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A06967	The souldiers grammar containing, the high, necessarie, and most curious rules of the art militarie : as first, whether it be in great motions in generall? or foote motions especially?, or motions of horse, generall, or speciall?, the ranges of foote, or horse?, the ranges of officers, the seuerall imbattailings of foote, and horse, the imbattailing of a regiment, the ioyning of many regiments, or the forming of maine battailes, of any extent, or number, with their formes, and figures, in liuely demonstration, &c. / by G.M. ... ; vnto which, is added the Booke of postures, according to that which is ordered by the lords of His Maiesties most honorable Priuie Counsell.	Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.	1626 (1626)	STC 17391.5; ESTC S2808	26,181	63

Hand Here you see the File 1. standeth still and hauing giuen their Volley are to retreat betweene the File 4. and the file 3. then the file 2. standeth still and hauing giuen their Volley retreat betweene the file 4. and the file 1. then the file 3. standeth still and hauing giuen their Volley retreate betweene the file 4. and the file 2. and then the whole wing is as it was at the first 1.2.3 now as thus you may cast off the files to both Hands making the file 10. to stand and the Volley giuen to retreate betweene the file 8. and the file 7. then the file 9. to stand and the Volley giuen to retreate betweene the file 7. and the file 10. then the file 8. to stand and the volley giuen to retreat betweene the file 7. and the file 9. So then the body is brought againe to his first forme 8.9.10 Now for the casting of Files in Wing you must draw foorth the File 1. on the right hand and the file 10. on the left hand in the manner of Wings and hauing giuen their Volley shall stand still till the reare bee aduanced and then the file 1. shall retreat betweene the file 4. and the file 3. and the file 10. shall retreat between the file 7. and the file 8. as in the former example and so the rest of the files one after another this example appeareth Files cast off in Wings Lastly there are Files cast off before the Front of the Battalia after this manner Files cast off before the Front Here as you see the file 1. to the right Hand is drawne before the Front who as soone as they haue giuen fire shall turne their faces to the right hand and following the Bringer vp shall make retreate betweene the files 4 and 3. and there couer themselues till they haue made ready againe Then shal be drawn forth before the Front the file 10 to the left Hand who after they haue giuen fire shall turne faces to the left Hand and retreat betweene the files 8. and 7. then shall bee drawne out the file 2. to the right Hand which hauing giuen fire turne faces as before to the right Hand and then retreate betweene the files 4 and 1. Likewise in the same manner the file 9 is drawne out to the left Hand and hauing giuen fire turne their faces and retreate between the files 7 and 10. and thus successiuely one after another you shall drawe foorth euery file of Shot first on the right Hand then on the left till the seruice be accomplished and thus much of the casting off the files There is yet an other Motion of the foote which is worthy obseruation and that is opening and closing of Rankes and Files wherein is to be noted as I haue shewed in the Accidence that Rankes when they open to any Order whatsoeuer ought for the most part to open downeward by turning Face about and descending till they come to the distance commanded and then to turne Faces as they were but when they close to any Order it must euer be done vpward towards the Front 〈◊〉 Files when they open or close must euermore doe it to the right or left Hand or to both in this manner If you giue the word of Command plainely and barely without any implication or addition thus Open your File to Open Order c. or to any other Order then shall the two Middle Men to the two Flankes standing in the middest of the Front open the one from the other according to the distance appointed and their whole Files shall follow them in an euen line then the rest of the File-leader shall open from these Middle men one halfe to the right hand the other to the left till the whole Battalia bee opened according to Commandment as you may see by this example Files opened from the Middle-men And as thus you open if the Word be giuen in one and the selfe same manner so likewise you must close your Files the Middleman first ioyning with their Files then after all the rest of the File-leaders with their files to both hands till the Commandment be fulfilled But if the Word of Command bee giuen Files to the right hand open to open Order c. or to any Order else then shall the right Hand File-leader with his file and so successiuely euery other File-leader with their files shall open after the Right Hand Man till the Command be perfited and as thus you open so you must also close and as you open or close to the right Hand so you must open or close to the left Hand when the Word of Command is giuen to that purpose Diuerse other Motions there be belonging to the Foote Companies as the turning of Faces to either Hand or about the forme whereof is express almost in euery figure before shewed Also the Charging to any Hand to the Front to the Reare or to all at an instant of which I shall haue cause to speake more amply in anoother place Therefore at this time these already expressed shall serue for the Motions of the Foote Company CHAP. 3. Of the seuerall Motions which belong vnto Horse Or Horse Troopes THe Motions of Horse are diuers according to the opinion of the Auntients and to these Moderne times also as you may perceiue by my Accidence wherein I haue set you downe the seuerall words of command belonging to euery Motion of Horse now in vse all which are so neere a kinne to the Foote Motions that I hold it needelesse to repeate them ouer heere againe but referre those which desire to learne those generall Motions to the Accidence and to those Motions of Foote which are already specified and set downe in this Grammer I will now proceed to those other Motions and Imbattaylings of Horse which being more difficult and strange doth more amase the minde of the industrious Learner and are harder attayned vnto by Discourse without some playner Demonstration First therefore the generall Motions of Horse at this day wherein the Launce the Light Staffe and the Snort Pistoll are taken away and onely the Long Pistoll and Dragoone in vse are conteyned in Trooping Discouering Charging Wheeling and Retyring and all these are done eyther by whole Bodies by Parts or Deuisions by many files few files or single files And herein you are to call to minde as I haue shewed in the Accidence that as the Rankes of Horse are compounded of vncertaine Numbers so the file must euer be constantly sixe Deepe being compounded of a Leader a Follower two Middlemen a Follower and a Bringer vp or the Reare Man according to this demonstration 0 Leader 1 Follower 0 Middle Man 0 Middle Man 1 Follower 0 Bringer vp Thus you see the Contents and forme of a Horse file from which certainty and true knowne Ground euery skilfull Commander may builde vp any Bodie that he pleaseth whereas if both Ranke and Fyle should be

their first forme or body againe the Word As you were being giuen euery mouing file that did Aduance shall turne Faces about and so march back to their first places and as thus you aduance eyther to the Right or Left hand at one instant So you may also at one instant aduance both to the Right and Left hand by deuision making the second file aduance before the first the fourth before the third the seuenth before the eight the fyfth before the sixth And as thus in aduancing so also in doubling of files as you double to the Right or Left hand so you may double to both the Right and Left hand at one instant by deuision the second file passing behind the first the fourth behind the third then the seuenth behind the eight and the fifth behind the sixth Now here by the way there may a scruple arise that for as much as numbers may vary and that all bodies hold not one euen or iust content or Number that then in case there be an odd file how then shall the bodie be doubled To this I answere that if you happen to haue an odde file then looke to what hand you double vnto then the outmost file to the contrary hand shall stand and keepe his place firme without doubling at all as if you double to the Right hand then the Left hand file stands fast and vndoubled or if you double to the Left hand then the Right hand file stands fast and vndoubled as by these examples plainely apeareth The odde Battalia Vudoubled The odde Battalia Doubled Thus you see how the odde Fyle standeth and is still preserued in euery Motion being still kept in its order both by the Leader and the Side-man and when so euer the Bodie is reduced into its first forme or Station then is it full and perfit as any other file what so euer The next necessary Motiō vnto the doublings and aduancing of files is the Countermarching of files which is also another Motion in forme And of Countermarching there are diuers kindes as first the ordinary Countermarch which is daily vsed amongst vs when so euer we march or turne the bodie of the Battalta too or fro and this Countermarch is called of some The Persian Countermarch because it was first in vse amongst them others call it the Cretan as taken from the Immitation of those Souldiers others call it the Choraean from Chorus which signifieth a Companie of which Companie there were certaine Dancers who in a Warlike Dance were the first beginners of this Motion This Motion is performed of the whole Battalia all at one instant the Leaders of the Fyles vpon the word giuen to which hand they shall Countermarch beginning the motion as thus If the Word be giuen to Countermarch to the Right hand then shall the Leaders of the Fyles at one instant steppe one steppe forward with the Right foote then bringing the Left foote and the Bodie round about to the Right hand and so march downe through the distance betweene the Fyles till they come to the Reare where the Bringer-vp stood and there they shall make a Stand And in this Motion euery Leader shall obserue his Right hand Man that they may keepe their Front whole and vndismembred because the least disorder in this Motion is the ouerthrow disgrace of the whole Bodie and as these Leaders begin and conduct in this orderly manner so shall all the rest of euery File obseruing true Place and Distance follow with as great care and seuerity euery Man obseruing his Leader and his Right hand Man and that by no meanes they offer to turne till they haue made good the first place where the Fyle Leaders did turne and so keeping their Rankes euen and iust the Motion will be exceeding comely as by this Example apeareth A Battaila in Countermarch to the Right Hand The Battalia after the Counter march Now as they doe thus Countermarch to the Reare so they may if the Commander please countermarch backe to the Front againe without intermission and so as oft and as farre as the Commander pleaseth Now in this Countermarch it would bee obserued that the Files should euer be well opened as at the open Order of sixe foote at the least as for the Ranks they may be either at Order or close Order vnlesse they consist of Shot and then they may not march straighter then the Order of three foot because otherwise it will incumber them and take from them the vse of their Weapons and as thus the Countermarch is made to the right or left Hand entirely so it may bee made both to the right and left Hand by diuision as hath beene shewed before in other motions And this Countermarch is of singular vse for it chargeth the Enemy standing it chargeth him Marching and it chargeth him retyring besides it bringeth euery hand to fight and suffereth none to loose duty The next Countermarch is that which is called the Lacedemonians Countermarch as being first receiued from their example and it is of singular vse in charging of the enemie in making of approaches and in gaining of ground of aduantage and though at first the Ancients found it out for their light Armed which were their Slings Darts Crosse-bowes and Long-bowes Yet now with vs it is found of most excellent vse for our Shot and not vnnecessary for the Pikes and other short Weapons for execution because it bringeth forward euery hand in the Charge and suffereth none to loose duty neither doe they at any time stand or slacke in their Charge but still aduance and goe forward till they haue attained the ende of their purpose The manner of this Nation is thus the first Ranke or Leaders of the Files of Shot doe present and giue fire then stand and the second Ranke passing either to the right or left Hand according to commandement aduance before the first Ranke couering them both in order and distance then the third Ranke aduanceth and couereth the second the fourth the third and so foorth in an orderly charge till the Bringer vp or Reare be brought and made the Front and so as occasion shall serue to continue still till the ende of Commandment Now for the Pikes or short Weapons they shall not need to aduance one Ranke before another but shall keepe their constant March with their Pykes aduanced ported or shouldered euen still with the first Ranke of Shot till they come to encounter and charge the Enemy and then at pleasure and as occasion shall serue they may couer one another and bring euery seuerall hand to the pushe till the last be first and the first last as by this Example doth plainely appeare The Battalia before the Countermarch The Countermarch performed There be others which would haue this Lacedemonian Countermarch in an other maner which is for the first Ranke to Face to the Reare then the second Ranke and so all the rest of the Body to march

nature of the ground and the fashion of the Enemies Battaile for therein is the aduantage Now for the true Range the Generall hath euer the Vauntguard which is the right Wing of the Battaile and the Lord Marshall hath the second Vauntguard which is the Poynt of the left Wing of the Battaile For here is to be vnderstood that when Battailes of Foote are drawne vp and formed then the Battaile of Horse is deuided and extended forth in length acording to the number of the Regiments which as Wings stretching themselues foorth from the two points of the right and left hand battaile of Foot are as a Wall or defense betwixt the Enemy the Foot Army being to Charge vpon all aduantages to defend the Ordnance great Artillerie when it shal be Assaulted or ingaged or otherwise to keep the Carriage Munition and baggage from the pillage of the Enemy or other defeiture For the range of the Colonels they take their places according to Antiquity the eldest Colonell secondeth the Generall the third the Lord Martiall and so according to Antiquitie their Regiments doe troope either on the one or the other hand all things being ordered according to Dignitiy and Antiquity Now whereas a question may be demanded touching the place of the Quartermaster were he shall range himselfe I thus resolue it That if the Quarter-master who is a necessary dependant vpon euery Horse Regiment haue no troope of Horse as seldome or neuer they haue then his range or place is euer to troope with the Collonels Lieutenant and the Commissary or Prouost of euery Regiment with the Liuetenant Collonels Liueteuant or otherwise at his pleasure extrauagantly in any other inferior place of the Regiment Againe here is to be noted in the generallitie of the Army where Horse and Foote are mixed together or whensoeuer they shall meet either in publicke Court or priuate Counsell that the Commander of Horse hath priority of place before the Commander of Foot And howsoeuer some opinions would sway to the contrary preferring Number before Vertue yet it is most certaine that in all Courts of Warre the Horseman hath the first place a Collonell of 500. Horse preceeding a Collonell of 1000. Foot A Captaine of 100. Horse takes place before a Captaine of 200. Foot c. Antiquity in this place being no let but the Dignity carried according to the Honor of the Command the Nobility of the number Now next vnto these Curasheirs are the Harquebusheirs who at this day and in this present Discipline stand for the Light Horse these likewise haue two seuerall Ranges the one in their ordinary Trooping and the other when they come to be drawne vp into ordinary or extraordinary Bodies For the ordinarie Trooping it is eyther when they Troope into the Fielde to receiue Directions or else troope forth as Vantcurreers and Dicouerers of all Impediments that may happen to the Army for these are they which Scower the Coast and preuent Ambuscadoes they make good Ryuers Bridges and all straight Passages and albe their trooping is loose and disbanded holding no strickt or curious forme eyther in Ranke or file nor any certainety in Pace or Motion but sometimes galloping sometimes trotting sometimes standing still as danger or discouerie shall giue way to their proceedings yet doe they troope most commonly in Regiments the Vauntguard being led eyther by the Colonell himselfe or some other Officer in Chiefe who being better acquainted with the places they goe to discouer hath this Authority cast vpon him and Rangeth himselfe in the Front which is the greatest Place of eminence As the Colonell or chiefe Officer thus taketh the First Place so the Liuetenant Colonell taketh the Second and so the rest of the Captaines successiuely according to their antiquity These are the ordinary Scoutes Watchmen and Sentinells and if it be in Campe their guard is euer without the Verge of the Campe and if it be in a Walled Towne Citty or Garrison their guard is without the walles of the Citty and their Quarter in the Suburbes there are Dependants on the Lord Marshall and take directions from his Commands and thus much for the Range of Horsemen FINIS Motiues to the Worke. Motions vsed in the olde Warres Diuers other Motions The Authors plainenesse In what Motions consist Of Distances The Ancient and the Moderne Author reconcil'd The ground of all Motions The drawing of Grosses into order Of single Files Of closing and opening The manner of performing the Motion Aduancing of Files Reducing thē to their first forme Of Countermarching The Lacedemonian countermarch The Macedonian Countermarch Doubling of Rankes Halfe Files as they were Bringers vp As they were Of Wheeling Casting Files Of Opening and Cloasing Files opened or closed by the Middle-men Files opened or closed to any hand Other Motions The vse of Horse Motions An Horse File Drawing vp of a Horse Troope The Benefite of the square Bodie