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A38472	English military discipline, or, The way and method of exercising horse & foot according to the practice of this present time with a treatise of all sorts of arms and engines of war, of fire-works, ensigns, and other military instruments, both ancient and modern, enriched with many figures.	Harford, Robert, fl. 1677-1681.	1680 (1680)	Wing E3105A; ESTC R9992	10,464	49

requisite Men Arms and Fortifications So many able Men hath already treated of Fortifications that I thought it would be to no purpose to speak on that Subject unless I intended to be an Eccho and repeat what others have already said I have spoken of Men lately in a Book which I called The Art of War but if I mistake not no Man hath hitherto treated of Arms. And therefore that these Three Parts may be compleat I thought fit to publish this little Treatise wherein I shall explain as clearly and in as few words as possibly I can the use of all Arms which are at present to be found in Armies as well as of those that were heretofore in use among the Romans AN ADVERTISEMENT FOr the better understanding of all that is said in this Treatise concerning Arms you must know Reader that the French Pound contains two Marks the Mark Eight Ounces the Ounce Eight Gros or Drams the Dram three Deniers and the Denier Twenty four Grains The Fathom contains six Foot the Foot twelve Inches and the Inch twelve Lignes The Cubit of the Ancients consisted of two Hands and three Fingers breadth The Hand of twelve Fingers breadth and the Fingers breadth of eight Lignes The Talent weighs Threescore Pounds the Roman Pound ●●●tains twelve Ounces the Ounce eight Drams the Dram three Scruples the Scruple six Siliques and the Silique one Grain The small Sexterce weighed Twenty four Pounds The English MILITARY Discipline Of the Exercising of the FOOT WHen a Body of Men are drawn up to Exercise the distance of their Ranks must be at Six Foot and their Files at Three Foot that they may have liberty to use their Arms. The Officers of the Body he onely excepted that is to give the Words of Command are to draw off to the Right and Left forming a Rank on each Wing opposite the one to the other The Officer Commanding is to place himself before the middle of the Pikes about ten Foot distance from them the better to observe what is done and to be the more easily understood by the whole Body The Words of Command must be given leisurely that the Souldiers may perform their Postures without confusion The Officer must first command Silence and then proceed as followeth to the Exercise of the Musquet SHoulder your Musquet Lay your Right Hand on your Musquet Poise your Musquet Rest your Musquet Handle your Match Cock and try your Match Guard your Pan. Blow your Match Open your Pan. Present Give Fire Recover your Arms. Return your Match Clean your Pan with your Thumb Handle your Primer Prime your Pan. Shut your Pan with a full Hand Blow off your loose Corns Cast about to Charge Handle your Charger Open it with your Teeth Charge with Powder Draw forth your Scowrer Shorten it to an Inch against your right Breast Charge with Bullet Ram down Powder and Ball. Withdraw your Scowrer Shorten it to a Handful Return your Scowrer Poise your Musquet Shoulder your Musquet Order your Musquet Exercise of the Pikes ADvance your Pikes Charge to the Front To the Right To the Right To the Right To the Right To the Right about To the Left about as you were Charge to the Left To the Left To the Left To the Left To the Left about To the Right about as you were Advance your Pikes From Advance shoulder your Pikes From Shoulder Charge to the Front Shoulder as you were From your Shoulder Charge to the Right Shoulder as you were Charge to the Right about Shoulder as you were Charge to the Left Shoulder as you were To the Left about Shoulder as you were From your Shoulder Port. From your Port Comport From your Comport Charge to the Front From your Charge Trail Facing to the Right about Charge as you were Advance your Pikes Exercise of the Musquet and Pike together SHoulder your Musquet Musquetteers make ready At which time the Musquetteers must leisurely and distinctly perform every particular Posture of the Musquet together The Musquetteers being ready the Pikes are to Charge as the Musquetteers are Faced To the Right To the Right To the Right To the Right To the Right about To the Left about as you were To the Left To the Left To the Left To the Left To the Left about To the Right about as you were Advance your Pikes Return your Matches Shoulder your Musquets Order your Arms. Pikes to your Inside Order Lay down your Arms. Which Posture is to be performed with their left Legs and stooping all together their Arms being upon the Ground they must take care to Rise all together every one observing his Right-hand Man at the Word of Command Quit your Arms. Face all to the Right about March clear of your Arms. To the Left about to your Leader March to your Arms. Handle your Arms. Which must be done stepping forward with their Left-legs and stooping laying their Hands upon their Arms expecting the Word of Command Order your Arms. Pikes to your Out-side Order Poise your Musquets Advance your Pikes Shoulder your Musquets Musquets March This way of Exercise is not altogether the same with what hath been hitherto in use wherein it was thought fit to make some Alteration by leaving out some Words as Superfluous and Changing some of the Postures for others that are of greater Use and Readiness Closings and Openings Ranks Close forward to Order Ranks Close forward to Close Order March Ranks open backwards to Order March Ranks open backwards to open Order March Ranks open backwards to double Distance March The Ranks fall back without changing Aspect Files Close to the Right Files Close to the Left Files Close to the Center Files Open to the Right Files Open to the Left Files Open from the Center For performing of which the Body Faces to the Hand named and moves If to the Right the Second File from the Right first takes its Distance by moving slower than its Leader The rest of the Files do the like successively and the Left-hand File moves not at all Doublings Ranks to the Right-hand Double March Ranks to the Left-hand as you were March Ranks to the Left-hand Double March Ranks to the Right-hand as you were March The Ranks that Double are to observe their Right-hand Man to move at the same time with him They begin their Motion with the Foot next the Hand named and are to come into their Places at Three Steps In this Doubling the Even Ranks double into the Odd and if you would have the Odd Ranks also double Face the Body to the Rere and the same Words of Command will perform it To Reduce the Ranks The Ranks that Doubled are first to Face to the contrary Hand then begining with the contrary Foot at Three Steps to come into their former Ground Files Doubling is performed in the same manner and is the same thing with the Reduction of Doubled Ranks The Reduction of Doubled Files is the same thing with Doubling Ranks Doubling

presenting to fire The Musket The Fire Lock Double headed shot To make a Hollow Square LEt the Three outermost Files of Pikes of each Flank stand Rere Half Files to the Right-hand about Front and Rere Half-Files March Flanks of Pikes Face inwards March Rere Half-Files of Musquetteers to the Right-hand about Musquetteers March All till clear of the Pikes Musquetteers Face Inwards and March till you Close in the Center of the Pikes Musquetteers that are clear of your Pikes Face in Opposition and Flank your Pikes Reduction MUsquetteers that Flank the Pikes Wheel into Front and Rere Musquetteers Face to the Right and Left outwards and March till clear of your Pikes then Face inwards and Close Pikes of the Flanks Face outward and March till clear of the Front and Rere Half-Files Front and Rere Half-Files Face inwards and Close For greater Expedition the Words of Command may be given at the same time to Pikes and Musquetteers by Two Officers Of Marching In Marching the Officers are to Observe that the Ranks be at Twelve Foot distance and that the Files be closed Shoulder to Shoulder unless when a Battalion marches in a Body in which case the Files must keep such a distance that they may have the Liberty of their Arms. The Souldiers must always begin to March with their Right-foot first which is Observed to conduce most to keep the Ranks even The Captains are to March with their Pikes shoulder'd a Lieutenant to March with a Patizan and an Ensign to March with his Pike Comported which is to be the Distinction between the Captains and other Officers Serjeants have no Place assigned them in Marching but are to be moving up and down to observe that the Ranks and Files be at their due Distance Of Drawing up a Body of Men and the Place of the Officers WHen a Regiment is to be drawn up the easiest and readiest way of placing the Companies is that the Eldest Company Draw up on the Right-hand and the Second Company on the Left the Third next to the First the Fourth next to the Second and so consequently to the Youngest which is to be in the Center for which the Words of Command are Musquetteers to the Right and Left outwards Pikes to the Right and Left inwards Interchange Ground March When a Regiment hath so taken its Ground to place the Officers you must divide the Lieutenants equally placing one Half at the Head of the Right Wing of Shot and the other at the Left The Ensigns are to be at the Head of the Pikes upon the same Line with the Lieutenants and each of them at Four Foot distance from the Body The Captains are likewise to be divided equally and placed on each Wing Four Foot before the Lieutenants None must stand before the Ensigns but he onely that Commands in Chief he is to be Ten Foot before the Pikes There must be a Serjeant placed at the Right and Left of every Rank and the rest of the Serjeants are to be in the Rere at Twelve Foot distance from the Boly making a Parallel Line to the last Rank The Drums must be Divided likewise one Half on the Right Wing and the other on the Left and are to ●tand on the same Line with the First Rank of the Souldiers It is to be understood that this way of placing the Officers is one●y for ordinary Drawings out either or Musters or Parades For upon any occasion of Service they are to be otherwise placed as shall be shewn hereafter But if the Regiments march in a Body this Order of the Officers must be changed for then the Lieutenants are to be removed from the Front to the Rere the rest of the Officers keeping still their same Post and the Serjeants that were in the Rere must be moving up and down to see that the Ranks and Files March according to the Rules above given And if the Regiment March in Division the difference is yet greater for then one Half of the Captains are to March at the Head of the First Division of Shot and the other in the Rere of the Last Division One half of the Lieutenant's likewise are to be in the Rere of the First Division of Shot and the other at the Head of the Last The Ensigns are to March before the Pikes and no other Officer at their Head The Armature of a French Trooper The Musqu●●●●● The Pistoll The Carabine The Armature of a Pike man on his Guard The Pike The half Pike The Quarter Staff The Halbard The Partisan The Officers in Marching are to Observe the same Distance from the Body as when they were drawn up Of Salutes WHen a Regiment is Drawn up the Officers are to Salute one after another as the Person passes by whom they are to Salute If the Regiment March in Division the Officer that Commands must begin first to Salute and the Captains that March in a Rank just behind him must not Salute till he hath done and then they must Observe All One Motion The Lieutenants likewise when they Salute must keep the same time as also the Ensigns which is much more Gracefull than doing it one after another The Ensigns must further Observe in their Salutes to bring their Colours all the same way otherwise they will be apt to Meet and Entangle In making a Guard when the King or Queen passes by the Pikes must be Advanced Otherwise onely the Drums Beat the Musquetteers are Shouldered and the Pikes Ordered When the King or General comes in the Rere the Colours or Officers are not to March through the Ranks but to keep still at the Front If it be in the Field and the whole Army Drawn up then as the King Marches by every Battalion is to Charge their Pikes and rest their Musquets which is a Posture of more Guard The Pensioners Halbard The Hungarian Partisan The Battle Axe Partisans and Halbards according to the Swisse and Antient Custome Pole Axes Of Wheeling when a Body Marches in Division VVHen the Word of Command is given to Wheel if it be to the Right the Right hand Man is to keep his Ground and onely turn upon his Heel whilest at the same time the Left-hand Man moves about quick till the Officer bids him stand The Second Rank doth not begin to Wheel till they have taken the Ground of the First so every Rank is to take the Ground of that which is before them upon which depends this way of Wheeling Of the Exercise of HORSE THE Exercise of the Horse consisting in fewer Words of Command than that of the Foot is more generally known and there is little need of any Alteration to be made therein but what is rather for Shew than Use When a Troop or Squadron are to Exercise they must first have Charg'd their Carabins and Pistols and when the Corporals have been thorow the Ranks and seen that they are all ready the Officer must Command Silence and proceed as followeth Lay your Hands upon your Swords Draw your Swords Put your Swords into your Bridle-hands Lay your Hands upon your Pistols Draw your Pistols Cock your Pistols Hold up your Hands Give Fire Return your Pistols Note after they have given Fire they must still keep their Hands up till the Word of Command be given to return their Pistols The same Words of Command are given for the other Pistol and then as followeth Lay your Hands upon your Carabins Advance your Carabins Cock your Carabins Present your Carabins Give Fire Let fall your Carabins Take your Swords from your Bridle-hands Return your Swords All which Motions the Officer must take care to see done exactly at the same time and therefore must not give the Words of Command too fast When a Body of Horse is Drawn up the Officers must stand close to their Men onely he that Commands must be a Horse length before the rest of the Officers And they must Observe the same thing in Marching for nothing is more unseemly than to see the Officers at too great a Distance from their Men. It is thought necessary to make a Difference or Alteration in the manner of Wheeling of Horse For whereas formerly when a Squadron of Horse was Commanded to Wheel if it were to the Right the Right-hand Men closed to the Left which way was found subject to put the Ranks out of Order And therefore the Practice now is That the Right-hand Men should keep their Ground onely turning their Horses-heads to the Right whilst the Left comes about In which Motion they must Observe their Left-hand Man When a Squadron of Horse is to Charge another it is better they should do it with their Swords drawn in their Hands than either with their Pistols or Carabins Advertisement AS for the Way and Method of Conducting Armies Encamping Besieging and giving of Battel with the particular Duties and Functions of all the Officers of Horse and Foot Artillery and Provisions from the General of the Army to the Private Souldier I Refer you to a small Treatise called THE ART OF WAR lately Printed for Robert Harford at the Angel in Cornhil Where you will have it very Largely Explain'd