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Si bellandum est, scribuntur Milites. 1. Horum Arma sunt, Galca (Cassis) 2. (quae ornatur Cristâ) Armatura, cujus partes, Torquis ferreus, 3. Thorax, 4. Brachialia, 5. Ocreae ferreae, 6. Manicae, 7. cum Loricâ 8. & Scuto (Clypeo) 9.
haec sunt Arma defen∣siva.
Offensiva sunt, Gladius, 10. Framea, 11. & Acindces, 12. qui Vaginâ, 13. reconduntur, & Cingulo, 14. vel Baltheo, 15. accin∣guntur; (Fascia militaris 16. inservit ornatui) Romphaea 17. & Pugio. 18.
In his est Manubrium, 19. cum Pomo, 20. & Verutum, 21. Cuspidatum, 22. in medio Dorsum, 23. & Acics. 24.
Reliqua arma sunt, Hasta, 25. Bipennis, 26. in quibus Hastile 27. & Mucro, 28. Clava, 29. & Caestus. 30.
Eminûs pugnatur Bombardis (Sclopetis) 31. & Sclopis, 32. quae onerantur Globis 33. è Thecâ bombarduriâ, 34. & puivere nitrato è Pyxide pulve••arid. 35.
If we be to make war, Souldiers are listed. 1. Their Arms are, A Head-piece, 2. (which is adorned with a Crest) and the Armour, whose parts are, a Collar, 3. a Brest-plate, 4. Arm-pieces, 5. Leg-pieces, 6. Greaves, 7. with a Coat of Mail, 8. and a Buckler, 9.
these are the defensive Arms.
The offensive are, A Sword, 10. a two-edged Sword, 11. a Falchion, 12. which are put up into a Scabberd, 13. and are girded with a Girdle, 14. or Belt; 15. (a Scarf, 16. serveth for ornament) a two-hand-Sword, 17. and a Dagger, 18.
In these is the Haft, 19. with the Pummel, 20. and the Blade, 21. having a Point, 22. in the middle are the Back, 23. & the Edge, 24.
The other weapons are a Pike, 25. a Halbert, 26. in which is the Haft, 27. & the Head, 28. a Club, 29. and a Whirlebat. 30.
They fight at a distance with Muskers, 31. and Pistols, 32. wc are charged wt bullets, 33. out of a bullet-bag, 34. and with Gun-powder out of a Bandalier. 35.