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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	file_n	hand_n	open_v	4,319	5	11.4958	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90047	Generall Lessley's direction and order for the exercising of horse and foot. Being a most exact, compendeous, and necessary direction for all such as are studiously devoted to the due exercise of armes, and principally intended for the young sort of the militia.	Newark, David Leslie, Baron, d. 1682.	1642 (1642)	Wing N837; Thomason E151_14; ESTC R20614	6,275	15

Generall LESSLEY'S DIRECTION AND ORDER For the exercising of HORSE AND FOOT BEING A most Exact Compendeous and Necessary Direction for all such as are studiously devoted to the due Exercise of ARMES and principally intended for the young sort of the MILITIA LONDON Printed by Richard Badger for L. Blaikelock 1642. To the Reader Deare Countrie-man MY zeale for the publike good hath invited me to expose this short but excellent Treatise to the publike view being without controversie the best of all moderne Tracts upon this Subject I need not amplyfie my selfe by way of Apologie in commendation of the worke where Lesleyes name shall command in chiefe nothing doubting but every noble spirit will willingly follow such a Leader to whose conduct and direction I leave you Farewell Generall LESSLEY'S DIRECTION AND ORDER For the exercising of a FOOTE COMPANY The Files being eight deepe And that they frame their Companies two parts Musketeers and the third part Pikes 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 turne to the contrary hand from whence you came To the left hand As you were To the right hand about As you were To the left hand about As you were Rankes to the right hand double As you were Rankes to the left hand double As you were Files to the right hand double As you were Files to the left hand double As you were Halfe Files to your 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 countermarch When you will countermarch to the right hand the first ranke of Leaders only must advance one step ●orwards 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 countermarch before they turned Rankes to the left hand countermarch Observe that if you will now countermarch to the left hand the first ranke must step forward one step with the left leg and then turne and all the other rankes behind must come up to that place before they turne where the Serjants stands Observations before you wheel IF you will wheel to the right hand you must double your rankes to the left and if you wheel to the left you must double to the right Rankes to the right hand double Files close to the right hand to the close order Rankes close up to the swords point Note that when you will wheel to the right hand that the Leader of the right hand file must keepe his Musket-rest fixt to the ground and must only turn his body without loosing 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 wheel Having wheeled to bring them to their former order you must use these words of command First to the Rankes that were closed to the swords Rankes backwards to your double distance of twelve foot Open your Files to the left hand 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 Musketeers 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 Trayle your Pikes Cheeke your pikes But these motions are to bee performed both standing and marching 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 Port your pikes Comport your pikes Charge your Pikes Shoulder your Pikes Stand. Charge under hand Charge your pikes at the foot Shoulder your Pikes Order your Pikes 1. First note that in Charging halfe the Ranks only must charge their Pikes the other hindmost halfe of their rankes doe but port their Pikes that is they carry them so couched over the heads of the formost as may give them no offence in charging or retering besides this way the Pikes are not so subject to be 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 Leg and marching to step forward with the left 3. The exercising of your Musketerees is likewise performed either standing or marching that is either by Rankes or by Files after three manner of wayes alwayes blowing your match moving your right leg formost when you are ready to present 1. Having an enemy in your front 2. In your Reere 3. Vpon the right or left hand Flanke Note also that the first Ranke falling back with their right legs lyes on gives fire and the first ranke falling away the second in ranke presenting having their pans guarded blowes their matches o●ens their pans and steps forward with their right legs into the place of the first ranke lyes on gives fire and fall away whiles the rest of the body of Musketeeres move up to their places and so two rankes at a time making ready you may give fire so often as you lif● Observe that in charging of an Enemy that the right hand Wing fall off to the right hand and the left hand Wing to the left and the Officers are to give the same word of Command The Musketeers are to have a singular care to carry the mouthes of their Muskets aloft aswell when they are shouldred as in priming as also when they keepe their pans guarded and come up to give fire Moreover if an enemy shall 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 the words of command To the right hand or left hand which you please and then making an intervall of six foot distance betweene the middlemost leader of the halfe Files for the halfe Ranke on the left hand doe fall away betweene 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 as ●ften 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 forward before the body at which distance a Serjant or when the body is great some other Officer must stand to whom the Musketteers must come before they present and give fire first the first Ranke a●d while the first ranke gives fire the second keepe their Muske●s