A discourse of military discipline devided into three boockes, declaringe the partes and sufficiencie ordained in a private souldier, and in each officer; servinge in the infantery, till the election and office of the captaine generall; and the laste booke treatinge of fire-wourckes of rare executiones by sea and lande, as alsoe of firtifasions [sic]. Composed by Captaine Gerat Barry Irish.

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A discourse of military discipline devided into three boockes, declaringe the partes and sufficiencie ordained in a private souldier, and in each officer; servinge in the infantery, till the election and office of the captaine generall; and the laste booke treatinge of fire-wourckes of rare executiones by sea and lande, as alsoe of firtifasions [sic]. Composed by Captaine Gerat Barry Irish.

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Barry, Gerat.

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At Bruxells :: By the vvidovve of Jhon Mommart,

M.DC.XXXIV. [1634]

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Military art and science -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• frontispiece
• title page
• TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE DAVID BARRY. EARLE OF BARRY-MOOR, VICONTE OF BUTEVANTE, BARON OF IBAUNE, LORDE OF BARRYCOURTE AND CASTELLIONES, &c.
• TO THE READER.
• THE FIRSTE BOOKE TREATINGE OF MILITARY DISCIPLINE Composed by Capt. GERAT BARRY IRISH.
  • THE FIRSTE CHAP. Declaringe the partes and sufficiency required in aprivat Souldior.
  • THE SECONDE CHAP. Treatinge of the election and office of a Corporal in a Companie of Infanterie.
  • THE THIRDE CHAP. Treatinge of the Office of Asardgente of a Companie of Infanterie.
  • THE FOURTHE CHAP. Treatinge of the election and Office of an Alferish of a Companie of Infanterie.
  • THE FIFTH CHAP. Treatinge of the election and office of a Captaine of a Companie of Infanterie.
  • THE SIXTHE CHAP. Treatinge of the election and office of a Sardgent mayor ente∣ringe withe his Regimente to Garison.
  • THE SEAVENTE CHAP. Treatinge of the election and office of a Sardgente mayor, marchinge in campaina.
    • Treatinge of severall sortes of Squadrones.
      • A Squadron square of men of 361. Souldiers of the whiche 144. are pikes, and 217. musketes.
      • A squadron square of men of 576. Souldiers of the whiche 256. are pikes, and 320. musketes devided proportionally as by the figure folowinge yove see.
      • Cross Battell.
      • Consideringe that many are ingnorante in knowinge the proportion of many sortes of squadrones and unequall numberes toughte necessary to put hire the tabel and rules for the same as hire foloweth.
      • Proportiones of inequalities is that the battell may be more broade then longe or more in fronte then in flanke.
      • To frame a Battell of 819. Souldieres, whiche shall containe so muche and the one haulf more in fronte then in flanke, whiche the Spaniarde and Italian call de tanto y medio.
      • A Squadron of so muche and one thirde parte more in fronte then in flanke.
      • A Squadron of two times more in fronte then in flanke.
      • By the figure followinge youe see the saide divisiones fall oute of theire marche in to battell, and proporsionally lined on the two flankes with the 1260. mus∣ketes, as by the divisiones of the same, and the figure followinge youe may see as the table of the divisiones of the battell hire folowinge sheoweth.
      • A battell square of men whiche ocupies place of 694. men in which battell goes avoide center which ocupies oume of 49. men apointed for the safe∣tie of hurte men and amunitiones, or for vnarmed men and bagadge.
      • battle formation
      • A battel square of men framed of six nationes, and who they shall un confused∣lie fall into battell withe grace and brevitie, dividinge to each nasion his par∣te of the vangarde, acordinge the number of men they give in relasion, as by the figure folowinge are orderly divided, to fall into battell of a soddaine withoute any crossinge or cōfusion, with the ensignes of each nation in the center of their pikes.
        • The divisiones of the pikes and the order wherewithe each nation shall marche to fall into battell withe grace and brevety.
        • The greate battell of 10000. men before spoken of, is nowe divi∣ded into three battelles square of men as by the figure folowing appeereth.
        • THE SECONDE BATTELL.
        • THE THIRDE BATTELL.
      • Hire folowethe who the full number of pikes and shott is divided into 31. divisio∣nes and who oute of theyre marche they fall into battell.
      • Three thousande men divided into six battelles of broade fronte ordered to figh∣te, as by the figure followinge yove see, the fronte of each battell is 41. and flanke 12. and 8. remaininge in the divisions of each battallon.
    • The election and office of a Master de Campe of a Regi∣mente of Infanterie.
• camp diagrams
• THE SECONDE BOOKE TREATINGE OF MILITARY DISCIPLINE, COMPOSED BY CAPT. GERAT BARRY IRISH.
  • THE FIRSTE CHAP. Bigininge with the election and office of a Campe-master generall.
  • THE SECONDE CHAP. The election of the Captaine generall of the Artillerie.
  • THE THIRDE CHAP.
  • THE FOURTHE CHAP.
  • THE FIFTH CHAP.
  • THE SIXTE CHAP. Treatinge of the Office of a Captaine generall of an Army.
• THE THIRDE BOOKE TREATINGE OF FIREWOURKES OF RARE EXECUTIONES BY SEA AND LANDE. After which followes A DISCOURSE OF THE CONFINES OF A KINGDOME; And the goode lavves to by observed in the sa∣me, and hovve it is to by fortified, and stron∣ge by arte, or by nature, or by both.
  • THE FIRSTE CHAP. Treatinge of Patarres.
    • The compositiones required to charge a pattar.
  • THE SECONDE CHAP. How to make a torche to endure againste the force of winde and raine.
  • THE THIRDE CHAP. To arme tronckes or canes made for severall executiones of this arte, the figure of which canes youe shall see hire followinge whiche are made of lighte woode and are to be of two foote or two and haulfe longe, and som shorter for cause of their weigh∣te in time of execution.
  • THE FOURTH CHAP. Another way to arme artificiall canes of fire-wourcke.
  • THE FIFTE CHAP. Artificiall bullettes, and cross barres made of fire-wourke, to shoo∣te oute of greate ordenance to burne shippes or houses, or to be shot into magasens or munition houses of the enemy oute of greate ordenance, or to be shot into the enemyes campe to bur∣ne theyre quarteres, whiche are to be made and ordered in this maner folowinge.
  • THE SIXTE CHAP.
  • THE SEAVENTHE CHAP.
  • THE EIGHTE CHAP. To arme a rowes with artificiall Fire-wourckes.
  • THE NINTHE CHAP. To arme artificiall instrumentes ordained in potes made of met∣tall filled with composisiones and mixtures of fire-wourcke, to burne of asodaine shippes gates bridges palisados or any other combustable thinge apte to kindel fire.
  • THE TENTHE CHAP. Treatinge of the confines of a Kingedome, as alsoe of the goode lawes to by observed in the same, and of many necessary instru∣ctiones thereunto apertaininge, and who the same is to by forti∣fied and stronge by arte, or by nature, or by bothe.
    • Num. I.
    • Num. II.
    • Num. III.
    • Num. IV.
    • Num. V.
    • Num. VI.
    • Num. VII.
  • THE CONCLUSION.
• THE CONTENTES OF THIS VVourcke set dovvne in breefe.
• A TABLE OF THE NOTABLESTE THINGES contained in this Booke.
• For the breefe explicatinge of the divisiones of several sortes of armes and of several sortes of battelles, i did put downe amongste the chiferes of theire divisiones and tables the letteres followinge for theire breefe explicatinge.
• errata
• APROBATION.
• quotation
• THE PRIVILEDGE.
• printer's device