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A43479	The first part of the principles of the art military practiced in the warres of the United Netherlands, vnder the command of His Highnesse the Prince of Orange our Captaine Generall, for as much as concernes the duties of a souldier, and the officers of a companie of foote, as also of a troupe of horse, and the excerising of them through their severall motions : represented by figure, the word of commaund and demonstration / composed by Captaine Henry Hexham, Quartermaster to the Honourable Colonell Goring.; Principles of the art militarie Part 1	Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650?	1642 (1642)	Wing H1652; ESTC R11968	36,185	55

hand numbred 7 moves first and afterward all the other files noted 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. or the right hand file close all to their order But if you desire to have your files close to the middle then the two middle most files numbred 4. 5. close first to their order of three foote and having their distance the other files numbred 2. 3. and 1. on the right hand and the files 8. 7. and 6. on the left hand closes both waies into their order Secondly Rankes to your Order Close that is To three foote betweene Ranke and Ranke Note that in this motion also the Rankes which stand in their open order on the other page marked with the Letters bc defghi and k moving all to gether in an even front comes up to their order or distance of three foote as this figure demonstrates where both files rankes stand in their order of 3 foote distance Observe that when you exercise a company single you double your front before you wheele in regard the body is smal but in a devision or a greater body you close both your rankes and files to your order as aboue omitting the doubling and then wheele but being a single company when you wheele to the right hand then double your front to the left hand for so the leader of the right hand file will keepe his place on that corner towards which you wheele This figure before you wheele shews your men to stand in their close order in file and their order in ranke as 〈◊〉 Againe when you wheele to the left hand double your front to the right hand and then the two leaderson the left hand doe but onely turne their bodies like the point of a Compasse to that hand whereto they wheele while the body comes about with a faster motion and an even front Note also that after you have wheeled to which hand you list and as often as you will you give in a single company this word of command Halfe files as you were that is as they stood in their order both in ranke and file before but in greater bodies where the doubling is omitted you first open your rankes by giving this terme of direction Rankes backward to your open order and then likewise your files by commanding Files open both waies to your open order of six footes as this figure both in ranke and file represents In opening of Rankes and Files you must make all the Files or Rankes saving the outermost on that hand from whence you meane to open which must stand to moue altogether till the second Ranke or File from that which standeth haue gotten its distance and consequently all the rest Having performed the former Motions you may afterward exercise your company of Pikes and Muskettiers together or if you pleafe each a part To beginne then with the Pikes you may commaund them to doe these motions standing to wit Advance your Pikes Order your Pikes Shoulder your Pikes Charge your Pikes Order your Pikes Traile your Pikes Checke your Pikes But these Motions are to be performed both standing and marching namely Charge your Pikes Shoulder your Pikes To the right hand Charge Shoulder your Pikes To the left hand Charge Shoulder your Pikes To the Reere Charge Shoulder your Pikes Stand Order your Pikes First note that in charging halfe the Rankes onely must charge their Pikes the other hindermost halfe of the Rankes doe but port their Pikes that is they cary them so couched over the Heads of the foremost as may giue them no offence either in charging or retyreing Besides this way the Pikes are not so subject to be broken by the shot of the Enemy as when they are advanced Secondly they must likewise obserue when they charge standing to fall back with the right legge and marching to steppe forwards with the left Standing Thirdly the exercising of your Muskettiers is likewise performed either or Marching That is either by Rankes or by Files after three manner of waies to wit first having an Enemy in your front Secondly in your Reere and thirdly vpon your right or left flanke as these figures following in exercising of 260 Pikes Muskettiers besides Officers will demonstrate whereof the first showes the manner of giving fire standing vpon an Enemy in your front by commanding these three termes or direction vnderneath This figure aboue shewes that the first and second rank of both the wings of Muskettiers having given fire are fallen away and are a doing their postures till they come in the vacant Rankes in the Reere noted i k while the third and fourth Rankes on both flankes make ready and advances up to the same ground where the first were even with the front of the Pikes Note also that the first Ranke falling backe with their right legges bending their left knee lies on and giues fire as hath bin taught and the first Ranke falling away the second Ranke in presenting having their pannes garded blowes their matches opens their pannes and steps forward with their left legs into the place of the first ranke lies on giues fire and fall away while the rest of the body of muskettiers mooues up to their place and so two rankes at a time making ready you may giue fire as often as you list You must observe likewise that the muskettiers in all these motions do turne to the right hand so to have a cingular care to carry the mouthes of their muskets aloft aswell when they are shouldred as in priming as also when they keepe their pannes garded and come vp to give fire Moreover if an Enemy should appeare on either your right or left flank and that you resolue to maintain your ground and would gaule him from either flank it is performed by giving first this word of command To the right or left hand which you please and then making an interval of 6 foot distance between the two middlemost leaders of the halfe files e for the halfe rank on the left hand marked a b c d and e do fall away between the files to the Reere before the pikes and the half rank on the right hand k i g h f on the right flank likewise you may giue fire from either or both flankes as you list Again if an Enemy should shew himself in your Reere the like is done by giving this term of derection To the right hand about and having given fire upon them fall away to the place where the front stood even in the same manner as you did before The manner of giving fire marching and advancing towards an Enemy is performed as this figure following represents In advancing towards an Enemy two Rankes must alwaies make ready together advance ten paces forwards before the bodies at which distance a Sarjant or when the body is great some other Officer must stand to whom the Musketteirs are to come up before present and giue fire First the first ranke and whilest the

of the postures them selves Briefe observations upon the postures of the Pike answering to the number of every figure following 1 SEt the but end of your Pike neere your right foot on the outside holding it right up in your right hand about the height of your eye and your arme a litle bending and your right foot forward 2 With the right hand alone bring your Pike just before your body bearing it directly right up raising the but end from the ground then take the Pike with your left hand about the height of your gridle 3 Forsake the Pike with your right hand and with the left hand alone raise vp the Pike that the But end be about the height of your thigh then take the But end in your right hand without stooping to it 4 Forsake the pike with the left hand and with your right hand alone carry the pike right up locking the pike betweene your shoulder and arme your right hand holding the but end of the pike about the height of your hip 5 Sink your right hand a litle and with your left hand take the pike as high as well you can reach and bring the pike just before your body 6 Forsake the pike with your right hand and bring downe the pike in your left hand that the but end be neere unto the ground then with your right hand take the pike about the height of your head 7 Forsake the pike with your left hand and with the right hand onely set the but end on the ground on the out side of your right foot as in the third posture 8 Bring the pike just before your body raise the but end from the ground bearing it forward then take it with your left hand a little beneath your right 9 Bring forward the pike with your left hand and take it in your right reaching backeward as farre as well you may 10 Forsake your pike with your left hand with the right onely lay it vpon your right shoulder bearing the but end about a foot from the ground holding your thumb under the pike the better to gouern it carrying the pike forward 11 Beare your right hand with the pike backward as farr as well you can with your left hand take the pike forward and with the right beare the pike vpward 12 Forsaking the pike with the right hand cast the point forward that the but end may conveniently be taken in the right hand 13 Take the but end of the pike in your right hand holding it about your hip and raising the pike with your left hand about the hight of your breast carry the pike directly before you your left foot tward 14 Raise the right hand and stretch it backward your left hand being at your breast your left elbow against your hip 15 Beare downe the but end of the pike with your right hand and raise the pike with the left and so advance as in the sixth figure 16 Sinke your right hand and with your left take the pike as high as wel you may reach brining the pike just before your body 17 Forsake the but end with your right hand bearing forward your Pike in the left hand and take the pike backward in the right hand as farre as well you may reach 18 Forsake the Pike with your left hand and with your right onely lay it vpon your shoulder or as in the twelfth figure 19 Beare the pike with your right hand backward take it forward in your left hand as you may conveniently reach bearing the pike with your right hand upward 20 Forsaking the pike with your right hand beare it over your head and at the same instant turne your body to the left hand that you may conveniently take the but end of the pike in your right hand 21 Having the but end of your pike in your right hand stretch your right arme backeward and set your left hand at your brest c as in the sixteenth figure 22 Slip your left hand forward as farre as well you may and lift the pike upwards to your head and with the right hand beare the but end some what downeward 23 Forsaking the but end of the Pike with your right hand beare up the pike over your head with your left hand onely at that instant turne your face to the right hand and be ready with your right hand to take the Pike more backward 24 Having the pike in the right hand forsake it with your left and with the right hand onely lay it upon your shoulder as in the 12 and 20 figure 35 This is to be done in three motions as the contrary is showne in the ninth tenth eleventh figures Beare the pike with the right hand backward with your left take it forward bearing the but end downeward then slip downe your right hand a little aboue your left and set the but end on the ground as in the ninth figure 26 This is to be done by severall palming postures with the right hand beare the but end of the pike backward as farre as you can and continue palming till you come to the head of your pike 27 With yout left hand hold the pike a litle below the head your right hand more backward as farre as the cheekes or arming reach set your right hand upon your hip your elbow stretch foorth and your left hand more forward before your breast 28 Remoue your right hand to your left in your right hand onely carry your pike your hand being vpon your hip 29 This is to be done by severall palming posturs backward bringing forward your right hand as farre as well you can and with the left hand gripe the pike backeward as farre as you can 30 Forsake the pike with your right hand bring forward the pike with the left take it backward with the right and so cōtinue palming until you have the but end of the pike in your right hand 31 Stretch your right arme backward with the pike in your hand your left hand at your breast and your elbow upon your hip as in the sixteenth figure 32 This is to be done in three motions first bearing the pike right up before the body and so forward as from the advance in the 6 7 and 8 figures onely you must observe to set the but end of the pike at the inside of the right foot which is your close order 33 The but end of the pike resting against your right foot take it in your left hand abouthe heigh of your gridle and step forward with your left foot the knee bent lay your left arme vpon your knee couching downe low and draw your sword over your left arme 34 Raise your body right up set your pike against your right shoulder with the left hand the but end being stil upon the ground then put up your sword Briefe observations upon the postures of the Musket answering to the number of every figure on the other page 1 THis

point Note that when you march throw any countrie you most observe three foote onely from File to File and sixe from Ranke to Ranke The third distance or your close order is commanded by this word Close which is when there is one foote and a halfe from File to File and three from Ranke to Ranke as this Figure demonstrates OBserve that though this figure stands but at a foote and a halfe distance yet this is for the pikes onely and must never be used but when you will stand firme to receive the charge of an Ennemy The muskettiers must never be closer then the second distance of three foote in square because they are to have a free vse of their Armes THis figure represents the 40 pikes and 40 muskettiers standing in their order because the page will not beare the first foure motions in their open order Here begins the words of Command 1 Stand right in your Files 2 Stand right in your Rankes 3 Silence Here begins the first motion 5. To the right hand IT is to be noted when you are commanded to be As you were you are ever to turne to the contrary hand from whence you came As for example if you did turn to the right hand you are to return to the left hand and so in the rest As you were that is as you stand in your order in the figure aboue marked with the letter I. 9. To the right hand about 10. As you were 11. To the left hand about 12. As you were An Observation These turnings to the right or left hand or to either hand about serue for the given or receiving of a charge vpon the right or left Flank or in the Reere about As you were Because there is now roome enough this figure showes them standing in their open order of sixe foote distance one from an other both in rank and file from which standing they are to doe these motions following 13. Ranks to the right hand double The Demonstration The 2. 6 8 10 rancke from the front marked with the Letters b. d. f. h. k. moues all together and doubles into thier order on the right hand of the files numbred 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. making 5. rankes at thier double open order of 12. foot 16. men in each rancke as is seen in this figure aboue The Demonstration This motion differs not from the former but onely that the vtmost man of the second Ranke and subsequently al the other ranks which moued before comes now vp together to their order on the left hand of the files numbred 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. 17. Files to the right hand double The Demonstration The 2. file next the right hand moues fals back betweene the right hand fiile the 4th file betweene the 3. The 6. betweene the 5. the 8. or left hand file betweene the 7 fiile all to thier order making foure fiiles 20. men deepe and 12 foote distance betwixt file and file as in this figure The Demonstration The files which moued before stand now still and the 2. file next the left hand file fals back betweene the left hand file the 5 file betweene the 6 the 3 betweene the 4 and the 1 or right hand file betweene the 2 file makeing 20 men deepe and 12 foote distance betwixt file and file as before 19. Half files to the right hand double your front The Demonstration The leader of the halfe file on the right hand noted f steps to his order beyond the right hand file number 1. and also all the rest of the files stepping to their order on their right hand comes vp together betweene the files numbred 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5. 6. 6. 7. 7. and 8. into the Rankes marked a. b. c. d. e. at their order of three foot distance in file and 6. in ranke as this figure aboue showes 20. Half files to the right hand double your front The Demonstration This motion differs not from the other but that the leader of the halfe-file on the left hand consequenitly al the rest of the files steps to their order on the left hand comes vp together betweene the files numbred 8. 7. 7. 6. 6. 5. 5. 4. 4. 3. 3. 2. 2. 1. into the rankes marked as before with the letters a. b. c. d. and e. The demonstration When you will Countermarch to the right hand the first Ranke of Leaders numbred 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. and 8. onely must advance one stepp forward with the right legg and then turne and all the other Rankes must march first up to the place from whence the first Ranke did countermarch before they turne where the Sariant stands marked with a starre This figure shewes that betweene the rankes a and d there are 8 rankes mett at their order and the Captaine countermarching to the Reere with the first Ranke of Leaders to the 6 ranke marked f. and the Lieutenant with the ranke of bringers up noted K. towards the front to the ranke noted e. which represents the Countermarch incompleate as is seene in this figure aboue This figure showes the Countermarch compleate when the Captaine or Officer is come with the first Ranke of Leaders to the place where the bringers up the Lieutenant stood and the Lieutenant with the bringers up to the Captaines place standing in their open order in ranke and file as this figure demonstrates Observe likewise if you will now Countermarch to the left hand the first ranke must stepp forwards one stepp with the left legge and then turne and all the other Rankes behinde must come up to that place before they turne where the Sariant with his Halbart stands as before 25. Rankes to the left hand countermarch Note that this figure as the first showes the Countermarch incompleate as before This figure showes that the Captaine is countermarcht up with the first ranke of leaders into that place where the front stood before and every ranke and file in their open order The like countermarch is performed either on the right or left flanke by giving first this word of command To the right or left hand omitting the naming either of Rankes or files in saying onely To the right or left hand countermarch which you lift Observations before yow wheele First Files to the right or left hand or to the middle Close to your Order To 3. foote betweene File and File If you would close your files to the right hand the outermost file on that hand stands still and the next on the right hand numbred 2 moues first to their order and then all the files ciphred 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. the left hand file closes in all to their order And if you would have them close to the left hand the outermost file also on that hand stands still and then the file next the left