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A04909 Mars, his triumph. Or, the description of an exercise performed the XVIII. of October, 1638. in Merchant-Taylors Hall by certain gentlemen of the Artillery Garden London Barriffe, William. 1639 (1639) STC 1505; ESTC S101042 21,544 52

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together and order Armes with the end of the Tune Half-files double your Front by devision In the first streyn of the tune the half-files advance their Armes face to the right and left moving untill they are cleere off the standing part of the Body With the beginning of the second streine they face all to the Front and march forwards untill they have evened the Front then order Armes with the end of the tune For Reducement Half files face about inward and march into your places With the beginning of the first streyne the half-files face about and move down to the Reere of the Front half-files In the second part of the tune the front half-files open to the right and left to their open Order the Reere half files in the meane time placing themselves directly after their Leaders all facing to the Front and ordering Armes with the end of the Tune COVNTERMARCHES Files to the right hand Countermarch At the Close of the first streyne of the Tune the File-leaders must be even in rank with the Bringers up the rest of the ranks even one with another With the beginning of the second streyne they all move forwards and finish the Countermarch keeping their Aspects to the Reere and order Armes with the end of the Tune Files to the left hand Countermarch In this Countermarching Files to the left they are to observe the former directions both for time and posture Ranks to the right hand Countermarch With the beginning of the first streyne the whole Body faceth to the right the right hand File turning off together and moving even a-brest towards the left untill the right hand file of Muskettiers be all met even in rank with the left hand file the Pikes in like manner being inserted one file within the other where-with ends the first streyne of the tune With the beginning of the second streyne the Countermarch is continued and perfected all facing to the front and ordering Armes with the end of the Tune For Reducement Ranks to the left hand Countermarch With the beginning of the first streyne the whole body faceth to the left and performes the Countermarch according to the former directions only differing in the hand Front and Reer Half-files interchange ground With the first streyne of the musick the whole body advanceth their Armes the front half-files facing about to the right each division passing forwards to the right between each others Intervalls or files untill the File-leaders become even with the Reer Ranke then stand with the Close of the first streyne With the beginning of the second streyne the divisions move forwards that division that moveth towards the bottome of the Hall must have an eye to their followers that so they may face all about to the left together and Order their Armes with the Close of the Musick For Reducement Front and Reer half-files interchange ground This second interchanging of ground is for the reducement of the former wherein you are punctually to observe the former directions Half-files double your Front to the left With the beginning of the first streyne the Reere half-files advance their Armes moving forwards into the Front-half-files until the half-file leaders are even in Rank with the File-leaders the other Ranks being even one with another then all order Armes with the Close of the first streyne With the beginning of the second streyne the whole Body advance their Armes and face about to the right marching down towards the Skreene untill the proper File-leaders be in the middle of the Hall Then all face about to the right and order Armes with the end of the Tune WHEELINGS Wheele your battell to the right upon the same ground This Wheeling is to be performed on the first streyne of the Tune and in the Motion the right Flank is to face to the left using a reasonable quick Motion The left Flank wheele slowly to the right being come to their ground all order Armes with the end of the first streyne For Reducement Wheele your Battell to the left on the same ground Now the left Flank is to face to the right the rest to performe in like manner according to the former directions This wheeling is but the Reducement of the other and to be done to the second streyne of the Tune Wheele your Front into the midst With the beginning of the Musick the two middlemost File-leaders are to move very slowly the Muskettiers on the Wings must use a swifter motion being Wheeled together all are to face to the proper Front and Order their Armes with the Close of the first streyne For Reducement Wheele your Reer into the midst With the beginning of the second streyne of the Musick all face about to the right then wheele together as before Lastly face all to the proper Front and order Armes with the end of the Tune Wheele Front and Reere into both Flanks With the beginning of the Tune the Body faceth to the right and left outward and then Wheele together as formerly facing to the proper Front and ordering Armes with the end of the first streyne With the second streyne Advance Armes face in opposition Close your divisions face to the Front and order Armes with the end of the Tune Reducement Wheele both Flanks into the Front and Reere With the beginning of the Musick all advance Armes and the half-files Face about to the Right then wheel together as formerly Lastly face all to the proper Front and order Armes with the close of the first streyne With the second streyne face all in opposition close your divisions face to your proper front and Order your Armes with the end of the musick The end of the motions THE motions of the body thus ended the Captain Lieu t. Ensigne and other officers take their severall places the drums trooping them thither The Captain having saluted his Company The drums beat a lofty English March and the Captain leads the company forth in divisions once about the Hall each officer marching in his due place Being at the lower end by the skreene the drums beat a troop the Pikes advance the Ranks close forwards to their Order and each officer leads up his division to the left Then all together in a faire brest they troop forwards into the middle of the Hall and there make an Alt all ordering their Armes This being done the Captain Lieutenant Sergeants phife and drums quit the Body again the Ensigne onely remaining with the company After some small pause the phife and drum begin the Almain once over both streynes the body standing as the Figure under E. Here begin the Firings To make the first Figure Vpon the second time of the musicks playing over with the beginning of the first       E       M M P P P P M M M M P P P P M M M M P P P P M M M M P P P P M M streyn the Muskettiers