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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64804	Military and maritine [sic] discipline in three books.	Venn, Thomas. Military observations.	1672 (1672)	Wing V192; ESTC R25827	403,413	588

Veares notes of directions how far a mans Office and duty in a Regiment doth stand 186 FINIS HOC MVNIMINE TVTVIS VERO NIL VERIVS WF fec He that heareth the sound of the Trumpet will not be warned if the sword come to take him away his blood shall be upon his owne head for he heard the sound of the Trumpet and would not be admonished but he that receiveth warning shall save his Life MILITARY OBSERVATIONS Or the TACTICKS PUT INTO PRACTICE BY MILITARY ARCHITECTURE OR THE ART OF Fortifying Towns Together with the wayes of DEFENDING AND BESIEGING THE SAME By ANDREW TACQVETT of the Society of JESVS and Translated out of the Latine by J. L LONDON Printed by S. Simmons for Robert Pawlet Thomas Passenger and Benjamin Hurlock MDCLXXII To the Right Honourable AVBREY de VERE Earl of Oxford Baron Bolebec Samford and Badlesmere Chief Justice and Justice in Eire of all His Majesties Forrests Chaces Parks and Warrens on the South-side of Trent Colonel of His Majesties Royal Regiment of Horse-Guards Lord Lieutenant for His Majesty in the County of Essex Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and One of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council My Lord I Shall not be tedious in informing Your Lordship of the reasons which induc'd me to this Dedication Your most Heroick Ancestors being alwayes the truest defenders of Loyalty and eminentest Patterns of Valour your Lordships particular disposition and affection to Martial acts the Experience you have had in the Fortifications abroad have Intituled you to the Patronage of these my Addresses and given you the undoubted right to be a fit Judge of all Military designs whatsoever And though the particular favours and kindnesses which I have receiv'd from your Honourable Family as owing my Education to the bounty of it have sufficient force to oblige me to a most humble and grateful acknowledgment yet in this case I laid aside those considerations and had respect only to your Lordships self as a Souldier furnish'd with all that may render you capable to examine either this or any other Martial Treatise I am confident My Lord the Book in it self how meanly soever by me Translated out of the Latine will not be unworthy your Lordships favourable aspect it being the Easiest and Exactest of that Nature that ever yet was Extant having been compiled from all Authors that have treated of that Subject by Andrew Tacquett of the Society of Jesus for the use of his Pupil Count d' Horne of Flanders The new Corrections of the Count d' Pagan and Van Ruse that we all so admire but no body practises is not here so much as spoke of he thinking it best that men should be well grounded in the old wayes afterwards for divertisement they may follow what Novelties they please I shall not insist further on the praises of the Author or obtrude him upon your Lordship by numerous commendations If at your vacant hours you shall vouchsafe to cast an Eye upon him I do not doubt but you will give him the esteem he deserves and favourably accept the poor Endeavours of him who is willing to omit no opportunity of testifying himself MY LORD Your Honours most Obliged humble Servant John Lacy. THE FIRST PART OF Military Architecture TREATING OF REGULAR FORTIFICATION CHAP. I. Wherein is contained the Definition Beginning Progress and Perfection of Military Architecture c. MIlitary Architecture is a Science how to defend and fortifie any place against the force of an Enemie Towns and Castles says Vegetius are either fortified by Nature or by hands or else by both By Nature as being situate in some high abrupt place or being encompass'd with the Sea Lakes or Rivers The Mountains about Cilicia in Asia and Helvetia of Germany almost render them inaccessible The Rock Aornis baffled the force of Hercules and Alexander The Castles of Namur and Hermenstein and many others in Europe are almost invincible by reason of the Rocks which lie underneath them Venice Straltsound Custrine and almost all Holland are defended by the waters that flow about them So that you may see Nature in her fortifying of Towns either casts about them the Element of Earth or Water And Art imitating Nature as it uses to do placed Walls and Rampars instead of Rocks and Mountains and Moats or Ditches where the Sea or Rivers have been wanting Fig. 1 But as all beginnings are wont to be so this of fortification was altogether simple and unskilful They rais'd their walls to such a height as might seem to deny the enemy an easie ascent by his Ladders The breadth was such as would hold six or seven Rancks of armed men nay Curtius reports the walls of Babylon were 32 feet broad But this Structure had two faults in it and both of them very dangerous The first was that the defendants standing on their wall without any covert lay open to their Enemy The other was that the Enemy approaching under their wall was so secured by the wall it self that he could not be hurt by the defendants that stood on high over him These Errors at length they endeavour'd to remedie by building throughout upon their wall a brestwork B C Z the top of their brestwork they distinguish'd with Battlements Z Z Z not joyn'd together but left open at certain distances so that the defendants cover'd with these Battlements could beat off the enemy through their open intervals so was the first Error in some manner sublated Fig. 2 To mend the other they caused loopholes to be cut in the wall at a mans height from the ground marked with the letter P P P. Nor yet were these inconveniences perfectly taken away for the Enemy lying within the triangles D E F G K H would escape the shot of the Townsmen Therefore they began to look on a flancquing or side defence and still keeping Fig. 3 their battlements and loopholes they built round their work square Turrets that ran out beyond the thickness of the walls and so they added to their fore-right defence which was only then in use a flancquing or side defence but this same side defence was as yet imperfect because the Enemy could be hid within the triangle I P K besides square Towers were not thought able enough to bear the brunt of Engines and and battering Rams Fig. 4 Therefore slighting their square Turrets they made round ones so the Triangle A C B in which the Enemy was hid became so much lessened that now he could not traverse his battering Engines within it and the Round form of Turrets was found to stand firmer than any other against the force of the batteries And here the Art and endeavour of the Ancients rested till Gunpowder being found men began to imitate Thunder and Lightning And indeed this last way of Fortification was far better than the former Nevertheless the business went yet suspected for the Triangle A C B was found large enough to shelter Pioneers