1582. Ianuarij decimus. The pathwaie to martiall discipline Now newly imprinted, and deuided into three bookes. Wherevnto is added the order and vse of the Spaniards in their martiall affaires: which copie was lately found in the fort in Ireland, where the Spaniards and Italians had fortified themselues. The first booke: entreateth of the offices from the highest to the lowest, with the lawes of the field, arming, mustering, and training of souldiers. The second boore [sic]: entreateth of sundrie proportions and training of caleeuers, and how to bring bowes to a great perfection of seruice: also how to march with a campe royall: with diuers tables annexed for the present making of your battells, as otherwise to know how many paces they require in their march & battels from 500. to 10000. The third booke: comprehendeth the very right order of the Spaniards, how to traine, march, and encampe, with diuers tables therein contained.

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Author:	Styward, Thomas.
Title:	1582. Ianuarij decimus. The pathwaie to martiall discipline Now newly imprinted, and deuided into three bookes. Wherevnto is added the order and vse of the Spaniards in their martiall affaires: which copie was lately found in the fort in Ireland, where the Spaniards and Italians had fortified themselues. The first booke: entreateth of the offices from the highest to the lowest, with the lawes of the field, arming, mustering, and training of souldiers. The second boore [sic]: entreateth of sundrie proportions and training of caleeuers, and how to bring bowes to a great perfection of seruice: also how to march with a campe royall: with diuers tables annexed for the present making of your battells, as otherwise to know how many paces they require in their march & battels from 500. to 10000. The third booke: comprehendeth the very right order of the Spaniards, how to traine, march, and encampe, with diuers tables therein contained.
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Print source:	1582. Ianuarij decimus. The pathwaie to martiall discipline Now newly imprinted, and deuided into three bookes. Wherevnto is added the order and vse of the Spaniards in their martiall affaires: which copie was lately found in the fort in Ireland, where the Spaniards and Italians had fortified themselues. The first booke: entreateth of the offices from the highest to the lowest, with the lawes of the field, arming, mustering, and training of souldiers. The second boore [sic]: entreateth of sundrie proportions and training of caleeuers, and how to bring bowes to a great perfection of seruice: also how to march with a campe royall: with diuers tables annexed for the present making of your battells, as otherwise to know how many paces they require in their march & battels from 500. to 10000. The third booke: comprehendeth the very right order of the Spaniards, how to traine, march, and encampe, with diuers tables therein contained. Styward, Thomas., Gutierrez de la Vega, Luis, b. ca. 1509. De re militari. English. aut, Lichefield, Nicholas. Londini: Excudebat T[homas] E[ast, John Kingston, William How, and John Charlewood] Impensis Milonis Ienyngs, [1582]
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title page

illustration

book 1

❧Of the electing of the Generall.

Of the Generals office.

Of the office of a Generall.

The office of the Maister of the Campe.

Of the Treasurers office.

Of the Mayster of the ordinaunce.

The office of the Lieuetenaunt or Gene∣rall of horsemen.

The office of a Coronell.

Of the office of the great Sergeant or Sergeant maior.

Of the electing and office of the foure Corporals of the fields.

Of the warlike counsell and their oathes.

Of the othes that euerie officer ought to take, of what Office so euer he be. Of the Pretor,

Of the Prouost Martiall.

Of the master of the watch.

Of the chiefe Purueiour of the victuals.

Of the fire Maister.

Of the Clarke or Notarie of the Court.

Of the common crier of the Court.

Certeine necessarie points concerning the Captaines charge.

The Captaines charge.

Certeine points to the Lieuetenants charge.

The Ensigne bearers charge.

Of the Sergeant of the bands charge.

The Corporals charge.

The Disners charge.

The drummes and fiftes charge.

The Surgeons charge.

The office of the Clarke of a Band.

The Ministers charge.

Heere followeth orders which are to be obser∣ued for the furnishing of the weapons.

The Caleuers or Coriers.

Archers or long Bowes.

Pykes.

Billes.

Of mustering and training.

Sixe principal points belonging to the souldi∣ers of all estates, as heereafter doe fol∣lowe in order.

¶ The lawes and constitutions of the field.

How Captaines according to their worthinesse are preferred to great charge.

Certaine words to be vsed of the Captaine, in time of trayning.

Heere are set foorth certeine points, to traine, exercise, and in order to place one hundreth men, three in a ranke: also how to bring them into a Ring, an Esse, or a Snaile, very profitable for young Souldiers.

How to traine your men and bring them to the vse of their weapons.

¶ Here beginne certaine orders and practises to traine or place an hundred men.

Certaine practises for them that haue charge of two hundred men to seruice con∣uenient.

Orders of trayning two hundred men.

Certaine points to exercise and traine three hundred men vnto seruice conuenient.

Here followeth the fift and sixt order of trayning .300. men.

To order and imbattaile 4. hundred in quadrant proportion.

To imbattaile fiue hundred men in a quadrant pro∣portion.

¶In this booke is conteined certeine necessarie practi∣ses to bee exercised with such handes and regi∣ments, as vnto Coronels or Chieftaines, to be committed, to many ex∣ploites of seruice great∣ly auaileable.

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An order to imbattaile 900. men at the sodeine.

¶ An order to imbattaile a Co∣ronels charge.

How to imbattaile .150. men in qua∣drant proportion.

A Battaile in forme of a Crosse, very necessa∣rie to be vsed, as well in the night as by day, because all the weapons are deuided by themselues.

An excellent order of incamping, if thou standest in doubt of the enemie.

A way to march and to conduct foorth the Armie.

Of the order of the march in figure, and of the placing of the weapons.

The ordering of the lodginges.

An Oration to be made by the Generall, be∣fore the Battell be fought.

Of the ordering of the battailes before they fight.

Of the office of a Generall, when the battaile is a fighting

Of making spoile after the victorie ob∣teined.

Of that is to be done after the deedes of armes, and of burying the dead.

Of the taking of prisoners, and of the vsage of them.

Of Feasts and Tryumphes, after the Victorie.

Hauing receiued an ouerthrow how to seeke reuenge.

Of truce and intermissi∣on of warres.

Precepts and rules of warre necessarie to bee obserued as well for Generall, Captayne, as Souldiour.

tables

A discourse of the Author, with a conclu∣sion and end of the profession of Armes.