the Right and move down untill they stand even with the front of Muskettiers then face to the Front this done The two left hand files of the Body face to the Right and Close to their distance of Order then all face to the front and order Armes with the end of the Tune which produceth the figure L. The figure L thus made the   L   P P M M P P P P M M P P M M E M M M M M M P P M M P P P P M M P P Drums beat a preparative the Pikes advance the Muskettiers Face to the Front Reere and Flanks The Pikes upon the Right of each division of Muskettiers face the same way with their Muskets and Port the Drums beat a charge the Musketiers give fire wheeling of to the right and placing themselves in the Reere of their owne divisions The Muskettiers having given fire the Pikes charge and the Muskettiers make ready again which done the Drums strike an Alt the Pikes advance and all face to the proper front ordering their Armes This Figure is reduced againe as followeth With the beginning of the Almaine the Reere division of Muskets move forwards into the Front the two left-hand-files opening to the left in the meane time to give them way the two flank divisions of Muskettiers are also to close to the right and left inwards and all order Armes with the end of the first streine With the beginning of the second streine the Pikes in the Reere close forwards to open order the Muskettiers in the meane time face to the right and left outwards the Pikemen face to the right and left inwards then all move and interchange ground which being done all face to the front and order Armes with the end of the Tune To make the sixth Figure When the Almaine begins the Right hand file-leaders of Muskettiers and Pikes advance Armes and wheele to the left Crosse the front of the Battell then face to the front and order Armes with the end of the first streine With the second part of the Tune the halfe-files of each Armes of the left Flank face about to the right The bringers up being the Leaders of the motion wheele to the left Crosse the Reere of the Battell the other foure files are also in the interim to open to the right and left that so they may stand even with the inmost Angles of the Front and Reere divisions Lastly all face to the Front and order Armes with the end of the Tune which produceth the Figure M. The figure M thus    M.      M M M M     P P P P   M P     P M M P  E  P M M P   P M M P     P M   P P P P     M M M M   made the Drums beat a preparative the Pikes advance the Muskettiers make ready all facing to the Front Reere and Flanks accordingly do present The Drums beat a charge the Muskettiers give fire the Pikes in the meane time porting having fired the Pikes move a little forwards and the Muskettiers passe to the right every man behinde his Pikeman The Drums continue beating the Pikes charge and Muskettiers make ready again Which being done the Pikes advance and the whole body faceth to the left Angle of the front At this instant the Beacon is fired and the Captain and other Officers leave their places where they stood to see the Exercise and repaire to the Company The Captain comming to the left Angle of the front to which part the Body stands faced marcheth them a little and wheeleth them about to the right Now the Sentinell gives fire without in the Yard Whereupon the Captain having Trooped them towards the Skreen of the Hall presently reduceth his souldiers by wheeling the front inwards to the Reere and then Countermarching his files to the Right By this time one comes crying into the Hall Arme Arme the Saracens are Landed and by this time the Captain had intelligence that their Battelles marched fast towards him Whereupon he wheeleth his Battel about to the right and doubled half-files to the left that done having taken a ground of some advantage he advanced his Muskettiers before his Pikes and made the horne-Battell as under figure N. In which forme he attended the comming on of the Infidels The Commanders shewed good proof of their skills experimented judgements by the politique and various alteration of their formes The Souldiers also shewed themselves to be no younglings in the Art Millitary by their ready obedience and active motion on each varietie The fight continued a long time with great obstinacie on either side untill at length the advantage of the Christians Armes and number of their souldiers prevailing MULLEY ACHMAT with the Saracens were forced to give ground The which the Christian Captain perceiving he caused his Muskettiers to move up between his Pikes and present powring out his shott by two Ranks together The Pikes also at the same time charging them home which the Turcomen people no longer able to indure they quit the Hall the same way they entred MULLEY ACHMAT and his Lieutenant making good the Retreit with their Symiters in their hands The Saracens thus forced out of the Hall the two last ranks of Captain Vens Company face about and are privately led away by Lieutenant Sheppard either to lie in ambush or to attend upon the Saracens designes as opportunitie should best offer it self The Captain in the mean time facing the Muskettiers to the right and left outward the Pikes to the right and left inwards causeth them to interchange ground This brings the Muskettiers again to the Flanks Then the drums beating a March the Captain leads the Company in Divisions once about the Hall and marcheth out at the lower end by the skreene into the yard Mulley Achmatt having again ordered his Body in the Garden sends a spie to see what the Christians are doing and finding them all gone out of the Hall surmised they were fled And thereupon Mulley Achmatt returns with great Triumph and with much vaunting insolence marcheth round about the Hall with his Souldiers in form of a Herse as you may perceive by the Figure numbred with 12. Now being at the lower end of the Hall he made an Alt when immediately upon a signe given the Turks doubled their half-files to the right intire the which produced Figure 13. On which form he marched and with a stately survay beholding the Order of his Souldiers and the countenance of the Spectatours he again made Alt observing his former order in making and marching on these ensuing figures After that MULLEY-ABEN-ACHMAT had made and marched on all these severall Figures at last with great insolence he wheeled his battell about to the left his body being in form of the 17 th Figure
together and order Armes with the end of the Tune Half-files double your Front by devision In the first streyn of the tune the half-files advance their Armes face to the right and left moving untill they are cleere off the standing part of the Body With the beginning of the second streine they face all to the Front and march forwards untill they have evened the Front then order Armes with the end of the tune For Reducement Half files face about inward and march into your places With the beginning of the first streyne the half-files face about and move down to the Reere of the Front half-files In the second part of the tune the front half-files open to the right and left to their open Order the Reere half files in the meane time placing themselves directly after their Leaders all facing to the Front and ordering Armes with the end of the Tune COVNTERMARCHES Files to the right hand Countermarch At the Close of the first streyne of the Tune the File-leaders must be even in rank with the Bringers up the rest of the ranks even one with another With the beginning of the second streyne they all move forwards and finish the Countermarch keeping their Aspects to the Reere and order Armes with the end of the Tune Files to the left hand Countermarch In this Countermarching Files to the left they are to observe the former directions both for time and posture Ranks to the right hand Countermarch With the beginning of the first streyne the whole Body faceth to the right the right hand File turning off together and moving even a-brest towards the left untill the right hand file of Muskettiers be all met even in rank with the left hand file the Pikes in like manner being inserted one file within the other where-with ends the first streyne of the tune With the beginning of the second streyne the Countermarch is continued and perfected all facing to the front and ordering Armes with the end of the Tune For Reducement Ranks to the left hand Countermarch With the beginning of the first streyne the whole body faceth to the left and performes the Countermarch according to the former directions only differing in the hand Front and Reer Half-files interchange ground With the first streyne of the musick the whole body advanceth their Armes the front half-files facing about to the right each division passing forwards to the right between each others Intervalls or files untill the File-leaders become even with the Reer Ranke then stand with the Close of the first streyne With the beginning of the second streyne the divisions move forwards that division that moveth towards the bottome of the Hall must have an eye to their followers that so they may face all about to the left together and Order their Armes with the Close of the Musick For Reducement Front and Reer half-files interchange ground This second interchanging of ground is for the reducement of the former wherein you are punctually to observe the former directions Half-files double your Front to the left With the beginning of the first streyne the Reere half-files advance their Armes moving forwards into the Front-half-files until the half-file leaders are even in Rank with the File-leaders the other Ranks being even one with another then all order Armes with the Close of the first streyne With the beginning of the second streyne the whole Body advance their Armes and face about to the right marching down towards the Skreene untill the proper File-leaders be in the middle of the Hall Then all face about to the right and order Armes with the end of the Tune WHEELINGS Wheele your battell to the right upon the same ground This Wheeling is to be performed on the first streyne of the Tune and in the Motion the right Flank is to face to the left using a reasonable quick Motion The left Flank wheele slowly to the right being come to their ground all order Armes with the end of the first streyne For Reducement Wheele your Battell to the left on the same ground Now the left Flank is to face to the right the rest to performe in like manner according to the former directions This wheeling is but the Reducement of the other and to be done to the second streyne of the Tune Wheele your Front into the midst With the beginning of the Musick the two middlemost File-leaders are to move very slowly the Muskettiers on the Wings must use a swifter motion being Wheeled together all are to face to the proper Front and Order their Armes with the Close of the first streyne For Reducement Wheele your Reer into the midst With the beginning of the second streyne of the Musick all face about to the right then wheele together as before Lastly face all to the proper Front and order Armes with the end of the Tune Wheele Front and Reere into both Flanks With the beginning of the Tune the Body faceth to the right and left outward and then Wheele together as formerly facing to the proper Front and ordering Armes with the end of the first streyne With the second streyne Advance Armes face in opposition Close your divisions face to the Front and order Armes with the end of the Tune Reducement Wheele both Flanks into the Front and Reere With the beginning of the Musick all advance Armes and the half-files Face about to the Right then wheel together as formerly Lastly face all to the proper Front and order Armes with the close of the first streyne With the second streyne face all in opposition close your divisions face to your proper front and Order your Armes with the end of the musick The end of the motions THE motions of the body thus ended the Captain Lieu t. Ensigne and other officers take their severall places the drums trooping them thither The Captain having saluted his Company The drums beat a lofty English March and the Captain leads the company forth in divisions once about the Hall each officer marching in his due place Being at the lower end by the skreene the drums beat a troop the Pikes advance the Ranks close forwards to their Order and each officer leads up his division to the left Then all together in a faire brest they troop forwards into the middle of the Hall and there make an Alt all ordering their Armes This being done the Captain Lieutenant Sergeants phife and drums quit the Body again the Ensigne onely remaining with the company After some small pause the phife and drum begin the Almain once over both streynes the body standing as the Figure under E. Here begin the Firings To make the first Figure Vpon the second time of the musicks playing over with the beginning of the first    E    M M P P P P M M M M P P P P M M M M P P P P M M M M P P P P M M streyn the Muskettiers
triumphing maner some having Cymiters some Barbary guns others having Targets but all some thing besides this the Souldiers were mightily enriched by the Iewels that they found about them for these were not of those poore roving Saracens but a select Company that had enriched themselves by the spoiles of many others Thus having marched about the Hall the third time being come to the Skreen the Captain made a signe the Drums beat a Troop the Pikes advance and the Ranks close forward to their Order This done the divisions are drawn up in Battalia then the Pikes stand and the Muskettiers advance into a Horne Battell Lastly being in this form the Drums continuing their Troop the whole body advanceth forward into the middle of the Hall then the Drums striking an Alt the whole Body makes a stand ordering their Armes Then the Captain and Lieutenant as at the first take forth Mr. Richard Lacy the third man from the Front of Lieutenant Bariff his File trooping him between them into the Van before the midst of the Front of Muskettiers there doing their severall duties to the Nobilitie as formerly The Souldier began this ensuing Speech Vnbrace your Drums and let the warlike Phife No more distinguish 'twixt pale death and life Furle up your Ensignes let the Canon cease And re-assume your bravely purchast peace Here are the knowing that with judgements eye Look through your Actions can at first discry Your well weigh'd resolutions and can give That sweet reward that makes a Souldier live Encouragement which from you is praise Welcome as Triumph or th'unblasted baies Give us but that we can dispence with cost With time more pretious and with what is most In the esteeme of men we want but ground Which had you conquer yet our hopes are crown'd This from your bounties if we shall obtain Vollies of shot shall thank it back again After the speech thus ended duty being done and the Souldier returned to his place the Captain caused the Drums to beat a Troop and the Pikes to move forwards even with the Front of Muskettiers Then the Captain makes a signe the Drums beat a March and the Company marcheth again in divisions The Captain first and the Ranks of Souldiers following doing a short Souldier-like obeysance to the Nobility as they past by them The Ensigne onely basing his point In this order marching forth of the Hall where the Turks found so good quarter and kind usage that now they are all turned Christians leaving that course of life and are now either Merchants or Shopkeepers for the most part FINIS Imprimatur Tho. Wykes Aug. 28. 1639. a Plut. in Licur b Plut. in Pelopida * Rich. Nicolls Oxon. his Londons Artillery page 37 printed in Anno 1616. The figures of number in the margent declare how many times the whole tune is played over throughout the exercise These foure facings intire The continuance of the Tune numbred by the figures in the margent Divisionall Facings The continuance of the Musick playing over figured Doublings The continuance of the Musicks playing over The continuance of the Musicks playing over This doubling the depth Reduced the body closing to the right made roome for the next doubling The continuance of the Musicks playing over The continuance of the Musicks playing over Countermarches The continuance of the Musick playing o ver The continuance of the Musicks playing over This last doubling by half-files after the Countermarmarches was to inlarge the Front of the Body that so the wheelings might the more properly and commodiously be performed facing about to the Right and marching into the midst of the Hall was to gain roome for the Body to wheele upon The continuance of the Musicks playing over The continuance of the Musick playing over figured The continuance of the Musicks playing over This Firing reduceth the Muskets to both Flanks again The continuance of the Musicks playing over The continuance of the Musicks playing over The continuance of the Musicks playing over The continuance of the Musicks playing over The continuance of the Musick playing over The continuance of the Musicks playing over * This Creese is a dagger with a waved blade poysoned according to the custome of that Countrey It was given him by the great King of Maccassar for a present for saving his life when they were hunting and killing the wilde Bore who had else killed the King