Obseruations vpon the fiue first bookes of Cæsars commentaries setting fourth the practise of the art military in the time of the Roman Empire : wherein are handled all the chiefest point of their discipline, with the true reason of euery part, together with such instructions as may be drawn from their proceedings, for the better direction of our moderne warres / by Clement Edmunds.

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Title: Obseruations vpon the fiue first bookes of Cæsars commentaries setting fourth the practise of the art military in the time of the Roman Empire : wherein are handled all the chiefest point of their discipline, with the true reason of euery part, together with such instructions as may be drawn from their proceedings, for the better direction of our moderne warres / by Clement Edmunds.
Author: Edmondes, Clement, Sir, 1566 or 7-1622.
Publication: At London :: Printed by Peter Short, dwelling on Bredstreet hill at the signe of the Starre,; 1600.
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Subject terms: Caesar, Julius. -- De bello Gallico. -- English. -- Abridgments.; Military art and science -- Early works to 1800.; Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C. -- Early works to 1800.; Gaul -- History -- Gallic Wars, 58-51 B.C. -- Early works to 1800.
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THE OBSERVATION.

THe first attempt, which Ambiorix made vpon the campe of Sabi∣nus and Cotta, was but short; but here what with the pride of the former victorie, and the great multitude of the assailants, they con∣tinued it longer, in hope to carrie it by assault: for the first assault of a place, especially when it commeth by waie of surprise, is of greater hope to the assailant, and of greater danger to the defendant, then such as afterward are made in the sequell of the warre: for after the first brunt, the heate of the enemy is much abated, as well through the nature of a hot desire, which is most vio∣lent in the beginning, and afterward groweth colde and remisse, as also with the harmes and perill which they meete with in the incounter; and on the contra∣rie side, the defendants hauing withstood the first furie, wherein there is most terrour and distrust, grow more confident and better assured of their manhood, and in experience of their strength stand firme against anie charge whatsoeuer.