The military garden, or instructions for all young souldiers and such who are disposed to learne, and have knowledge of the militarie discipline. ... Observed and set in order according to the best military practice by Iames Achesone gentleman at armes, burges of Edinburgh

The words for the handling of the Musquet for a left handed man.

* 1.1

The Musquet shouldered vpon the right shoulder.

• 1 SInke your Musquet.* 1.2
• 2 Handle your Musquet with your left hand.
• 3 Vnshoulder your Musquet and hold her vp in your left hand.
• 4 Fall backe with your left leg and left hand.
• 5 Bring your rest to your Musquet with your right hand.
• 6 Ioyne both Musquet and rest in your right hand.
• 7 Bee sure to have the mouth of your Musquet higher then

• any of your leaders shoulders head, and so no harme can bee done.
• 8 Open your pan with the middle finger and thumb of the left hana, your thumb being at the backe of the pan.
• 9 Take your pryming wyre and clense your touchholl, and blow it.
• 10 Morse with powder.
• 11 Close your pan.
• 12 Grip the but-end of your Musquet in your left hand with the rest also and shake off the loose powder.
• 13 Bring about your Musquet to your right syde.
• 14 Discharge your measure into your barrell of your Musquet.
• 15 Draw foorth your scrow with the middle finger and thumb of the left hand.
• 16 Shorten your scrow wand at your left pappe within a hand∣full.
• 17 Ram in your charge.
• 18 Draw foorth your scrow wand againe and shortenit, as before.
• 19 Put vp your scrow wand or raming sticke againe in its place.
• 20 Recover your Musquet alittle before you lift it vp.
• 21 Hold vp your Musquet in your right hand.
• 22 Take it by the but-end hard vnder the pan with your left hand and shoulder it.
• 23 Put your rest in your right hand at the inside of your Mus∣quet, and your hand at the backe of the panne.Your Musquet is now charged ready to doe service and execution vpon the enemie.
• 24 Sinke your Musquet.
• 25 Handle your Musquet with your left hand.* 1.3
• 26 Vnshoulder your Musquet.
• 27 Hold vp your Musquet in your left hand.
• ...

• 28 Bring your rest to your Musquet.
• 29 Ioyne both in your right hand.
• 30 Take foorth your match with the middle finger and thumb of the left hand.
• 31 Blow your match vnder your left arme.
• 32 Cocke your match.
• 33 Try your match.
• 34 Guard your pan with the first two fingers of the left hand, and the thumb at the backe of the pan.
• 35 Blow your match againe.
• 36 Take off your pan or put of the cover of your pan.
• 37. Present your Musquet vpon the rest, your right foote being at the rest vpon the ground.
• 38 Giue fire.
• 39 Fall off either be the right or left hand, as the word of Command is given
• 40 In going off take foorth your match, or lunte, and returne it in your right handagaine, betwixt your little finger and second finger, having two ends lighted.

Note that when you handle your Musquet with your right hand that your bandelier be over the left shoulder & vnder the right arme.

Also when you handle with the left hand that your bandeleirs be over the right shoul∣der and vnder the left arme.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The po∣sturs of the Mus∣quet.
• * 1.2

  Charging.
• * 1.3

  Discharging▪