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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	hand_n	open_v	rank_n	2,740	5	12.3069	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03797	A militarie rudiment, or Observations of the form of militarie exercise, according to His Excellens Guard in Holland. With the ranges and number of officers in an armie, from the lowest to the highest, and their dueties, in short. As also is added a little anent the composition of an armie. And finallie, some few principalls, in the art of fortification. / By George Innes.	Innes, George, fl. 1644.	1644 (1644)	Wing I192; ESTC R178673	15,508	41

doublings of middle-men and bringers vp maketh but half the deepnes but in the self same broadness vniteth themselues in confederacie by double the former number The vse of all these doublings in generall is When vpon a sudden surpryse yee double your strength in presenting but this holdeth not alwayes in doubling of strings For then they are all open and it is for evasion eyther of small or great shot but if the assault bee vpon the wings and the commanded to the right or left hand the first vse then holdeth They are often practised within a Wall a Hedge or Advantage with other vseth which brevitie will not permit Rank to the right hand counter-march Rank to the left hand counter-march This is a Counter-march in deepness to wit From the Front to the Rear But if yee would make a Counter-march in broadness that is to say From the right hand to the left hand string yee must command them first Strings to the right hand Then Strings to the right hand Counter-march Strings to the left hand Then Strings to the left hand Counter-march The Instruction here-in is all one when yee Counter-march The first Ranks or Leaders onlie must advance and step forwards with the right or left leg if to the right hand the right leg if to the left hand the left leg and then turn and so beeing fallen down to the Rear rank your self accordinglie in the Rear And all the other ranks must march vp to the same place from whence the first ranks did counter-march before they turned And so they march to the Rear by the right or left hand as is commanded of that part of their own string that followeth them And these that haue counter-marched must still follow them that as yet advanceth to the place of their Counter-march So that everie man regayneth the same place hee first was in And thus you see it is contrarie to the ordinarie March as the word it self beareth The vse of a Counter-march commonlie is when you Skirmish For you fight then looss and disbanded and doeth not advance towards the Enemie Make your Conversion to the right or left hand inwardlie As you were This is done whē the two outmost strings to wit the right or left hand string onlie turneth the right hand string to the left hand and the left hand string to the right hand Which maketh the two strings to bee face to face Then the strings in the bodie within these two outmost The one half of them falleth to the right hand string and the other half to the left hand string And so they are all in two strings face to face And thus they are so much voyd betwixt as the strings within the outmost took vp And the vse heereof is not onlie to giue way but to make Guard to the Generall to an Ambassadour to go in or out at a Passage or to those that hath rendred a Fort to go out Make your conversion to the right or left hand outwardlie This is done when the two middle strings turneth to wit The right hand string to the right hand the left hand string to the left hand and so back to back then the strings on the right hand of the middle strings falleth in to the right hand string and the strings on the left hand falleth into the left hand and so maketh of all but two strings and that back to back There is conversions also when all the strings remayn inteir and compleet but by equall division the one half turning to the left hand and the other half to the right hand and so all faces to faces or by turning outwardlie the one and other half and then back to back The former two Conversions can not bee vsed but when they are four or six at most in broadness to wit in strings but the latter Conversion may bee vsed when they are a great manie strings And the vse of that outward Conversion amongst others is when they are hardlie assaulted on both wings The first rank string consequentlie the rest This is performed when the right hand man in the Front advanceth whyle the bodie halteth a little and then his left hand man followeth vp after him and so all the rank man by man is drawn vp to the string and after this maner all the remayning strings And thus as they haue stringed one after another falleth vp to his first order The string on the right or left hand consequentlie the rest This is done when the right or left hand string advanceth from the bodie whyle the same halteth to the tyme the last man of the foresayd string bee clearlie advanced from his collaterall string Then immediatelie the remayning strings in lyke manner advanceth one string after another commonlie as the first string is clearlie advanced it then halteth to the tyme the following string falleth vp to his first order and so one after another The vse of both Exercises except in some little respects are all one they are done when yee come to port a strait a Passage When one onlie is able to march in front Before yee make the Great Turn or wheeling about yee must perform these particulars following fyue in number Right about Close your ranks Close your strings to the right and left hand Close your ranks to the sword point Mount your Arms Pickes and musquets The Great Turn to the right hand The Great Turn to the left hand There is so manie distinct Particulars in this Exercise severallie performed that it admitteth no further Instruction onlie note when yee will haue them close their strings to the right or left hand the outmost string on that hand yee purpose to close must bee commanded to stand and all the rest to close to it And before you command them to their first Order you must cause them performing these four ensuing particulars to wit Open your ranks to the Rear Ranks to your Order Strings to your Order Front as you were In opening ranks or strings you must make all both ranks and strings saving the outmost on that hand yee mean to open which must stand to moue altogether to the tyme the second rank or string from that which standeth haue gotten it distance and subsequent the rest The vse hereof is altogether defensine to keep them selues vnbroken by the furie of horses And now this much of these Exercises common to both Pike-men and Musquetiers But there are others vsuall onlie bee the Musquetiers and these are such as followeth But before yee practise these particular Motions your men must bee set in Batell ten deep or vpon exigencie in Skirmishing And when your Armie is not great yee may place them six in deepness And then yee must not fayll to command them to obserue that in all their actiones they turn to the right hand and that they carrie the mouthes of their pieces high as well when they are panning as when they are pan-guarded and come to giue fyre And the termes

the self same instant saving onlie in the former exception And in respect of Place It is to bee considered there are three sorts of Distances to wit Open Order Secondlie Order thirdlie Closs Order Open Order or the first Distance is when the Souldiours both in rank and string stand six foot romoved one from another The vse hereof is for exercising your motions in which case yee must alwayes keep your Open Order and the reason is the larger the Exercise the greater Distance is requyred The second distance or order is when the Souldiours stand three foot removed one from another The vse thereof is for the Musquetiers who must never bee closser and the reason is they must haue a free vse of their Arms. The third distance or Closs Order is commanded by this word CLOSE which is when there is a foot and half from string to string and three from rank to rank The vse hereof is for the Pikes onlie and never must bee vsed but when yee stand firm to receaue the Enemie and the reason is the closser they stand they are the more vnited and so vneasier to bee broken Having considered the foresayds and before wee come to the Exercise it self there is four things to bee performed the first is to place the Companie in the first Distance of Open Order and that for the reason in it own place beforesayd The second is consisting in this word of COMMANDEMENT to wit SILENCE The vse thereof is that all may giue audience and observance to that onlie which is commanded And the third is to make known to them all what a Rank and a String is and the best Definition I can giue you is To wit of a Rank when yee consider it from the right to the left hand onlie one man in deepness And of a String when yee recken and consider it from the Front to the Rear onlie one man in broadness The third thing is consisting in two Commandements to wit Stand right in your Ranks Stand right in your Strings The Instruction how to perform both these Precepts is when their own just and equall distance is betwixt man man both in Rank and String but when they are in their third order their distance then must bee equall but respectivè And the reason is if standing not right in rank and string they should bee promiscuous and there-vpon confusion so contrarie to order for the verie essence and subsistance of Militarie Exercise is Order The vse of these Precepts is in that they are the foundation of the whole Exercise For what Exercise can bee performed without a rank and string except simples which may bee done by one onlie person without a bodie And now of the Exercise it self whose composition is of motion and they are of two sorts The first are the Motions of the Exercise it self which without Arms may bee done The second are the Motions of the Postures in handling of the Arms And for the first of these they are lykewayes of two sorts The first of these are Primitiue or more Simple Motions The second are Derivitiue or Motions of an ampler practise and justlie the particular exercises are called Motions And of these primitiue and more simple Motions which are in number eyght Four distinguished and four indistinct as yee may perceaue by the words of Command to wit To the right hand As yee were To the left hand As yee were To the right hand about As yee were To the left hand about As yee were The Instruction how to perform the distinguished four is When to what hand yee turn the foot of the self same hand or syde by mooving indeed turns but the contrarie foot onlie remooveth As for Exple If yee turn to the right hand the foot of the right syde must mooving turn But the hee ll of the foresayd foot must keep the same place the contrarie foot onlie remoue And the reason is to keep a perfect equall distance by all And the Lesson in performing the other four is to bee speciallie noted when yee are commanded as yee were yee are to return by the contrarie hand As for example If yee turn to the right hand yee are to return as yee were to the left hand but the self same foot which did not remoue in the turning must not remoue in returning and that for the reason in the preceeding instruction The vse of these Motiones is in that they are the fundamentall Means where by yee may frame a Companie consequentlie a greater bodie to anie fashion or figure that is exigent But in the mean tyme of placing your Companie this generall observation must not bee for gotten that in the Front Middle and Rear the most expert and capable bee placed for they are Leaders whom the rest must follow in performing the subsequent Motiones where-vpon this generall precept is to bee published to wit Follow your leaders and keep with your right hand man The vse hereof is for facillitating their practise for it is a precept to each other rank to each other string as also to the followers of middle-men and fellowers of bringers vp and the reason is That is to them onlie this Rule they are most inexpert For rudeness and inexperience requyreth not onlie precept but example and this for performing the following Motiones which are of the second sort and of an ampler practice and they are in number manie The first of them are Double your ranks to the right hand As yee were Double your ranks to the left hand As yee were Doubling of ranks is done when each other rank from the Front man by man interponeth themselues severallie in the former rank in the distance betwixt string string to what hand they are commanded Double your strings to the right hand As yee were Double your strings to the left hand As yee were Doubling of strings is done when each other string from what hand yee double man by man interponeth themselnes severallie betwixt man and man in the distance betwixt rank and rank to what yee are commanded Middle-men double your Front to the right hand As yee were Middle-men double your Front to the left hand As yee were This is done when the sixt rank equallie marcheth vp to the Front and their placeth themselues betwixt man and man in the first rank to what hand they are commanded and so the seaventh to the second the eyght to the third the nynth to the fourth the tenth rank to the fyft and this is they beeing ten in deepness Bringers vp double your Front to the right hand As yee were Bringers vp double your Front to the left hand As yee were This is done when the last rank to wit the tenth equallie marcheth vp to the Front and therein the first rank placeth themselues betwixt man and man and so the penult to the second The ante-penult to the third the seaventh to the fourth the eyght to the fyft So that both their