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prince_n	cornwall_n	duke_n	wales_n	2,321	5	10.3906	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07555	The art of vvar, and Englands traynings; plainely demonstrating the dutie of a priuate souldier; with the office of each seuerall officer belonging to a foot-company: and the martiall lawes of the field. : As also, the office and charge belonging to the command of a colonell; the exercise of trayning or drilling: with diuers other necessary and profitable disciplined notes and obseruations. / By Edw. Davies gentleman..	Davies, Edward, gentleman.	1619 (1619)	STC 6326; ESTC S91610	95,853	241

THE ART OF VVAR AND ENGLANDS TRAYNINGS PLAINELY Demonstrating the dutie of a priuate SOVLDIER with the Office of each seuerall Officer belonging to a Foot-company and the Martiall lawes of the field As ALSO The office and charge belonging to the command of a Colonell the Exercise of trayning or drilling With diuers other necessary and profitable disciplined NOTES and Obseruations BY EDW. DAVIES Gentleman LONDON Printed by EDWARD GRIFFIN dwelling in the Little-Olde-Baily neere the signe of the Kings-head 1619. TO THE HIGH AND MIGHTY CHARLES ONELY SONNE OF HIS MAIESTY Prince of WALES Duke of CORNEWALL YORKE ALBANIE and ROTHSAY Marquise of ORMONT Earle of CHESTER and ROSS Lord of ADMANOCH and Knight of the most noble Order of the GARTER THE ample and deserued commendation which Fame hath blazed ouer all this Kingdom and more and more shall to your eternall memory of the ardent zeale that your Highnesse hath vnto Military Discipline and the vertuously disposed and of your encouragement of them hath amongst many hearts truely deuoted to your Highnesse in all submissiue humilitie incensed and animated mine though most vnworthy to present offer and dedicate vnto your Highnesse this rude and vnpolished Pamphlet treating and demonstrating the path-way to the youths and the many vnexpert traine-men of this Kingdome to lead them to the marke which is to become perfit and absolute Souldiers Who hauing reaped a large haruest of peace vnder the most peacefull Monarch in Europe your most renowmed Father are very raw and altogether ignorant in most points of Militarie Exercise My long continuance in the warres hath by experience gathered that it is very necessarie and requisite in the Summer of Peace to forecast and prouide against the Winter of Warres Mars hath long time slumbered and as Iosua commanded the Sunne to stand firme so our Royall Iosua our Soueraigne King IAMES whom God protect from outward and domesticall inuasions with his glorious beames appearing and entring the Confines of this Kingdome hath dispersed the clouds as well of forreine as home-bred broyles and dissentions and established our peace like Mount Sion Yet tho Mars be fettered I hold it vnder your Highnesse correction both conuenient and agreable with the policie of other Nations that this Common-weale be euer in a readinesse to preuent accidentall and ensuing dangers least wallowing too long in the cradle of Securitie and Mars on a suddaine awaking and sounding in our eares vnexpected Alarmes it buy Repentance at too deare a rate And to register the same in the Tablets of my Country-mens hearts and for their good I haue compiled and collected the obseruations and directions in this Booke following the which I humbly desire may be respected by your Highnesse not according to the merit of the action or matter it selfe but according to the intent and affection of the Agent and Dedicator and that your Highnesse will imitate herein that great Patron and Patterne of humilitie who made more account of the poore widowes mite than of the superfluitie and abundant treasure of the rich And thus with my vncessant prayers to the Almighty the Lord of Hostes that your Highnesse may daily more and more grow in the fauour of God and Men and in the practise of all vertuous pious and valorous actions to the aduancement of Religion the vanquishing of your enemies and the good of this Common-wealth crauing pardon for my boldness I humbly take my leaue and euer rest with my best endeuors At your Highnesse seruice and commandment Edward Dauies To the READER THe exercise of training hath beene much neglected and chiefly in the Marches of Wales till now of late that it hath pleased God and the Kings grace to send vs that thrice worthy Earle of North-hampton Lord President established in the principality of his Maiesties Councell in the Marches of Wales c. For it hath pleased his Excellencie in times conuenient to call together the Traine-men and his Lordship was honourably and dutifully entertained and conueied from Shire to Shire by his Lordships Lieutenants of the Shire and also all the Knights and best Gentlemen in the Countrey The Military men being assembled together it pleased his Lordship to take great paines in ordering directing and exercising both Horse and Foote most brauely to behold and his Lordshippe taking speciall view both of Horse and Foote where his Lordship apprehending debilitie and error to be committed amongst them his Lordship giueth the Captaines a streight charge by no meanes not to neglect their exercise of training vnder paine c. Likewise to make it more apparant to the view of the world of his Lo affection towards the exercise of Marciall discipline his Lo hath now of late called together not only his Lo owne Gentlemen but also all the Clarkes belonging to the Councell in the Marches of Wales and his Lordship being well prouided of an able Leader which is one of his Lo Gentlemen who in times conuenient doth exercise the said Company Moreouer I ought not to omit to relate his Honours due commendations as also his speciall care of the KINGS Maiesties seruice to maintaine not onely all Martiall discipline but also to lead his Ho Successors to the marke of an honourable subiect and to performe the same his Lordship is alwaies prouided of 18. goodly and braue young Horses the which are daily trained in all points of warre at Luddlow Castle-yard by one of his Gent of the Horse who is an expert and sufficient Rider c. Also it is my part to say somewhat herein of the worthy Rulers and Gouernours of the Low-countries the schoole of Warre his Excellencie Graue Mauris hath inuented and set out diuers Postures belonging to the orders both of Pike and Musket very necessary and profitable for the exercise of armes the which are maintained and practised by the thrice worthy Commanders Coronell Cissell and Coronell Veare and is directly followed by all other valiant Leaders the which Postures and Orders are practised in the Artillery-yard and also in the Military-yard by worthy Captaines well experienced in the Martiall discipline and also they are well prouided of sufficient Officers There came a little Pamphlet to my hands wherin I found and made vse of certaine Orders of the exercising Muskettieres The said booke was dedicated vnto that worthy Commander Coronell CISSELL who did much practise the said Orders Viz. also that the said volume was set out by that worthy Leader Captaine WAIMOVTH who is worthy of great commendations for his good worke The Contents of the first Booke Chap. 1 WHat is required and necessarie to be obserued in a priuate Souldier Fol. 1. Chap. 2 The office which appertaines to a Corporall Cape de Squadre Disnier or chiefe of Chamber fol. 32. Chap. 3 Six points appertaining to Souldiers of all sorts fol. 41. Chap. 4 How a Souldier may maintaine obedience and keepe himselfe in the fauour and good grace of his Captaine fol. 44. Chap. 5 Martiall and military lawes