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
Simon Hacket T  George Laws Lieutenant  Russell Pipe   Beebe Drum These Sarracens marched into the Hall in form of a Herse as in the figure 1. entring in at the skreene and so marching about the Hall and being again come to the lower end thereof they there made an Alt and without any directions drew up their divisions to the right of each other forming a Grecian Phalanx as in figure 2. In this form he moved them some few paces and then faced about again supervising them with a stately survay they in the interim moving into an uneven fronted battaile as in figure 3. This done he moved forwards some few paces and again made Alt. And his Sarracens without any present directions although according to his former order drew up into the form of a decressant as in figure 4. In like maner observing a stately garb in his march he made the Cressant form as in figure 5. still keeping the same order as well in the making as in the marching on them all successively C stands for Captain L for Lieutenant E for Ensigne S for Sergeant P for Pipe D for Drum C for Carbines or Barbary guns and T for Targettiers Having made and marched upon al these figures on each of them demonstrating the dexteritie of his men the Captain by a signe drew them into the second figure They then being at the upper end of the Hall made an Alt The Captain then drawing off his divisions from the left wheeled about the front of his body to the right the rest of the divisions falling into their places successively which reduced them into the first figure again in which form he marched about the Hall And being come to the upper end the Captain first and the rest by Ranks successively made their obeysance to the Nobilitie and Aldermen after the Persian maner putting their left hands upon the tops of their Turbants and Shashes bowing their bodies forward and so passed out at the garden doore Lastly Captain Iohn Ven led in the Moderne Armes his Drums beating a lofty English march his souldiers being but 32. in number he could march but 2. a brest and to that end he doubled half files to the left so that the right hand file of Muskettiers made the first division the right hand file of pikes made the second division the left file of pikes made the third division and the left file of Muskettiers made the Reere division In this maner they marched once about the Hall in proper order both for posture and distance The second time of their coming from the lower end of the Hall the Drums beat a Troop the Pikes advance and Ranks close forwards to their distance of order This done the divisions are drawn up to the left then the pikes stand and the Muskettiers march untill their reere range even with the front of pikes then all stand and order Arms. When after some small pause the Captain and Lieutenant take out the third Muskettier of the right hand file trooping him up between them neer to the upper end of the Hall where being at a distance convenient they make a stand and the Drums strike an Alt and are silent The Captain and Lieutenant do their obeisance to the Nobility and Aldermen then march off The Muskettier in the interim of their Salute unshoulders and sets the butt end of his Musket to the ground then in a gracefull maner laying down his Musket he doth his obeisance to the Nobility Aldermen and Gentry turning himself half round after a pretty pause the spectators being very silent begins as followeth The Speech Grave Fathers of the Citie that are come Like the fam'd Senators of ancient Rome From seats of Justice and the publike cause To hear Bellona's Drum beat loud applause To warre and victory Much honour'd men Behold the Souldier and the Citizen Make but one man these to Mars encline And though like fiery Comets now they shine Threatning prodigious ruine to their foes Each man can gain a Conquest without blows For these are Starres of milder temper when In their own sphears they do appeare to men Not one of these but can instruct a Band But each Commander discipline a Land These were not made in haste Nature has lent To each just mixture of each Element And such are made for Souldiers else they are But severall Instruments ordain'd for warre The truly valiant must be all if not 'T were happy that such valour were forgot Who onely fights is but a sword or gunne Which onely executes and so has done Wisedome discretion judgement courage art Makes up the wreath that crowns a Souldiers heart And such are these and these are yours that can Govern a little world in every man The time has been the rugged mayne was crost To both the Germanies with care and cost To finde a Souldier whose experience might Teach our Commanders how to form a fight But now that trouble 's sav'd these are asham'd That so much cost or dulnesse should be nam'd To soil their predecessors fair Repute These would deny should such a one make sute To give his labour scorning t' have it thought They have not all that may be learn'd or bought And thus resolv'd they are prepar'd to show To your lov'd Honors what they have or know Not doubting when your judgements shall descry Their love their care their skill their industry The Kings lent honors that your merits crown'd Will give your Souldiers one small piece of ground To shew their Arms in else in heaps of dust Their glories will be hid their bright Arms rust   Captain Iohn Ven.     Ensigne Richard Gould     Front   Sargeant Salter Lieut. Gooday Lieut. Hacket Lieut. Allen Lieut. Barriff 〈…〉 Lieut. Wolleston Walter Bosvile Iohn Birkenhed Tho. Levingston Rich. Bennet Thomas Head Thomas Hart Ric. Lacy speaker George Simcocks Richard Finch Will. Coleson Edward Wallis Left flank Lieutenant Gwin Iohn Alford Iohn Bowker Iohn Davies 〈…〉 Thom. Wardley Sam. Clerrige Raph Long Thomas Clark Lieut. Stackhouse Iohn Smart Matt. Andrews Iohn Povey Charles Fowke L. Drinkwater Iohn Smart sen Iohn Ashley  Lieutenant Matthew Shepheard   The speech being ended obeisance done his Armes recovered and shouldred the Captain and Lieutenant on each side of him for his more honour the Drums beating a Troop move down with him to his place and so leave him This done the Muskettiers face in opposition and close their division before the pikes After some small respite the Captain and other Officers quit the body and the phife and drumme play the posture tune once over When the musick began the second time the Muskettiers in the front and pikes in the reere begun the postures as followeth The Muskettiers stand rested The Pikes ordered The Posture tune The postures divided into 3. to make them fit to keep time with the Drum and Phife 1 POISE YOUR MUSKETS 1 1
He with a carelesse garbe viewing the Spectators and with eyes darting forth disdaine demonstrating a kinde of haughty scorn by the gesture of his body against the supposed Temeritie of the Christians whom he beleeved to have been fled But they to the contrary all this time kept good espiall upon him suffering him to swell rather by opinion then fortune For even now when his insolence was at the highest he heard the Christians drums beating a March Captain VENS Company approaching so neare that they were now entring the Hall by the Skreen Assoon as they were entred the Christians drew into Battalia the drums beating a preparative they advance forwards and charge the Saracens and they perceiving their numbers to be so small as willingly meet them Captain VEN had all his Musketts in the front of his Pikes and the enemie his battells were ranged as in Figure 17. The shot playd thick on both sides as sometimes being in front sometimes on the flanks sometimes again in the Reere other-whiles in the midst The Politick Captains still varying of their formes on either side as might make best for their own advantages each striving for the Garland of victory But by this time the Ambush under the conduct of Lieutenant SHEPPARD was ready to fall on and therefore Captain VEN caused his drums beat a Retrait firing and charging Pikes retreating thereby to draw the Turks from their strength into disorder The Turks perceiving the Christians to give ground charge fiercely on But the Christian Captain made but a politick retreat thereby to draw the Turks from their advantage of ground that so the ambushment might have opportunity to charge them in the Reere This as it was contrived fell out accordingly For the Lieutenant who all this while had kept himself and souldiers close now perceiving his opportunity Ranged all his Muskettiers in front and with all possible secrecie drew close up to the Reere of the Enemie Then all on a sudden powring out a great salue of shot he therewith even rent and tore the order of the Enemie Now the Christians charge both in Front and Reere the Turcoman Lieutenant with an undaunted courage faced his half-files about and with an unparalleld resolution singled out the Christian Lieutenant with his well tempered Cymiter laying about him like a Turk Insomuch that Lieutenant Sheppard with his Partizan had much ado with all his skill and dexteritie to keep him at the point The other striving to hew out a way before him even through steel fire and flame with his well cutting Fauchion slicing and paring the Christian Lieutenants Partizan as if it had been a a wodden dagger and not a composure of steel Neverthelesse the Christian Lieutenant perceiving the Turcoman to be a proper personage and not willing to destroy so goodly a presence He therefore stood politickly on the defensive whilst the other tired himself by his own fury All this while the Souldiers are likewise at it with their short guns swords and targets against the Christians with their Muskets and whole Pikes where we will leave them a while striving like contrary elements and return into the Front to see how MULLEY-ACHMAT behaved himself against the Christian Captain who as I foreshewed had given back purposely to draw the Turk from his advantage of ground that so his Lieutenant might the more commodiously give on in the Reere The which accordingly taking effect he gave a fresh charge in the front at which the Saracens began to stagger perceiving themselves to be doubly charged in Front and Reere Mully Aben seeing his people began to waver meant to doe something in person so to re-inforce his Battell and therewithall casting away his Pole-axe betooke himselfe to his Battell-ax and Target therewith working wonders forcing the heads of the best armed Pikes to give him way that so he might encounter the Christian Captain Who at the same time supervising his Battels as being carefull to prevent all crosse accidents of Warre he saw what havock the Turk made in person Whereupon singling him out between them two began a fierce fight The Turke at the first encounter receiving a wound in the hand from the Christian Captain wherewithall being so much the more enraged he endeavoured to get within him intending to have stabd him with a poysoned Creese which he continually wore at his side hoping with his fall to conclude the victory But the wary Christian perceiving his fury held him close to it still keeping the point of his weapon at his breast Inraged ACHMAT even foming with anger that he could not work his designe resolved for his last refuge with the remains of his over-wearied Turks to break through the Battell of the Christians But the vigilant Captain having drawn all his Pikes in Front closely serried together kept them so close up that they could not make the least penetration Whereupon being quite out of heart with joynt consent they cryed for quarter after the Turkey maner casting their weapons on the ground and laying their left hands on their heads with a loud voice crying Saybe-Sallam The Christian Captain remembring how valiantly they had beaved themselves in fight took compassion on them and disarming them commanded them to passe through between his Files into the Reere Lieutenant Sheppard in like maner with his Souldiers following them placing his Souldiers in the Reere of the Turks So that the Christians had 4. ranks 2. Ranks in the Front and 2. Ranks in the Reere of the Captive Turks They being in 2. Ranks in the midst of the Conquerors Then the Christian Captain caused the first Rank of Turks to move between the first and second Ranks in the Front The second Rank of Turks between the third and fourth Ranks in the Reere Being content himself to have gained the victory he took onely the Captain MULLEY-ABEN-ACHMAT for his prisoner MULLEY-SHECK the Turkey Lieutenant being Lieutenant Sheppards prisoner ABEN-ABDELLA the Turkey Ensigne being prisoner to Ensigne Gould the rest of the Turks being equally divided amongst the Souldiers every two Souldiers having one Turkey prisoner between them the Captain thus bountifully rewarding his skilfull and conquering Souldiers This being performed the Captain led forth his Company again in divisions the Turks being pinioned with peeces of Match After the Captain marched dejected MULLEY ACHMAT Then a division of Muskettiers being but two in Rank and a Turkey prisoner between them every Rank having one in like maner Then marched Ensigne Gould at the head of the first division of Pikes displaying his Ensigne in token of victory ABEN ABDELLA being led and the Saracen Ensigne being carried after him Lastly after the Reere division of Muskets marched Lieutenant Sheppard leading with him his prisoner bold MULLEY-SHECK In this triumphing maner Captain VEN led his Company thrice about the Hall the Drums beating a March where it was a goodly sight to see how every Souldier was enriched with one spoyle or other the which they carried in