Selected quad for the lemma: hand_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	file_n	half_a	left_a	9,897	5	11.5350	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26329	The young soldier's desire answered, or, A piece of military discipline wherein is shewed, distances, facings, doublings, counter-marches, and wheelings : with some firings both offensive and defensive against an enemy / by Edward Adams.	Adams, Edward.	1678 (1678)	Wing A478; ESTC R11007	18,383	32

inclines to the right and marches into the Front And the Rear half Files of the left half Ranks or of the left of the Body inclines to the left and marches into the Front Every even File from the middle faces about and march into their places As before they inclin'd to the right and left outwards now they must incline to the right and left inwards Every even File from both Flanks face about and march into your places The Bringers up of every File first incline to the right into the Interval on the right of him and the immediate man after him and so the rest and march into the front That is the first man in their march places himself into his place and so the rest after one another Now the Bringers up incline to the left and march into the Front as before The first man march and the rest after him and place themselves as before Bringers up and the rest march and incline as before March and place your selves as before The first Rank opens and makes an Interval for the second Rank to march in then the first Rank opens again and leaves an Interval for the next Rank to march in and so the rest These 4 inmost Files are but 4 single men but they represent Files therefore they are called Files At their present standing they are proper Files but when they are faced to the right then they are Ranks accidental As before in the Front As before you performed it in the Front so now in the same manner perform in the Rear As before in the Front so now in the Rear As before to the right Flank As before you performed it to the right now in the same manner to the left When the Front half files have faced outwards and march'd and left an Interval then the Rear half files march into that Interval up to the Front The 4 inmost Files march forwards while they are clear of the Rear half files then the Rear half files face inwards and close The Front half files face to the right and march while they are clear of the Rear half files then face to the right again and march to the Rear When the left half ranks have faced outwards and march then the right half ranks march into the Interval up to the left through the Interval while they are clear of the left half ranks then the left half ranks face inwards and close The left half ranks face about and march while they are clear of the right half ranks then face to the left and place themselves in the Rear of the right half Ranks As before you doubled your Front half files with your Rear half files in the same manner double your Rear half files with your Front half files Before the four inmost files doubl'd the two outmost files on each Flank advancing that is to the Front now you double your two outmost files retiring that is to the Rear Rear half files face to the left and march while you are clear of the Front half files then face them to the right and march up to the Front Perform this in the same manner as you did when right half ranks doubled the left half ranks entire on the left The right half ranks march forwards while they are clear of the left half ranks then face them to the left and march to the left while they are even with the left Flank The Rear half files face outwards and march while they are clear of the Front half files then face them to the Front and march up to the Front The four inmost files face about and march while they are clear of the rest then face them outwards and march and even both Flanks The Front half files face outwards and march while they are clear of the rest then face them to the Rear and march down to the Rear The four inmost files much while they are clear of the red then face them outwards and march and even both Flanks The two inmost ranks face outwards and march while they are clear of the rest then face them outwards again and march and even Front and Rear The Rear half files of the two outmost files face about and the Front half files of the two outmost files and Rear half files of the two outmost files march while they are clear of the rest then the fear inmost files face outwards and march and even both Flanks The first and last ranks face outwards and march while they are clear of the rest then face them in and march and close The Rear half files of the four inmost files face about Both Front half files and Rear half files of the four inmost files march while they are clear of the rest then face them outwards and march and even both Flanks Each File-leader turns off to his right hand into the Interval on the right of them and the second rank moves up into the ground of the first and turns off and so the rest and keeps moving while the File-leaders are marched down into the Rear Face them all to the right and turn off to the right and keep moving while the present File-leaders have marched up to the left Flank As before you performed it to the right so now in the same manner to the left As before to the right so now to the left As before when you did countermarch maintaining ground the first turn'd off and the second Rank possess'd the ground of the first and so the rest now the first rank turn and march down and the rest stand and do not turn and move while their present Leaders are past them As before As before to the left so now to the right As before The Rear half files face about the Front half files turn off to the right and the Rear half files turn off to the left and both keep marching while the File-leaders and bringers up move in the midst of the Body The Body faces outwards the right half ranks turn off to the right and the left half ranks turn off to the left and keep moving while the right hand men and left hand men meet in the midst of the Body Front half files face about Front half files turn off to the right and Rear half files turn off to the left The Body faces inward the right half ranks turn off to the right and the left half ranks turn off to the left The Body faces outwards and both Flanks turn off to the right and pass through each other while the right Flank possesses the ground of the left Flank and the left Flank the ground of the right Flank Rear half files face about and both turn off to the right and possess each others ground As before you performed to the right so now to the left observing that you face the Body outwards As before to the right now to the left observing that you face the Rear half files about That is the first rank stands the