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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	advance_v	pike_n	right_a	5,762	5	9.0416	5	false

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A10820	Great Yarmouths exercise In a very compleat and martiall manner performed by their artillery men, upon the twenty second of May last, to the great commendations and applause of the whole town, according to the modern discipline of this our age. 1638. Written by Iohn Roberts of Weston, neere Bathe, Gent.	Roberts, John, of Weston.	1638 (1638)	STC 21093; ESTC S101924	10,040	18

men attending to carry their Pikes and Targets which were accommodated like Commanders and men known both expert and judicious their names were Captain Warren Captain Mantrop and Captain Carter the first for the field the two last for the Fort. The Lieutenants were armed with Head-pieces Plun●'de faire and large gilt Partizans Buffe Coats Gorgets with rich embroydered Belts and Swords with Pistols taking their proper places according to their Captains seniority whose names were these Israel Ingram Nicholas Cutting Iohn Roe Henry Lunne the two first were in the Fort the other two in the Field The Ensignes were gorgeously suted being proper men of person with their Head-pieces plumed their Colours advanced tucked and richly apparelled in every thing compleat for those places observing when there was a March beaten their Colours were shouldred their names as followeth Daniel Wilgrace Edward Denny for the Fort and Iohn Darset and Iohn Lucas for the Field The assistants to both the Serjant Majors were Commander-like suted and armed their names were Iohn Mallam Thomas Godfrey The Quarter-masters of the field in like nature provided their names Iohn Wish Iohn Robins for the Field and Robert Gower for the Fort. The Captain of the Horse was wondrous well mounted and not any thing interiour in Armes for whatsoever else became a Commander to be prepared and provided with his name was Captain Thomson his Lieutenant Iohn Bucknam the Cornet Robert Austin his Corporall Thomas Wood all men of good qualitie and well respected and those which did performe their parts exceeding well who deserved commendations for their seemly order and warlike behaviour The Cannoneers habited correspondent to their places with Field-linstocks in their hands The Serjants compleatly fitted and thus was every man properly accommodated In the morning the Drums of both parts went about the Town beating a Call to summon every Officer and Souldier to their Colours And when the Governours Clarke and the Captains had called them by their Lists over and found appearance in them all then they drew them up in a body thus having two Ensignes caused them to advance to the heads of the Pikes where they made a stand their Colours advanced turked one Ensigne took the right hand the other the left according to their senioritie and due place every Officer did the like the Governour tooke his about six foot from the Pikes in the Centre his Serjeant Major upon his left hand the Captains one on the right hand and the other on the left betweene the File-leaders of the Pikes and Musketeers on both Flanks after which they marched by Squadrons into the Fort in every way answerable to them were those of the Field as you shall understand in its due place In the Artillery Yard was the first Randevouze of those of the Field where after the said Call beaten abroad in the Town and also every man upon that Summons found ready some small time spent thereafter the word of Command was given the Drum beat a troop they all advanc't and shouldred and so troopt into the Market place where their Cannon Horse Ammunition and Waggons were ready to attend them there they drew them into a mayn body Having a sparious place for the ordering of their Companies and Troops in a warlike maner marcht into the Field in this order the Pioners being prepared there before First a Cornet of Horse troopt into the Field next a Squadron of Musquetiers with a Drum in the third ranke of Captain Meadowes Company being eldest Colonell in the Reare of whom the Colonell in person very laudably and commander-like attended marcht the Colours and a Squadron of Pikes and a Drum following then the eldest Serjant in the front of the second Squadron of Pikes after them the second Serjeant and second Squadron of Musquetiers with a Drum and finally the Lieutenant in the Reare After whom marcht the Company of Captain Warrens in every point correspondent to the other and in one and the self-same uniforme At the Reare of which two Companies marcht the Cannon and Baggage and another Cornet of Horse to secure the Reare Thus in this martiall manner they marcht into the Field in which march they made three severall Alts and at the last Alt they were all drawne into forme of battaile the Pikes in the Centre flanckt with Musketiers with the Ordnance Horse and Baggage upon the Wings Being upon the last Alt and thus marching a party of Pikes and Musketiers issued from out of the North Sally Port and fired upon the Army presently a Squadron of Pikes and Musketiers advanc't from the Army and fir'd upon the Defendants Squadron after whom instantly a troop from the Army also seconded the assaylants Squadron to re-inforce these of the Fort but they were as soon repeld by their Ambuscado who routed the Assailants and retreated them to the Army at which time those of the Fort took two prisoners from them of the Field The while this was in agitation the Assaylants sate downe and raysed their Tents made their Huts and setled their Ordnance they of the Fort firing their Ordnance all the while on them which was answered after a short time by the Cannon of the field shot for shot But speedily the aforesaid two prisoners were mist wherupon the Drum Major beat a parley which being answered by a Drum of the Fort made their demand which was imbrac'd the Drum of the Field blinded about ten paces from the Fort was led into the Governours Tent and laying down a months pay for captives was led out and so ransom'd them both again The Army martially setled in the field in their severall quarters were presently disturbed by the Ordnance of the Fort those of the Field answered them by their Cannon and set forth their Sentinels with severall Guards for the Ordnance At this instant hapned a sudden fire in the quarters which was done by a traytor from the Fort for the finding out of whom it was ordered that by the beating of a Drum and word of mouth a Proclamation was made that upon pain of death every Officer and private Souldier should repaire presently to his owne private Hut and proper quarter which being done and the traytour found alone without a Hut instantly was apprehended and committed to the custody of the Provost Marshall And when there was a cessation of Armes he was to undergo the penalty of the Law which was to be bound to a stake and Muskateer'd Then the Pioners were drawne up to the Front of the Army where they were divided into three parts two thirds for the Trenches in the Quarters and one third for the battery to draw the Cannon neerer to the Fort and to raise platformes upon severall occasions to advantage the Assaylants The Cannon were drawn up by the out-wings of the Front of the Army and their mettall plac'd in a Horizontall Line of levell towards the work of the Fort where the breach should be made to do execution After which the