time fit them to go into A marching Army some exploit to do By which they would almost immortal seem And time from base debauchery redeem As did the Youth of Rome in ancient days Which Crown'd their Temples with Triumphal Bays For by their skill and courage they acquir'd Renown and were by all the world admir'd Some spare hours in the School of Mars they spent Each week and muster'd in Bellona's Tent So that their manner seem'd a war indeed In which they weekly did their servants breed And all young Gentlemen by which you know They did great States and Kingdoms overthrow But Mars in London's cast behind the door Not Mars but Venus now young men adore O thou bewitching and debauching Devil Thou introducer of all sorts of evil Thou soul-destroying all-devouring vice That to the Devil so many doth entice That dost effeminate and pockifie Those Creatures called men both low and high Whose health and wealth and all dost overthrow Yea and at last into a lasting woe Had I but power to my will I would Torment thee till thy whorish heart grew cold Yea throw thee to the Devil from whence thou came And out of Britain blot thy cursed name And all thy Favourites in England tame And put them all by Law to open shame And in thy stead Mars and Minerva place And ransom vertue from a sordid race But wishing can do none of these old whore Therefore at present I shall say no more Ye Sons of Mars now I return again To you whom none I hope can justly stain Sith I have eas'd my mind in chiding those That to all Martial men are mortal foes And * Martialites not their foes among which your selves I must include In spite of the malicious multitude To you I say directly now I write And make you smile by what I shall endite Which shall be inoffensive every way Therefore be pleas'd to read me out I pray 'T is intermixt with mirth and seriousness And both as harmless as I could express I know ye can't be taught to exercise Sith divers things some of you can devise However after a new fashion I Will exercise you if ye please to try Through the five Vowels I shall briefly run In such a way as never yet was done Silence attention and obedience too But for this once I do request of you 1. A. DISTANCES 1. YOur closest order if you thought it fit Inch-order might be call'd but I submit 2 Close order in your Pockets keep be sure For 't will them of a deep Consumption cure 3. Close order in your Speech cannot be blam'd For opening too wide hath many sham'd 4. Order your self affairs and family By reason and you 'll stand when others fly 5 Orders may not be orderly but sure Orderly Orders will disorders cure 6. Order your wits draw them in rank and file When you see crafty Knaves upon you smile 7. An open order needful is sometime But a foul mouth to open is a crime 8. An open order in House-keeping hath Broke many while good order kept the path 9. A double distance ever let there be Between your souls and every ill you see 10. At double distance Sirs stand from a Knave And from a fawning hollow hearted Slave 11. At double double distance always keep From Culleys or they towards you will creep 12. At the same distance keep if you be wise From those to Honesty are enemies 2. E. FACINGS 1 FAce to the Right and keep the right way still Face still about from any thing that 's ill 2 Face inward and examine well your hearts Try if like Christians ye have play'd your parts 3 Face where you will 't is two to one but ye A Knave before an honest Man may see 4 Face an opposition but to whom To France to Papists and the Man of Rome 5 Face not a shrew when she begins to scold For if you do her Tongue will never hold 6 Face to the Right and Left the Front and Rear When of disguised Knaves ye stand in fear 7 Face in good earnest them ye cannot shun For a good Face hath oft made braggers run 8 Face not thy Captain with a brazen face When he doth justly give thy Coat a Lace 9 Face from such Liquors as inflame the blood Yet Eleemosinary Wine is good 10 Face not a Brothel-House but turn your back Least Soul and Purse and Body go to wrack 11 Face from your Wives when they give urging Speeches Laugh at their folly but hold fast the Breeches 12 Face and outface the Devil and all his crew In any thing that 's honest just and true 3. I. DOVBLINGS 1 DOuble your diligence and watch for fear The World the Flesh and Devil should you ensnare 2 Double your Guards and Centinels sometimes Or you 'll be guilty thought of other crimes 3 Double Argentum in your Pockets take Though to your Father you a journey make 4 Double-tongu'd Hypocrites are double dealers And near a kin to Cheats and private Stealers 5 Double your confidence when money fails For to look sneakingly nothing avails 6 Double your courage when you see your Foes Begin upon all hands you to enclose 7 Double your patience in adversity And 't will at last crown you with Victory 8 Double your resolutions against Vice And stop your ears when any you entice 9 Double the number of your friends but yet Look to your self but do not them forget 10 Double your Prayers in a time of trouble For fear your trouble should be more than double 11 Double the fore-front of your Soul when you Are tempted any evil thing to do 12 Double your hopes when nothing else is left For hope hath Rocks of desperation cleft 4. O. Counter-Marchings Id est Contrary-Marchings 1 TO Countermarch before an enemy Is one way to the loss of Victory 2 To Countermarch your thoughts puts them into Confusion by which something you may do 3 As Countermarch gaining ground is the best So gaining ground of Vice brings Souls to rest 4 Counterfeit Counter-marches against Vice Makes vertue fade and zeal as cold as Ice 5 Counter-march from the Counter if in debt Lest Catchpols you into their clutches get 6 Counter-march evil actions what you can Let Reason and Religion lead the van 7 Countermarch well your Consciences and try What Counter-scuffles there do latent ly 8 Encounter Counter-marchers and they 'll soon Run Counter-Cross into confusion 9 Ran-counter to the counter-part and you Perchance some un-expected thing may do 10 To countermine a Knave that means to cheat Is honestly his projects to defeat 11 March Counter to the Counter if you be Plagu'd with that Devil whose name begins with D. 12 March Counter to the counter-mand of those Would hinder you from chasing of your Foes Or you in just and lawful things oppose 5. U. WHEELINGS 1 WHeel off from evil Company also From feigned friends as from a deadly foe 2 Wheel all your sinful
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
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