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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[Westminster :: Printed by William Caxton,
1484]
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Military art and science -- Early works to 1800.
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HEre begynneth the Chapytres of the fyrst book /
  • ¶The fyrst chapitre is the prologue / in whiche Crystyne excuseth her / to haue dar enterpryse to speke of so hye matere as is conteyned in thys sayd book / Capitulo / prio·
  • ¶Item how warres and bataylles emprysed by iuste and trewe quarell and ladde by theyr ryght & dwit / is a thyng of iustyce and suffred of god / Capitulo / ij
  • ¶Item how it is not leefful / but only to kynges / and to souerayn prynces to empryse of theyr singuler auctoryte wer¦res and bataylles / Capitulo / iij
  • ...

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  • ¶Item what ben the moeuynges wherof comuney o••••∣den warres and bataylles Capio▪ / iiij
  • ¶Item the consyderacyons & regardes that the kyng or so¦uerayn prynce ought to haue in entreprysyng warre / And the maners that they ought to holde byfore that they delibere and conclude / Capitulo / v
  • ¶Item it is not expedyēt that the kynge or souerayn prynce ought to goo in hys propre persone to the bataylle for the perillis of the aduerse fortune Capitulo / vj
  • ¶Item what Conestable ought to be chosen for to be maystre of the chyualrie of the kyng or souerayn prynce / and of the condycyons that he ought to haue Capio· / vij
  • ¶Item some auctours alledge to purpos of thexcercy•••• of armes / whyche therof haue spoken / and the maners whyche the valyaunt conquerours helden Capio· viij
  • ¶It the maners that thaūcyent knyghtes helden to teche & enseigne theyr childreen in the doctryne of armes / Cao· / ix
  • ¶Item yet he speketh of thesame / and the thynges of ar∣mes in whiche he enseygneth & techeth the chyldren of the comyn peple / Capio· / x
  • ¶Item of the propretees that men of armes ought to ha¦ue & in whiche they ought to be enformed / Capio· / xj
  • ¶Item of the maners that belongen to a good Conestable or captayne to holde in his offyce / Capio· / xij
  • ¶Item of the manere that belongeth to a Capytayne to holde in the fayte to lodge his hoost after the bokes of ar∣mes / Capo· / xiij
  • ¶Item of thesame / Capitulo / xiiij
  • ¶Item here deuyseth yf it be nede that the capytayne ought to haue / to take hede vpon his hoost / Capio· / xvo·
  • ¶Item the manere that the captayne ought to holde in

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  • dyslodgyng fro one place to another & by the wayes where he ledeth hys hoost Capio· xvj
  • ¶Item he speketh for to make an hoost to passe ouer flodes and ryuers Capio· / xvij
  • ¶Item deuyseth the maners that behouen to the capytayn of an hoost to holde in the tyme whan he supposeth to haue haftely bataylle Capio· / xviijo·
  • ¶Item the maners that a captayn ought to holde yf it hap¦pen that he wyll departe fro the felde wythout tabyde and gy¦ue bataylle Capio· / xix
  • ¶Item it deuyseth how yf the captayne of thoost falleth in to treattye of peas or of trews wyth hys enemyes ought to kepe hym fro the peryllis< Capo· xxo·
  • ¶Item the maners that the captayn of thoost ought to kepe the day that he hopeth to haue the batayll Cxxj
  • ¶Item deuyseth after vegece the manere to take thauaū∣tage of the felde Capo· xxij
  • ¶It deuiseth▪ in short the manere after the vsage of the time present to arrenge the hoost in the felde for to fight Cxxiij
  • ¶Item he sayth yet after vegece and thaūcyents thordre for to arrenge bataylles Capio· xxiiij
  • ¶Item deuyseth after vegece seuen maners of arrengyng an hoost and to fyghte Capio· xxv
  • ¶Item of the same Capio· xxvj
  • ¶It the ordre & manere that the captayne ought to holde whan gode fortune is for him in the bataill capo· xxvij
  • ¶Item the ordre & manere that the captain ought to helde whan the fortune of the batayll is ayenst hym capo· xxviij
  • ¶Item a recapitulacyon shortly of some thyngis of the ordres aboue sayd capio· / xxix
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