The arte of vvarre Beeing the onely rare booke of myllitarie profession: drawne out of all our late and forraine seruices, by William Garrard Gentleman, who serued the King of Spayne in his warres fourteene yeeres, and died anno. Domini. 1587. Which may be called, the true steppes of warre, the perfect path of knowledge, and the playne plot of warlike exercised: as the reader heereof shall plainly see expressed. Corrected and finished by Captaine Hichcock. Anno. 1591.

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The arte of vvarre Beeing the onely rare booke of myllitarie profession: drawne out of all our late and forraine seruices, by William Garrard Gentleman, who serued the King of Spayne in his warres fourteene yeeres, and died anno. Domini. 1587. Which may be called, the true steppes of warre, the perfect path of knowledge, and the playne plot of warlike exercised: as the reader heereof shall plainly see expressed. Corrected and finished by Captaine Hichcock. Anno. 1591.

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Garrard, William, d. 1587.

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At London :: Printed [by John Charlewood and William Howe?] for Roger VVarde, dwelling at the signe of the Purse in the Olde-balie,

Anno. M.D.XCI. [1591]

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"The arte of vvarre Beeing the onely rare booke of myllitarie profession: drawne out of all our late and forraine seruices, by William Garrard Gentleman, who serued the King of Spayne in his warres fourteene yeeres, and died anno. Domini. 1587. Which may be called, the true steppes of warre, the perfect path of knowledge, and the playne plot of warlike exercised: as the reader heereof shall plainly see expressed. Corrected and finished by Captaine Hichcock. Anno. 1591." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01504.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• To the right Honourable Robert De∣uorax, Earle of Essex, &c. Knight of the noble order of the Garter, & Maister of her Maiesties horse. Health, honour, and happines, both in this world, and the world to come, hartily wished for.
• Faultes escaped.
• Captaine Robert Hichcock, his com∣mendations of this Booke: who wisheth to the worthy Reader, great grace, good fortune, and euerlasting felicitie.
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  • THE FIRST BOOKE OF MILITARIE DIRECTIONS, In the vvhich is set out hovv a good Souldiour, Disnier, and Corporall, ought to behaue themselues in vvarres: Togither with the Martiall Lawes of the field, and other necessarie Notes and Offices,
    • The office which appertaines to a corporall, cape de squa∣dre, disnier, or chiefe of chamber.
    • Sixe speciall points appertaining to souldiers of all sorts.
      • Silence.
      • Obedience.
      • Secretnesse.
      • Sobrietie.
      • Hardinesse.
      • Truth and Loyaltie.
    • How a souldier may maintaine obedience, and keepe himselfe in the fauour and good grace of his Captaine and Generall.
    • Martiall and Militarie lawes, whereunto souldiers of all degrees must be sworne, to keepe and maintaine inuiolated at all times and in all places, whether they serue Emperor, King, or Prince.
    • Briefe notes of other meane offices, as Drums, Fifes, Sur∣geans, and the Clarke of the Band.
    • The Prelates charge that takes care of souldiers of the Band.
    • How pikes are to be carried in aray, march, or battaile.
  • THE SECOND BOOK OF MILITARIE DIRECTIONS, WHEREIN IS SET DOWNE THE office of a Sergeant, Ensigne bearer, Lieutenant, and the Gentlemen of a band, how to traine, skirmish, and discouer.
    • The office of an Alsierus or ensigne bearer.
    • The office of the Lieutenant of a companie▪
    • The office and duetie that appertaines to the Lanze-spezzaté, volentarie Lieutenants, the Gentlemen of a Band, or Caualliere of S. Georges squadrons.
    • The order of trayning Footemen, necessarie to be obserued of all Sergeants, Lieutenants, and Cauallieres of the band.
    • The Orders which are to be obserued for the furnishing of the foresaid weapons.
      • Caliuers or Hargabuzieres, or Muketieres
      • Archers or long Bowes.
      • Pykemen.
      • Halberdeares or Bill-men.
    • Of Mustering and Training.
    • Certaine woords to be vsed of the Officer that traynes.
    • To teach and trayne Souldiers to march in Ranckes, Squares, bat∣tailes, &c.
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    • How to traine souldiers and bring them to the vse of their weapon.
    • How to traine or place an hundreth men.
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    • Practises of training, appertaining to the charge of two hundreth Men.
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    • Certaine pointes to exercise and traine 300. men to seruice.
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    • Orders of training three hundred men.
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    • To order and imbattell 400. in quadrant proportion.
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    • To embattaile 500. men in a quadrant proportion.
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    • In what sort Hargabuziers and Archers are to be guided to skirmish.
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    • These bands of Archers be brought to seruice by the Callieuers afore them.
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    • Orders of shot verie necessarie for diuers intents of seruice auailable.
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    • The order of skirmish, how it is to bee gouerned, when it is to bee accepted, and when to bee auoided.
    • Sundrie aduertisements fit for a worthie Cauallier to obserue.
    • Diuerse notes due for a singuler good Souldier and Caual∣liere to obserue, when hee must giue to his Captaine Generall or Prince, a true discription and full rela∣tion of the Countries, Cities, and Castels of a whole state or kingdome.
    • A rule to set any number of Souldiers in aray.
    • A rule how to make the aray of the Bissa.
    • The double Bissa.
    • A plaine rule to set the Ring in aray.
  • THE THIRD BOOKE OF MILITARIE DIRECTIONS, ENTREATING OF OBSERVATIONS in gouerning of Bands, of Squadrons and battailes, of Captaines, Collonels, and Sergeant Maiors generall.
    • The office of a Collonel.
    • The election, office and duetie of the foure Corporals of the field.
    • The Office appertaining to the Sergeant Maior generall.
    • Necessarie practises set out in proportions and figures, for Captaines, Collonels, and Sergeant Maiors to vse in squadrons, battailes, and maine exploits in marching, skirmishing, retyring, rescewing and such like.
    • A Table to discouer numbers by hundreds, placed by 3. 5. 7. 9. &c. in ranke and aray, assembled from one hundreth vnto a 1500. As thus, marching 3. in ranke, 34. rankes containe 102. men, by which example you may plainly perceiue the methode following, and discouer like numbers.
    • An order to imbattell 600. men at the sodaine against horsemen and footemen.
    • How the like number may be brought into the manner of a hearse to defend horsemen.
    • How to imbattell 900. souldiers at the sodaine.
    • An order how to imbattell 900. men at the sodaine.
    • An order to imbattell the like number in Quadrant proportion.
    • An order to imbattell 1200. men quadrantly at the sodaine.
    • An order to imbattell a Collonels charge.
    • How to imbattell 1500. men in quadrant proportion.
    • The Characters to be vsed in proportions of greater Squadrons.
    • A Quadrant or twofold battell of 2000. men.
    • A Battell in forme of a crosse, verie necessarie to be vsed, as well in the night as by day, because all the weapons are deuided by themselues.
    • The bodie of a battell to be made in the night.
    • The order of imbattelling before the fight.
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    • The proportion of a battell out of M. Digges Stratoticos.
    • The figure of a Battell out of Monsieur de Bellay his instructions in the Arte of warre.
    • Diuers proportions of new inuented squadrons.
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    • A notable discourse of sundrie obseruations to be had in memo∣rie, of Captaines, Collonels, and Sergeant Maiors, in directing, training, exercising, imbattelling and instructing of soldiors, for the better planting of any of the foresaid Battels or proportions.
    • What the Sergeant Maior is to obserue touching the length of Pikes.
    • How pikes are to be raised vp and abased, in closing and opening of a battell.
    • How the Sergeant Maior, Captaine, or simple Sergeant are to gouerne themselues, when their battell shall chaunce to be assaulted, on foote and on horsebacke.
    • What distance is vsed in Battell betwixt man and man, ranke and ranke.
    • How battels of euery number of footmen are compoun∣ded and placed together in order.
  • THE FOVRTH BOOK OF MILITARIE DIRECTIONS, ENTREATING OF THE OFFICES AP∣pertaining to the Generall of Horsemen, the Scout master, and the office of the Marshall of the Field.
    • The office of the Scoute maister, or Maister of the watch.
    • The office of the high Marshall of the field, or maister of the Campe.
    • The oathes that euerie officer ought to take of what office soeuer he be.
      • Of the Pretor.
      • Of the Prouost Marshall.
    • The Clarke or Notarie of the Court.
      • Of the common Cryer of the court.
    • Directions for the marching of an armie, whether it be inferiour or equall to the enemie.
    • Of the order of the march in figure, and of the placing of the weapons.
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    • The order how to encampe an armie, and to accommodate the same according to the situation of the ground.
    • The situation of a Campe adioyning to a riuer neere a mountaine.
    • The situation of a Campe in a vale betwixt two mountaines, the one is capable of a Campe, the other not,
    • The situation of a Campe aioyning vpon a wood and a Rier.
    • The manner of encamping, where the situation yeeldeth no aduantage.
    • The forme and proportion of the Campe.
    • The forme of another Campe.
    • An other proportion of Encamping.
    • The proportion of a twofold campe.
    • The manner how to dislodge and march away from the enimies Armie.
  • THE FIFT BOOKE OF MILITARIE DIRECTIONS, EN∣treating of the great Master of the Attillarie, of the Master Gunner, of generall Notes of Fortification, of the be∣sieging, expugning, and defending of a Portresse, &c.
    • The Office of the Maister Gunner.
    • The Office of the fyre Maister.
    • Certaine generall notes of fortification, necessarie for a singuler souldiour or ingenior to knowe.
    • The order that is to be obserued, when a Fortresse is not able to be wonne by Batterie, Assault, Escalade, Mynes or Rowling Trench, but by Famine.
    • What is to be obserued, when any Cittie or For∣tresse is able to be expugned by battery &c. to approach and besiege the same.
    • Obseruations for an assault, and the sacke of a Citty.
    • What is to be obserued of those, which haue charge giuen them to keepe and defende a Fortresse, and what re∣medies they haue to saue themselues at a siege, batterie, and assault.
    • Vpon what occasion it is lawfull to yeelde vp a For∣tresse into the Enemies hands.
    • Necessary aduertisements for the Captaine that ex∣pects besieging.
    • The proportion of a Plat for fortification.
    • A new inuention, and almost inuincible forme of fortifi∣cation, against the furious battery of Artillarie.
    • The proportion of the Fortresse, which may be deuided into 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. or more Bulwarks at the Ingeniours discretion.
  • THE SIXT BOOKE OF MILITA∣RIE DIRECTIONS, INTREATING OF the office of the high Treasurer, the Master of the victualles and Purueyour, of the muster Master, of the warlike Coun∣sellours, and of the generall Captayne or Lieuetenant of an Armie, &c.
    • The office of the Master of the victualles and Purueyour.
    • The office of the Muster Master.
    • The office of the Master of the intelligences.
    • The Office of the warlike Counsellers.
    • The Office of the Generall and Lieuetenant of the Armie.
  • addendum
    • A generall proportion and order of prouision, for a yeere of three hundred, threescore and fiue dayes, to vic∣tuall a Garrison of one thousande Souldiours.
      • The order for the Bakehouse.
    • Certaine notes for wheate-meale and bread.
      • The order for the Brewhouse.
    • Double Beere in proporcion by the Tunne.
    • Strong Beere in proportion by the Tunne.
    • For prouision.
    • Prouision of Beefe by proportion.
    • Prouision of Mutton by proportion
    • Prouision of Porke by Proportion.
    • Prouision of Fish by proportion.
    • Prouision of Butter and Cheese.
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