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A12567	Certain discourses, vvritten by Sir Iohn Smythe, Knight: concerning the formes and effects of diuers sorts of weapons, and other verie important matters militarie, greatlie mistaken by diuers of our men of warre in these daies; and chiefly, of the mosquet, the caliuer and the long-bow; as also, of the great sufficiencie, excellencie, and wonderful effects of archers: with many notable examples and other particularities, by him presented to the nobilitie of this realme, & published for the benefite of this his natiue countrie of England	Smythe, John, Sir, ca. 1534-1607.	1590 (1590)	STC 22883; ESTC S117657	85,512	138

ambush more than a league beyond the towne of Ard towardes Teroüenne where encountring with the English light horsemē auant courirs they did ouerthrowe them which being perceiued by the English Captaines of the conuoy they presently reduced their carriages into a conuenient forme and placing conuenient numbers of Archers in the two open places of the carriages before and behind and forcing all other places betwixt carriages and carriages with Archers where the French Launces might haue anie entrance after a long fight and many charges by the men at armes of France and their shot giuen the terrible effect of the volees of arrowes was such that a great number of their horses were wounded or slaine and one of their chief Captaines called Monsieur de Plessis lifting vp his sword to strike was with an arrowe shot in at the arme hole through his gusset of maile and there slaine with many other men at armes French Gentlemen of good accompt In such sort that the French which did farre exceed the English in number were that day repulsed and ouerthrowne by the excellencie of Archers And at this action there is an old English Gentleman yet aliue whose name is Master Caudwell that was there present And these examples aforesaid are sufficient I thinke to conuince and confound the vaine opinions and obiections before mentioned Now if the effect of volees of arrowes bee so terrible both against horsemen and footmen armed as I haue before declared by so many reasons examples what then are the volees of arrowes able to performe against Mosquettiers and Harquebuziers that are in a manner altogether disarmed whose weapons of fire in the field doo rather terrifie and make afraid yonglings and nouices of warre with smoake and noyse than with anie often killing hurting or wounding them with bullets whereof not onlie old soldiers but horses also that are a little vsed to their fire crackes and smoake are not anie thing amazed nor afraid but three or foure volees of arrowes lighting amongst anie number of Mosquettiers or Harquebuziers how old and braue soldiers soeuer they bee will so amaze and terrifie them that they shall faile to charge their peeces to put touch powder into their pannes their matches into their serpentines Besides that they will either wound kill or mischiefe them in such sort as happie those that with three or foure arrowes in their bodies faces armes or legges throwing downe their Harquebuzes and Mosquets can escape out of the terror and daunger of the volees of arrowes For confirmation wherof there be diuers moderne examples with verie honorable testimonie of such as are yet liuing verie honorable by birth and parentage as also by titles of honor and worthines of the which that noble Gentleman Ambrose Earle of Warwicke is one that accompanied the Duke of Northumberland his father then Earle of Warwicke a man of great valour and sufficiencie for the gouerning and conducting of an Armie who in the yeare 1548. was sent by King Edward the sixt as his Lieutenant generall with an Armie of horsemen and footmen to suppresse the rebellion of Ket in Norffolke who at that time lay encamped with a great power of notorious and hardie rebells by the Citie of Norwich vppon a high hill called Mount Surrey to the which Citie the Duke with his Armie being come he with great order did encampe and lodge himselfe and his Armie on the other side of the citie and riuer the next day he entred the towne and brought in foure and twentie field peeces to the chiefe charge whereof he appointed the Coronell Courpenick an Alman and a great soldier with his regimēt of Almans which was twelue hundred the most of them braue shot and all old soldiers with diuers other English bands and valiant Captaines of our owne nation for the gard of the same but before they could throughlie entrench themselues those furious Rebels contrarie to all expectation descended downe their hil with such a furie of shot of arrowes being al Bowmen Swords and Bills that they gaue such a terror and feare to our people both strangers and English as they were faine to runne away with the losse of the Ordinance and slaughter of a great sort of soldiers and before the Duke could make head against them they had recouered eighteen field peeces and carried them vp to their hill euen with verie force of men And within two or three daies after those gallants did not let to abide the battaile against the Duke his whole Armie in the plaine field where the battaile was so manfullie fought on both sides that it could be hardlie iudged by the best soldiers that were there which side was like to preuaile but in the end God giuing the victorie it was seene by that battaile that arrowes were a most noble weapon And whereas the Duke at his first assembling and forming of his Armie had chaunged many Archers into Harquebuziers because he had no opinion of the Long Bowe he after that victorie and suppression of the Rebels vpon the experience that he in those actions had of the daunger and terror of arrowes his owne horse being wounded vnder him at that battaile with three or foure arrowes whereof he died did both then many times after openlie protest his error before Count Malatesta Baglion an ancient and a noble soldier Italian and other great Captaines Italians and Almans saying that from that time forward he would hold the Bowe to be the onelie weapon of the world and so did all the notable Captaines both English and strangers affirme the same And this I haue set downe almost verbatim from the report of the aforesaid Ambrose Earle of Warwicke that now is who was present at that action and had his horse also wounded vnder him with two or three arrowes In the same yeare of the raigne of King Edward the sixt also in the same sommer Sir Iohn Russel knight Lord priuie seale that was after Earle of Bedford being sent by the King as his Lieutenant generall with a great power both of horsemen and footmen against the Rebells of the West parts accompanied with the Lord Grey of Wilton Sir William Herbert after Earle of Penbrooke the Lord of Hunsdon that now is with manie others both Knights Esquiers of great worship and comming to certeine skirmishes encounters with the Rebells the Archers of the Rebells did so behaue themselues with their volees of arrowes against diuers old bands Harquebuziers Italians and Spaniards that they draue thē from all their strengths as from bancks ditches hedges and other aduantages of ground to the great mischiefe of manie of those strangers And of these great effects of Archers against Harquebuziers I haue heard the Lord 〈…〉 aforesaid who was there an eye witnes verie notably report Besides that manie yeares past I haue heard Captaine Spinola an Italian who was a verie braue soldier and wounded with arrowes in those seruices and

was accompanied with a great part of the Nobilitie of France and of other Nations as Dukes Princes Earles other great Captaines and had in his Armie aboue threescore thousand horsemen and footmen of the which there were aboue ten thousand men at armes and of horsemen of all sorts aboue thirtie thousand where a little before the battaile the Prince with his notable Captaines considering the small number that he had to make head and resist the French King with so huge an hoast did take a ground of some strength and aduantage for the gard of the flanckes and backe of his small Armie and placing a great part of his Archers in frunt in the open place where the French horsmen and footmen were to enter and giue battle the Archers with their wōderful volees of arrowes through the great goodnes of God did that day so wound kil and mischiefe both horses men that he ouerthrew King Iohn of France with his whole Armie tooke him and one of his sonnes prisoners and of Earles Barons Knights and Esquiers to the number of sixteene hundred or more besides that there were slaine the Duke of Athens with so manie Earles Barons Knights and Esquiers that they were numbred to bee aboue seauen hundred and so manie prisoners of all sorts taken by the English and Gascoignes that they farre exceeded the number of the Princes Armie The battaile also of Nauarretta in Spaine fought by the same Prince Edward in fauour of Don Pedro el cruel against Don Henry of Castil may testifie the wonderfull effect of Archers where there were aboue a hundred thousand Spaniardes Frenchmen Portugueses Genoüeses Crossebowers Mores both horsemē and footmen ouerthrowne in that battaile The famous victorie and battaile of Agincourt also of later yeares fought by king Henry the fift against the whole power of France doth euidentlie shewe the most excellent effectes execution of Archers where with the grace of God and incredible volees of arrowes the Frēch kings army was ouerthrown which consisted of aboue fortie thousand horsemen footmen of the which there were ten thousand men at armes all Knightes Esquiers and Gentlemen whereas king Henries Army did cōsist but of ten thousand Archers fifteen hundred Launces two thousand footmen of other weapons In which battaile were slaine the Dukes of Lorain of Brabant of Alinçon and Bar with a great number of Earles Barons Knightes and Esquires besides that there were taken prisoners the Dukes of Orleans Bourbon with many other Earles Barons and Knightes The battaile of Herrings also so called by the Frēch Chronicles fought in king Henry the sixts time neare vnto a village in France called Rouuray not far frō Orleans doth euidently shew the great excellencie of Archerie against all other sorts of weapōs in which battel Syr Iohn Fastolf with other braue English Captains by the grace of God and terrible shot of the Archers ouerthrewe the bastard of Orleans the Lord high Cōstable of Scotland the Count of Clermount with manie other Captaines of great accoumpt and their whole Armie of Frenchmen Scots in the which there were a great number of French Harquebuziers and Crosse-bowers which against the Archers wrought no effect I might also alledge for the excellencie of Archers the most wonderfull victorie wonne by king Richard the first in the holy land manie yeares before anie of these battailes before mentioned where being Generall of the Christian Armie by the grace of God and wonderfull effect of his English Archers he in a most famous battaile ouerthrewe that braue Saladin Souldan of Egipt with his notable milicia of Mamelucks by many called Sarasins and all the rest of his Armie which did consist of an innumerable number of horsemen footmen Turks Arabians But for breuities sake I will omit the particularities of that most famous battaile and of many other great victories that I could alledge for proofe of the incredible effectes of our English Archers in battailes And will now come to answere certein other friuolous obiections of smaller moment than these that I haue alreadie by such notable examples and experiences of great battailes and victories answered Some of our such men of warre because by common and moderne experience no number of Mosquettiers nor Harquebuziers in the plaine fields without succours of some other weapon or ground of aduantage are able to abide the charge of halfe so manie Launces or Stradiots in number as they are without being ouerthrowne and broken doo therfore thinke and commonlie report that with a verie small number of horsemen they will breake a farre greater number of Archers by which their opinions and reports it seemeth that as they are vtterlie ignorant and without anie experience of the effects of Archers so are they as ignorant of all notable histories or els according to the newe fashion that they doo beleeue nothing but that which they thēselues haue seen which in troth appeareth to be verie little For answere whereunto according to the testimonie of the French Chronicles I say that in King Henrie the sixts time Iohn Lord of Bellay being accompanied with two hundred Launces at the least and taking his way to a towne called Mans met by chaunce with an English Captaine called Berry that had to the number of fourescore Archers who perceiuing the French men presentlie reduced his men into a hearse turning their backes to a hedge because the Launces might not charge them in back but onlie in frunt and so giuing their volees of arrowes at the French Launces charging did so wound and kill their horses that they ouerthrewe them and slewe and tooke diuers of them prisoners And within a while after a French Captaine of the countrie of Main called Guion du Coing departed from a towne called Sable accompanied with sixe score Launces to seeke his aduenture where he might finde anie English men in the fields who happened to meet with an English Knight called Sir William 〈◊〉 betwixt Mans and Alinçon that had in his companie sixteene or twentie Archers on horsebacke who perceiuing so manie French Launces alighted on foote and reducing themselues into forme in a broad high way where the Launces could not charge them but in frunt they put their horses from them and the French Launces charging them the volees of arrowes of those fewe Archers wrought such notable effect against the French horsmen that they brake and ouerthrew them in such sort that there were diuers of the French slaine and taken prisoners And in our tyme king Henry the eight being at the siege of Teroüenne and a conuoy of munitions and victuals being at that tyme to go from Guiens towardes Teroüenne all the French Captaines of Picardy and Vermandois hauing intelligence thereof did assemble all their men at armes Launces of those prouinces with some number of shot also both Harquebuziers and Crossebowers and attended the English conuoy in

CERTAIN Discourses written by Sir John Smythe Knight Concerning the formes and effects of diuers sorts of weapons and other verie important matters Militarie greatlie mistaken by diuers of our men of warre in these daies and chiefly of the Mosquet the Caliuer and the Long-bow As also of the great sufficiencie excellencie and wonderful effects of Archers With many notable examples and other particularities by him presented to the Nobilitie of this Realme published for the benefite of this his natiue Countrie of England AT LONDON Printed by Richard Johnes at the signe of the Rose and Crowne neere Holburne Bridge 1. Maij. 1590. SIR IOHN SMYTHE his Proëme Dedicatorie to the Nobilitie of the Realme of England RIght Honorable and most noble Lordes Euen as the wisedome and humilitie of the notable men of later ages haue giuen greater honor to the excellencie of men in all Artes and Sciences of former ages and greater antiquitie than to themselues not onlie acknowledging themselues to be inferiours vnto them but also that the greatest skil and knowledge which they haue attained vnto hath in the greatest part proceeded from such notable men either by hearing and obseruing their opinions or by reading of their works or els by reading of others that haue written of the iudgements and actions of such excellent men Euen so the vanitie and ouerweening of yong men and chieflie of our Nation in this our time I meane within these twentie yeares haue so exceeded and superabounded that they haue not been ashamed not onlie to attribute vnto themselues greater wisedome and sufficiencie in all Arts and Sciences and speciallie in the Arte Militarie than to the notable men and great Captaines of former ages and greater antiquitie but also to dishable them in respect of themselues and their sufficiencie and all others also yet liuing that are men of greater yeares and antiquitie than they are both of our owne Nation as also forraine that haue seene and serued in the well ordered warres of Emperours or Kings in times past saying to make the same more probable that their warres are now growne to greater perfection and greatlie altered from the warres of times past vnder pretence whereof they haue of late sought both by publique and priuate perswasions and inducements to reduce all our auncient proceedings in matters Militarie which they are vtterlie ignorant of to their owne errors and disorders procuring also as much as they can by their vaine and friuolous obiections against our Archerie to suppresse and extinguish the exercise and seruiceable vse of Long-bowes But now let vs come to consider who are these of our Nation that doo attribute vnto themselues greater wisedome and sufficiencie in all Arts and Sciences and especiallie in the Art Militarie than to the excellent men of former times and ages and to the auncient experienced men yet liuing Are they newlie fallen from heauen with some diuine instinct and gift to renewe reforme and teach vs the Arte Militarie No no such matter but euen such as we knew children or very yong men within these twentie yeares What then are they Noblemen themselues by title or descended of noble and excellent fathers or themselues of great sobrietie continencie and worthines of mind No truelie for such as are Noblemen by birth or descended of noble fathers or themselues worthie doo knowe by good education and instruction that experience is the mother of Science and therefore will not neglect nor contemne the wisedome and sufficiencie of former ages nor the opinions and iudgements of the auncient and experienced men of this time but will with humility yeeld themselues to heare and learne by their experiences What then are they endued with anie such rare gifts or corporall presences wisedomes and vertues as I haue in my time knowne diuers and doo yet knowe some verie fewe yong Gentlemen endued withall that therefore we may admire and thinke them to bee extraordinarie and notable men No in troth but some yong and some now growne to be of the middle age all which are but after the common sort both in their corporall presences and in their wisedomes and vertues vnlesse peraduenture somtimes when they fall into argumēt of some such matters that they would seeme to haue great skil of then indeed they shew themselues to be extraordinarie for in steade of alleadging reasons and examples according to the vse of other Nations with quietnes and courteous phrase of speach they argue for life and death with hastie and furious wordes as though there were no more in the experience of men of greater yeares but that which they say which in the opinions of all men of any iudgement that are of wise and braue Nations is thought more meete for the cōmon sort of such as are chiding womē than for men that do professe any knowledge in Arts Sciences and chiefly Militarie What is the number great of these controllers of Antiquitie in matters Militarie that are infected with so great an ouerweening Certainely no the number of the chiefe of them is very small and fewe and therfore sauing for Arithmetikes sake not woorthie to be called Number And those that are possessed with this ouerweening are such as do presume of their long experience in such warres as they haue serued in all which are more addicted to selfe-will newe fashions and fancies than to any reason and experience Militarie What haue they no imitators Yes many that are abused by their perswasions but yet they are such as I doo thinke may bee easily perswaded and reduced to better iudgement vpon sound reasons and demonstrations vnto them shewed or vpon the experience of some newe and well ordered warres But now I pray you in what warres of Emperours Kings or formed Common wealthes haue these our such men of war serued and learned their great pretended skill and sufficiencie by the which they may with the more reason and experience assume vnto themselues to condemne the ancient orders and proceedings Military of diuers forren warlike Nations as also of our most valiant and wise ancestors or the experience in the Art Military of many both forren as also of some auncient men yet liuing of our owne Nation in respect of the warres that they haue serued in and therefore that vpon their greater experience and iudgement they should seeke to reduce all our auncient proceedings and orders Militarie to their owne opinions and fancies and therewithall to procure the vtter suppressing and extinguishing of our auncient and peculiar weapon the Long-bowe Certainelie all men knowe that the chiefest warres that they euer serued in where they haue learned anie experience hath bene in the disordered and tumultuarie warres of the Lowe Countries vnder the States or peraduenture some litle diuers yeres past in the intestine licentious warres of France Well if it be so without any further question I doo not then meruaile that they doo alleadge to set foorth and beautifie their owne sufficiencies and to disable all others

obiect against Archers Harquebuziers decayd in strēgth or hauing cricks or aches not able to vse their Harquebuzes Mosquettiers must be sound of body or els they are not able to vse their Mosquets Archers although with some aches are able to worke the effect of Archers Armed men must be sound and strōg and without aches Old soldiers should speake with consideratiō iudgement An obiection against Archers answered A great disaduantage for the English against forrain Nations The excellencie of the Lōg Bowe for battailes great encounters Differences speciallie to be noted Both horses and men that are vsed to harquebuze and mosquet shot are not afraide thereof The vollees sight of arrowes flying in the ayre doo wonderfullie terrifie The opiniō of the author of the great effectes and aduantages of Archers Horsemē and footemen ill armed in these dayes A great mistaking in placing of Archers shewed at Tilburie The auncient order of forming Archers in the field Froissart and the Frenche Chronicles The notable effect of Archers at the battaile of Crecy The French Kings horse slaine vnder him with arrowes Froissart and the Chronicles of France The wonderfull effect of arrowes at the battaile of Poictiers The battaile of Nauarretta The Frenche Chronicles The notable effect of Archers at the battaile of Agincourt The meruailous effect of Archers at the battaile of Herringes Another obiection and opinion against Archers answered A wonderfull effect of a few Archers The French Chronicles A merueilous effect wrought by a small nūber of Archers Martin du Bellay A notable effect of Archers Ambrose Earle of Warwicks experience of Archers penned with his owne hand The Lord of Hunsdons experience of Archers Captaine Spinolas opinion and experience of Archers This was also penned by Ambrose Earle of Warwicke himselfe The Admirall Chastillons opinion of Archers The Reingraues opiniō of Archers Sir Iames Crofts experience of Archers Harquebuziers were as maniable and of as good forme fiftie or threescore yeares past as now they are Harquebuziers Italians and Spaniards were as skilfull fiftie or threescore yeares past as now they are Our English Archers and Bowes are the most excellent of all other Nations Al conquering Nations haue vsed the Bowe as their chiefe weapon All great conquests next vnto God atchieued chiefly with the force of Arrowes The Gothes Vandalles and other Septentrionall Natiōs did atchiue all their victories chieflie with their Bowes The Arabians with great nūbers of archers on horsebacke did atchieue wonderfull victories and conquests The Arabians forgetting their Art militarie and vse of their Bowes were conquered by the Turkes The Turkes with great nūbers of Archers did atchieue manie great victories and conquests The Tartars with innumerable numbers of Archers on horsebacke did atchieue wonderfull victories and conquests The institutiō of the Ianissaries on foote is all Archers The inuention of artillery powder shot and small peeces of fire was not first in Germanie as some doe write and tell but they were first inuented in the kingdome of Cataia and in vse in diuers partes of Asia aboue 800. yeeres past that I haue read and also heard reported in Spaine by two Embassadours the one of Venice and the other of Portingall Some peraduenture will say that the Spaniards without Long bowes but with Cros-bowes Harquebuze shot other weapons haue cōquered a great part of the west Indies whereunto it is to be answered that those Indians were simple people that went naked and had no vse of yron nor steele An opinion contrarie to all reason and common experience Examples out of the scripture of diuers kings that haue bin wounded and slaine with arrowes Examples out of notable histories of manie Emperors Kings and great Captains wounded and slaine with arrowes The conclusion of this discourse How Crosse-bowers on horsebacke should be horsed armed and weaponed How Archers on horsebacke should be horsed armed and weaponed Crosse-bowers Archers on horsebacke of greater seruice than weapons of fire on horsebacke Harquebuzery more vncertaine on horsebacke than on foote with the imperfections thereof Many haue seene much in matters militarie and do vnderstand but little No discipline militarie in ciuill warres The principall causes of writing these discourses The English of all other Nations the best Archers No honorable nor worthie minded men anie wayes intended to be touched in this discourse