their Places upon the Flanks till the Exercise be done and the Officers shall have taken their former Post upon the Front at the forementioned Advertisement by tuck of Drum at which time the said Sergeants shall also return to the Rear as before II. The Drummers shall stay upon the Wings of the Battalion during the Exercise excepting those that are in the Center before the Pikes who in the time that the Officers march through to the Rear shall range themselves behind the Major to be always ready either for giving Advertisements or in case the Battalion might be exercised by tuck of Drum. III. No man shall offer to stir or make the least motion till the Word of Command be fully pronounced and then to perform what shall be commanded with a graceful readiness and quick motion all at the same time IV. The Souldier having his Musket shoulder'd must stand straight up on his Limbs hold up his Head and look always to the commanding Officer making no Motion but such as shall be ordered which must be observed as a general Rule in all Commands V. The Souldiers must keep their Feet a small pace distant from each other their Heels straight in a line and their Toes turned outwardly holding their Muskets with their left hand upon their left Shoulder the Thumb in the hollow above the Butt holding the Iron which covers the Drawer close to the Shoulder that the Muzzel of the Musket behind may stand somewhat high turning the Lock a little outward so that the Butt may come to the Buttons or middle of the Breast and the Muskets over all be the more equally carried VI. The Match must be holden in the left hand one end betwixt the first and second finger and the other betwixt the two last both the ends a fingers length without the back of the hand so that the rest thereof may hang betwixt the hand and the Butt of the Musket and because in exercising the Match is to be laid down no more it must never be kindled without express Order VII With a shoulder'd Musket the left Elbow ought to be turned a little outwards from the Body but without constraint of the Arm and the right Arm hanging loose downwards along the Body with the Palm of the hand turned to the Thigh The Manual of the Muskets 1. JOyn your right hand to your Muskets 2. Poise your Muskets 3. Joyn your left hand to your Muskets 4. Take your Matches 5. Blow your Matches 6. Cock your Matches 7. Try your Matches 8. Guard your Pans 9. Blow your Matches 10. Open your Pans in presenting 11. Give Fire 12. Recover your Arms. 13. Return your Matches 14. Blow your Pans 15. Handle your Primers 16. Prime 17. Shut your Pans 18 Blow off your loose Corns 19. Cast about to charge 20. Handle your Chargers 21. Open them with your Teeth 22. Charge with Powder 23. Charge with Bullet 24. Wadd from your Hats 25. Draw forth your Scowrers 26. Hold them up 27. Shorten them to your Breasts 28. Put them in the Barrels 29. Ram down your Shot 30 Withdraw your Scowrers 31. Hold them up 32. Shorten them to your Breasts 33. Put them up in their places 34. Joyn your right hand to your Muskets 35. Poise your Muskets 36. Shoulder your Muskets 37. Rest your Muskets 38. Order your Muskets 39. Lay down your Muskets 40. Take up your Muskets 41. Rest your Muskets 42. Club your Muskets 43. Rest your Muskets 44. Shoulder your Muskets Take heed to make ready by three Words of Command 1. Make ready 2. Present 3. Give Fire Here follows the Manual of a Grenadier beginning from a shoulder'd Fire-lock 1. JOyn your right hand to your Fire-locks 2. Poise your Fire-locks 3. Joyn your left hand to your Fire-locks 4. Bend your Fire-locks 5. Present 6. Give Fire 7. Recover your Arms. 8. Handle your Slings 9. Sling your Fire-locks upon your Shoulders 10. Take your Matches 11. Take your Grenades 12. Open the Grenade Fuse 13. Guard the Grenade Fuse with your Thumbs 14. Blow your Matches 15. Fire and deliver your Grenades 16. Return your Matches 17. Handle your Slings 18. Poyse your Fire-locks 19. Cast about your Fire-locks to left side 20. Draw your Daggers 21. Screw your Daggers in the Muzzle of your Fire-locks 22. Rest your Daggers 23. Charge your Daggers the butt to the right knee 24. Stand up again and rest your Daggers 25. Cast about your Daggers to the left side 26. Withdraw your Daggers 27. Put up your Daggers 28. Half-bend your Fire-locks 29. Blow your Pans 30. Handle your Primers 31. Prime 32. Shut your Pans 33. Cast about to charge 34. Handle your Cartridges 35. Open your Cartridges 36. Charge your Cartridges 37. Draw forth your Scowrers 38. Hold them up 39. Shorten them to your Breasts 40. Put them in the Barrels 41. Ram down your Shot 42. Withdraw your Scowrers 43. Hold them up 44. Shorten them to your Breasts 45. Put them up in their places 46. Joyn your right hand to your Fire-locks 47. Poise your Fire-locks 48. Shoulder your Fire-locks 49. Rest your Fire locks 50. Order your Fire-locks 51. Lay down your Fire-locks 52. Take up your Fire-locks 53. Rest your Fire-locks 54. Club your Fire-locks 55. Rest your Fire-locks 56. Shoulder your Fire-locks Take heed you be ready to give fire by three Words of Command 57 1. Make ready 2. Present 3. Give Fire Take heed ye be ready to fire your Grenades by three Words of Command 58 1. Make ready 2. Blow your Match 3. Fire and deliver your Grenades Take heed ye be ready to use your Daggers by three Words of Command 59 1. Make ready 2. Charge your Daggers the Butt against the right Knee 3. Rest your Daggers Take heed to make your Fire-locks ready again 60 Make ready your Fire-locks Here follows the Manual of the Pike beginning from the Advance THE Posture of a Pike-man with his Pike advanced must be the same as the Musketiers with a shoulder'd Musket viz. that he stand straight upon his Limbs holding up his Head looking briskly wirh his Eye always turned towards the Commanding Officer and making no other motions than the Commands do bear that he keep his Feet a small pace distant from each other his Heels in a straight Line his Toes turn'd outwardly and holding the Butt end of the Pike in his right hand stretched downwards along his Body to the full length so that the back of his hand be turn'd so much outwardly as his Arm in such posture can suffer without constraint and the Pike be kept close as well to his shoulder as the outside of his Thigh that it may stand straight upwards without inclining to either hand which Posture must be always observed with an advanced Pike 1. Charge to the Front. 2. As you were 3. Charge to the right 4. To the left as you were 5. Charge to the left 6. To the right as you were 7. To the right about charge 8. To the
left as you were 9. To the left about charge 10. To the right as you were 11. Shoulder your Pikes 12. Charge to the Front. 13. Shoulder as you were 14. Charge to the right 15. To the left as you were 16. Charge to the left 17. To the right as you were 18. To the right about charge 19. To the left as you were 20. To the left about charge 21. To the right as you were 22. Port your Pikes 23. Charge to the Front. 24. Trail your Pikes the Spear behind 25. Charge as you were 26. Push your Pikes 27. Trail your Pikes the Spear before 28. Present your Spears 29. Charge to the Front. 30. Advance your Pikes 31. Order your Pikes 32. Lay down your Pikes 33. Take up your Pikes 34. Plant your Pikes 35. Order your Pikes 36. Advance your Pikes Here follow the Evolutions General Words of Command 1. Take heed AT the pronouncing of this Word there must be great Silence observed throughout the whole Battalion the Souldiers doing no motions neither with their Heads Bodies Hands or Feet but such as shall be ordered and looking stedfastly to the commanding Officer as hath been said above concerning the Manual 2. Carry well your Arms. 3. Dress your Ranks and your Files Evolutions with Muskets and Pikes together 1. Present your Arms. 2. 1. To the right 2. To the right 3. To the right 4. To the right 3. To the right about 4. To the left as you were 5. 1. To the left 2. To the left 3. To the left 4. To the left 6. To the left about 7. To the right as you were 8. Poyse your Muskets and advance your Pikes 9. Shoulder your Muskets Take heed to double your Ranks to the Front. 10. To the right double our Ranks to the Front. 11. March. HEre it must be observed as also by all other Marches that all the Souldiers of the same Rank make the first step with the left foot lifting all at the same time to the end that marching softly looking continually to the sides more especially to the right they may keep the Rank straight and come upon their places all together stepping so that with four paces they may enter the Rank that is before them having special care to carry their Arms well hold up their Head keep their Bodies in a straight and unconstrained posture and look briskly 12. To the lest as you were 13. March. 14. Halt 15. To the left double your Ranks to the Front. 16. March. 17. To the right as you were 18. March. 19. Halt Take heed to double your Ranks to the Rear 20. To the right about double your Ranks to the Rear 21. March. 22. Halt 23. As you were 24. March. 25. To the left about double your Ranks to the Rear 26. March. 27. Halt 28. As you were 29. March. Take heed by half Files to double your Ranks to the Front. 30. To the right by half Files double your Ranks to the Front. 31. March. 32. To the left as you were 33. March. 34. Halt 35. To the left by half Files double your Ranks to the Front. 36. March. 37. To the right as you were 38. March. 39. Halt Take heed by half Files to double your Ranks to the Rear 40. To the right about by half Files double your Ranks to the Rear 41. March. 42. Halt 43. As you were 44. March. 45. To the left about by half Files double your Ranks to the Rear 46. March. 47. Halt 48. As you were 49. Halt Take heed to double your Files 50. To the right double your Files 51. March. 52. Halt 53. To the left as you were 54. March. 55. To the left double your Files 56. March. 57. Halt 58. To the right as you were 59. March. Take heed to double your Files by half Ranks 60. By half Ranks to the right double your Files 61. March. 62. Halt 63. To the left as you were 64. March. 65. Halt 66. By half Ranks to the left double your Files 67. March. 68. Halt 69. To the right as you were 70. March. 71. Halt Every Division must double its Files in it self and the odd File must stand on its ground Take heed to contre-march by Files 72. By Files to the right about contre-march 73. March. 74. By Files to the left about contre-march 75. March. Take heed to contre-march by Ranks 76. By Ranks to the right contre-march 77. March. 78. Halt 79. By Ranks to the left contre-march 80. March. 81. Halt Take heed to close your Files 82. From the right and left close your Files to the Center 83. March. 84. Halt Take heed to close your Ranks 85. Close your Ranks to the Front. 86. March. Take heed to wheel 87. Wheel to the right 88. March. 89. Halt 90. Wheel to the right 91. March. 92. Halt 93. To the right about wheel 94. March. 95. Halt 96. Wheel to the left 97. March. 98. Halt 99. Wheel to the left 100. March. 101. Halt 102. To the left about wheel 103. March. 104. Halt Take heed to put your Ranks and Files at their former distance 105. Files to the right and left take your former distances 106. March. 107. Halt Take heed to put your Ranks at the former distance 108. Ranks as you were 109. March. 110. Halt Take heed to lay down your Arms. 111. Rest your Muskets 112. Order your Arms. 113. Lay down your Arms. Take heed to quit your Arms. 114. For Straw 115. March. 116. To your Arms. 117. Put up your Swords 118. Take up your Arms. 119. Rest your Muskets 120. Poyse your Muskets and advance your Pikes 121. Shoulder your Muskets FINIS
hazardous Yea desperate and very dangerous Which falleth out sometimes for want of care In the prime Leader To avoid that snare A deadly snare indeed as it hath prov'd To divers Armies that would fain have mov'd From whence they were drawn up but one half Mile But could not for their Enemies the while Fell on their Front and Flanks most furiously So all were killed and taken presently Except a few that made a shift to fly Yet in this case a way they might have found Before the enemy enclos'd them round From being kill'd and taken totally Which is at the first sight of the Enemy If you see that you must be forc'd to fight And by no means you can keep out of sight Divide your Forces in two equal parts Look chearfully and comfort up their hearts Let all of them at double distance stand Then double all their Ranks then out of hand Let them shout and advance couragiously Which will I 'm sure amuse the Enemy Yea damp their courage too And who can tell But something they may do If they do well The other half may second them if not Then to be sure the first will go to pot Which if you do forsee then haste away The other half lest they should be a prey If you see you are followed by the Foe Fell Trees or else some Wagons overthrow Where they must pass or else some Houses Fire c. By which you may more quietly retire So march apace all Night and rest by day Hath in this case been found the safest way There 's many other Wiles and Tricks whereby You may escape a Potent Enemy Which some know better I suppose than I. And though half of your Army now is lost And doubtless something to the others cost Yet th' other half is sav'd by this device Better lose half than all is good advice A desp'rate Disease you know must have A desp'rate cure to try if that will save But our wise General would never let His Enemies so slily him beset For he 'll have many eyes and Spies abroad And many nimble Scouts upon the Road. Nor will he wholly trust to them for he Himself will busie in such matters be Knowing it is a blot to any chief To have his Foe steal on him like a Thief For some because surpriz'd have been turn'd out Though otherwise well qualified and stout Cromwell chid Lambert soundly because he Carre's craft and policy did not fore-see He was to fall on Carre but Carre fell on Upon his Quarters first at Hamilton Th' English had no great harm but came off well For Gibbey Carre they forthwith did repel Another time I thought he would have kill'd Lieutenant General Whaley in the field ' Cause the Scotch Army gave him the go-by And in the dark for him he charg'd to spy And watch their motion but for all this slur Which for a while amongst us made some stir Both these were good Commanders stout and wise Which was confest by friends and enemies Fortuna nunquam perpetua est bona A thing may happen in an hour which may Not happen in an Age and though to day Be yours yet may the next anothers be There 's nothing certain but uncertainty Rich Men are counted wise and wise Men fools if poor But time turns upside down yea rich Men out the door Cum fortuna manet vultum servatis amici Cum cecidit turpi vertitis or a fuga Our Hero's not Infallible 't is true Some trick there may be put upon him too Suppose he finds the Foe hath crept too near him And if he does he knows not how to fear him And that he 's like to fall into some danger Which very thought inflames him so with anger That in a desp'rate rage he 'll charge his Foes And courage arm'd with wrath who can oppose He laughs when other Chieftains are confounded And shews no fear when by the Foe surrounded No but cries have at all Caesar or none If I must die I will not die alone The sad wise Valour is the bravest man He Conquers oft that bravely thinks he can Then 's Front and Rear half Files stand back to back Impulsed by fell fury bringing wrack On ev'ry side to such as dare them meet Whilst Drums and Cannons in dire Thunder greet And then they give a Turk-amazing shout So they must either give or take a rout But he that never knew what 't was to shun His enemies much less from them to run Cannot though overpower'd yet to them yield So he 'll a little longer keep the Field Then with an over-topping courage and Some stratagem whereby the oe's trepan'd He extricates himself and all his Mates From present ruine whom he animates With a short Speech his noble mind to ease And perhaps with such arguments as these What! fellow Souldiers are we all a mort How Woman-like do we our selves deport Where is our quondam courage what although Our numerous Foes do yet upon us grow I tell you a brave resolution may Not only stagger them but win the Day Heard ye not of that Victory was won By Miltiades near to Marathon How with Ten thousand Greeks he put to flight An Hundred thousand Persians Men of might And how brave Edward called the Black Prince Kill'd took and routed Sixty thousand French At Poictiers only with Eight thousand Foot Took many Nobles and their King to boot Brave Henry with a handful did advance His Standard through the trembling heart of France Shall such a little number win such Fame And shall we nothing do come come for shame Rouze up your Spirits then brave Souldiers all Let us with double courage on them fall Though they are five to one of us what then Shall we not therefore quit our selves like Men I can't call that a noble Victory That 's gained from an equal enemy Souldiers to Perils are accustomed Yea by continual dangers to be led Pray Sirs mind what I say then if you stand Ye can but die like a renowned band But if ye run y' are sure to die therefore If ye be Men come follow me once more This having said he falleth on again Attended by his new-revived Train And ten to one but he gets ground apace And may perhaps his Foe put to the chace If so be sure all was performed by His Courage noble Speech and Policy Which greatly doth his Fame and Honour raise Whilst envy pines that would him fain dispraise Optimus ille dux qui novit vincere victoria uri Though by this means they wan the Victory Yet his Humility and Modesty Is such that nothing can offend him more Than to hear people put it to his score His very Enemies respect him too ' Cause such a gallant courteous noble Foe By which he draws some of them to his side Which in his service faithfully abide To the afflicted he a Brother proves And fear from daunted Spirits he removes His hand to help
the helpless he will lend To good and vertuous Men a fixed friend In Counsel grave deliberate and wise In action heedful to his word precise The obstinate rough-hewn untutor'd crew Have tasted first or last what he can do For his great spirit and undaunted Heart Can brook no threatnings if they be too tart He 's vers'd in policy and warlike strife As well as how to lead a vertuous Life Bellona's Banners in the purple field Affright him not nor make his spirit yield His Travels both in Body and in Mind Can't very easily a fellow find He 's well acquainted with all Warlike feats As with the Drums diversity of beats He bears about him honourable Scars Which he received nobly in the Wars Not in those private and ignoble quarrels Which cannot claim so much as faded Laurels Much used by some Gallants of the time Which think themselves of all the rest the prime And through whose Veins such hot distempers run As never yet were known since time begun Taverns are haunted with these fiery spirits Who think to make all sly is for their credits These vap'ring Hectors when the Wine is in Can take from Hercules his Lions Skin Yea by a storm of Words and Oathes to boot One of them can lay Typhon at his foot Nay at a pitched Monomachy quell Diâ—e Polyphemus and the Dog of Hell. If their skill courage strength and worth be such I wonder why they did not beat the Dutch The Glance A Little higher let my genius soar And pierce the breast of greatness warily Titles of Honour by some wights are wore Which unto good have no proclivity Whos 's sequels are black infamy and shame Which unto many Ages shall indure Corroding and extinguishing their Name Which never can be capable of cure They that would not into such evils run Nor turn their glory to a waning State Let them and theirs the same occasions shun Which courted others into scorn and hate And bravely in all vertuous ways persist Which will bewray the greatness of their mind Yea Fame to make them greater will assist And from the Heavens shall Protection find Who lives in Vertue shall with Honour die And be Recorded to posterity Quis honorem quis gloriam quis laudem quis ullum decus tam unquam expetit quà m ignominiam infamiam contumelias dedecus fugiat Cicero Now to my matter I return again And give you what doth yet behind remain I have digrest more than I did intend And unto such to whom I am no friend But for our Hero I 'll write all I can At which black envy will look pale and wan I pretermit his bringing up and Birth My aim is only to display his worth None should be chose a General for his Riches No though he were the Husband of a Dutches But for his great Experience Gravity His Wisdom Valour and Fidelity Our Hero hath all these besides his love To that Religion which is from above He knows which way his Foe to circumvent And how an Ambuscado to prevent And if his adversary from him fly He will not follow them too hastily ' Cause that 's the way to make them desperate And turn again as 't were in ' spite of fate For desperation will make Cowards fight And put their Hot-spurr'd followers to slight Many by sad experience do know Too close pursuits wrought their own overthrow Whereof I could give many instances But our Commander loves no such excess For if the adverse Army will be gone From 's Territories he will help them on By leaving them an open way whereby They may with ease and safety from him fly Nay more if in their slight they seem but cold He 'll quickly make for them a Bridge of Gold. The wary Valour is the best of all For hot-spurs shall into confusion fall Hosti fugienti pons aureus faciendus He will be here and there and ev'ry where Filling his Enemies with care and fear Loose Wings on either hand he sendeth out And nimble Lads upon the private scout When Phoebus sets if he be Five Leagues from them Yet by the Morning he 'll be in among them And lets them hardly take a full Nights sleep He so torments them or plays at Bo-peep Putting them into horrible confusion And yet desireth not their bloods effusion No no if he sees his Souldiers are For slaughter he 'll restrain them and take care Both for his well and wounded enemy That he receive no farther injury He seeks to know the mode and disposition True temper inclination and condition Of him that is the adverse General And of some others of the principal He hath a busie brain a steady foot A watchful eye an heart most resolute To 's Souldiers he 's a Father for he will Provide what 's necessary for them still His Discipline is so severe and strict That heavy punishments he will inflict On such as do the Country spoil and wrong Which is his constant practice all along For Souldiers where good Order bears no sway Will to their Foes soon make themselves a prey He scorns to plunder either friend or Foe As many other dirty Captains do No but will treat his Captive Enemy With all Humanity and Courtesy According to their Rank and Quality And for the sick and wounded taketh care Yea leaves himself to furnish them but bare His Muster-Rolls with Faggots are not pil'd He will not injure Man Woman nor Child He 's none of those that ramble in the dark Nor of that Crew that visit Whetstone's Park c. He can't be justly charg'd with any Vice To which none easily can him entice He loves to exercise his Souldiers oft Of whom they learn the Military craft To whom he shews familiarity And will discourse with them facetiously But yet retains convenient gravity He strikes them not for every fault as some Proud fools whose places nothing them become Such are made Officers before they Souldiers were But our Commander was a Souldier Before he was an Officer therefore Of these new Milk-sops worth a hundred score Such have I known and some are yet alive That knew not whether they should lead or drive Their Souldiers when they have been Captains made They were so simple yet a vap'ring blade Was each of them which in a Tavern could Do many wonders yea with Juno scold But our Commander scorns such Catamites As can do nought but in their drunken fits For he 'll be first and last in danger while Those young fops leap o'er every Gate and Stile And panting cry God bless us from a Gun Starting at their own Shadows yea would run Into a Mouse-hole if they could and there Be ready to besh themselves for fear Any should with a Cushion shoot them through The Nose you see then what these Sparks can do Others whose Oaths thicker than Bullets fly Yet they in bloodless Battles love to die They are for fine rich Silver Swords not for Steel Swords '