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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	flank_n	front_n	rear_n	3,342	5	12.6610	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19256	The prospectiue glasse of vvarre Shevving you a glimpse of vvarres mystery, in her admirable stratagems, policies, wayes; in victualling of an armie, prouiding money to pay souldiers, finding out the enemies purposes, traps, and stratagems: ordering of marches, framing of battails, sundry fights, retreats, and the like, to auoide battell or fight. Furnished with argument to encourage and skill to instruct. By C.E. Warre is a schoole of necesary knowledge.	Cooke, Edward, fl. 1626-1631.	1628 (1628)	STC 5669; ESTC S120766	26,668	55

when the King had the better would presently giue vpon his Flanks so snatcht the victory out of his hands hauing neither Horse nor seconds to recouer it The Argonians haue diuided their Army into fiue Battels which battels in forme of straight or direct hornes were extended from the great battell or midle-ward But these were partly Horse and Foote The Heluetians haue martialed their Army into three battels without Horse or seconds sometimes into one battell onely of footmen which was their vsuall forme by custome But not to be imitated The Spaniard haue martialed their Army into two battels one of footmen in one winge and another of horsemen in another winge all in an euen Front Now they do otherwise The Ancient Romanes haue martialed their Armed foote into three Battels The first subsisting of the Hastatij the second of the Principes the third of the Triarij with Velites to either of them and Horse in the winges How their Velites light Armed men were placed being too weake to deale with Horsemen or armed Foote without aduantage I will shew you hereafter Some haue ordered a weake battell of Foot or horsemen against a strong battell of their Enemies Foote or Horsemen thereby to bring their Enemies strength into some stratagem which was wisely done by the great Captaine Gonsaluo against the Frenchmen This Gonsaluo sent a noble Spaniard called Mondotius against the Generall of the Frenchmen to fight with his Reareward which Mondotius had a company of light horsemen for to inuade the Reare of the Frenchmen and with him likewise went two Cohorts of Calliuer-shot which kept company in the front almost with them being extended as in two spred winges Mondotius horse left these shot and inuaded freshly the hindermost of the French The French barbed horsemen with fury set vpon Mondotius light horsemen Mondotius light horsemen retired as though they were not able to encounter the barbed Horsemen thus flying caused the barbed horsemen to persue out of order Then the Calliuer-shot keeping aloofe off about a furlong and in forme of a halfe Moone shot of vpon the French barbed horsmen before on the Flanks Gonsaluo thereupon sent a company of his barbed horsemen to the aide of his light horsemen flying his Calliuers fighting Thereupon his light horsemen returned and ioyned with their owne barbed horsemen that came for aide and both of them in order did set vpon the Frenchmen out of order the shot continuing on both sides and backes as before Which kinde of order you see and flying and ayde of the Spaniards was for to bring first such French force to disorder and so thereby to discomfort them the easlier which was done to their mindes The forme of the French Kings battell containing 12000. Foote and 4000. Horse The Horse should haue beene higher placed and more inclining to the three vppermost field Peeces Where you shall see 15. battalions of Foot martialed in a manner after the French Kings forme viz. In the Vantgard or right wing are three battalions of 500. a peece Flanckt with Muskettiers before euery one of which are raunged ten files of Muskettiers three in the right angle three in the left and foure in the midst iust before them euery file containing ten men which shot are to make their way through the interuals of the battalions in the Reare of all there to giue vpon the Enemies Flanks In the Battell are three battalions containing 3000. men a thousand a peece flankt with Muskettiers and with Muskettiers before them in the same fashion as the rest In the Reareward or left winge of the battell are likewise three battalions of 500. a peece Embattailed as the rest with Muskettiers before them in the same forme as the other Behinde these battalions for seconds are foure battalions of 500. a peece standing against the Interuals of their opposite battalions which Interuals are 200. foote broad that the foure battalions may the better passe through them These foure battalions haue shot before them as the former which with the rest may march forth to skirmish with the Enemie or stand still to second them vpon their retreate before the Battels ioyne after being in the Reare to giue vpon your Enemies flanks as the other The rest of the battalions are in Front but twelue foote distance one from another and at three foote order The diuisions of Muskettiers are allowed six foote that they may the better fall through hauing giuen fire In the Reare of all are two battalions of a thousand a peece standing iust behinde the three battalions of the Battell about a furlong of On the Flanks of these are 800 Horse 400. in each flanke oblique wise the better to start forth and inuiron the Enemy In like manner are the Horse martialed in the outward flanks of the rest but in greater numbers peruse the Figure By the winges of these two battalions are two field Peeces ready turned and bent to the Reare to discharge vpon the Enemy if he should with Horse or Foote giue vpon that part if not then these field Peeces may bee with ease brought from thence to some other place to annoy him other wayes As for the rest of the Ordance I haue planted them vpon two Hils opposite against the Enemies flanks thereby to distresse him And for the better performance of this I haue planted 700. Muskettiers to guard them and will ayde them with more if neede be Now against this Battell hauing Ordnance in the Reare and on the Hils to distresse the Enemies Flanks I oppose this Battell following A Battell of 12000. foot and 4000. horse with Ordnance in the midst and on the wings Described in the next page The pricks inclosed with lines are 800. shot to surprise the enemies Ordnance on the hils Here or in the Figure going before you see are sixteene Battalions The Ordnance planted both in the Wings and in the Front of the maine Battell The Ordnance in the maine Battell hath before them 400. Muskettiers ranged in the same forme as the Enemies the better to hide the deceit for so soone as the Muskettiers are cleare of the Battell the Ordnance are to discharge vpon the Enemy to breake his maine Battell and then the other Battels are to march on to charge the Enemy in disorder the Horse are martialled outward on the wings and stand oblique wise to inuiron the Enemy Now before the Horse giue the charge eight hundred Musketties doe sallie forth to surprise the Enemies Ordnance being planting on the hils The Figure doth demonstrate it as plaine as can be with the number of euery battalion onely take notice that the shot before euery battalion are to make their passage through the interuals and sides of the battailes in the Reare of all from thence to giue vpon the Enemies Flankes if occasion be otherwise to aide their own men in the Fight All the shot before the battalions are in number 1200. This appointing of shot for to march before and