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A05975 The art of embattailing an army. Or, The second part of Ælians tacticks Containing the practice of the best generals of all antiquitie, concerning the formes of battailes. ... Englished and illustrated with figures and obseruations vpon euery chapter. By Captaine Iohn Bingham.; Tactica. English. Selections Aelianus.; Bingham, John, Captain.; Droeshout, Martin, b. 1601, engraver. 1631 (1631) STC 163; ESTC S106812 119,494 122

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wheel_v there_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o face_n to_o the_o same_o hand_n first_o before_o you_o return_v and_o then_o a_o return_v the_o contrary_a way_n about_o the_o same_o corner_n file-leader_n about_o who_o the_o motion_n be_v first_o make_v this_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o wheel_v the_o whole_a body_n in_o wheel_v the_o front_n into_o the_o flank_n after_o wheel_v perform_v the_o body_n before_o return_v be_v to_o face_n to_o the_o commander_n then_o to_o return_v about_o the_o same_o bringer_n up_o till_o all_o come_v to_o be_v as_o they_o be_v in_o wheel_v the_o flank_n into_o the_o front_n after_o the_o wheel_a be_v make_v the_o body_n be_v to_o face_n likewise_o to_o the_o commander_n then_o face_v about_o to_o the_o right_n or_o left_a hand_n to_o return_v to_o the_o first_o posture_n about_o the_o two_o middle_a fileleader_n as_o about_o their_o centre_n hic_fw-la cestus_fw-la artemque_fw-la repone_fw-la finis_fw-la the_o content_n of_o the_o chapter_n of_o this_o book_n the_o broad-fronted_n phalange_n the_o deep_a phalange_n or_o hearse_n and_o the_o un-even_a fronted-phalange_a chapter_n 30_o parembole_n protaxis_fw-la epitaxis_fw-la prostaxis_fw-la entaxis_fw-la and_o hypotaxis_fw-la chap._n 31_o the_o use_n and_o advantage_n of_o these_o exercise_n of_o arm_n chap._n 34_o of_o the_o sign_n of_o direction_n which_o be_v to_o be_v give_v to_o the_o army_n and_o of_o their_o several_a kind_n chap._n 35_o of_o march_v and_o of_o the_o diverse_a kind_n of_o battle_n fit_a for_o a_o march_n and_o first_o of_o the_o right_a induction_n of_o the_o caelembolos_fw-la and_o of_o the_o triphalange_n to_o be_v oppose_v against_o it_o chap._n 36_o of_o the_o paragoge_n or_o deduction_n chap._n 37_o of_o the_o phalange_n amphistomus_fw-la chap._n 38_o of_o the_o phalange_n antistomus_n chap._n 39_o of_o the_o diphalange_n antistomus_n chap._n 40_o of_o the_o peristomus_fw-la diphalange_n chap._n 41_o of_o the_o diphalange_n homoiostomus_fw-la and_o of_o the_o plinthium_fw-la chap._n 42_o of_o the_o diphalange_n heterostomus_fw-la chap._n 43_o of_o the_o horse_n rhombe_n and_o of_o the_o foot-halfe-moone_n to_o encounter_v it_o chap._n 44_o of_o the_o horsebattaile_n heteromeke_v and_o the_o plagiophalange_n to_o be_v oppose_v against_o it_o chap._n 45_o of_o another_o kind_n of_o rhombe_n for_o horseman_n and_o of_o the_o foot-battaile_n call_v epicampios_fw-la emprosthia_n to_o encounter_v it_o chap._n 46_o of_o the_o foot-battaile_n call_v cyrte_n which_o be_v to_o be_v set_v against_o the_o epicampios_fw-la chap._n 47_o of_o the_o tetragonall_a horsebattaile_n and_o of_o the_o wedge_n of_o foot_n to_o be_v oppose_v against_o it_o chap._n 48_o of_o the_o foot-battaile_n call_v plesium_n and_o of_o the_o wind_v or_o saw-fronted_n battle_n to_o encounter_v it_o chap._n 49_o of_o the_o hyperphalangesis_n and_o hyperkerasis_n and_o of_o attenuation_n chap._n 50_o of_o convey_v the_o carriage_n of_o the_o army_n chap._n 51_o of_o the_o word_n of_o command_n and_o certain_a observation_n about_o they_o chap._n 52_o of_o the_o word_n of_o direction_n chap._n 54_o finis_fw-la finis_fw-la battle_n battle_n cap._n 1●_n arr._n l._n ●_o 4._o c._n ●_o 9_o §_o 72_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o §_o 77._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 4._o phalange_n macedonian_a consist_v of_o 1634._o pikeman_n phalangarch_n be_v the_o four_o part_n of_o a_o phalange_n 4._o pentecosiarchy_n have_v in_o it_o 512_o man_n the_o ordinary_a depth_n be_v 16._o 16._o aelian_n c._n 36._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d leo_fw-la c._n 9_o §_o 77._o aelian_n c._n 9_o 9_o a_o body_n of_o four_o file_n file_n a_o body_n of_o ●_o file_n file_n a_o body_n of_o 16_o file_n file_n diodor._fw-la sic._n l._n 20._o 20._o arr._n l._n 1._o 3_o c._n c._n xenoph._n hist_o grac._n l._n 6._o 558._o a._n a._n arr._n l._n 1._o 14._o c._n c._n xenoph._n hist_o grac._n l._n 6._o 558._o a._n a._n arr._n l._n 1._o 14._o f._n f._n arr._n l._n 1._o 14._o c._n c._n arr._n l._n 1._o 14._o b._n b._n leo_n c_o 17._o §._o 26._o 26._o leo_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n arr._n l._n 1._o 14._o 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d leo_fw-la c._n 17._o §._o 26._o 26._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d x_o ●n_n a_o horse_n horse_n euclyd_n l._n 1._o definit_a 30._o 30._o aelia_n c._n 18._o 38._o 46._o aelian_n have_v afterward_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈…〉_z l._n a._n 32._o d._n ●●●_o ●_o ●_o polyen_n l._n ●_o 549._o ●_o ●_o t●●_n use_v of_o the_o broad-fronted_n phalange_n and_o of_o the_o hearse_n hearse_n leo_fw-la c._n 14._o §._o 10●_o 10●_o arr_fw-mi l._n 1._o 14._o 14._o xenoph_n cyrop_n l._n 6._o 167._o b._n b._n arr._n l._n 1._o 36._o c._n c._n liu._n l._n 46._o 112._o a._n a._n liu._n l._n 38._o 215._o c._n c._n ael_n c._n 45._o 45._o arr._n l._n 1._o 2._o b._n b._n xenoph_n hist_o 〈…〉_z 6_o ●o●_n d._n d._n polyen_n l._n 5._o ●●3_n §._o 1._o 1._o xenoph._n cyrop_n l._n ●_o 71_o d_o d_o xenoph._n d'exp_n l._n ●_o 3●0_n d._n d._n xenoph._n d'exp_n l._n ●_o 324._o e._n e._n arr._n l._n 4._o 95._o ●_o d_o xenoph._n d'exp_n l_o 5._o 3●3_n a._n a._n xenoph._n d'exp●d_n l._n 4._o 340._o 340._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 8000_o arm_v 1800_o lightarmed_n lightarmed_n a_o song_n or_o hymn_n to_o apollo_n use_v by_o the_o grecian_n when_o they_o join_v with_o the_o enemy_n jul_a pol._n l._n ●_o c._n 1._o §._o 33._o but_o the_o scholiastes_n of_o thucydides_n say_v there_o be_v two_o paean_n one_o to_o mars_n before_o victory_n the_o other_o to_o apollo_n after_o victory_n ●_o 1._o 1._o xenoph._n cyrop_n l._n ●_o 55._o a._n &_o l._n 5._o 130._o d._n d._n thucyd._n l._n 2._o 155._o ●_o ●_o polyb._n l._n 1._o 27._o ●_o c._n d._n d._n a_o broad-fronted_n battle_n battle_n appian_n in_o ly●●cis_n 22._o 22._o poly._n l._n 15._o ●●●_o ●_o ●_o or●●_n or●●_n appianin_n syracis_n 97._o c._n c._n hearse_n transformation_n of_o one_o into_o another_o double_v of_o file_n file_n see_v aelian_n c_o 7._o in_o my_o note_n upon_o the_o 11_o chapt_n chapt_n a_o body_n of_o four_o file_n file_n xenoph._n cyrep_n l._n 2._o 55._o a._n a._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o signify_v a_o file_n in_o the_o ascent_n of_o cyrus_n and_o in_o the_o greek_a history_n it_o signify_v a_o company_n of_o 100_o man_n the_o file-leader_n command_v the_o whole_a file_n of_o 24._o the_o decadarch_n the_o half_n rearefile_v the_o two_o pempedarch_n 5_o man_n a_o piece_n one_o the_o 5_o that_o follow_v after_o the_o first_o 6_o in_o front_n the_o other_o the_o 5_o that_o be_v next_o the_o rea●e_n the_o bringer_n up_o be_v the_o last_o of_o all_o all_o xenoph._n de_fw-fr exp_n l._n 4._o 334._o a._n a._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arr._n l._n 2._o 3●_n c._n d._n d._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d polyb_a l._n 1●_n 632._o b._n b._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arr._n ●_o 1._o 14._o ●_o ●_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d polyen_n l._n §_o 16._o 16._o diod._n sic._n l._n 1●_n 486._o c._n the_o lacedaemonian_n have_v by_o lycurgus_n law_n two_o king_n at_o once_o once_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o baeotian●_n be_v 50_o deep_a the_o lacedaemonian_n 1●_n xenoph._n bist_fw-ge gr●●_n l._n 6_o 596._o ●_o ●_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diod._n l._n 17_o 592_o e_o e_o diod._n l._n 19_o 686._o 686._o diod_n sic._n l._n 19_o 716._o 716._o double_v the_o front_n by_o middle_a man_n man_n adjoin_v adjoin_v forefront_v forefront_v place_v after_o after_o place_v between_o between_o place_v on_o the_o wing_n wing_n diod._n sic._n l._n 19_o 717._o ●_o ●_o against_o the_o front_n front_n double_v of_o rank_n rank_n against_o the_o rear_n rear_n countermarch_v countermarch_v wheeling_n wheeling_n facing_n facing_n veget._n l._n 3._o c._n 5._o 5._o polyb._n l._n 9_o 555._o ●_o ●_o caesar_n de_fw-fr bell_n gall._n l._n 7._o 156._o 156._o three_o be_v 60_o centurion_n in_o a_o roman_a legion_n legion_n ●lin_n natural_a ●ist_v l._n 7._o c._n ●_o 7._o 7._o onosander_n ●_o 25_o 25_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d leo_fw-la ●_o 20._o §._o ●●6_n ●●6_n onosand_n c._n 25._o polemarche_n lochagi_n penteco●●ers_n enomotarchs_n xenoph._n cyrop_n l._n 8._o 203._o ●_o ●_o polyb._n l._n 6._o 479_o &_o lipsius_n add_v ●olyb_a ●_o 5._o dial_n 9_o veget._n l._n 3._o ●_o 5._o
march_v on_o and_o that_o the_o rest_n about_o that_o time_n shall_v lay_v hand_n upon_o the_o polemarche_n that_o use_v to_o guard_v the_o gate_n while_o they_o repose_v themselves_o and_o sleep_v and_o that_o this_o do_v the_o achean_o shall_v with_o all_o speed_n hasten_v to_o the_o gate_n out_o of_o their_o ambush_n these_o thing_n conclude_v and_o the_o time_n approach_v aratus_n come_v according_o and_o hide_v himself_o by_o the_o river_n await_v the_o signal_n about_o the_o five_o hour_n one_o of_o the_o city_n a_o owner_n of_o sheep_n that_o bear_v extraordinary_a fine_a wool_n &_o be_v usual_o feed_v about_o the_o city_n come_v out_o of_o the_o city_n gate_n in_o a_o cloak_n desirous_a to_o speak_v with_o the_o shepherd_n about_o some_o private_a business_n of_o his_o own_o and_o stand_v upon_o the_o same_o hill_n look_v round_o about_o for_o the_o shepherd_n aratus_n and_o his_o folk_n imagine_v this_o to_o be_v the_o expect_a signal_n run_v in_o all_o haste_n towards_o the_o city_n but_o because_o nothing_o be_v ready_a within_o the_o gate_n be_v quick_o shut_v and_o not_o only_a aratus_n miss_v of_o his_o purpose_n but_o the_o citizen_n also_o that_o conspire_v with_o he_o fall_v into_o great_a misfortune_n be_v take_v with_o the_o manner_n and_o present_o bring_v forth_o and_o put_v to_o death_n this_o may_v be_v a_o example_n of_o error_n and_o misprision_n of_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o neglect_n and_o likewise_o of_o the_o like_a error_n and_o misprision_n there_o be_v a_o notable_a example_n in_o 156._o caesar_n commentary_n in_o the_o siege_n of_o alexia_n where_o caesar_n have_v win_v the_o enemy_n camp_n lie_v upon_o a_o hill_n near_o the_o town_n sound_v a_o retreat_n to_o his_o army_n that_o be_v in_o fight_n the_o ensign_n of_o the_o ten_o legion_n make_v a_o stand_n but_o the_o soldier_n of_o the_o other_o legion_n not_o hear_v the_o sound_n of_o the_o trumpet_n by_o reason_n of_o a_o valley_n beyond_o which_o they_o be_v be_v yet_o hold_v back_o by_o the_o tribune_n and_o legate_n as_o caesar_n have_v give_v direction_n notwithstanding_o be_v puff_v up_o with_o the_o hope_n of_o a_o speedy_a victory_n and_o with_o the_o fight_n of_o the_o enemy_n and_o their_o happy_a battle_n of_o former_a time_n think_v nothing_o so_o hard_a that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v achieve_v by_o their_o valour_n they_o make_v no_o end_n of_o their_o chase_n till_o they_o come_v near_o to_o the_o wall_n and_o gate_n of_o the_o town_n and_o some_o of_o they_o enter_v at_o a_o gate_n othersome_a climb_v up_o the_o wall_n imagine_v they_o have_v get_v possession_n of_o the_o town_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o enemy_n force_n who_o be_v busy_a in_o fortify_v without_o on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o the_o town_n be_v acquaint_v herewith_o by_o message_n send_v their_o horse_n before_o and_o follow_v after_o themselves_o and_o in_o great_a number_n charge_v the_o roman_n the_o fight_n be_v hard_a the_o enemy_n trust_v to_o the_o advantage_n of_o 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