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lord_n	duke_n	earl_n	viscount_n	19,936	5	11.8819	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42527	A treatise of the arms and engines of vvar of fire-works, ensigns, and military instruments, both ancient and modern; with the manner they are at present used, as well in French armies, as amongst other nations. Inriched with many figures. Written originally in French by Lewis de Gaya, author of the treatise called The art of war. Translated for publick advantage.	Gaya, Louis de.	1678 (1678)	Wing G402A; ESTC R217414	40,394	159

Profession of War there are Three things onely requisite Men Arms and Fortifications So many able Men hath already treated of Fortifications that I thought it would be to no purpose to speak on that Subject unless I intended to be an Eccho and repeat what others have already said I have spoken of Men lately in a Book which I called The Art of War but if I mistake not no Man hath hitherto treated of Arms. And therefore that these Three Parts may be compleat I thought fit to publish this little Treatise wherein I shall explain as clearly and in as few words as possibly I can the use of all Arms which are at present to be found in Armies as well as of those that were heretofore in use among the Romans AN ADVERTISEMENT FOr the better understanding of all that is said in this Treatise concerning Arms you must know Reader that the French Pound contains two Marks the Mark Eight Ounces the Ounce Eight Gros or Drams the Dram three Deniers and the Denier Twenty four Grains The Fathom contains six Foot the Foot twelve Inches and the Inch twelve Lignes The Cubit of the Ancients consisted of two Hands and three Fingers breadth The Hand of twelve Fingers breadth and the Fingers breadth of eight Lignes The Talent weighs Threescore Pounds the Roman Pound contains twelve Ounces the Ounce eight Drams the Dram three Scruples the Scruple six Siliques and the Silique one Grain The small Sexterce weighed Twenty four Pounds AN ELOGY ON The Profession of Arms AND THE ORIGINAL OF TRVE NOBILITY THe Profession of Arms hath in all Ages been the most Honourable and Glorious of all Professions and no man in Rome could rise to the Civil Magistracy who had not served Ten years in the Wars By Arms Kingdoms subsist Justice flourishes the Wicked are punished and the Proud humbled to their Duty and from them alone True Nobility derives its Original Before all men were born equal and the difference of Estates and Offices made the sole distinction of Persons War in Ancient Times was neither the Refuge of the Wretched nor the Sanctuary of the Banished and the Romans received none but Chosen Men into Service who were obliged to put themselves in Equipage and for the space of Twenty years serve at their own Expences either among the Horse or Foot and when they had fulfilled the term of their Service they received from the Common-wealth Rewards suitable to the merit of their Actions either by being promoted to the most Honourable Charges or being endowed with Lands and Inheritances in the Conquered Provinces where after the Fatigues of War they quietly enjoyed the Sweetness of Peace And that the Natives of the Countrey might not be banished but means of subsisting afforded them they gave them lands to labour for payment of a yearly Tribute Hence have sprung Tenures Dependancies Quit-Rents and Duties which Vassals owe to their Lords and Superiors These new Masters made themselves at first considerable by that Politeness which was so natural to the Romans by that way of Living which puts a Distinction between those that have Carried Arms and such as have not and by the reputation of their brave Exploits which they had engraven on their Shields as a Mark of the Nobility which they had acquired by their Valour And from thence we have Scutcheons and the Name of Esquire or Gentlemen All Rewards were not of equal value and were distributed according to merit as I have already said He who in an Assault first mounted the Wall of a Town was honoured with a Mural Crown and on him who had rescued a Roman Citizen was conferred a Civick Crown which was put upon his Head by the Persons own hands whom he had relieved from danger Those whose Actions were brave and more commendable were likewise more highly rewarded than others and had allotted them a larger share of Lands Such I say were of Chiefest Note amongst the Nobility as well in respect of their Wealth as in consideration of those Glorious Crowns which they carried on their Scutcheons And from them are descended the Illustrious Families of great Lords who carry Coronets over their Arms and who in progress of time have changed their Ancient Crowns into those which they bear at present according to the new Dignities wherewith Sovereigns have been pleased to honour them as of Duke Marquess Earl Viscount and Baron And though the Quality of Baron be wholly banished from the Court of France yet it was the first and I may say the onely Dignity that was heretofore in France as may be seen in the Ancient Chronicles of the Kingdom when they speak of Kings accompanied with the Chief Barons who were in that time what the Dukes and Peers of France are at present This puts me in mind of an Epistle in Gaulish Verse which is yearly sung at High Mass in the Parish Church of St. Stephen of Rheims on the Twenty sixth of December the Feast day of that Saint which thus begins Or ecoutez la passion De Saint Estienne le Baron c. Now hearken to the passion Of Saint Stephen the Baron The good people of past Ages would have thought themselves wanting in Respect and Veneration towards the Saints if they had not qualified them with the Name of Baron which was the Noblest Title of the great Lords of their Times I thought fit to adduce this instance to prove the Antiquity of Baronies but that I may return to my Subject I affirm that Arms have not onely made Dukes Marquisses Earls and Gentlemen but that they have also raised to the Throne Men of a low and despicable Birth King David was a Shepherd as well as Saul his Predecessor Antipater King of Macedonia was the Son of a Jugler Agathocles King of Syracusa the Son of a Potter Cambyses King of Persia the Son of a Beggar King Darius the Son of a Carter King Sibaris had been a Servant in an Inne and the Ottomans who at this day possess the greatest Empire in the World are descended from Grooms or Men that drove Camels These Examples oblige us to acknowledge that it is by Arms alone that Men render themselves worthy of the most Glorious Employments So likewise in that Profession is to be learnt that brave and gentile way of Demeanor which is found no where but among the Nobility and Gentry There every thing goes by Honour and without any hopes of Lucre and Profit There Men learn to be generous liberal and faithful There is nothing to be found in the Histories of the greatest Captains but Acts of Honour and Vertue The Valour of Alexander the Piety of Eneas the Prudence of Caesar the Modesty of Tiberius the Complaisance of Antonius Pius the Justice of Aulus Fulvius the Clemency of Augustus the Magnificence of Titus Vespasian the Chastity of Scipio Affricanus and the Integrity of Attilius Regulus are sufficient proofs of what I have alleadged To conclude I shall repeat what