Bringers vp get the places the Leaders marched from the Leaders the places where the Bringers vp stood The words of direction To the right or left hand Coūtermarch and stand The very same is done otherwise thus Assoone as you haue giuen the word Countermarch and the Leaders begin to turne at the same time and instant all the Body shall mooue forward and the Ranckes aduance successiuely one after another still turning after their Leaders as they come vp to the place from whence they mooued and following them till the Leaders haue taken the place of the Bringers vp and the Bringers vp bee come into the places of the Leaders The words are to the right or left hand Counter-march Counter-march by Fyles The Counter-marching of Fyles for the manner of it is nothing different from the former of Rankes Onely when you will Counter-march your Fyles you must first bid them to the right hand or left hand and when they are turned towards that flancke from whence you meant to Counter-march you must say To the right or left hand Counter-march The vse is when you will passe your Musquetiers all to one flancke or any Maniple or Maniples to any other Quarter of the Army either from the right hand to the left or to the middle Battell or any contrary When you will Wheele the body or Maniple to the right hand you must command the right hand Fyle to stand firme Wheeling the Body then Command them to the right hand and all of them shall turne their faces that way so as the whole Body will front towards the right flancke Then say Fyles to your order and all of them shall close forward toward the right fyle at the distance of 3. foot and this perforformed bid them Front as they were Then say Rankes to your Order and all the Rankes shall close forward to 3. foot And this being effected Command the right Leader to stand firme like the fixed foot of a Compasse and all the rest plumpe together to Wheele to the right hand about him as the Center which will bring the Front from the vsuall aspect to the right flanke Now as the body Wheeles so the right Leader must obserue to turne his body by Discretion in his place keeping his aspect euen with the aspect of the rest of the Leaders as they winde themselues and thus your Directions will bee accomplished The same thinges to the contrary must bee likewise obserued when you will wheele to the best Flancke If you will bring the aspect of the Front towards the Reere then you must giue them the halfe turne by wheeling one quarter turne more then you did before If you will returne the Body into his place againe you may wheele it round by giuing it one halfe turne more hauing once already had an halfe turne which will bring that Aspect backe againe that way from whence it was first mooued But if the Body haue made but a quarter turne to the right hand then before you wheele them backe you must say To the right hand And all of them will turne their faces that way then bid the Leader who was the right hand Leader and is now become the left to stand firme And the rest to wheele backe againe about him the quarter turne then let them Front as they were and so your first Ranke of Leaders hath gotten the place from whence at first it wheeled Then say Rankes open backward And when the Rankes haue taken their first places and Distances then say Fyles to the left hand open so all the Fyles turning their Aspect towards the left flanke march from the right hand Leader who hath his place already and therefore is to stand firme till they haue taken all the first places and Distances and then they must Front againe as they were And thus they are restored to their first Ground and Order When you intend to wheele a single Company you must Double their Rankes before they wheele in regard the Body is but small but in a Diuision or greater Body you close both Ranke and Fyle to the Order of three foot omitting to Double The same Precepts are to bee vsed to the contrary hand if you bee wheeled to the left flanke Now wee will say somewhat of Exercising the Pyke before we come to the Musquetier The punctuall handling of the Pyke which euery man is to bee practised in because it is common wee will omit and proceed to the tearmes of Direction which are these viz. Aduance your Pykes Order your Pykes Shoulder your Pykes and slope them Charge your Pykes Order your Pykes Trayle your Pykes Cheeke your Pykes These following Motions are to bee performed both Standing and Marching When you Charge and March your Body must stand still a while till you see your Pykes are all couched ouer their Leaders shoulders then March forwards CHarge your Pykes Shoulder your Pykes To the right hand Charge Shoulder your Pykes To the left hand Charge Shoulder your Pykes To the Reere Charge Shoulder your Pykes Stand. Order your Pykes They must obserue when they Charge standing to fall backe with the right leg and Marching to set forward the left When you Charge to the left hand stand firme with the right leg only turne a litle on your left heele Now for the Musquetiers because some Motions there are proper and belonging to them onely For the handling the Musquet and the Postures wee will omit them and onely tye you in the Exercise to these three tearmes of Directions which include all the other particularities Make ready Present Giue Fire Your Musquetiers must obserue in all their Actions to turne to the Right hand and that they carry the mouthes of their Musquets high as well when they are Shouldered as in Priming as also when they hold their Pannes guarded and come vp to giue fire All Skirmishes and Fights are performed one of these three wayes either by Aduancing or Retiring or by the Flanke In Aduancing towards an Enemy if they Skirmish not disbanded they giue fire by Ranke after this manner Two Rankes must alwayes make ready together and aduance tenne paces before the Body at which distance a Sergeant or when the body is great some better quallified Officer is to stand euen with whom the Musquetiers are to come vp which they are to performe one Ranke still one after another the second Ranke obseruing still to keepe their Musquets vpon their Rests and to guard their Pannes till the first haue discharged and be fallen away then presently after them the second Ranke is to giue fire and fall away after the first Ranke falling euen behind the other Rankes in the Reere and falling vp after them whilest the first two Rankes come vp and giue Fire the two next are to make ready and to aduance forwards as farre as the afore mentioned Officer and no further assoone as euer the two first are falne away and they are to doe all thinges in
Hargubusiers going many times in small Troups the Corporals haue therefore ordinarily more imployment then the Launces or Curasiers The Troupes of Harquebusiers doe ordinarily battle least rude and serue for the Vandguard it belonging to them to send forth their Auant Curriers which charge is giuen to one of the Corporalls which must bee a man of good experience that he must be able to know how to acquit himselfe in a charge of that importance If it be necessary to guard a Passage or place of importance the custome is to send a Corporall with his Squadron thither In occasions of fight we are wont to send out Corporals with their whole Squadrons to the skirmish after the Lieutenant is first gone out for that purpose for hee is alwayes the first The Corporals ought to reade and write because they are to keepe a list of the Souldiers of their Squadrons to the end hee may distribute vnto them equally their Duties The Captaines are conformable to allow vnto the Corporals an halfe part of the forrage and giue them the tenth part in a hundred The Dignitie of Souldiers in their Fyles Of the Ordering of a Foot Company and of the Dignitie of each Souldier in their Fyle With the manner of Exercising now vsed FIrst it is meete for diuers good respects that your men bee deuided into Companies and the Soldiers of these Companies into their Fyles Now a Fyle consisteth of ten Souldiers armed alike whereof euery one knoweth his place all of them standing in a direct line downeward and behind one another and comprehended betweene the Leader and the bringer vp It is likewise necessary for the giuing of due strength and reciprocall proportion that the men of each sort of Armes bee so indifferently deuided both for the number and qualitie of the men that in euery of the said Fyles there may be an equall distribution both of the better and worser sort This may be done the number of men being first knowne and how many of each sort of Armes you haue by choosing first out of euery of the said sorts so many of the best men as the whole number will make Fyles through so many second and so onwards still choosing of the better sort till the tenth man bee chosen The men thus chosen shall be deuided in manner as followeth The first choise because they are men of best worth shall stand in the Front and command the rest of the Fyle and these men are to be knowne by the name of Leaders Those of the second choise because they are next in account are to stand in the Reere or last place of the tenne and are to bee knowne by the name of Bringers vp Those of the third and fourth choise are to take the fifth and sixth places in the Fyle and are to bee knowne by the names of Middlemen to wit the fifth the Leaders middle-man the sixth the Bringers vp middle-man The fifth sixth and seauenth choise to be ranged in the second third and fourth places The eighth ninth and tenth choise to bee in the seauenth eight and ninth places by which discription it falls out that the tenth and last place of men reckoning from the first downeward taketh the ninth place of the Fyle These men thus deuided into Fyles it will be necessary for the effecting of these thinges that be required by this Discipline That as the Souldiers haue their places in the Fyles according to the worth of each man so the Fyles themselues should haue their particuler degrees and places to which end the Companies shall likewise consist of tenne Fyles which shall take their places one by the other in Front and Rancke as the Souldiers in euery Fyle did before in Depth Following which course the first Fyle shall stand on the right hand of the rest the second Fyle in Dignitie shall stand on the left hand outermost of the tenth To bee considered whether it were not better to reckon your degrees at the 8. th 9. th and tenth Fyle The third and fourth in Dignitie shall take the fifth and sixth places being in the middle places of the tenne The fifth sixth and seauenth shall stand in the second third and fourth places reckoning from the right hand toward the middle Fyle The eight ninth and tenth Fyle in the seaunth eighth and ninth places from the left hand Fyle to the middle Fyle So that in euery Fyle the tenth and last man in Dignitie standeth in the ninth place reckoning from the Leaders downward the second in value the tenth and last place So among the Fyles the tenth which is the Fyle of least account taketh the ninth place reckoning from the right hand Fyle which is the first in Dignitie and account and the second in Dignitie holds the tenth place being the outermost on the left hand as the first is on the right These tenne Fyles I would haue knowne still by their degrees of Value as first second third fourth fifth sixth seauenth eighth ninth and tenth and not by the places they stand in when they are ranged which notwithstanding may serue guide the men to their places because they neuer change their standings The Dignitie of Leaders ANd as the Soldiers in euery Fyle shall take no place till their Leaders set forward at which time they are all to follow successiuely as they are to stand in the fyle that the last man may fall hindermost so none of the fyles shall take place till the first fyle hath taken his and then the rest as they are to stand the one by another to take their places so that still the outermost fyle to the left hand is to take his place last which māner being obserued and duely executed 2. 6. 10. 8. 4. 3. 7. 9. 5. 1. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. Front Leaders men are ranged in an instant without any confusion or helpe of Officers Now as in Fyles the dutie of the Middle-man is to keepe those before him in a right line 1 0. 5 0. 9 0. 7 0. 3 0. 4 0. 8 0. 10 0. 0 6. 2 0. The Dignity of men in their Fyle and for the Bringer vp to doe the like to the middle-men and those before them As also if diuers fyles bee joyned in one body together to keepe in euen rancke with the others so are the Leaders of the Fyles also in the Front to keepe euen with themselues and with the other Troupes when any march in or Front with them and to obserue like distances in their fyles and to take care either Marching or going to Charge to keepe such Distances in the body they make as may bee best for ease and for the safetie of the men wherein the two outmost fyles are to vse the greatest obseruance The Fyles being ranged the foure chiefe Leaders to wit the right lest and the two middle Leaders are to take care that the Front bee kept euen and that the Distances in all motions together
any expresse mention to which hand they should open or close Then the whole Troupe is to edge indifferently and at an instant to both hands towards or from the middle space betweene the two middlemost Leaders The words of commandment are Fyles close Fyles open Fyles open There be two sorts of doubling The one by Ranks the other by Fyles and both these are performed diuers wayes as shall be shewed When an Enemie goeth about to disclose you with the ouer-breadth of his body it will bee necessary for you then to increase or double your Front which may be done either by Rankes when euery second ranke commeth betweene the distances of the Ranke before it and that either to the right or to the left hand Doubling of Ranks to the right or left hand The word of Directions are Ranks to the right or left hand double Middle-men to double their Ranks or Front to right or left hand Or by the Middle-man when the last fiue Rankes doe march vp through the spaces betweene the Fyles till the bringers vp middle-men be euen in front with the Leaders The words of command are Middle-men to the right or left hand Double your front Or by the bringers vp by Induction which is when the bringers vp doe aduance through the distances betweene the Fyles and next after them the next last Ranke and so the rest successiuely till the bringers vp bee in the ranke with the Leaders and their Middle-men with the Leaders middle-men and so the second third Bringers vp to double their Rankes on the Fronts and fourth ranks from the front The words of direction are Bringers vp to the right or left hand double the front Or by deuision when the last fiue Rankes doe turne their faces the one halfe in their fyles to the right hand and the other halfe to the left hand and so march forth from both the flancks till they haue gotten such a proportion of ground or distance as is answerable to the order the first fiue Ranks doe stand in and then presently without attending any further commandement they turne their faces againe towards the front and march vpon both flanckes till they come euen with the front Middle-men by Deuision double the Front The words of command Middle-men by deuision double the front Middle-men double the body This also may be performed to either hand without deuiding of the ranks by the marching forth onely of the whole fiue rankes together But in this case the Shott on both flanks or on either must edge outward till they haue giuen the Pikes a full distance to come vp betweene them and the formost fiue rankes of Pykes The words are Middle-men double the body Double the Front by the Hankes Or by ranke to either flanke which is when the second ranke is drawne out euen with the ranke before it The words are Double the front by the flanks Or by halfe rankes when euery second ranke diuideth it selfe and increaseth the former vpon each side Doubling of Fyles When you will haue the Body of greater depth then you must cause the one fyle to mingle with the fiue other either to the righ hand or to the left which is termed doubling of fyles and is performed after this manner Doubling of Fyles to the right or left hand If to the right hand then is the outermost fyle to the right hand to stand and the Leader of the second fyle shall side behinde the Leader of the first fyle and so of all the rest of the second fyle behinde those of the outmost fyle successiuely so as the bringer vp of the second fyle shall come to stand behinde the bringer vp of the first fyle and so likewise all the other fyles by euery second fyle So that the second fourth sixt eigth and tenth shall stand within or goe into the first third fifth seauenth and ninth all which in a knowne number of fyles may be done at once without confusion or disorder But because this manner of Doubling in the very orderliest best performance cannot but breake the Body by reason of the disioyning of Fyles I would rather put the one halfe of the Fyles behinde the other halfe which may bee speedily performed either by the aduancing of falling backe of the one halfe part of the Fyles the wordes of Direction are Fyle vpon fyle But if you desire to keepe the same ground then let the one halfe part of the fyle in the Body which is to Double close their Ranckes forwards towards the Leaders to halfe the Distance they were in before the Commandement was giuen And the other halfe part of the fyles in the Body to shorten their Distances toward the Reere or Bringers vp to halfe that they held backwards By which meanes it will fall out that the Leaders of the halfe which is to double will stand a little beyond the Bringers vp of the other halfe and by Edging of their fyles behind the other halfe may easily performe your Direction The wordes of Command are these Fyles double the Body to the right or left hand Counter-March COunter-Marches are two-fold for either wee Counter-march the Ranckes or the Fyles and these either by changing your ground or keeping still the same ground But though to shew the diuersitie of them the kindes are distinguished by Rankes and Fyles yet in the practice you are to nominate neither but are to say To the right or to the left hand Counter-march Counter-march and loose ground Counter-marching of Ranckes and altering of Ground are thus affected When the Command is deliuered the Leaders turne and passe through the Distances betweene thc fyles and when they are passed as farre beyond the next Ranke turnes after them and so successiuely the rest in due distance Marching out after their Leaders till they haue taken another like place from the Bringers vp equall to that they did possesse or otherwise passe on further at the discretion of the Commander The vse is when the Enemy shewes himselfe vpon your Reere and you desire to confront him with your best men the wordes of Direction are To the right or left hand Counter-march and passe if you will keepe the same Ground then thus The Leaders vpon the Word giuen must turne as before and March through the Distances of the fyles till they come betweene thc Distances where the Bringers vp stand and so the rest successiuely After them the Middle-men the ranckes of the second Middle-men standing firme till the fiue first Ranckes haue possessed the place betweene the last fiue and doe by that meanes double them Then the Middle-men to the Bringers vp without attending any further Command shall march till they haue gotten the distance of the Rancks which done they shall take their place right behind the Leaders Middle-men so the rest likewise successiuely Marching out after one another to the same distance shal turne take their places till the