left as you were 9. To the left about charge 10. To the right as you were 11. Shoulder your Pikes 12. Charge to the Front. 13. Shoulder as you were 14. Charge to the right 15. To the left as you were 16. Charge to the left 17. To the right as you were 18. To the right about charge 19. To the left as you were 20. To the left about charge 21. To the right as you were 22. Port your Pikes 23. Charge to the Front. 24. Trail your Pikes the Spear behind 25. Charge as you were 26. Push your Pikes 27. Trail your Pikes the Spear before 28. Present your Spears 29. Charge to the Front. 30. Advance your Pikes 31. Order your Pikes 32. Lay down your Pikes 33. Take up your Pikes 34. Plant your Pikes 35. Order your Pikes 36. Advance your Pikes Here follow the Evolutions General Words of Command 1. Take heed AT the pronouncing of this Word there must be great Silence observed throughout the whole Battalion the Souldiers doing no motions neither with their Heads Bodies Hands or Feet but such as shall be ordered and looking stedfastly to the commanding Officer as hath been said above concerning the Manual 2. Carry well your Arms. 3. Dress your Ranks and your Files Evolutions with Muskets and Pikes together 1. Present your Arms. 2. 1. To the right 2. To the right 3. To the right 4. To the right 3. To the right about 4. To the left as you were 5. 1. To the left 2. To the left 3. To the left 4. To the left 6. To the left about 7. To the right as you were 8. Poyse your Muskets and advance your Pikes 9. Shoulder your Muskets Take heed to double your Ranks to the Front. 10. To the right double our Ranks to the Front. 11. March. HEre it must be observed as also by all other Marches that all the Souldiers of the same Rank make the first step with the left foot lifting all at the same time to the end that marching softly looking continually to the sides more especially to the right they may keep the Rank straight and come upon their places all together stepping so that with four paces they may enter the Rank that is before them having special care to carry their Arms well hold up their Head keep their Bodies in a straight and unconstrained posture and look briskly 12. To the lest as you were 13. March. 14. Halt 15. To the left double your Ranks to the Front. 16. March. 17. To the right as you were 18. March. 19. Halt Take heed to double your Ranks to the Rear 20. To the right about double your Ranks to the Rear 21. March. 22. Halt 23. As you were 24. March. 25. To the left about double your Ranks to the Rear 26. March. 27. Halt 28. As you were 29. March. Take heed by half Files to double your Ranks to the Front. 30. To the right by half Files double your Ranks to the Front. 31. March. 32. To the left as you were 33. March. 34. Halt 35. To the left by half Files double your Ranks to the Front. 36. March. 37. To the right as you were 38. March. 39. Halt Take heed by half Files to double your Ranks to the Rear 40. To the right about by half Files double your Ranks to the Rear 41. March. 42. Halt 43. As you were 44. March. 45. To the left about by half Files double your Ranks to the Rear 46. March. 47. Halt 48. As you were 49. Halt Take heed to double your Files 50. To the right double your Files 51. March. 52. Halt 53. To the left as you were 54. March. 55. To the left double your Files 56. March. 57. Halt 58. To the right as you were 59. March. Take heed to double your Files by half Ranks 60. By half Ranks to the right double your Files 61. March. 62. Halt 63. To the left as you were 64. March. 65. Halt 66. By half Ranks to the left double your Files 67. March. 68. Halt 69. To the right as you were 70. March. 71. Halt Every Division must double its Files in it self and the odd File must stand on its ground Take heed to contre-march by Files 72. By Files to the right about contre-march 73. March. 74. By Files to the left about contre-march 75. March. Take heed to contre-march by Ranks 76. By Ranks to the right contre-march 77. March. 78. Halt 79. By Ranks to the left contre-march 80. March. 81. Halt Take heed to close your Files 82. From the right and left close your Files to the Center 83. March. 84. Halt Take heed to close your Ranks 85. Close your Ranks to the Front. 86. March. Take heed to wheel 87. Wheel to the right 88. March. 89. Halt 90. Wheel to the right 91. March. 92. Halt 93. To the right about wheel 94. March. 95. Halt 96. Wheel to the left 97. March. 98. Halt 99. Wheel to the left 100. March. 101. Halt 102. To the left about wheel 103. March. 104. Halt Take heed to put your Ranks and Files at their former distance 105. Files to the right and left take your former distances 106. March. 107. Halt Take heed to put your Ranks at the former distance 108. Ranks as you were 109. March. 110. Halt Take heed to lay down your Arms. 111. Rest your Muskets 112. Order your Arms. 113. Lay down your Arms. Take heed to quit your Arms. 114. For Straw 115. March. 116. To your Arms. 117. Put up your Swords 118. Take up your Arms. 119. Rest your Muskets 120. Poyse your Muskets and advance your Pikes 121. Shoulder your Muskets FINIS
plays her part Nay and the Duke de Alva swore he would Surprise and Conquer England if he could That 's well put in because it helpt the Dutch. But Orange in this too restrain'd him much As he himself and th' English too confest The present Prince of Orange God hath blest And prosper'd to save England from th' Invasion Of the black Popish-part of the French Nation Which are for killing burning devastation c. And shall we prove to God and him ungrateful A Vice even to Barbarians so hateful Shall we forget this late deliverance Which here again the Gospel doth advance Shall we slight what affects the very Jews Shall we still still more Miracles abuse As we have done would God it were not true Which evil I and many others rue Then the next blow may with a vengeance come And settle here in England France and Rome O vile ingratitude you you and you Magnates prime Magistrates Priests Jesuits too And Myriads more in this have oft transgrest But I return from whence I have digrest Our Hero with small Forces being in sight Of th' Enemy but yet is loth to Fight Because most of his Souldiers he finds Discouraged and troubled in their minds At the vast Army of the Enemy Which makes them quite dispair of Victory Besides they see themselves out-wing'd almost Five Furlongs more or less by th' other Host Which daunts them very much so that they cry 'T was dangerous either to fight or fly This may fall out sometimes through negligence Of Scouts c. sometimes through false intelligence Or treachery sometimes through oversight Or th' envy of some great ones that they might Disgrace him if he should chance to be taken Or run for 't being of his Men forsaken But for all this our Hero though entrapt By treachery to which some are so apt Yet spite of envy and his potent Foes He 'll come off with applause and without blows For when force will not do then policy Must come in place against an enemy Two or three ways he can devise to get Out of this treacherous devised Net He 'll frame a Letter as if from a friend Of the adverse General which to him he 'll send By one fit for the purpose and with speed Wherein he finds he 's charg'd with some foul deed And that another is appointed to Succeed him That most of his Captains do That Night intend for to betray him or Desert him quite with all their Souldiers for He had distasted them c. While he doth muse On this sad sudden overwhelming News He sends some unto him as Run-aways But trusty to himself at all Essays Which tell him that the adverse Army are With Thousands re-inforc'd and that they were Resolv'd to fall upon his Camp that Night Which added much unto his former fright And thus be'ng unresolv'd what shift to make In that distraction or what course to take Our Hero makes a very fair Retreat Which all his enemies doth vex and fret Besides this divers other ways there are Whereby men may get out of such a snare Necessity will teach them what to do And set their Wits upon the Tenters too He nothing fears but what all good men fear And that 's disgrace He will not lye nor swear ' Cause God commands the contrary whom He Desires to Worship in sincerity The greater Honour unto him is due Because a Souldier and a Christian too He 's a meer stranger to black Perjury His noble Heart can do no injury He 'd Racks and Torments undergo Yea mortally be wounded by the Foe Than a false Loon or Coward to be found The one would but his Body tear and wound But th' other would his Soul excruciate And all his Reputation terminate For blemishes in Honour cutteth deep And makes Renown in dark oblivion sleep When he prepares to sight his Enemy He marcheth towards him as chearfully As to a Banquet and scarce speaks a word When he comes nigh but claws it with his Sword c. Yet he fights warily and with discretion Till he and 's Mermidons make an impression Into the Ranks and Files of th' enemy Who then must either run for it or die He trusts not in the number of his Men But in his God then he 'll fight two to ten His enemies perchance may worst him but Can never conquer him for he 'll be cut In pieces first his great Heart cannot yield Although his Foes were Master of the Field For in the midst of all adversity His manly Patience gains a Victory He thinks it hight of folly to expose Himself and 's Souldiers when at handy blows To needless dangers no way honourable For him nor unto others profitable He well observes the Ground where he must fight And sometime fortifies his Left and Right For great advantage may accrew thereby Even to the routing of his Enemy Hill Wind and Sun he 'll strive to have behind Or what he can of them 'bove all the Wind Which driveth all the smoak upon the Foe And tendeth much unto their overthrow If he be followed by his enemies Hoping that Night his Quarters to surprize He 'll dig some Trenches where they needs must pass And cover them with Hurdles strew'd with Grass Puts Powder in them and in Ambush lies And then as soon as ever he espies Them fall into the Pits he fires his train Of Powder then he falls on them amain Many being killed the rest are forc'd to fly So by this trick he gains a Victory Also to scatter Money on the way Will charm their Minds unto a scrambling stay As did the Ponticks when in haste they fled The Conqu'ring Romans by Lucullus led For while the Romans gather'd up the Gold The Ponticks all escaped young and old But now most Men had rather as I think Part with their Lives than their beloved chinck Against a crafty numerous potent Foe That carries all before him high and low When Stratagems and Policy do fail Enforcing Force by Force he must assail For there 's no other shift in such a case Or else he must be forced to give place And which to do would cut him to the Heart And stick within his Liver like a Dart Therefore he neither can nor will be gone Till first he something hath upon them done For knowing that a strenuous opposition Backt with a steady haughty resolution With daring braving Camisado's have Made Hectors for a time fighting to wave And knowing well his disposition and His skill and courage they are at a stand Musing what should be done to fight or no If not they quietly must let him go Or perhaps some smart skirmish there may be So part on equal terms both they and he Which unto neither side is no disgrace Sith neither was enforced to give place But when an Army is surrounded by A greater force there is no remedy But they must either fight it out or fly Either of which to do is
refute For weak disputants they will soon confound By which the true Religion looseth ground For those young blades I mentioned above Good Counsel may perhaps some of them move And where Advice and Counsel take no place There to be sure all goes to wrack apace But such as study words more than fit matter They give not Counsel no they do but chatter In Council Time and Place should be observ'd The Party's humour too or all is marr'd Timing of things that is to speak in season Will make a Brute give ear to truth and reason First strive to plow their Hearts that fallow ground And weed from thence whatever is unsound Before you sow the Seeds of admonition Or they will rest still in the same condition Then he that hath a penetrating strain May pierce the ear not only but the brain Whence it may drop perchance into the heart But God in this must act the chiefest part But some though ignorant think they are wise So scorn that Men should think they need advice These seem the greatest fools of all to me Because they over-rate themselves but he That takes a wise mans counsel as some do I reckon him the wiser of the two I wish I could write what I would of such As for a little Sister care not much Deformers not Reformers still excite Informers Non-conformers to indite Truth and Plain-dealing under-foot are laid And Protestants by Protestants betray'd Such as should Preach up Love and Unity Rather excite to strife and enmity Nay Protestants e'en of the British Church Can now leave one another in the lurch Ephraim against Manasses draws his Sword Yet both against poor Judah can accord Old friends now take each other by the Throat Neighbours pick holes in one anothers coat Some called Protestants but alias Athiests Nowly upon the catch as well as Papists False Jury-men Perjurors Perjurators Have at the Court found potent animators Yea Juries have been packt on purpose to Clear Nocents and poor Innocents undo Jury-men have been bribed to betray An honest cause and have what in them lay Might beats down-right for right or wrong it would So that poor people have been bought and sold Yea worthy Patriots too and that of late Have been destroy'd to serve a turn of State. Yea some have privately been made away Because they would not change a yea to nay Divine Astraea up to Heaven is fled For here on Earth no Justice can be had Vindex where art thou why so long a sleep Behold how wolves devour the silly sheep Papists and semi-Papists have agreed Like Cannibals on Protestants to feed For have they not resolv'd our blood to spill And all that would not side with them to kill And Rubrifie the Streets in every Town So make us truckle to the Tripple Crown Then pluck the Rose up by the roots at last And plant the Lilly in its â—…ead and blast The Thistle if they can also new-string The Harp again Good musick for a King And now they wait for the appointed time When all their Irons are heated first to climb The Brittish Stage and rule the Nation too Which they already have begun to do God knows what next they will be at mean season To speak against their height is counted Treason Who can impending wo's avert but he That said to Sion I will succour thee The Heliotrope turns always with the Sun And so continues till the race is run The Jesuits shew no such friendliness To Jesus Christ the Sun of Righteousness Their Sun or Cynosura is the Pope They follow him though in the dark he grope Chose to walk by Owl-light that they might Not see the beamings forth of Gospel-light The Sun to Plaints more welcome is than he That made the Sun to men is here we see Thus they of Vegetives might learn some good Were they not of the Antichristian brood The Heliochryse when Sol doth culminate The Horizon his glory to dilate His Golden Leaves expandeth out of love To Phoebus while he walks the Rounds above But Jesuits when the Son of God doth rise With healing mercies yet they him despise But the Popes bloody Mandates they embrace Yet Jacob's Star and his Commands debase Sure they must be the proselytes of Hell Sith all in works of darkness they excell Thus from the Truth they wilfully do range Which with the Church of Rome is nothing strange ERRATA PAg. 7. l. 31. wants the word rather p. 17. l. 25 for flushes r. flashes p. 17. l. 35. for louse r. loose p. 19. l. 18. for when r. then p. 19. l. 30. add the word to before be p. 29. l. 16. for Emore r. Remori p. 38. l. 10. for thy r. they p. 38. l. 6. for into r. unto p. 39. l. 20. wants the word also p. 41. l. 20. wants the word she p. 41. l. 9. for this r. thy p. 43. l. 10. for Say say r. Sa sa p. 46. l. 7. for this r. thy THE EPILOGUE THE World 's a Lottery which do comprehend A thousand Blanks for one true-hearted Friend An open enemy is better far Than a dissembling Friend in Peace or War Dissemblers are the Devils Embassadors And hollow-hearted Knaves his Chancellors Where 's nothing but external Sanctity There 's neither faith nor truth nor honesty Some holy men in shew may prove in time But hollow-hearted Tyks a double crime Dissimulata sanctitas est duplex iniquitas Dissemblers can avert to any shape For small advantage they will be your Ape They 'l change the day to night the night to day Yea turn and wind and change e'en when they pray Their Tongue and heart do seldom go together Nor Fish nor Flesh nor good Red-herring neither Sure but a few would gladly be acquainted With one that 's only with Religion painted But here 's enough to warn the wiser sort 'T is folly fools from danger to dehort Quis me impune lacessit FINIS THE GENERAL EXERCISE Ordered by his HIGHNESS the Prince of Orange To be punctually observed of all the INFANTRY in Service of the STATES GENERAL OF THE Vnited Provinces BEING A most Worthy COMPENDIVM very useful for all Persons concerned in that Noble EXERCISE of ARMS 2 Sam. 22.40 For thou hast girded me with strength to Battel them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me LONDON Printed for William Marshall at the Bible in Newgate-Street 1689. THE GENERAL EXERCISE Ordered by his HIGHNESS the Prince of Orange To be punctually observed of all the Infantry in Service of the States General of the United Provinces General Observations I. IT must be understood that before the Exercise begin the Officers at the first Advertisement by tuck of Drum advancing their Pikes shall turn about to the right and upon the second march through the Battalion ranging themselves in the Rear in the same order they were upon the Front the Sergeants who were posted behind the Battalion separating themselves to the right and left shall take
their Places upon the Flanks till the Exercise be done and the Officers shall have taken their former Post upon the Front at the forementioned Advertisement by tuck of Drum at which time the said Sergeants shall also return to the Rear as before II. The Drummers shall stay upon the Wings of the Battalion during the Exercise excepting those that are in the Center before the Pikes who in the time that the Officers march through to the Rear shall range themselves behind the Major to be always ready either for giving Advertisements or in case the Battalion might be exercised by tuck of Drum. III. No man shall offer to stir or make the least motion till the Word of Command be fully pronounced and then to perform what shall be commanded with a graceful readiness and quick motion all at the same time IV. The Souldier having his Musket shoulder'd must stand straight up on his Limbs hold up his Head and look always to the commanding Officer making no Motion but such as shall be ordered which must be observed as a general Rule in all Commands V. The Souldiers must keep their Feet a small pace distant from each other their Heels straight in a line and their Toes turned outwardly holding their Muskets with their left hand upon their left Shoulder the Thumb in the hollow above the Butt holding the Iron which covers the Drawer close to the Shoulder that the Muzzel of the Musket behind may stand somewhat high turning the Lock a little outward so that the Butt may come to the Buttons or middle of the Breast and the Muskets over all be the more equally carried VI. The Match must be holden in the left hand one end betwixt the first and second finger and the other betwixt the two last both the ends a fingers length without the back of the hand so that the rest thereof may hang betwixt the hand and the Butt of the Musket and because in exercising the Match is to be laid down no more it must never be kindled without express Order VII With a shoulder'd Musket the left Elbow ought to be turned a little outwards from the Body but without constraint of the Arm and the right Arm hanging loose downwards along the Body with the Palm of the hand turned to the Thigh The Manual of the Muskets 1. JOyn your right hand to your Muskets 2. Poise your Muskets 3. Joyn your left hand to your Muskets 4. Take your Matches 5. Blow your Matches 6. Cock your Matches 7. Try your Matches 8. Guard your Pans 9. Blow your Matches 10. Open your Pans in presenting 11. Give Fire 12. Recover your Arms. 13. Return your Matches 14. Blow your Pans 15. Handle your Primers 16. Prime 17. Shut your Pans 18 Blow off your loose Corns 19. Cast about to charge 20. Handle your Chargers 21. Open them with your Teeth 22. Charge with Powder 23. Charge with Bullet 24. Wadd from your Hats 25. Draw forth your Scowrers 26. Hold them up 27. Shorten them to your Breasts 28. Put them in the Barrels 29. Ram down your Shot 30 Withdraw your Scowrers 31. Hold them up 32. Shorten them to your Breasts 33. Put them up in their places 34. Joyn your right hand to your Muskets 35. Poise your Muskets 36. Shoulder your Muskets 37. Rest your Muskets 38. Order your Muskets 39. Lay down your Muskets 40. Take up your Muskets 41. Rest your Muskets 42. Club your Muskets 43. Rest your Muskets 44. Shoulder your Muskets Take heed to make ready by three Words of Command 1. Make ready 2. Present 3. Give Fire Here follows the Manual of a Grenadier beginning from a shoulder'd Fire-lock 1. JOyn your right hand to your Fire-locks 2. Poise your Fire-locks 3. Joyn your left hand to your Fire-locks 4. Bend your Fire-locks 5. Present 6. Give Fire 7. Recover your Arms. 8. Handle your Slings 9. Sling your Fire-locks upon your Shoulders 10. Take your Matches 11. Take your Grenades 12. Open the Grenade Fuse 13. Guard the Grenade Fuse with your Thumbs 14. Blow your Matches 15. Fire and deliver your Grenades 16. Return your Matches 17. Handle your Slings 18. Poyse your Fire-locks 19. Cast about your Fire-locks to left side 20. Draw your Daggers 21. Screw your Daggers in the Muzzle of your Fire-locks 22. Rest your Daggers 23. Charge your Daggers the butt to the right knee 24. Stand up again and rest your Daggers 25. Cast about your Daggers to the left side 26. Withdraw your Daggers 27. Put up your Daggers 28. Half-bend your Fire-locks 29. Blow your Pans 30. Handle your Primers 31. Prime 32. Shut your Pans 33. Cast about to charge 34. Handle your Cartridges 35. Open your Cartridges 36. Charge your Cartridges 37. Draw forth your Scowrers 38. Hold them up 39. Shorten them to your Breasts 40. Put them in the Barrels 41. Ram down your Shot 42. Withdraw your Scowrers 43. Hold them up 44. Shorten them to your Breasts 45. Put them up in their places 46. Joyn your right hand to your Fire-locks 47. Poise your Fire-locks 48. Shoulder your Fire-locks 49. Rest your Fire locks 50. Order your Fire-locks 51. Lay down your Fire-locks 52. Take up your Fire-locks 53. Rest your Fire-locks 54. Club your Fire-locks 55. Rest your Fire-locks 56. Shoulder your Fire-locks Take heed you be ready to give fire by three Words of Command 57 1. Make ready 2. Present 3. Give Fire Take heed ye be ready to fire your Grenades by three Words of Command 58 1. Make ready 2. Blow your Match 3. Fire and deliver your Grenades Take heed ye be ready to use your Daggers by three Words of Command 59 1. Make ready 2. Charge your Daggers the Butt against the right Knee 3. Rest your Daggers Take heed to make your Fire-locks ready again 60 Make ready your Fire-locks Here follows the Manual of the Pike beginning from the Advance THE Posture of a Pike-man with his Pike advanced must be the same as the Musketiers with a shoulder'd Musket viz. that he stand straight upon his Limbs holding up his Head looking briskly wirh his Eye always turned towards the Commanding Officer and making no other motions than the Commands do bear that he keep his Feet a small pace distant from each other his Heels in a straight Line his Toes turn'd outwardly and holding the Butt end of the Pike in his right hand stretched downwards along his Body to the full length so that the back of his hand be turn'd so much outwardly as his Arm in such posture can suffer without constraint and the Pike be kept close as well to his shoulder as the outside of his Thigh that it may stand straight upwards without inclining to either hand which Posture must be always observed with an advanced Pike 1. Charge to the Front. 2. As you were 3. Charge to the right 4. To the left as you were 5. Charge to the left 6. To the right as you were 7. To the right about charge 8. To the