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lord_n	knight_n	sir_n	viscount_n	16,070	5	12.0091	5	false

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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

THE SOVLDIERS ACCIDENCE OR AN INTRODVCTION 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 experienced ARMIES A Worke fit for all Noble Generous and good spirits that loue Honor or Honorable Action VIRG. AENEI At nunc Horrentia Martis G. M. LONDON Printed by I. D. for IOHN BELLAMIE and are to be sold at his Shop at the three golden Lyons neere the Royall Exchange 1625. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE and THRICE Worthie Lords Oliver Lord Viscount Grandison George Lord Carew Fulke Lord Brooke Arthur Lord Chichester And to the right Honorable Sir Edward Conway Knight Sir Horrace Vere Knight Sir Edward Cecill Knight Sir Robert Mansell Knight Sir Iohn Oagle Knight and Sir Thomas Button Knight Being the Lords and others of his Maiesties most Honorable Councell of Warre I Doe not presume Right Honorable to offer this poore Tribute of mine Experience as a Modell whereby your Goodnesses might shape any thing to adde strength to your owne vncontrolable knowledges God forbid there should be in me such an impudent daring But I humbly desire it may kisse your hands as a sacrifice offered from your servant or as a weaknes that stands in need of your protections Vertue I know measureth every thing by its owne goodnesse in which is exprest an infinite Charitie and you are that large Fountaine of vertue that I cannot feare how ever imperfection may perswade me but I shall touch of your noble waters In your Honors I know is power to iudge of my labour and in you is authoritie to exercise mercie and though you finde nothing written in it but what you may reade ten thousand times better in your own brests yet be pleased to thinke there be many puny scollars in our Kingdome to which I haue ever desired to be a servant that from these briefe Rules may gather more abler Iudgements Therefore it is onely your noble favour and allowance that must make it acceptable to those which neede it and profitable to our Empire which I wish to be serued by it O then let these Graces flie from your Noble Natures with that mildnesse that as I haue ever lived I may die Your Honors poore servant and Souldier G. M. ¶ To the Reader KNowledge which is the divine Mother of certaine Goodnesse never came vnwellcome to an industrious Nature for shee ever maketh a smooth way and a straight path No more I hope shall this my labour to thee Worthie Reader since doubtlesse thou shalt finde in it many things New which is apt to catch covetous Spirits somethings Necessarie which are ever imbracst of Solid and Substantiall Iudgements And I hope nothing erring from Sense or Truth which is such a Crowne both to the worke and thine owne satisfaction that if thou beest any Master of Charitie thou canst not giue me lesse almes then thanks for my paines taking I haue not labord mine owne but thy profit neither haue I measurd any thing in this Worke by any other Rule then those wants which I found in my selfe when I first betooke me to the Warres and had no other companions in my Bosome but Desire and Ignorance the one being so contrary to the other that had I had millions I would haue given it for halfe the knowledge in this Booke to haue reconcild or at least expulst that ignorance which was so offensiue vnto me This for thine Industrie sake I haue performed which if thou please to accept with that goodnesse of heart which it is meant I haue got my desire and will ever rest at thy service G. M. ¶ A Table of all the Materiall things contained in this Booke And first of the Infantrie Pag. TWo things referred to Commanders 1 Sorting of Armes 1 Election of man 2 Arming of Pikes 2 Arming of Musquetiers 3 Arming of Hargobussiers 4 Arming of Halberdiers 4 Arming of the Ensigne 4 Arming of the Lieutenant 4 Arming of the Captaine 5 The Formes of Trayning 5 Imbattayling of men 5 What a Ranke or Fyle is 5 Of Flankes and Fronts 6 The Continent of Ranke and Fyle and the reason thereof 6 The Devision of Companies 7 The duties of the Corporall and the Lanspresado 7 Foure things to be taught in Trayning 8 The Carriage of Armes 8 The vse of the Pike 9 The vse of Shott 9 How to giue Volleys 9 Volleys Marching 9 Volleys Standing 10 Volleys vpon Advancement 10 Volleys vpon a swift Retrayt 11 Distance of place 11 What distance is 11 The vse of distances 12 The names of distances and the variation of names 12 The measure of distances 13 Of Marches 14 The severall places of Officers 14 Of Motions 15 Diversitie of Motions 15 Of the Sounds of the Drumme 16 Vse of words 17 The words of proper directions 17 Of motions in distance or in forme 17 Of motion in distance of Fyles 17 Of motion in distance of Rankes 18 Of motion in distance both in Fyles and Rankes 18 Of motion in Forme of Fyles 18 Of motion in Forme of Rankes 19 Of motion in Forme both in Fyles and Rankes 20 Of charging of Pikes 21 Giving of Fire by the Flanke 21 Of Constancie in words giuing 21 What March and Motion is 22 Word of particular Motions 22 What Postures are 22 The Postures of the Pike 23 Postures Standing 23 Postures Marching 23 Postures Charging 23 The Postures of the Musquet 23 The Postures in Skirmish 24 Postures in exercise 24 Postures Standing 24 Postures Marching 24 Postures Charging 25 Postures Discharging 25 The Postures of the Hargobu● 26 A repetition by way of advise 26 The dignitie of places 27 A Table expressing Dignities 27 The vse of the Table 27 Leaders of Middle Fyles 27 Middlemen to the Front and Reare 28 Subdevision men 28 The first sixe parts of Martiall discipline 29 Carriage Election and Composition of Colours 29 Mixture of Colours 29 Captaines Colours 29 Colonells Colours 29 Superior Officers Colours 30 Where Gentlemen may finde their Colours 30 The libertie that Captaines take 30 Of severall Mettalls and Colours 31 The signification of Mettalls and Colours 31 Of Bastard Colours and their significations 32 Offences in Colours 32 Of Obedience and the vertue thereof 33 The end of the first Table The second Table of the Cavallarie or Trayning of Horse-Troopes THe difficultie in this Art 37 The things considerable in this Art 37 The election of men and horses 38 The arming of Gentlemen at Armes 38 Arming for Triumph 39 Arming of Launciers 40 Arming of Light Horse 40 Arming of Cuiraissiers 41 Arming of Hargobussiers 42 Arming of Dragons 42 Arming of Captaines Cuirassiers 43 Arming of Lieutenants 44 Arming of Cornets 44 Arming of the Trumpet 44 Arming of Corporalls 45 Arming of Captaines Hargobussiers 45 Arming of Captaines of Dragons 46 Difference betwixt the Cornet and