Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	command_n	distance_n	file_n	3,072	5	13.1328	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89548	A compleat schoole of vvarre: or, A direct way for the ordering and exercising of a foot company: whereby may bee attained with ease, the perfection both of musket and pyke in short time. Now, as most necessary; thought fit to be set forth for a generall good. By an expert commander, R.M.	R. M.	1642 (1642)	Wing M71; Thomason E116_13; ESTC R11696	6,009	8

A COMPLEAT SCHOOLE OF VVARRE OR A direct way for the Ordering and Exercising of a Foot Company Whereby may bee attained with ease the perfection both of Musket and Pyke in short time Now as most necessary thought fit to be set forth for a generall good By an expert Commander R. M. Printed at London for Richard Harper at the Bible and Harp in Smithfield 1642. The Order for exercising of a Foot COMPANIE STand right in your Files Stand right in your Rankes Silence To the right Hand As you were Note when you are commanded to be as you were you are ever to turn to the contrary hand from whence you came To the left hand As you were As you were Rankes to the left hand double To the right hand about As you were As you were Files to the right hand double To the left hand about As you were As you were Files to the left hand double Rankes to the right hand double As you were Halfe Files to the right hand double your Front As you were Halfe Files to the left hand double your Front As you were Rankes to the right hand Counter-march When you will Counter-march to the right hand the first Rank of Leaders onely must advance one step forward with the right leg and then turne and all the other Rankes must march first up to the place from whence the first Ranke did counter-march before they turned Rankes to the left hand counter-march Observe that if you will now counter-march to the left hand the first ranke must step forward one step with the left leg and then turne and all the other ranks behinde must come up to that place before they turne where the Serjeant stands Observations before you wheele If you will wheele to the right hand you must double your rankes to the left and if you wheele to the left you must double to the right Rankes to the right hand double Files close to the right hand to your close order Rankes close up to your swords point Note that when you will wheele to the right hand that the Leader of the right hand File must keep his Musket Rest fixt to the ground and must onely turn his body without losing of any ground and also the left hand Leader if you wheel to the left To the right hand wheel Or to the left hand wheele Having wheeled to bring them in their former order you must use these wor●s of Command First to the rankes that were closed to the swords point Rankes backward to your double distance of twelve foot Open your Files to the left hand to your order of three foot And then speaking to the Rankes that were first doubled Rankes as you were Having performed the former motions you may afterwards exercise your Company of Pikes and Muskettiers together or each a part To begin with the Pikes you may command them to doe these motions standing viz. Advance your Pikes Order your Pikes Shoulder your Pikes Charge your Pikes Order your Pikes Traile your Pikes Cheeke your Pikes But these motions are to be performed both standing and marching vi● 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 Comport your Pikes Charge your Pikes Shoulder your Pikes Stand. Charge under hand Charge your Pikes at the foo● Shoulder your Pikes Order your Pikes 1. First note that in charging halfe the Rankes onely must charge their Pikes the other hindmost halfe of the Rankes doe but port their Pikes that is they carry them so couched over the heads of the foremost as any give them no offence in charging or retiring Besides this way the Pikes are not so subject to broken by the shot of the enemy as when they are advanced 2. They must likewise observe when they charge standing to fall backe with the right legge and marching to step forward with the rest 3. The exercising of your Muskettiers is likewise performed either standing or marching that is either by Rankes or Files after three manner of wayes alwayes blowing your Match moving your right leg foremost when you are ready to present 1. Having an enemy in your front 2. In your Reere 3. Upon your right or left hand Flanke Note also that the first Ranke falling backe with their right legges lies on gives fire and the first Ranke falling away the second in Ranke presenting having their pans guarded blowes their matches open their pan and step forward with their right legges into the place of the first ranke lies on gives fire and fall away whiles the rest of the body of Muskettiers move up to their places and so two rankes at a time making ready you may give fire so often as you list Observe that in charging of an enemy that the right hand wing fall off the right hand and the left hand wing to the left and the officers are to give the same word of command The Muskettiers are to have a singular care to carry the mouthes of their Muskets aloft as well when they are shouldred as in priming as also when they keep their pans guarded and come up to give fire Moreover if an enemy should appeare on either your right or left Flanke and that you resolve to maintaine your ground and would gall him from either Flanke it is performed by giving first this word of command To the Right or left hand which you please and then making an intervall of six foot distance betweene the middlemost Leaders of the halfe Files for the halfe Ranke on the left hand doe fall away between the Files to the Reere before the Pikes and the halfe Ranke on the right hand on the right Flanke likewise you may give fire from either or both flankes so often as you list Againe if an enemy should shew himselfe in your Reere the like is done by this terme of direction 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 In advancing towards an enemy two Rankes must alwayes make ready together and advance ten paces forwards before the bodies at which distance a Serjeant or when the body is great some other Officer must stand to whom the Muskettiers must come before they present and give fire fir●●●he first Ranke and while the first Ranke gives fire the second keep their Muskets close to their rests and their pans guarded and as soone as the first are fallen away the second presently presents gives fire and fall after them Now as soone as the first Rankes doe move from their places in the fro●● the two Rankes next it must undershoulder their Muskets and make ready so as they may advance forward ten paces as before as soon as ever the two first ranks are fallen away and are to do in all points as the former so all the other Rankes through the whole Company or