Here begynneth the table of the rubryshys of the boke of the fayt of armes and of chyualrye whiche sayd boke is departyd in to foure partyes ...
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- Here begynneth the table of the rubryshys of the boke of the fayt of armes and of chyualrye whiche sayd boke is departyd in to foure partyes ...
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- Christine, de Pisan, ca. 1364-ca. 1431.
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- HEre begynneth the table of the rubryshys of the boke of the fayt of armes and of Chyualrye whiche sayd boke is departyd in to foure partyes /
- table of contents
- Here begynneth the book of fayttes of armes & of Chyual∣rye / And the first chapytre is the prologue / in wh̄iche xpry∣styne of pyse excuseth hir self to haue dar enterpryse to speke of so hye matere as is conteyned in this sayd book ¶ Capitulum primum
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¶Here sheweth how warres & batailles emprised by Iuste quarelle / moened in their right & droit / is thyng of Iustice & suffred of god ¶Capitulo ij
o · -
¶Here it deuyseth how it is not leefful but to kynges & so¦uerayn prynces to empryse warre or bataylles of their sīgu¦ler auctorite / agaynst ony what someuer they be / ¶Ca
o · iij -
¶Here is deuysed what ben the mouemens wherrof fyrst sourden warres and bataylles ¶Capitulo iiij
o · - ¶Here ben deuysed the consideracions & regardes that the kynge or prynce ought to haue in the fayte to entrepryse w¦arre and the maners that he ought to holde / to fore he conclu¦de the said warre / ¶Capitulo quinto
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¶Here is deuysed how it is not expedyent that a kyng or souerain prynce goo in bataylle for the peryllis of aduersay¦re fortune ¶Capttulo vj
o · -
¶Here is deuised what conestable ought to be chosen for to be maistre of the chyualrye of the kynge or prynce: and the condycions that he ought to haue ¶Cap
o · vijo · -
¶Here alledge to purpoos of excercyte of armes som̄e auc¦tours whiche herof haue spoken / & the maners whiche helden the valiaūt aūcyens conquerours in armes / ¶Capi
o · viijo · -
¶ Here deuyseth & sheweth the manere that the noble aun¦tient worthy men kept to thyntroduction & lernyng of they¦re childre in the doctrine of fait{is} of armes ¶Capi
o · ixo · -
¶Yet of thesame ¶Capi
o · xo · -
¶Here deuysed the proprietes that men of armes ought to haue & in whiche they ought to be taught ¶Capi
o · xjo · - ¶Here begynneth to speke of the maners that behouen to a Constable or cheff captayn in executyng of his office ¶Capitulo Duodecimo
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¶ Here deuyseth the manere that to a chief captayne lon∣geth to kepe / in lodgyng of his ost / after that the bokes of armes sayen ¶Capi
o · xiijo · -
¶Yet of the same ¶Capi
o · xiiijo · -
¶Here deuiseth of the thought & care that the hed captayn ought to haue to take gode hede vpon his oost ¶Capi
o · xv -
¶Here speketh of the passage of ostis ouer flodes and Ry¦uers ¶Capi
o · xvijo · -
¶Here speketh of the maneres that the chyef captayne of an ost ought to hold & kepe whan he thinketh to have short∣ly a bataylle ¶Capitulo xviij
o · - ¶ Here sheweth the manere of behauyng that a chyef captayne ought to holde yf hyt happe that he wyl departe from the feld witout abydyng or gyuyng of eny bataylle / ¶Capitulo xix /
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¶Here sheweth how the hed captaine of an oost that falleth in a treatee of peas or taketh trewes with his enemyes ought to kepe hymself and his peple from suche peryls as he may be brought or fall in to by wylys & decepton̄ / C / xx
o · - ¶Here deuiseth shortly the manere after the vse of the time present to renge an ost in a felde for to befyght his enemyes ¶Capytulo / xxiij /
- ¶ Deuyseth yet the manere of rengynge of bataylles / ¶Capitulo / xxiiij /
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¶Deuyseth after vegece of vij maneres of arrengyng of an oost and of fyghtyng ¶Capitulo / xxv
o · - ¶Of the same ¶Capitulo / xxvj /
- ¶The ordre and the manere that the capytayne ought to kepe whan good Fortune is for hym ¶Capitulo / xxviij
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¶Here sheweth another manere of waye that the chyef capytayne ought to kepe when that the fortune of the bata∣ylle is ayenst hym / ¶Capitulo / xxvij
o · / - ¶Here foloweth a short recapytulacyon of som thinges that ben sayd a fore / ¶Capitulo / xxix
- HEre begynneth the table of the Rubrycys of the secon¦de partye of thys boke wiche speketh of the cawtel̄es or wyles of armes after frontyn that calleth theym Stra∣tagemes / And of the ordre and manere of fyghtyng / and deffensyng of townes and castelles after vegece and other Auctours / And to gyue bataylle aswell vpon ryuers as / vpon the see
- ¶Here foloweth the seconde partye of this presēt boke whi¦che speketh first of the cawtelles & wyles of armes Wherof the fyrst chapytre speketh of Scipyon
- ¶Of the duke Maryus & of Xertoryus of dynlyus & of perycles / ¶Capytulo / ij /
- ¶Of them of the cyte of Boyaux of hanybal and of De¦nys the Tyraunt / ¶Capitulo / iij /
- ¶Of them of hyspayne / of Alexandrie / of Pirre / of Lap¦cenes / of hanybal / and of other ¶Capitulo / iiij /
- ¶Of Menoles kyng of the rodes / of Scypion / of Xerto∣ryus / of Hanibal / of Lentulus / of Acoriolo / and of Ful∣uyus nobilius ¶Capitulo / v /
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¶Of Acoriolo duke of Dace of Fuluyus nobilius / of Pamynodas / of Fabyus maximus / of Scypion Affry∣can the second / of Xertoryus / and yet of Pomodas duke of Athenes ¶Capitulo / vj
o · / - ¶Here speketh of the Lacedomyens / of Iulius Cesar / of Papyrius cursor & of Pompee / ¶Capitulo / vij /
- ¶Of Alexaunder the grete / of Cesar Augustus / of Cra¦tes of Athenes / ¶Capitulo / viij /
- ¶Here it is shewed of Lisimacus kynge of macedonye / of Fabyus maximus / of Denys the tyraunt / of Alexaunder and of Yphytrates / ¶Capitulo / ix /
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¶Of amulcar duke of cartage / of haymo Emperoure of affryke / of hanybal and of valesius ¶Capitulo / x
o · / -
¶Frontyn in h̄is fourth boke saith of Cesare domycius of Emilius / of Scipion Affrycan / & of Gains scipio ¶Capitulo / xj
o · - ¶In the boke of valeryus it is said of hanybal / of a kīge of grece / of another in a semblable cas / and of the romains that had nede of souldiours ¶Capitulo / xij /
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¶Of the cawteles of the rommayns that were beseged in an oste / of Quintus metellus kynge of Sezyle and of Ha¦nibal / ¶Capitulo / xiij
o · -
¶Here begynneth to speke of the manere of be fyghtyng and sawtyng of castelles and townes / And fyrst of the manere of byldyng of theym / ¶Capitulo / xiiij
o · -
¶Here deuysed of the garnysons that behouen to castelles and townes in tyme of warre / ¶Capytulo / xv
o · / - ¶ Of habyllementes of werre / ¶Capitulo xvj
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¶How a fortresse ought to be stoored and purueyed of fresshe watre ¶Capitulo / xvij
o · / -
¶How it is of necessite that to a garnyson of a fortresse be putte gode men and true And herto gyueth an ensample ¶Capitulo / xviij
o · / -
¶Of leyenge of a syege / and of sawtyngys of fortresses ¶Capytulo / xix
o · / - ¶Here begynneth an ordynaunce of leyenge of a syege & sheweth that whyche behoueth therto for to sawte a ryght stronge place after the tyme present / ¶Capitulo / xx /
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¶Here deuyseth of the gonne pouldre that longeth to the sayd gonnes and of other stuffe ¶Capytulo xx
o · -
¶Of the gonnes mantelles / ¶Capytulo / xxij
o · - ¶Of the habillementes for to conueie & arriue the thyn∣ges that ben nedefull to an assawte ¶Capitulo / xxiij
- ¶Deuised of othre habillementes that behouen C / xxiiij
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¶ Capitulo / xxv
o · / -
¶Other habyllementes of werre ¶Capytulo / xxvi
o · / -
¶Here folowe the gonne stones ¶Capitulo / xxvij
o · / - ¶The smalle habillementes for to sawte by waye of vn∣dremynyng ¶Capytulo / xxviij /
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¶The squarre tymbre to make that that folowe / ¶Capitulo / xxix
o · / -
¶The werkmen necessary for the sayd habyllementes / ¶Capytulo / xxx
o · / - ¶Here deuyseth of the vytaylles and habyllementes and of kepers of passages / ¶Capitulo / xxxj
- ¶Deuyseth of other habyllementes ¶Capitulo xxxij
- ¶Deuysed the manere for to lette and kepe the hauen fro the enemyes ¶Capitulo / xxxiiij /
- ¶Deuysed the engyns that be couenable to the fayttes of assawtes / ¶Capitulo / xxxv /
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¶Begynneth to speke of deffensynge of castelles and vy∣taylles / ¶Capytulo / xxxv
o · / - ¶The remedyes aienst the forsaid engyns of asawte / ¶ Capitulo / xxxvj
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¶Remedye ayenst the myne / Capi
o · xxxvij -
¶Of bataylles that be made vpon the see / Capi
o · xxxviij - ¶Deuyseth of the garnysons that behouen to men of wer¦re that ben vpon the see / ¶Capytulo / xxxix
- ¶Here fynyssheth the seconde partye of thys boke / & sequent¦ly foloweth the thirde partye that speketh of the ryghtes of armes after the lawes /
- ¶The fyrst chapytre deuyseth by what meane Crystyne added to thys boke that whiche is sayd in the lawe of the fayttes of armes
- ¶Crystyne demaundeth yf by ryght the emperoure may mo¦eue werre ayenst the pope Capitulo / ij /
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¶Whether the pope may moeue werre ayenst the Empe¦roure or not ¶Capitulo iij
o · -
¶Of the puyssaunce and auctoryte of the captayne of the prynces knyghthode after the lawe / and for wh̄at thynges men of armes may renne in to capitall peyne / ¶Capytulo / iiij
o · - ¶Whether the vasselle is holden after right for to goo in hys lordys werre atte hys owne costes / ¶Capitulo / v
- ¶Whether the feed men or vassalles ben more holden to helpe theire soueraine lorde / than namely theyr naturell lorde And yf a gentyl man holdeth two feodable tenementes of two lordes whiche make werre one ayenst that other / why¦che of bothe shall the gentyl man helpe / ¶Capitulo / vj /
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¶Whether all souldyours may goo after the lawe to al manere of werre and deuyseth the parell wherynne the man of werre putteth hym self for to goo to the werre other wy
se than the ryght of werre requyreth / ¶Capitulo / vij / -
¶Here speketh of the wages of Souldyours / Capi
o · viii - ¶Whether a captayne of men of werre may chaunge and take other atte hys wylle after that they be ones reteyned / ¶Capytulo / ix /
- ¶Capitulo x /
- ¶Yf a kynge hathe werre wyth another and is wyllyng to renne hym vpon / Whether the lordes by whos landes he and hys oste muste passe / may chalenge hym the passage or not ¶Capytulo / xij /
- ¶Item and yf a man of armes boroweth horses and har¦noys and leseth them / Whether he ought to yelde them ayen ¶Capytulo / xij /
- ¶Whether subtyltees and polycyes of armes are goode and Iuste to be doon / ¶Capytulo / xiij /
- ¶Whether a man of armes that were dystressed and rob¦bed by the waye myght aske by ryght his domages vnto hys lorde / ¶Item yf a lorde sendeth som socours of men of werre to som other lorde in his werre wythout that he be soo requyred for to doo / whether the lorde to whom the sayde men of werre be thus sent / is holden to paye them of theyre wa∣ges or not / ¶Item whether men of werre may lawfully take vytalles vpon the countrey or not / ¶Capytulo / xiiij
- ¶What men ought to doo with the proyes that be goten in werre / ¶Capitulo / xv
- ¶Begynneth to speke of prysonners of werre / and howe a myghty man taken in werre ought to be yolden vnto the prynce / and howe not / ¶Capytulo / xv
- ¶Whether men ought to doo deye a chyef capytayne of an oste taken in fayttes of werre / or ellis yf he oughte to be for the prynce / And whether it is a thynge lawfull and that concerneth the ryght wryton for to make a man to paye eny raunson for hys delyueraunce / ¶Capitulo / xvij
- ¶Whether it is of ryght that men may take vpon the en¦nemyes londe / the poure laborers / ¶Capitulo / xviij /
- ¶Whether a english scoler or of som other enemyes lande were founde studyeng atte the scoles in parys myght be ta∣ken prysoner or not / ¶Capitulo / xix /
- ¶Whether a grete lorde of englande that fortunably were foūde in a forest al one as madde & out of hys witte / might of ryght be taken and putte to raunson ¶Capitulo / xx /
- ¶Yf it happed that som ambassatours cam towardys the kynge of Fraunce / and as they passed by Bordeawx shul¦de take and hyre there of englyshmen horses and cartes for to carye theyre bagage / Whether thees thynges so hyred myght be arrested within Fraunce or not / ¶Item whether an englysh preest myght be emprysonned in Fraūce or not Capytulo / xxij /
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¶Yf it happe that vpon the fronteres of Caleys be taken
som olde man englishe bourgeys or other of the said towne that neuere medled with werre wether by ryght of the lawe of armes / ought suche a man to paye raunson or not / and in lykewyse a lytel chyld or of a blynd man C / xxj / - ¶Whether a prysonner of werre may departe hens after he is shet vp and not mysdoo anempst hys maister / Capytulo / xxiij /
- ¶Whether a gentylman prysoner of good werre ought ra¦ther deye than to be false of hys othe Capytulo / xxiiij /
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¶Here finisheth the iij partie of this boke / & consequētly fo¦loweth y
e table of the rubrices of ye iiij & last partie of ye same -
¶In the first chapytre demaūded Crystyne / yf a lorde sen∣deth a saufconduyt to another his enemye / and that the sauf¦conduyt speketh but of sauf comynge / whether after right he may arreste hym atte his gooyng hom ageyne / Capi
o · / j / - ¶Yf a knyght or som other gentylman had a saufconduit for his persone & for / ix / men with him / whether he myght vn¦dre coloure of the same take wyth him in to the countrey of enemyes som grete lorde in stede of one of the ix / men / Cij
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¶Here saythe xprystyne to the mayster that she hath herself grete merueylle seeyng the litell feyth that regneth how ony body dare truste in saufconduyttes / And syn demaundeth that yf it happe that som prynce or crysten kynge gyue a
saufconduytte to som sar asyn / whether it is so that other kynges ought suffre hym to passe by them vndre vertue of the same / Capytulo / iij / - ¶Begynneth to speke of trewes / and asketh yf that while they laste betwene two werreyers / Any towne castell or other thynge may be taken one vpon other / And whether that one partye shal kepe the trewes whyche that other par¦tye hath broken or not / Capytulo / iiij /
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¶Here speketh of one manere of werre called mar
ue to wite yf it is iuste / Capytulo v -
¶Yet of the same / and whether al lordis may gyue marke
whether the kynge ought to gyue hit for a stranger that wil be made his cytezeyne / & whether scolers myght be trou∣bled by vertu of the same or not / ¶Capitulo / vj / - ¶Here begynneth to speke of champ of bataill / and asketh yf it is inste & goode that a man shall proue by his owne bo¦dy fightyng ayenst another that thing whiche is secret and vnknowen / Capitulo / vij /
- ¶For what causes the lawe Imperyal dyde ordeyne champ of bataylle ¶Capitulo / viij /
- ¶For what causes dyde ordeyne the lombardyshe lawe champ of bataylle / ¶Capitulo / ix /
- ¶How champ of bataille representeth somwhat proces of pleetyng / And whether it is of ryght that the champyons shall swere by fore they entre the felde / Capitulo x /
- ¶Asketh xprystyne / yf it hap that one of the two cham∣pyons lese som of his armes be it swerde or other thynge / whether men ought of ryght to see hit restored ayen to him ¶Item whiche of bothe / ought to enuahyshe fyrst / Item yf the kyng pardonne hym that is ouercome / Whether the vyctoryouse may aske hym the costes that he hathe doon &c̄ ¶Capitulo / xj /
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¶She asketh yf whan a man is punyshed by champ of
bataylle of som mysdede / whether the Iustice hathe nya more to doo with him or not in this byhalfe / ¶Capitulo / xij / - ¶Here deuyseth of the thynges / that a prynce oughte to see vnto byfore that he shall iuge a champ of bataylle / And how men oughte to gyue coūseyl to them that muste befight eche other / ¶Capitulo / xiij /
- ¶Asketh Crystyne whether a bataylle may be doon vpon a holy day after ryght / and whether it is taken in ryght that a man of armes may saue his sowle / And yf clerkes may goo to werre or not / ¶Capitulo / xiiij
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¶Begynneth to speke of the manere of armorye / whether euery man may take armes atte hys wylle / ¶Capi
o · / xv / - ¶In what manere may a gentylman chalenge another for armes / ¶Capitulo / xvj
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¶Deuyseth here of the armes and penoncelles and of the armo
rie ¶Capitulo / xvij / - printer's notice