The art of embattailing an army. Or, The second part of Ælians tacticks Containing the practice of the best generals of all antiquitie, concerning the formes of battailes. ... Englished and illustrated with figures and obseruations vpon euery chapter. By Captaine Iohn Bingham.
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- The art of embattailing an army. Or, The second part of Ælians tacticks Containing the practice of the best generals of all antiquitie, concerning the formes of battailes. ... Englished and illustrated with figures and obseruations vpon euery chapter. By Captaine Iohn Bingham.
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- Aelianus.
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- 1631.
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- TO THE RIGHT VVOR∣SHIPFVLL SIR HVGH HAMERSLY, Knight, one of the Aldermen and Coronels of the Honorable City of LONDON, and President of the Martiall Company, Exercising Armes in the Artillery Garden in LONDON.
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THE TACTICKS OF
AELIAN, OR THE ART OF EMBATTAI∣LING ARMIES.-
The broad-fronted Phalange, the deepe Phalange, or Herse, and the vneuen-fronted Phalange.
CHAP. XXX. -
Parembole, Protaxis, Epitaxis, Prostaxis, Entaxis, and Hypotaxis.
CHAP. XXXI. -
The Vse, and aduantage of these exercises of Armes.
CHAP. XXXIV. -
Of the Signes of Direction which are to be giuin to the Army, and of their seuerall kindes.
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Of Marching, and of the diuers kind of battels fit for a march. And first of the right induction, of the Caelembolos, and of the Triphalange to be opposed against it.
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Of Paragoge or deduction.
CHAP. XXXVII. -
Of the Phalange Antistomus.
CHAP. XXXVIII. -
(1) Of the Phalange antistomus.
CHAP. XXXIX. -
Of the Diphalange Antistomus.
CHAP. XXXX. -
Of the Peristomus Diphalange.
CHAP. XXXXI. -
Of the Diphalange homoiostomus, and of the Plinthium.
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Of the Diphalange Heterostomus.
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Of the horse Rombe, and of the foot-halfe-moone to encounter it.
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Of the Horse-battaile Heteromekes, and the Plagiophalange to bee opposed against it.
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Of another kinde of Rhombe for horse-men, and of the foot-battaile called Epicampios Emprosthia to encounter it.
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Of the foot-battaile called Cyrte, which is to be set against the Epicampios.
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Of the Tetragonall Horse-battaile, and of the wedge of foot to be opposed against it.
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Of the foot-battaile called Plesium, and of the Winding or Sawe∣fronted battaile to encounter it.
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Of Hyperphalangesis, and Hyperkerasis, and of Attenuation.
CHAP. L. -
Of conueighing the carriage of the Army.
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Of the words of Command, and certaine obseruations about them.
CHAP. LII. - CHAP. LIII.
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Of the words of direction.
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NOTES.
- 6 Aduance your Pikes.
- 7 & 8. File and ranke your selues.
- 9 Looke to your Leader.
- 10 Reare-commander order your file.
- 11 Keepe your first distances. That is, stand in your open order. For in that distance is the exercise first legunne.
- 12 Face to the Pike.
- 14 Face to the Target.
- 16 Face about to the pike or target.
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Halfe files face about to the right or left hand. -
Halfe rankes face to the right, halft to the left hand. - Halfe rankes of the right (or left) flanke, Face to the hand named.
- Flankes face one to the right the other to the left hand.
- The reare face about to the right or left hand.
- 18 Double your depth.
- Double your files to the right or left hand.
- Halfe the body double your files to the right or left hand.
- Double your files by countermarch to the right or left hand.
- Double your length.
- Double your rankes to the right or left hand.
- Bringers vp, double your front by countermarch to the right or left hand.
- Reare halfe-files, double your front by diuision to the right and left hand.
- Reare-halfe-files, enter double your front to the right or left hand.
- As you were.
- 20 The Lacedemonian Countermarch.
- Countermarch the front to the right, or to the left hand.
- Bringers vp face to the right, or to the left hand. The rest beginning at the ninth ranke, passe thorow to the same hand, and place euery man himselfe before his follower. As you were.
- 22 The Macedonian Countermarch.
- Countermarch the reare to the right or left hand. Face about to the con∣trary hand, and stand.
- File-leaders, face about, the rest of the rankes passe thorow, and place your selues behinde your next leaders.
- 24 The Chorean Countermarch.
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File-leaders, countermarch to the right or left hand, and stand, viz.when they come to the bringers vp. - Countermarch the right flanke to the left hand.
- Countermarch the left flanke to the right hand.
- Countermarch your wings into the middest of the battaile.
- Wheele the body to the Pike, or to the Target.
- Wheele the front into flanks by diuision.
- Wheele the flanks into the front.
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NOTES.
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The broad-fronted Phalange, the deepe Phalange, or Herse, and the vneuen-fronted Phalange.
- The Contents of the CHAPTERS of this BOOKE.