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A20992	The art of warre, or Militarie discourses of leavying, marching, encamping; and embattailing an armie. Of building, defending, and expugning forts and fortified cities. Of ordinance, petards, and fireworks. Of the severall duties of officers, and souldiers. Of the Grecian, and Romane militia, and forming of battaillons; &c. By the Lord of Praissac. Englished by I.C.; Discours militaires. English	Du Praissac, Sieur.; Cruso, John, d. 1681.	1639 (1639)	STC 7366; ESTC S122251	80,136	227

such as used flying weapons The pikes bore a target or a corslet and greves a pike from 20 to 24 foot long and a sword The strongest of them covered themselves with a Macedonian target of brasse being foure foot in diameter All the pikes were called heavie armed They which used flying weapons which were called the light armed carried wicker targets bows darts and slings The heavie armed souldiers were thus disposed of 16 men made a file the first man being the file-leader commanded the whole file the eighth man was the bringet-up of the front-half-file the ninth man was the half-file-leader and the sixteenth man was the bringer-up of the file The whole file was divided into foure equall parts the first souldier of every fourth part was called Enomotarcba and had command over the other three A file File-leader ☉ First Enomotarch   ∘   ∘   ∘   ∘ Second Enomotarch   ∘   ∘ Bringer-up of the ½ file ∘ Half-file-leader ○ Third Enomotarch   ∘   ∘   ∘   ∘ Fourth Enomotarch   ∘   ∘   ∘ Bringer-up of the file ○ A companie had 16 files which made 256 men The officers of a companie were a Captain A. two Centurions B. foure Tetrarchs C. eight Dilochites D. 16 file-leaders I E. 16 bringers-up of the front-half-files H. 16 half-file-leaders G. and 16 bringers-up of the files F. Besides these they had an Ensigne a Sergeant a Trumpet a Rear-commander and a Cryer The figure of a companie The dutie of the officers was to instruct their souldiers in all the militarie motions these motions were to stand right in ranks and files to face to the right left and rear to double files and ranks to perform their countermarches and wheelings To render this more intelligible I will describe each of them apart First the companie is drawn up into a body as hath been shewed before then the ranks and files are made straight and even and they take their distances E. F. is the first file E. I. is the first rank There be three kindes of distances one for exercise which is for every souldier foure cubits of ground which is six foot The second to be ready for battaile expecting an enemie which is two cubits three foot that so the pikes may face every way The third for combat which is one cubit that being so serried they may the more strongly charge the enemie or sustain his charge The figure following sheweth in what order the souldiers ought to be to perform their motions and how they are to reduce themselves when they are commanded as they were This figure is represented in all the following battaillons by these marks o ∘ the white ones signifie the file-leaders or the front of the battaillon in the first standing before the command given and the black ones the ordinarie souldiers The small pricks shew the way by which every souldier moved the figures of men shew in what form the battaillon standeth after the motion according to the command given them and the cypher figures placed in the ranks and files shew which are to stand and which to move or which are leaders and which are followers The standing of souldiers which have made even their ranks and files attending the word of command to perform the exercise To cause all the battaillon to face to the right every souldier must turn his face to the place where his right hand was A battaillon faced to the right hand To cause all the battaillon to face to the left every souldier must turn his face to the place where his left hand was A battaillon faced to the left hand To cause the battaillon to face to the rear every souldier must turn his face by the right hand untill it be where his back was A battaillon faced to the rear To double files or ranks is to put two into one Doubling of files is called doubling the flanks or doubling the depth doubling of ranks is called doubling the front Files are doubled after three wayes either in inplacing the one within the other which is called doubling of files sidewayes In this doubling the even numbers of files mix themselves within the odde numbers and the file-leaders which are to move place themselves behinde them which are to stand fast and every souldier behinde his right hand man A battaillon which hath doubled their files side-wayes Files are also doubled when one is placed before the other which is called doubling of files advancing when the odde numbers place themselves before the even numbers as the following figure sheweth A battaillon which hath doubled files advancing Files are also doubled when the left flank or half ranks of the battaillon stands fast and the right flank advanceth untill it be before the other then causing it to face to the left and to march untill they stand right before them then to reduce their facing Ranks are also doubled by three wayes either by mixing them one within the other which is called doubling by ranks and here the even numbers of ranks place themselves within the odde numbers A battaillon which hath doubled ranks by ranks Ranks are also doubled by causing the half files to advance untill the half-file leaders come up to the front of the battaillon A battaillon which hath doubled ranks by the half files Ranks are also doubled when the battaillon divides it self at the half files or rear division The rear division again divideth it self into two equall parts at their half ranks the one part to the right the other to the left and each of these parts advanceth untill the half-file-leaders stand even with the front of the battaillon A battaillon which hath doubled ranks on the flanks Countermarching is when every souldier turning his face to the rear doth also change his place so to exchange the souldiers of the one part of the battaillon to another part It is performed by files and ranks and each of these is done three wayes the Macedonian Laconian and Persian or Cretan The countermarch by files is to turn the face to the rear and so to bring the file-leaders again to be foremost The Macedonian countermarch by files is when the file-leaders face to the rear and stand fast then all the rest of each file passe through and stand behinde their own leaders by which means the battaillon leaves before it for the field of combat the ground where it self stood as appeareth by the figure following A battaillon which hath performed the Macedonian countermarch The Laconian countermarch by files is when the file-leaders facing to the rear cause all the rest of their file to follow after them and lead them to another ground leaving that ground behinde them where they formerly stood or rather the bringers-up face about and every man of the file placeth himself before his bringer-up in their due places untill the file-leader come up to the front A battaillon which hath performed the Laconian countermarch The Persian or Cretan

countermarch is when the file-leaders face about and draw their files after them and come into the place of the bringers-up and the bringers-up come into the file-leaders places the battaillon possessing the same ground it had before A battaillon which hath performed the Persian or Cretan countermarch Countermarches by ranks are performed by the same rules and wayes as hath been shewed in those of files Wheeling is when the whole body of the battaillon turneth which is done upon the angles of the battaillon upon the right or left hand file-leader or on the middle of the front the middle file-leaders being as the center or on the center of the battaillon When the battaillon wheeleth upon the right hand file-leader it wheeleth to the right hand When it is upon the left hand file-leader it wheeleth to the left A quarter turn is called the first wheeling as when the battaillon A. comes to possesse the place B. turning upon the center E. An half turn is called the second wheeling which will be when the battaillon is come to possesse the ground C. Three quarter turn is called the third wheeling which will bring the battaillon into D. A battaillon wheeling upon the right hand file-leader The words of command are Make ready your armes Put your selves in battalia Make even your files and ranks Take your distances Advance your pikes Faces to the right As you were Faces to the left As you were Faces to the rear As you were Files to the right double As you were Double your files advancing As you were Double your files by the half ranks As you were Ranks double by ranks As you were Ranks double by the half files As you were Ranks double on both flanks As you were Countermarch c. As you were Wheel c. As you were Foure regiments made the battaile of heavie armed foot the two on the right hand were called the right wing and the two on the left the left wing The officers of these foure regiments were the Generall of foot N. The Lieutenants Generall O. The regiments are P. The front of the battaile of heavie armed foot So much concerning the heavie armed foot which differed not from the light armed concerning their order but onely in their number for the light armed had their files but of 8 deep in all the rest they were alike For they had as many files as many companies as many regiments as many officers disposed in the same order Foure regiments made the front of their battaile and two made a wing their commanders were The Lieutenant Generall Q. The Lieutenant Colonels assistants R. The regiments S. The front of the battaile of light armed foot Sometimes the light armed foot marched before the heavie armed sometimes they marched on their flanks sometimes between them and sometimes in their rear The form of battaile of the foot when the heavie armed marched before the light armed T. is the left wing V. is the right wing X. the heavie armed regiments Y. the light armed regiments The horse were sometimes placed round about the armie by squadrons sometimes on the wings and also on the rear sometimes amongst the armie on the wings of the battaillons and sometimes onely on the wings of the armie which they did most usually dividing them into two equall parts placing the one half on the right wing and the other half on the left wing The form of the armie ranged in battaile as well Infanterie as Cavalerie X. are the heavie armed foot Y. the light armed foot Z. the horse the one half on the right wing and the other half on the left As they which use flying weapons were but half the number of the pikes so the horse were but half the number of those which used flying weapons that is a fourth part of the foot The Persians and Sicilians disposed their troops of horse in square bodies as the French do now adayes but the Scythians Thracians and Macedonians put them into a triangular form or wedge and the Thessalians into a rhomb or diamond They ordered their horse in these wedges and rhombs sometimes by files and sometimes by ranks as in these figures Captain Lieutenant Ilarchos Plagiophylarchos Captain Lieutenant Corporall Ilarchos Plagiophylarchos Vragos The Grecians disposed their armies into fundrie forms which was very easie for them to do they being able to lengthen thicken open close it change the figure or turn the front as pleased them by reason their souldiers were practised in all the motions aforesaid and at the sound of the trumpet both horse and foot knew what they were to do Sometime their armie marched with an even front according to the form shewed before when their enemie was before them sometimes in two bodies when the enemie was on their flanks sometimes in foure when they were in danger on all sides sometimes in sithes checquers crescents and manches In the figure following are represented six dispositions of battaile A. Double fronted B. Foure fronts C. The sithe or open fronted wedge D. The checquer E. The crescent F The manches ♂ The horse ♒ The light armed ♊ The heavie armed A B C D E F A battaillon which had a greater depth then front they called Orthion That which had the front exceeding the depth Plagion That battaillon is called oblique which fighteth by the wings one wing serving for the vanguard When the battaile was begun to be ranged by the wings and was ended at the middle it was called Parembole When they began to range their battaile by the midst and finished it on the wings it was called Prostaxis When the heavy armed foot being first placed the light armed were placed at their front it was called Protaxis When after that the heavie armed were ranged the light armed foot were placed in their rear it was called Epitaxis When the light armed foot were ranged in the intervalls between the pikes it was called Entaxis When the light armed were placed on the wings of the whole armie they called it Hypotaxis Of the heavie armed foot called Hoplites Number of men Files Greek names of the troops The names interpreted Greek names of officers Officers names interpreted 4.   Enomotia A quartain Enomotarcha A quartainer 8.   Dimoeria An half file Dimoerites An half file-leader 16. 1. Lochia A file Lochagos A file-leader 32. 2. Dilochia Two files Dilochites A Lanspassado 64. 4. Tetrarchia A squadron Te●rarcha A Corporall 128. 8. Taxiarchia A centurie Taxiarcha A Centurion 256. 16. Syntagma A companie Syntagmatarcha A Captain 512. 32. Pentacosiarchia A double companie Pentacosiarcha A Colonels assistant 1024. 64. Chiliarchia A brigado Chiliarcha A Commander of a brigado or Sergeant major 2048. 128. Merarchia A double brigado Merarcha A Lieutenant Colonell 4096. 256. Phalangia A regiment Phalangarchos A Colonell 8192. 512. Diphalangia One wing of the regiment Diphalangarchos Lieutenant Generall of foot 16384. 1024. Tetraphalangia The battaile of the heavie armed foot Tetraphalangarchos The