The Table of the chiefe matters that are conteined in this Booke.

• HOw Captaines and their officers aswell of horsemen as of fo••eme• should reduce their bands into their simple & single order of ranks, with diuers aduertisements concerning the same. pag. 3.
• How the Captaines and officers are to teach their piquers to shoul∣der their piques. pag. 5
• How piquers should be taught by their captains and officers to aduaunce their piques and make a stand. page 9
• How all the piquers of a single band or squadron should carie all their piques vpon their right shoulder and not vpon their left. page 10.
• How to forme a single band of 5. different sorts of weapons to march in the fieldes. page 11
• How Captains marching in their single order of rankes should double or triple all their rankes by right line, or increase them by fla•kes, with diuers other particularities. pag 13.
• Where the ensignebearer, drōmers, and phifers of a single band marching in their single order of rankes, are to be placed. pa. 18
• How Ensignebearers ought to carrie their ensignes marching through a great Cittie or Towne. pa. 19.
• How Ensignebearers should be armed. pa. 19.
• Certaine particularities concerning a deputie Ensignebearer. pa. 20
• How Sergeants of bands should be armed and weaponed. pa. 20
• Vpon what licence a priuate band or squadron of horsmen and footmen being reduced into any forme, are to disorder and break• their rankes to go into their quarters to lodge. pa. 22
• How soldiors are to be taught by their Captains and officers to vpright their piques. pa. 22
• How piquers are to bee instructed by their Captains and officers to charge or receaue a charge of an other squadron of piquers. pa. 23
• How piquers should resist a charge of launces. pa. 28
• How piquers should receaue a charge of launces incase the Sergeant Maior or Captaines should thinke good to place any weapones of vol•e before them. pa. 29
• In what sort harquebuziers or mosqu•tiers are to discharge their peeces from vnder a squadron of piques. pag. 29
• A contrarie opinion to Mounseur de le Noüe. pag. 32
• How Captaines should cause their souldiors to make of flanke, or of backe frunt, pag. 35
• The different waies and orders that are to bee vsed by Coronel• or Seargeant Maiors to forme squadrons al of piquers double as broad, or a third part bro∣der in frunt than by flankes. pag▪ 36
• How a Sergeant Maior hauing reduced his squadron into forme should vppon any occasion, make it broader in frunt, and shorter by flanks, pag. 42
• Diuers waies and meanes for a Sergeant maior to place any ouerplus of bro∣ken rankes in. pag. 42
• How a Lord Marshal or Sergeant Maior their squadron beeing in fight should Page  [unnumbered] draw vp a sleeue of piquers to assa•le their enemies in flanke. pag. 43
• The squadron being formed, how a Sergeant Maior shoulde make of either of the flankes frunt, obseruing the same proportion in frunt & number of ranks by flankes, that they were before he made of flanke frunt. pag. 44
• The order that is to be taken by a Coronel, if his squadron accompanied with sleeues, winges, and troupes of weapons of volee, should happen in their march to come to a straight, how they should march, and passe through the same. pag. 47
• Where the Drommers and phifers are to bee placed, the squadron marching forwards in the enemies Countrie, the enemie beeing not in sight, as also vpon the doubt of battle. pag. 50
• Wherevpon the squadron formed and marching forward, the field peeces are to be placed and drawne. pag. 54
• Where the field peeces with their munitions are to be placed in marching tho∣rough a straight. pag. 55
• Concerning the most conuenient and sure placing of the ca•iages and bagga∣ges in passing through a straight. pag. 56
• How to form a squadron of piquers iust square in number of men both by frunt and flankes, with diuers particularities concerning the same. pag. 57
• How a sergeant maior hauing formed a iust square may vpon any occasion shor∣•en the same by flanke, and inlarge them in frunt. pag. 59
• How a squadron of halbardes enuironed about with 5. rankes of piquers should be reduced into fo•me. pag. 63
• How to reduce an English armie of 28000. or 30000. horsmen and •ootmen in∣to forme of battle, readie in all points to fight with the enemie. pag. 65
• The placing of the seuerall battles of the Ar•ie. pag. 67
• Vpon what parts of the squadrons, the men at Armes, Dimilaunces, Stra•iots, Archers and Crosbowers on horsbacke are to be placed. pag. 71
• How and where to arme the battels with field peeces. pag. 74
• How all the Cariages and baggages of the Armie should be placed in forme of a semicircle, to guard the backe and Rereward of the whole Armie. pa. 79
• Where to reduce, appoint, and place the pioners of the whole Arm•e. pag. 81
• Certen reasons alledged to prooue that a pu•ssiant Armie that dooth consist of many thousands of armed footmen, is of greater force being reduced into 5. 6. 7. or 8. battles, then only into 3. great battles of vaunguard, battle and Reregard, according to the common vse. pag. 86
• The great aduauntages of a squadron of battleaxes, enuironed about with 5. ranks of piquers, against a squadron consisting altogither of piquers. pa. 91
• How to reduce and forme a battle of necessitie or extremitie, betwixt 4. or 8▪ pi∣ques placed in square. pag. 99
• Diue•s causes and reasons to prooue that great bands of 500. vnder an ensigne, are more conuenient for all seruices in the fielde, then smal bandes of 150. pag. 100
• An Example to prooue that great bandes of footmen, are more requisite then small. pag. 104
• Concerning Ensignes and Ensignebearers of priuate bandes and squadrons, of footmen, as also concerning the Standard, and Standardbearer of an Em∣peror, or of a king. pag. 128
• Certen orders, directions, and briefe speeches to be vsed vnto harquebuziers, Page  [unnumbered] p•quers, and battleaxes, when they are in skirmish with their enemies in the field. pag. 133
• Briefe speeches to be vsed by Captaines or leaders of harquebuziers when they would reduce them into abroad square with distaunces oblique. pag. 145
• Speeches to be vsed to a broad squa•e, or to any ordered troupe of harquebu∣ziers being in a straight or ground of aduauntage where horsemen cannot charge them. pag. 146
• Briefe speeches to be vsed to mosquetiers being in a broad square. pag. 147
• Certen orders, directions and briefe speeches to be obserued by a Sergeant ma∣ior, and Captaines, and leaders of archers in the field. pag. 150
• A comparison betwixt Archers and mosquetiers, and archers and harquebuzi∣ers. pag. 154
• A comparison betwixt harquebuziers and mosquetiers. pag. 155
• Instructions to be giuen by captaines and officers to their bandes for the pas∣sing of any briefe speeches or word, pag. 157
• The dutie of trompettors and drom•ers. pag. 158
• Certen instructions and obseruations concerning the ordering and exe•c•sing of men at Armes, of dimilaunces, and also of light horsmen Stradiots, incor∣porated with archers and Crosbowers on horsebacke, for diuers purpo•es and seruices. pag. 159
• Why launces are rather to be reduced into squadron then into troupe. pag. 165
• How and in what distaunces men at Armes or dimilaunces, are to charge or receiue a charge of their enemies. pag. 167
• Diuers exercises for horsmen to be instructed and taught. pag. 168
• Into what formes light horsmen borderers or Stradiots, are to reduce them∣selues, with the waies how they should be reduced into the forme of a semi∣cicle. pag. 171
• How stradiots, archers on horseback, and Crosbowers on horseback incorpo∣rated in bands, are to behaue themselues in the field. pag. 174
• Certen proceedings and obseruations that I would wish to bee obserued in the first election, enrolling, arming and weaponing of souldiors for the defence of the Realme. pag 179
• Three principal thinges to be obserued in al right and true elections of soul∣diors. pag. 180
• Concerning the election, apparelling, arming, and weaponing of 〈◊〉 of footmen. pag. 1•7
• How all fortes of horsmen should be apparelled, armed, horsed, and weaponed. pag. 1•8
• Of what calling the mustermaisters of eu•ry shiere should be. pag 205
• The curious order that al mustermaisters are to vse in mustering of their ban is of horsmen. pag. 206
• The order that is to be vsed for the supplying of souldiors ma•med or 〈◊〉, or otherwaies decaied, or departing from their ••bitation into 〈◊〉 o∣ther Towne or hundred or out of their maisters se•uice. pag 210
• The different placing of the souldiors armors and w•••ons in all the shires of England, with the Authors opinion where he would haue them •laced, and certen other necessarie aduertisements. pag. 211
• Where and how souldiors that are inrolled to any kind of weapon ought to •x∣ercise themselues. pag. 217
• The cause wherefore the Author hath compose•〈◊〉 Booke. pag. 220