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Military and spirituall motions for foot companies with an abridgement of the exercise of a single company as they now ought to be taught and no otherwise : composed in Ireland and now published for the good of his fellow soldiers in England / by Captaine Lazarus Haward ...
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Haward, Lazarus.
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we shall bee O pinion of the minde are like diseases of the body all alike infinite V iolent passions makes men bandy controversies who fight with their Pens like Souldiers with their Pikes wounding the peace of the Church R eligion is more practicall then theoriticall rather an occupation then a meer profession dwelling like an Artizan wit at singers end O ne man is an Atheist and beleeves no God another is an I dolater and worships many one will be of a new Religion another of none no matter to the Devill they are both travelling towards his kingdome Roome never means us so sudden a storm as when she makes faire weather and beares us in hand all is peace D ogs are fawning but sicophantising Iesuits are worse for their tongues doe more harme then their teeth E very man that will not adhere to the God of truth shall be turned over to the faither of lies R esist the Devill and he will flye from thee give to God obedience to thy Prince allegiance to superiours reverence to the weak assistance to the Devill and sin resistance O ur day is broken why day we sleep in sin when the Sunne is up good husbands thinke of rising the slumber of the body and the soul is not much unlike R epent therefore in life that thou maiest finde comfort in death that thou maiest be acquitted at the day of judgement of Jesus Christ O ur entrance into this world is full of weaknesse our proceeding full of wickednesse our departure full of wretchednesse P ray that you may leave the earth when you know the way perfectly to heaven desire to live till you are inspired by grace desire to dye when you are assured of glory E very man with Paul learne to dye daily for no man knows when he shall dye therefore be evermore armed with expectation N ever expect peace without Christ whosoever dyes in peace dyes in Christ the Prince of peace O ur breath is in our bodies the life of our soules is in heaven our bodies move upon earth let our heart dwell in heaven R ighteousnesse must dwell in those that looke to dwell in heaven where righteousnesse dwelleth for Christ is the Lord of righteousnesse D eath takes the clocke of our life asunder but then the omnipotent Maker takes it into his owne hand and sets it together againe at the Resurrection E nquire not what heaven is too curiously lest thou have a snib as Manoah had for asking the Angels name it is secret and wonderfull R emember Gods mercies and blessings to us in all times of this pilgrimage and he will hear us when we pray with the penitent theefe Lordremember us in thy Kingdome Silence STand right in your Files Stand right in your Rankes To the right hand As you were To the left hand As you were To the right hand about As you were To the left hand about As you were Rankes to the right hand double As you were Rankes to the left hand double As you were Files to the right hand double As you were Files to the left hand double As you were Halfe Files to the right hand double your Front As you were Halfe Files to the left hand double your Front You may doe the same by bringers up or leave it our To the right hand Countermarch To the left hand Countermarch Files to the right or left or to the Center Close to your order or close order Rankes close forward to your order or close order To the right hand wheel To the left hand wheel To the right or left hand wheel about Rankes open backward to your order open order or double distance Files to the right or left or from the Center open to your order or open order In distances observe if you open from the right to the left that the left hand man next to the right hand man is to take his distance from the said right hand man first and so every man on the left hand successively one alter another be in any of the distances of close order order open order or double distance If in Ranks the first standing the second opens backwards to either of the distances above said and not forwards in closing of Ranks it is to be done forwards and not backwards all moving together saving the first Ranks In facings you are to be sure to keepe your left foot on the groundâ—s in doublings if you come up to the right turne off to the left and so alway to the contrary hand In wheelings if you close to the left then wheel to the right or if you close to the right wheel to the left or you may wheel upon the Center According to my intended purpose I shall adde to the exercise of the Pike and Musket in the briefest manner being only what shall belong to present service and first for the Pike in all standing postures of the Pike keep your left foot fast fixt upon the ground in all marching postures move with the left foot advancing forward 1 Advance your Pikes 2 Order your Pikes 3 Shoulder your Pikes 4 Port your Pikes 5 Advance your Pikes 6 Shoulder your Pikes 7 Traile your Pikes 8 Cheeke your Pikes 9 Charge your Pikes 10 Shoulder your Pikes 11 Charge to the Front Reare right or left 12 Shoulder your Pikes 13 Advance your Pikes 14 Or order your Pikes 15 Charge to the horse and draw your sword any of the foure wayes For the Musket standing or marching First your Musket not being charged without a Rest supposing alwayes your left hand to be your Rest 1 Slip your Muskes 2 Poyse your Muskes 3 Bring her to your Rest 4 Open your Pan. 5 Clear your Pan. 6 Prime your Pan. 7 Shut your Pan. 8 Cast off 9 Blow cast about and 10 Charge 11 Draw out your scourer 12 Shorten your scourer 13 Put in your bullet 14 Ram your scourer 15 Draw out your scourer 16 Shorten your scourer 17 Put up your scourer 18 Recover 19 Poyse 20 Shoulder 21 Slope 22 Slip. 23 Poyse 24 Bring to your Rest 25 Draw forth your Match 26 Blow 27 Cock 28 Try 29 Guard your Pan. 30 Blow 31 Open. 32 Present 33 Give fire 34 Returne your match 35 Clear your pan and so charge again as is taught All these in service are reduced into these three words Make ready With these two added either Shoulder your Muskets Present Or Give fire Order your Muskets T he postures of arming and disarming according to my intention of brevity is needlesse to be here inserted they having been sufficiently written of by your Trained Band teachers I shall but only present you further with what firings are necessary for our present service out of a single Company or Regiment wishing heartily all noble Captaines and their officers would conforme themselves to these brief rules using no other words of Command then what are here used Y our single Company being drawne up Regiment wise at three foot distance being your order and your Pikes all shouldered the manner of firing to the Front is first let the two first Ranks making ready advance 8 or 10 paces from the Body the rest of the Ranks marching to the front of Pikes which two Ranks having presented and fired one after another let them march off to the right and left hand the next two ranks doing the same with the rest successively as long as you please when you draw near to your Enemy or by way of supposition charge over your Pikes three ranks deep and the rest ported following the charge T o fire from the reare first command your Body to advance their Pikes then face them about to the right or left and then shoulder your Pikes againe moving your Body command the two last Ranks to make ready being ready command the last Ranke to the Rear present who is to turn to the right hand and give fire and so turning up to the right and left advanceth into Front placing themselves before their Leaders the rest of the Ranks doing the same successively one after another T o fire from your right and left stanks command the right and left hand file to make ready which done marching your Body command them to present to the right and left and so give fire which being done let the files stand and charge their Muskets again by which time the two next files wil have performed the like who are also in like manner to stand facing toward their Commander and the first file is immediately to march up to the second the next files having done the like are to stand the first and second file advancing up to them and so of all the rest successively making up your Body again with all speed that may be T here is sometimes another firing used standing whereby an Enemy may receive suddenly a very hot charge when you are retreating command your Body to face about to the right or left and then let them all make ready which done standing let the first Ranke fire and fall off into the Reare and so the rest of them in like maner successively one after another your Pikes retreating back as your body loseth ground Y ou are to use your endeavour to bring your souldiers to know the severall notes of a Drum and what he is to performe upon the hearing of them your Pikemen being to be shouldered upon the beat of a march and advanced upon the beat of a troop This thing perfected will be sufficient for our present service to which God give 〈◊〉 FINIS
MILITARY AND SPIRITUALL MOTIONS FOR Foot Companies VVith an Abridgement of the Exercise of a single Company as they now ought to be taught and no otherwise Composed in IRELAND and now published for the good of his fellow Soldiers in ENGLAND By Captaine Lazarus Haward of Ailsford in Kent London Printed by Tho. Harper and are to be sold in Little Britain 1645. To the Honorable Sir Anthony Weldon Knight and the rest of the Hon ble Deputy Lievtenants and Comittees of the County of Kent Honourable Gentlemen THE noble favours I daily receive from you since my arrivall out of Ireland into this County hath imboldned me to offer this poor tribute of mine experience not to teach your uncontrollable knowledges but humbly desire it may kisse your hands as a sacrifice offered from your servant or as a weaknesse that stands in need of your protections In your Honours I know is power to judge of my labour and in you also is power to exercise mercy I hope I have written nothing that is erring from sence or truth having not laboured mine own but the profit of my poore bleeding dying Country-men whom these miserable times have called out to this miserable unnaturall War desiring not only his temporall victory but above al his spirituall There may be many puny Scholars that from these briefe Rules may gather more abler judgements Your noble favours and allowance can only make it acceptable to those which need it especially in this Country which I wish to be served by it then let those graces fly from your noble natures that as now I live I may die your Honours poore Servant and Soldier L. H. To the Curteous Reader I Have not presumed to adde any thing to the uncontrollable knowledges of such as have formerly taken much pains in writing at large upon this Subject of drilling drayning or exercising of Foot Companies nor any new thing to catch covetous spirits but only what may ever be embraced of solid and substantiall judgements Innovations and divisions have stirred up such dismall distractions that it hath brought us neere to a fearefull desolation and that which by the blessing of God should be the principall means of our restoring being the Honourable art of War is with the times much of it become full of divisions and divisionall practises onely serving to delight curious spectators otherwise dangerous to the poore soldier if ever he be brought upon service the actors little regarding the old briefe rules from whence their new devised divisionall whimzies are fetcht But since peace it lost and the devouring sword strives to be conquerour of all and fearing that thou that art my fellow soldier who standst in need not only of military discipline but also in more need of spirituall so that not having put on S. Pauls spirituall armour nor beene exercised in any spirituall motions thou be in danger to lose both soule and body together Let me intreat thee to peruse these few briefe rules concerning the defence of thy soule and body both the brevity of the rules which thou art to use for defence of thy body will affoord thee sufficient time peruse and double over those good motions admonitions sentences and sayings as their letters have linkt them to their order which being well observed will bring thee to be a soldier of that great Captaine Christ Jesus under whose obedience is obtained ever lasting victory and a crowne of glory Thus uniformity in discipline spirituall and temporall will make us like the Israelites go up as one man with one heart and in one forme and so take away the evill from before our brethren and so once more enjoy a happy peace in Church and State this being the briefest way to give an end to our miserable troubles having comprehended the full and whole Exercise of a Foot Company in the last sheet of this Booke I commend thee to it and the rest which being construed according to my honest meaning I have got my desire and shall ever rest at thy service Lazarus Haward Military Motions for Exercising of Foot Companies S Ilence is the daughter of shamefastnesse both which as they are excuses for mediocrity so they are prejudices to excellencies I t is a shame a godly mans zeal should not be as couragious to defend the truth as a wicked mans malice is violent to oppose it L et heaven thunder earth and hell roar speak for the truth for it is truth that preserves our lives and makes us blessed for ever E vill thoughts can seldome bring forth good words never good deeds for as corne is so will the flower be N othing more lewd then error the more false the matter the greater noise to hold it up C ursed is that speech that is either against the God of truth or against Gods truth or against the friend of both God and truth E very man that is Christs Souldier will fight for him S erve the time I wicked counsell we are made to serve God T hat minde can never be steady that stands upon anothers feet untill it will rather lead then follow A Commonwealth is a tent picht up to shelter men from wrong that they may live happily together Lawes are the cords of it breake the cords and the tent falls N othing that the Law allowes but the male-content censures what it forbids that he strives to justifie but that 's a treacherous hand that steals away from States-men their reputation D ivinity is a mistresse for the highest masters of men and the Scripture is the best counsellour for the greatest States-man in the World R ulers to be unrighteous are like blazing Stars with long tailes drawing traines of mischiefe after them and is ominous to a whole Kingdome but piety in a Prince blesseth all his Subjects I f Magistrates will uphold Gods Kingdome he will uphold theirs if they will have God to be mindfull of them in his mercie they must be mindefull of him in their businesse G od permits false teachers for mans ingratitude because Ahab will not beleeve Micha a lying spirit shall deceive his Prophets H ee that comes in Gods name and is sent yet delivers a false message when he is come is a falsifier of Gods Word T o intangle the soul with multitude of traditions ceremonies and unconcerning rites is to be condemned for it takes away liberty of conscience I t would coole the heart of the Devill if the Church had escaped the ingenious solicitations of our superstitious teachers who not only trouble the waters of our peace but poyson her very springs of life N o sooner was God worshipped and served but hatred and spight fell to the portion and lot of Religion Y f false teachers had not store of followers hereticall positions would fall to the ground and themselves slinke away with reproach and shame O ur wickednesse in these daies and dangerous times proceeds not from weake but from wilfull ignorance V iolent opposing the