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.

Title: 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.

Author: Barry, Gerat.

Collection: Early English Books Online

Table of contents | Add to bookbag

The thirde division of shott of the rergarde is divided into another slive of 19. rankes of five musketes in eache ranke.95 mus. 1116.The saied 1116. souldieres are divided into ten divi∣siones as before declared and who oute of there marche they shall fall in battell eyther in singell or double fiele as occasion shall require, and the situation and disposition of the grounde shall permit, advertisinge that there did remaine 6. pikes for to guarnishe the coulores, and that in the divisiones of the lininge shott and ranke of the coulores is comprehended 2. rankes of shott and that eache one of the 4. winges dothe conteine 3. rankes more then the divisiones of the girdelinge shott, and that for cause that ordinaryly the winges are augmented with 3.4. or 5. rankes more then the girdelinge shott.Fronte of the Battell.Table of the Battell.570 p.Boddy of the battell of pikes.6 p.Remainder of pikes.95 m.Firste wing of musketes.95 m.Seconde winge of musketes.80 m.Lininge of the righte flanke.80 m.Lininge shott of the leifte flanke.95 m.Firste winge of musket. leifte flanke.95 m.Seconde winge of mus. leifte flanke.1116. 0