullet is rather to bee conceited how then practised at these times where to doe it Postures of the Musket discharging Carry your Rest in the left hand Rest your Musket Take your match in the right hand Hold the match blow it Cocke it Try it Guard the Pan and blow it Open the Pan Present the Musket Giue fire Dismount it Vncocke the match hold it twixt your fingers In fight onely Make readie Present Giue fire It is generally to be obserued that when you charge with your Pike or discharge your Musket you place your left leg forward but when you martch you begin with the right The next thing that is to bee obserued Ordo est parium dispariumque rerum distributio is distince of order By distance is meant a certain space betweene File and File Ranke and Ranke in such order to that measure as pleaseth the Commander to nominate The which if Souldiers obserue not then is that Companie or Troope so exercised out of order and discipline more like men in rout disorcer then to a perfect Battalia Therefore this distance ought to bee such a competent space as is meet and conuenient for motion For the station of Souldiers is not alwayes steadie and certaine but that they all interchange mutually one with another it consists of order in Files and Rankes of which distances the Romanes onely obserued these three 1. Ordinatus miles 2. Densatus ordo 3. Constipatus ordo But at this day wee generally practise foure Open order Order Close order Closest order Open order sixe foote distant from his side-man and reare-man Order distant three foote Close order a foote and a halfe Closest powldron to powldron with his side-men and to the Swords point of the proceeding Ranke There is to be kept the like distance of Files as of Rankes After the knowledge of your distance you must with diligent care marke the motions of Files Rankes seuerall of both conioyned which motion is the actual operation of that bodie which is moueable whereof in this exercise long since and at this time there are foure remarkeable circumstances 1. Ante. 2. Retro 3. Dextrorsum 4. Sinistrorsum Either by mouing forwards as charging to the Front back-wards by Retrait side-waies by Closing Opening or Doubling of Files to the right or left hand by Wheeling or Conuersing to either hand the which is performed as occasion presents according to the will direction of the Cōmander obseruing it in Order true Pace true Distance and perfect Posture For any other kinde of motion in a Battalia or grosse body breeds both disorder and confusion Vbinullus est ord● certus est horror where on the other side Order is the Beautie of nature Ornament of arte and Harmony of the World Motion is in forme of Files and Rankes conioyned Motion of Files in proportion apart are fiue Of Rankes apart si●e Of both conioyned two Motion in forme of Files seuerall may be comprehended in foure howsoeuer some by shortning lengthning and such like phrases of inuention doe make nine Motion in forme of Rankes seuerall are fiue of both Rankes and Files conioyned are eight A whole companie as one body being perfect by instruction and vse herein and hereof as occasion shall require may bee turned into diuers different formes for the more offence of the assayling Enemie and defence of themselues and abettors Motion in different distances of Files close Close your files to the left hand Close your files Close your files to the right hand Motion in distances of files open Open to the right hand Open to the left hand Motion in distances of Rankes close Close Your Rankes from the Front to the Reare Close From the Reare to the Front Motion in distances of Rankes open Open Your Rankes From the Reare forward Open Your Rankes From the Front Reareward Motion in distances of ranks files conioyned Close Open. Motion in forme of Files Double your Files to the right hand Double your Files to the left hand Aduance your Files to the Left hand Right hand By diuision to the Right hand Left hand Files ranke by conuersion to the Right hand Left hand Files countermarch to the Right hand Left hand After the manner of the Macedonians Lacedaemonians Persians These seuerall manners of counter-marching I finde often cited by seuerall Authors by this terme Euolutio Macedonica Laconica Dorica but confesse my ignorance know not the difference Ideo quaere Motion in forme of Ranks double to the right hand double to the left hand File by conuersion vt supra Ranke 7. 5. 9. c. Middlemen double your Front to the right hand left hand To both by diuision Counter-march from the right to the left hand and by conuersion vt supra Motion in forme of cōioyned Files and Rankes Faces to the Right hand Left hand To both by Diuision Faces to the Reare Wheele by Conuersion Charge to the Right hand Left hand To both by Diuision Charge to the Front Reare To both by Diuision