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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

vsuall are Make readie the first two Ranks Turn to the right hand and giue fyre And the Instruction of thus giving fyre is that alwayes two ranks make readie together and advance ten paces forwards before the bodie At which instance a Sergeant or when the bodie is greater some other Officer must stand to whom the Musquetiers are to come vp before they present and giue fyre And the second rank keep their Musquets closs to their Rests And the pan-guarded and as soon as the first are fallen away the second immediatelie presenteth and giue fyre two more are to make readie And so one after another making the advancement of ten paces still by which yee mayntayn at least your own ground if otherwayes yee loss ground And the reason is they being ten in deepness The Rear men be consequence ten paces behynd Which ten they advancing they stand in the self same place of these that were first in the Front The vse hereof is in there is the ordinarie form in Battell and when they do not Skirmish but rather advanceth towards the Enemie Make readie the first two ranks in the Rear Turn to the right hand and giue fyre and fall vp to the Front And so to the last This is done when you command the whole bodie right about And thus your Front the Rear the Rear your Front And then maketh that which is Rear now giue fyre by commanding them right about and after fyre to fall away and place themselues in the Front And so one after another The vse is When you are charged in the Rear And whyle you thus giue fyre you march forwards to your intended place whether it bee for Relief of that place or for your own safetie or for advantage in preocupying the Enemie in a Pass or when you haue charged the Enemie and there-after intendeth to make a safe Retreat Because you haue the worss or other respectivè Left about Note That this a Commandement to all the Companie The string on the right hand make readie and giue fyre to the right hand and stand firm The other two strings march vp The second and third turn to the right hand and giue fyre All three thus beeing in on Front the Sergeant bringeth vp the first to the second vpon the right hand Then leadeth vp the strings to the Front of the left string Here-in you may see and perceaue so manie distinct particulars that the instruction in performing this practise is clear And the vse for the most is when with a few you would occupie the length of a lyne of a Wall or of a Ditch or anie other sutable Advantage And thus giue fyre vpon the Enemie as hee passeth All the forsayds which is vsuall onlie by the Musquetiers are most observable in exercising and that for teaching and trayning the vnlearned But in practise you must vse onlie these Commandements Make readie by ranks present and giue fyre and stand firm and fall about to the right hand to the Rear or rather Make readie Present Giue fyre Note As the Captayn exerciseth the Musquetiers particularlie So the Lieuetenant exerciseth the pike-men making a Charge with Touck of Drum in presenting their Arms to the right and left hand in the Van-guard and in the Rear marching and retiring answering to the Touck of Drum which vpon service are a March and Trouping a Charge and a Retreat And thus much of the foresayd Motions wherein a young Souldiour may bee trayned and in some measure before hee haue the occasion of Arms. But now of the Motiones of your Postures in handling your Arms. To wit Of Pike and Musquet And first of the Postures of the Pike of whose number some are performed standing which you shall discern by this letter S. And some are exercised both standing and marching which you shall distinguish by these letters S. and M. For in the position heere I keep onlie the Method according to the Order of the Exercise it self in trayning Lift your pikes S. Mount your pikes S. Set down your pikes S. Shoulder your pikes S. and M. Charge your pikes S. and M. Set down your pikes S. Palm to the point your pikes S. Cheek your pikes S. VVhich is done when by palming you hold your right hand vpon your syde with your pike and your left hand vpon the point thereof is done when you present your pike by palming Recover your pikes S. Which is done when you present your pike by palming Charge your pikes S. and M. Shoulder your pikes S. and M. To the right or left hand charge S. and M. Shoulder your pikes S. and M. Charge to the Rear S. and M. Port your pikes S. and M. Stand.   Set down your pikes S. Obserue in charging that half the ranks onlie must charge their pikes And that they carrie them so couched over the heads of the formost as may giue no offence eyther in charging or retiring And the reason is In that this way pikes are not so subject to bee broken by the shot of the Enemie Next Of the Postures of the Musquet And the words of Command vsuall in the handling thereof And these first your Musquet beeing charged March with your Musquet in your hand Sink your rest and vnshoulder your Musquet Hold vp your Musquet in the right hand and let her sink in the rest In your left hand hold your Musquet carrie your rest with it In your right hand take your Lunt or Match and hold it well Blow your Lunt Cock your Lunt Try your Lunt Blow your Lunt and try your pan Hold your Musquet and present Giue fyre Now Having discharged your Musquet you must charge agayn after the manner following Take down your Musquet and carrie your Rest with it Uncock your Lunt Blow your Lunt Put it agayn betwixt your fingers Blow your pan Morss your pan Cloze your pan Cast off your pan Cast about your Musquet Trayll your Rest Open your Charges Charge your Musquets Draw out your Ramsticks Shorten your Ramsticks Fetch your Musquet forward with the left hand and hold it vp in the right hand and recover the Rest Shoulder your Musquet And having thus way charged your Musquet you must agayn make readie as followeth Lay your Musquet in your Rest Hold your Musquet in your Rest with the left hand onlie in ballance Take your Lunt in your right hand Blow your Lunt Cock your Lunt Try your Lunt Guard your pan and bee readie The Ranges of Officers from the lowest to the highest THE lowest Range and meanest Officer is Lanspresado the Leader of half a string called a Middle-man or Captayn over four the Corporalls Deputie Next is the Corporall Hee is the Leader of astring and Commander of a Squadre in their Watch and Centrie Next is the Sergeant An Officer of great vse for rectifying of ranks and strings of necesirie hee should bee Skilfull Next should the Drummer bee at least the Drummer Major whose Place is Gentile hee should

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