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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06964	The souldiers accidence. Or an introduction into military discipline containing the first principles and necessary knowledge meete for captaines, muster-masters, and all young souldiers of the infantrie, or foote bandes. Also, the cavallarie or formes of trayning of horse-troopes, as it hath beene received from the latest and best experiences armies. A worke fit for all noble, generous, and good spirits, that loue honor, or honorable action. G.M.	Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.	1625 (1625)	STC 17388; ESTC S102642	32,968	76

by devision to the right hand Advance by devision to the left Files ranke by conversion to the right hand Files ranke by conversion to the left Files ranke 3.5.7 c. Shorten your Files to 5.8 c. Lengthen your Files to 10.12.16 c. Files counter-march to the right hand Files counter-march to the left Files counter-march to both by devision And this counter-march may bee done divers wayes and manners as after the manner of the Macedonians the Lacedemonians the Persians or out late and more moderne vse and fashion all these motions must be done to some one or other order as aforesayd If it be motion in forme of rankes then the words are Double your rankes to the right hand Double your rankes to the left Rankes file by conversion to the right hand Rankes file by conversion to the left Rankes ranke 5.7 c. Midlemen double the front to the right hand Midlemen double the front to the left Midlemen double to both by devision to the right entire and to the left entire Rankes counter-march from the right hand to the left Rankes counter-march from the left hand to the right In the manner as formerly in fyles according to severall Nations when you will Counter-march to the right hand the first ranke of Leaders onely must advance one stepp forward with the right leg and then turne and all the other ranks must march first vp to the place from whence the first ranke did counter-march before they turne So likewise if you will counter-march to the left hand the first rankes must stepp forward one stepp with the left legge and then turne and all the other rankes behind must come vp to that place before they turne as before The same order is to be obserued when you will counter-march your Files Also in counter-marching though both are here set downe for distinction sake you are to name neither Rankes nor Files but are onely to say To the right hand counter-march or To the left hand counter-march Now if it be Motion in forme both in Files and Rankes iointly together then the words of direction are Faces to the right hand Faces to the left Faces to both by devision Faces about or all one Faces to the Reare all one Wheele by conversion to the right hand Wheele by conversion to the left Wheele to both by devision Charge to the right hand Charge to the left Charge to both by devision Charge to the Front Charge to the Reare Charge to both front and reare by devision Now to reduce any of these words of direction to the same order or station in which the Souldier stood before they were spoken you shall say As you were Now in these words of generall directions this is principally to be regarded that in charging with Pikes halfe the Rankes are but to charge their Pikes and the other halfe to carrie them advanced or ported so neare the heads of the formost as they may doe them no annoyance either in Charging or Retyring and they must also obserue when they doe Charge standing to fall backe with the right foote and Marching to step forward with the left There is also another motion in forme which is the giuing of fire by the Flanke or by whole Fyles one after another which are strange to the Dutch or Spanish yet exceeding frequent with the Irish and therefore necessary for our English vse And that is for the beating or Clayring of Paces which are narrow strait wayes through Woods and Bogs and the words for direction are Cast of your fyles to the right hand Cast of your fyles to the left Cast of your fyles to both by devision Now for the most of these words there can be hardly better chosen But it is not so materiall what words you first choose to trayne by as it is to vse some words constantly and yet the same words should be vsed generally through the Troopes of an Armie or els it will breed confusion And if it were also generally in the discipline of one Kingdome it were better and more absolute And thus much touching March and Motion which is nothing els but an actuall working of the bodie contained in foure severall circumstances The first being a marching forward as charging to the Front the second backward as by retrayt the third side-wayes as by closing opening or doubling of fyles to either hand and the last Wheeling as by conversion or turning to either hand all which must be performed as occasion shall be offered to the vnderstanding of the Commander observing every motion in true order place distance and posture All other motions in the mayne body of a Battalia being nothing but the parents of disorder and confe●sion 〈…〉 Art by the opinions of the Auncients● is o●●ly the true Science of Warlike Motion of the Emperiall Art of comely and well ordering of Battayle● Armes Gestures and Motions any of which will not indure monstrou● shape● 〈…〉 Next vnto these words of generall Motions wee will place the words of particular Motions which onely concerne the manage vse and carriage of weapons And these kinde of Motions are called in one present discipline Postures that is The true 〈◊〉 of men in Armes carrying all manner of mar●●all weapons in every Motion whatsoever in the comeliest ●●ad i● 〈◊〉 and easiest way both to 〈…〉 and not onely making everything 〈…〉 very deligh●full to the eye but also taking away all dangers and disorders which might otherwise happen either through igno●an●e or rudenesse To speake then first of those Postures which belong vnto the Pike and are published by the most excellent Prince the Count Ma●rice of 〈◊〉 Prince of Orange they are in number ●●●●one That is to say three which are exprest standing●●ixe ma●ching and seaven charging The three which are exprest standing are Lay downe your Pike Take vp your Pike Order your Pike The sixe which are to be done marching● are Advance your Pike Shoulde●● your Pike Levell your Pike Sloape your Pike Cheeke your Pike Trayle your Pike The seauen which are done charging are Port over hand Port vnder-hand Charge over-hand Charge vnder-hand Couch over-hand Couch vnder-hand Charge against the right foote and t●●aw yo●●●●ord over-arme As touching the Postures which belong to the Musquet they are fortie in n●mber and are to be done Fiue standing three marching eight-teene charging and fourteene discharging And are onely for Military Instruction in the time of Trayning and to make the Souldier most exquisite and perfect But in the time of present Service before the face of the enemy or in fight then all this great number of Postures the Captaine shall reduce into three onely and no more The three Postures or words of Command which are vsed for the Musquet in the face of the enemie in Fight or in Skirmish are these 1. Make readie 2. Present 3. Giue fire The Postures or words of Command which are vsed

these to any order aforesaid Close your Fyles to the right hand Close your Fyles to the left Close your Fyles to both hands by devision And these also to any order aforesaid also in opening the Squadron you must ever first open the Rankes which must be done downeward to the Reare and then the Fyles And in Closing you must first close the Fyles and then the Rankes which must ever be done vpward towards the Front Then Double your Fyles to the right hand Double your Fyles to the left Double your Fyles to both by devision And this to any order aforesaid Double your Rankes to the right hand Double your Rankes to the left Double your Rankes to both by devision And this to any order aforesaid Middlemen double the Front to the right hand Middlemen double the Front to the left Middlemen double the Front to both hands by devision Bringers vp double the Front to the right hand Bringers vp double the Front to the left Bringers vp double the Front to both hands by devision And these to either order aforesaid To the right hand turne To the left hand turne To both hands turne by conversion To the right hand about turne To the left as you were To the left hand about turne To the right as you were Now to reduce any Motion before shewed to the same station in which the Horseman stood before the Command given you shall vse this generall word As you were Countermarch to the right hand Countermarch to the left Countermarch to both by Conversion Wheele to the right hand Wheele to the left Wheele to both by Conversion And in this Motion of Countermarching you must obserue that the Leaders if it be in a standing Countermarch doe advance forward full one Horse length before they turne and then turne to which hand they are commanded all the Rankes successiuely following to make good the Leaders place of turning before they turne and so to perfect the Countermarch But if it be to be done vpon a greater advancement then shall either a Corporall or other higher Officer stand at the place of turning and the Leaders shall advance vp vnto him and there turne to either hand according to direction and so successiuely all the rest of the Rankes in the Troope till the Countermarch be made perfect So also in the Motion of Wheeling you must obserue if the Troope be vnder an hundred first to double your Front to the one or the other hand either by the Bringers vp or the Middlemen before you Wheele and then standing at their close order to Wheele about or otherwise at pleasure Againe obserue when you Wheele to the right hand to double your Front to the left hand and when you Wheele to the left hand to double your Front to the right hand for so the Leaders of the right and left hand Fyles will keepe their places on that corner to which you Wheele Lastly to reduce and bring every man into his first place againe You shall say Fyles to the right or left hand open to your Open order Bringers vp or Middlemen to your first places as you were And in this Motion obserue that if the Bringers vp did double the Front then shall the Middlemen being in the Reare first fall into their places then the Follower and lastly the Bringer vp And so if the Middlemen did double the Front then those Middlemen being in the Front shall in Countermarch fall into their first places after them their Followers and last of all the Bringer vp The fift and last Lesson belonging vnto the Horse-troope is to teach the Souldier the Sounds and Commands of the Trumpet and to make him both vnderstand the Notes and Language of the Trumpet as also in due time to performe all those duties and Commands which are required by the Trumpet And of these Soundings which we generally call Poynts of Warre there are sixe which are most necessary for the Souldiers knowledge The first is 1. Butte Sella or Clap on your Saddles Which as soone as the Souldier heareth in the morning or at other times he shall presently make readie his Horse and his owne person trusse vp his sacke of necessaries and make all things fitting for Iourney The second is 2. Mounte Cavallo or Mount on Horsebacke At which Summons the Souldier shall bridle vp his Horse bring him forth and mount his backe The third is 3. Al'a Standardo or Goe to your Colours Whether it be Standard Cornet ● or Guydon upon which sound the Souldier with those of his Fellowship shall trot forth to the place where the Cornet is lodged and there attend till it b● di●lodged Also this sound in the field and in service when men are dis-banded is a Retrayt for the Horseman and brings him off being ingaged for as oft as he heares it he must retire and goe backe to his Colours The fourth is 4. Tucquet or March Which being heard simplie of it selfe without addition Commands nothing but a Marching after the Leader The fift is 5. Carga Carga or An Alarum Charge Charge Which sounded every man like Lightning flyes vpon his enemie and giues proofe of his valour The sixt and last is 6. Auquet or The Watch. Which sounded at night Commands all that are out of dutie to their rest and sounded in the morning Commands those to rest that haue done dutie and those that haue rested to awake and doe dutie And in these Sounds you shall make the Souldier so perfect● that as a song he may lanquet or sing them and know when they are sounded vnto him Other Soundings there are as Tende Hoe for listning a Call for Summons a Senet for State and the like But they haue reference to the greater Officers and those haue no neede of my Instructions Having thus run through all those parts which make vp a serviceable Souldier on Horsebacke I will conclude this Discourse with these few notes following First You shall vnderstand that the Cavallerie or Horse-Armie haue for their chiefe Officers the Generall of the Horse the Lieutenant-generall of the Horse and the Serieant Maior of the Horse which in some discipline is called the Commissary-generall or Colonell generall of the Horse And betwixt these three the whole Armie of Horsemen is devided They haue also a Quarter-master and a Provost-generall The Iustice resteth vnder the Councell-generall of Warre in the Armie The Generalls Regiment hath alwayes the Vanguard and the rest alternately by turnes as he that this day hath the Vanguard the next day hath the Reare and so of all the rest The Colonells haue their Regiments Compounded of three or foure Troopes and seldome aboue fiue or vnder three and the Colonells Troope ever Marcheth on the left Wing of the Regiment The Captaines of Horse receiue their directions from the Colonells the Colo●ells from the Serieant-maior and the Serieant-maior from the Lord Marshall Thus much I haue thought fit to impart as an Introduction into these Military affayres leaving to those larger and better enabled Spirits the vnbounded Field of Discourse into which when they shall be pleased to enter no doubt but the studious Observer shall receiue a much more worthie satisfaction FINIS Vse of the Pike Vse of the Shot How to giue Volleys Volleys marching Volleys standing Volleys retyring Volleys vpon advancement Volleys vpon a swift retrait 2 2 Distance of place The measure of Distances 3 3 Of Marches The severall places of Officers Of Motion● 4 4 Of the sounds of the Drum Vse of words The words of proper directions Charging of Pikes Giuing of fire by the Flanke Constancy in words giuing What March Motion i● Words of particular motiō What Postures are The Postures of the Pike The Postures of the Musquet Postures in Smirmish Postures in exercising Of the Hargobus Repetition by way of advise The Dignitie of places The vse of the Table Leaders of middle fyles Middlemen to the Front and Reare Subdevisionmen The first sixe parts in Martiall discipline Carriage election and composition of Colours Mixture of Colours Colonells Colours Superior Officers Colors Where Gentlemen may finde their Colours Difficultie in this Art Things considerable in this Art 1 1 Election of Men and Horses 2 2 Arming of Gentlemen at Armes Arming for Triumph Arming of Launceirs Arming of Light-horse Arming of Cuirassiers Arming of Hargobusseirs Arming of Dragons Arming of Captaines Arming of Lieutenants Arming of Cornets Arming of the Trumpet Arming of Corporalls Captaine of Hargobusiers and his officers Captaine of Dragons or his officers Difference betwixt the Cornet and Guydon 3 3 Formes of Trayning The extent of a filo The extent of a Ranke Devision of the Troope Fiue things to be taught 1 1 Manage of the Horse Words of Command The performance The Word The performance The Word The performance The Word The performance The Word The performance The Word The performance The Word The performance 2 2 Carriage and vse of Armes Posture of the Pistoll Postures in Skirmish The best way to Teach 3 3 Distance of place Of Motion 4 4 Of Marches Words of especiall direction Observation in Countermarching Observation in Wheeling Observations 5 5 Of the Trumpet The first poynt of Warre The second The third The fourth The fift The sixt Speciall notes

encounter the enemy with shall be faire Partizans of strong and short blades well guilt and adorned according to their owne pleasures For the Formes or manner of Trayning That forme is onely to be followed which shall be soonest and easiest learned and of most vse for all kind of service whatsoever and which I take to be this Forme following First you shall draw your Company into two Battalions or square Bodies the Pikes by themselues and the Shot by themselues which Bodies shall consist of Ranks and Files and you shall draw them forth by Files or tens man after man or if they be much disorderly and vncapable then draw them forth by halfe Files or fiues and when they are so placed by doubling those halfe Files you may bring them to whole Files which done then placing the Pikes in the midst wing them on either hand with your Shot wherein if you haue Ha●quebushes which are now out of vse with vs you shall then giue to your Musquetiers the prioritie of place that is they shall make the outmost Files both of the right and the left hand Now for a Ranke you shall vnderstand it is a Row of men placed Pouldron to Pouldron or Shoulder to Shoulder their faces being directed all one way And a File is a Sequence of men standing one behind another Backe to Belly extending from the first to the last man And it is taken from the French word la Fila signifying a Thridd because men stand long wise and straight like a thrid and the Files consist of single men downeward as the Ranks consist of single men ouerthwart Now these Files in some discipline are called Flankes because they doe flanker or wall in the Battalia and the Rankes are called Fronts because they stand formost and doe as it were affront the Battailes and looke vpon the Enemie but in truth none can properly be called the Front but the Ranke which standeth formost nor any File be called a ●lanke but those which stand outmost yet all are Ranks and all are Files and therefore those two names are without contradiction Now lastly you shall vnderstand that a Ranke may consist of as many men as you please according to the number of your Company But a File howeuer the Spaniards and Italians vse it in vncertaine depth ought neuer to be aboue ten persons deepe except it be in marching or in most especiall seruice where advantage of ground requireth the contrary The reason thereof being that the first man hauing done his dutie in discharging his piece may in the space that nine other men shall do their duties and discharge their pieces distinctly one after another be againe in readines make his first place good there to discharge his piece a-againe Besides it is the readiest and best way for the drawing of Grosses and great numbers into any forme that you please because according to this discipline euery hundred men make a full Square that is to say iustren euery way This done you shall deuide one hundred men into foure Corporall shipps or Squadrons and euery Squadron into as many Files as the number wil beare and euery File into Fellowships or Camera-does Th● Corporall of euery Squadron shall be the leader of the chiefest file of the Squadron and the Lanspresado who in the Corporalls absence as vpon a guard or otherwise doth all the Corporalls duties shall lead another file and the most sufficient Gentlemen of euery Squadron shal be the leaders of the rost Now for the especiall duties of these two Officers which is the Corporall and the Lanspresadoe you shall vnderstand that the Corporalls chiefest dutie is vpon guards at night after the Watch is set and the Sentinells placed● where so soone as the Sentinell shall call vpon any approach lie shall immediately goe with his Sword drawne or in especiall cases where the Enemy lodgeth neare with a guard of two at least being a Pike and a Shot vnto the Sentinell and making his Guard stand vpon their guard he shall place the point of his sword to the breast of him that is to giue the Word whether he be Rounder or other private passenger and so with his eare to his mouth very closely receiueth● Word which if it be right he shall giue the partie passe if otherwise he shall take him prisoner and disarme him and either keepe him vpon his guard or els deliver him to his superior Officer But if any resistance shall be offered then it shall be lawfull for him to kill him Also the Corporall shall in the time of service fee that every Souldier in his Squadron haue his Armes neate cleane and handsome that they be not vnfurnished of Powder Match and Bullet and the Lanspresadoe as was before said shall in the absence of the Corporall doe all the Corporals duties and in the time of rest he shall call vpon his Squadron and see them dresse trimme and scoure their Armes and Weapons and teach them how best to doe the same And also he shall see them cast their Bullets if need require and to such as are ignorant teach them how to doe the same and shew them how to scoure their Pieces and oyle them and in time of necessitie or vpon Cloying how to vnbreetch them The Companie being thus devided In the Trayning foure principall things are to be taught 1. First the carriage and vse of Armes conteined in divers Postures or Stations expressing the formes of men in Armes 2. Secondly Distance or proportion of place in Files and Rankes 3. Thirdly March and Malion contained in words of most especiall directions 4. And fourthly all the sounds or beatings of the Drumme and ordinarie words of direction which are our Vocabula artis and how by the Drumme or the voice of a Commander to moue and obey the direction 1. The carriage of Armes must be comely and readiest for vse The vse of Pikes is either in receiving or giuing a Charge By being t●ught the first● the Souldier learnes to withstand Horse By the second to encounter with the enemies Pikes in which the vse of Armes is most in knowing when and how every man and so every Ranke should giue his push In teaching the vse of Shot the Souldier must first learne how to carry his Piece then how to present it and to take his levell and how and when to giue his volley with those in his Ranke All which shall be more plainly described when wee come to speake of Postures ● And this part of Instruction is the proper office of the Serieants of Companies for they should both teach the Shot the vse of their Armes and be their Leaders in Service if by an especiall commandement a superior Officer be not appointed In teaching to giue volleys the ancient and vulgar manner of discipline which is that the whole volley shall be given of all the Shot in one Battalia or Troop at one instant as well of them behind as before