The third part of the principles of the art military practised in the warres of the United Provinces vnder the Lords the States Generall and His Highnesse the Prince of Orange : treating of severall peeces of ordnance ... : together with a list of all necessary preparations appertaining to an armie ... / written and composed by Henry Hexham.

The Office, and charge of the Generall, or Master of the Ordnance, and all other Officers subordinate vnder his Traine of Artillerie Mu∣nition, and Victuals, as the particular lists of all preparations, and necessaries belonging to an Armie shall be here demonstrated.

THe Generall or Master of the Artillerie (as is showne in my second part of the chiefe officers of the feild pag. 9.) is a very honorable charge and hath command and super inten∣dencie ouer all the Ordnance, Armes, Munitions, Engines, Materials & Instruments for worke, yea, of all things belonging to the Ordnance, and hath also absolute Commaund ouer all Inferiour Offi∣cers appartayning to the Traine of the Ordnance, as ouer the Lieutenant of The Ordnance, The Controuler, The Clarke, of the Amunition, and Materials, The Gentlemen, of the Ordnance, and Master Gunners, Cano∣niers, Armores, Inginiers, The Captaines of the Pyonters, and Mineurs, ouer all Smiths. Carpenthers, and wheel wrights, ouer all Artificers, and Handie-crafts-men, and all such as doe attend vpon the tràine of the Artillerie, Munition, and Materials. And when the Armie is to goe into the feild, he sends his wartants and patents out to all officers vnder his Charge, to meete him at the Rendevous.

Now for the better helpe, and discharging of his office, he hath a Lieutenant of the Ordnance allowed him, who in his absence hath absolute commaund also ouer this Traine, and is giuen him as an assistant, to helpe him in the execution of his Commands.

And because the Generall, or Master of the Ordnance, is commaunded in his Commission, and perticular Instruction, to keepe a perfect account of all great, and small peeces of ordnance, Equipages, Munitions, Ma∣terials, &c. he hath allowed him a Controuler of the Ordnance, which Controuler is obliged, and bound to keepe a pertinent list of all the peeces of ordnance great & small in the Arsenals, and Magazines, belonging to the Land, registring the weight of them, the Armes, and other things, that stand vpon them, as likewile what weight euery bullet is, which euery peece of ordnance doth shoote, who cast them, how they came to belong vnto the Land, moreouer, to keepe notice of all Carriages, wheeles, plated, or vnplated, yea off all thingselfe belonging to the traine of the Artillerie, as maye appeare more at large in his Instruction.

Vnto this Traine of the ordnance there are allowed two Commisses, or Clarkes, one for all things apper∣taining to the ordnance, The other ouer the Munition, Armes, Materials, Tooles, and ouer all other necessa∣ris, belonging to the Armie, as shall appeare in the list following.

The Councill of State, having resolued for the feild, they send for the Controuler of the ordnance, and giues him a list of all necessaries belonging to the Canon, where of the Controuler deliuers a coppie of yt to the Clarke of the ordnance, who receiues charge to take on certaine Conductours to the number of some 40, that by their helpe and care, all things contayned in the list, maye be in good order taken out of the Arsenals and Magazins of the Land, and to see them well embarked, or put vpon wagons to be brought with all expedition to the Rendevous appointed, and because the Ordnance, Munitions, and Materials maye be taken out of seuerall Townes and Magazins, he gives to euery Conductour his charge in writting, to lade such Ord∣nance, Munition, & Meterials, in those places as he is appointed which they are to shipp, and bring them vp to the place designed, as they will enswere to the contrarie, if any thing should be lost.

A List, or Supposition. What Ordnance, Munition, Matterials, and other necessaries, are vsefull to be carried into the feild with an Arime, as followeth.

• IMprimes for batterie 6. whole Canons reinfor∣ced, 14 Demy Canons reinforced, 6 long Feild peeces, carrying a bullet of ó lb. weight, 16 short Demy Drakes, of 24 lb. bullet, 12 quatre Ca∣non Drakes of 12 lb. bullet, 12 short Drakes, or Sa∣kers of 6 lb. bullet, & 14 small Drakes of 3 lb. bul∣let making in all 80.
• For ó whole Canon spare Cariages, 6 for the 14 demy Canon Drakes 8 for the quarter Canon Drakes, 6. for the Faulconets, and saker Drakes 12, facit in all 29.
• Spare Ship Carriages for these severall peeces of Ordnance 20.
• Spare wheeles proportionally for the Ordnance a∣boue speecifyed of all sorts. 20.
• Fore-waggons, or Carriages 80.
• Spare wheeles for the fore sayd Carriages 22.
• Block waggons & long waggons to lay, ordnance on, 25.
• Spare fore and after wheeles 12.
• Spare Thillers for the Block wagone 3.
• Spare long waggons for the Block waggons 2.
• Spare Axeltrees, and draughts 3.
• Sledges, to draw ordnance on 8.
• Fearnes, or windlaces compleat 8.
• Eshellets, ormartinets. 6.
• Yron Crowes, or Goats feete, handspikes, and levers of all soorts. 20.
• Brasse pullies, or truckles 20.
• Winches, or the Endless screwes 12.
• Yron bolts. 10.
• Spare kanns of Salett oyle, for the Engines aboue∣said 6.
• Tarr, or grease boxses, 25.
• Spare hoggs-grease for the Carriages. 1300.
• For every peece of these Ordnauce abouesaid, three ladies, three Rammers, and 3 sponges a peece fa∣cit 240.
• Spunge Copper nailes 1200.
• Sheepe skinnes, to make spunges off 400.
• Wooden levers for the Ordnance 50.
• Yron Crowes 20.
• For 6 whole Canons bullets of 48 lb. 2000.
• For 14 demy Canons, bullets of 24 lb. 3000.
• For 6 feild peeces, o •• demy culvering of 12 lb. 1500.
• For 16 Faulconets of 6 lb. bullet 1000.
• ...

• For the Demy Canon Drakes of 24 lb. 2500.
• For the quarter Canon drakes of 22 lb. 2100.
• For the Sakers of 6 ib. bullet 2100.
• For the small drakes of 3 lb. bullet 2200.
• The Gabinen and Canon bassketts, are made in the Feild, some 6. or 6. and a halfe foote high, and 3. foote in dyamiter, and costs 18. sts. d'peece Latton, Boxses for the cartredge shoot for every peece 100. facit in all 4000.
• Powder for these 80 peeces of ordnance 400000 lb.
• Match in Bundles 300000.
• Pouch-Barrils for the charging of ordnance with each a wodden hammer, and his dich 80.
• Haire-cloaths 100.
• Hurdles to plant ordnance on which are stiff 500.
• Hand Barrowes 50.
• Musket Baskets of all soorts. 1200.
• Woodden hoockes 20.
• Thiller Harnase compleate 150.
• Spare roapes & other harnase. 150.
• Plated crosse staves for the drawing roapes after every couple of horses 189.
• Whip cord to binde with all 1000 paire.
• Horse collars. 800.
• Drawing roapes of 40 fadome a peece 30.
• Half drawing roapes 30.
• Steering-roapes 60.
• Windlasse Roapes 8.
• Strycking roapes 8.
• Drawing lines ••0.
• Neck lines to drawe up shipping, or use full about ord∣nance 40.
• Ramming blocks to drive in piles, in the ground 12.
• Small Rammers to drive in piles 10.
• Spare roapes 12.
• Great Yron hammers 7.
• Beames, and underlayers for plat-formes, and other vses. 10. foote longe 500.
• Planckes for bedding & other vses 4000.
• Sparres 6000.
• Spades 1000.
• Showells 2000.
• Axses 500.
• Hatches 500.
• Hand billes 500.
• Pick axses 300.
• Mattocks 300.
• Yron hammers for the Greacers of ordnance 12.
• Lanternes 30 lb.
• Candlet 300.
• Frie-lights to putt in pitcht roopes 20.
• Leather pailes to quench frie with all 30.
• Canvas peeces, to make blinds with 30.
• Pack thred 20.
• Saile yarne 4 lb.
• Firkins of ronnd pitcht roopes 12.
• Bolts, and clenchers for the Axeltrees of Carriages, and the Block-waggons 60.
• Bolts for the Thiller carriages 60.
• Bolts and clenchers for the long waggons 60.
• After hookes for the carriages 20.
• After Nailes 50.
• Spare clenchers and wedges for the ordnance 40.
• Wedges for the block and long waggons 160.
• Small sheires, with bolts and rings 100.
• Shieres with chaines 30.
• Nailes for the bolts 150.
• Great yron Nailes 150.
• Yron Staples 100.
• Latton Boxses with cartriedge shott 1000.
• Towe of diverse sorts 100 lb.
• Bundles of roapes and Cordage 10.
• Nailes 8 ynches long 600.
• Nailes 7 ynches long 2000.
• Nailes 6 ynches long 6000.
• Nailes 5 ynches long 12000.
• Double sizd nailes 20000.
• Single sized nailes 20000.
• Small nailes and lath nailes of all sorts 20000.
• Bundles of barre yron 400 lb.
• Plate yron, and small barres for smiths 3000 lb.
• Of staue steele 1000 lb.
• Item all smiths Tooles, and vtensiles.
• All Carpenrers Tooles, as many as shalbe need full.
• Two great Morters, mounted vpon their Carriages.
• One small Morter for each 100 granades of 160 lb. fore he great, and 100 granadoes of 20 lb. for the esser.
• Hand granadoes to cast into saps, trenches, and workes.

A list of some other Materials, and necessaires, which the Clarke of the Materials vses to carrie with him to the Feild, to make a Magazine of in the Army as followeth.

• POuder for Muskettiers 500000 lb.
• Match in Bundles 80000.
• Sow-lead to cast muskett bullets with 50000.
• Moulds of 12 bullets a peece to cast in 50.
• Haire-cloaths to cover the powder with 60.
• A Great many of old peeces of sailes to make blinds with 1000.
• Spare Musketts 500.
• Spare Musket rests 1000.
• Spare Bandeliers 500.
• Spare Muskett stockes 300.
• Pikes 16 foote long besides the head 2000.
• Half-Pikes with Loops staue-feete 300.
• Corslets, and Head peeces 300.
• Armors of proofe with Caskets of proofe 100.
• Iavelines double pointed, with yron to putt through the tres of Turnepikes 1500.
• Match-Hornes to blinde light matches vpon an enterprize 3000.
• Running waggons with two wheeles, and Iave∣lins put through the Axeltres 300.
• Short Palissadoes to driue into the ground with long tenter nailes 6000.
• Yron hammers to strick the nailes in 50.
• Wodden hammers to breck open the barrils of powder 200.
• Great Boorers to boore holes with 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• Twelue firkins of foote angles, or foure square tenter nailes 12000.
• Yce spurcs with lachets 6000.
• ...

• Peeces of Bulrush bridges for an Enterprise to passe ouer a moate, or ditch 150 peeces.
• Hand-barrowes to carry sodds 150.
• Shippers hookes short and long 150.
• Long yron rakes with 3 or foure teeth 150.
• Great Beetlets 1000.
• Water scupps 200.
• Mathematicall water horse miles, to drayne out water, se figure 37. 3.
• Spiters to spit sodds with all 300.
• Bagger Netts to worke in a gallery 25.
• Crooked yron Showels, with long hafts to worke in a Gallery 12.
• Spades 10000.
• Showells plated. 2000.
• Mattocks 1000.
• Pickaxses 600.
• Great yron hammers to breake stone walles with 100.
• Axses of all sorts 1200.
• Hatchets and Hand bills 100.
• Great Pincers 8.
• Great and small hammers 38.
• Tron crowes of all sorts 30.
• Draggs 25.
• Nailes both greate and small enenuto lath nailes of all sorts 200000.
• Lanterns and blinde lanterns of all forts 40.
• Candles 400 lb.
• Torches 565.
• Fire-lights 25 and pitch roapes 600 peeces.
• Barrils of pitch 6.
• Barrils of Tarre 4.
• Woll-sacks 200.
• Howerglasses 50.
• Vntempered chaulk in barrils a last.
• Ship-Katroles of all sorts 220 single.
• Double Ship Katroles 70.
• Drawing lines to draw Shipping against the streame 60.
• Baggs to fill earth withall vpon an Approach 2000.
• Ammanition chests to put them in 6.
• Blinds of Kanuas 150 foote long each peece 200.
• Plancks, Sparrs, Heames of all forteg ood slore for ordnance, palissadoes, galleries, and other workes, some shorter, and some longer as occa∣sion maye serve.
• Great block pile-driuers, with al their roepes, and appurtenances 2.
• Tow-handed Rammers for two men to driue in pallissadoes with 20.
• 50 peeces of bulrush bridges, couvered ouer with Kanvas, with their ropes, & coards to fasten them one to on other and ankors each peeces being 10 foote long, & of ••ote broad, Corke bridges each bridg contayning 10 peeces ioyned to gether, & each 10 foote long 2.
• Cordage of all soorts 400 lb.
• Windlases or winches 2.
• Leather pailes to quench fire with 300.
• Handsawes, two handed sawes, and great timber sawes 250.
• Angers of all sorts, wimbles, & Adases 50.
• Good slore of Carpenters.
• All things necessarie for 100 Karres, to carry earth in compleate wheele Barrowes 2000.
• Spare wheels and yron pinne for them 500.
• Single sawne plāckes for the wheele barrowes 300.
• Quarter staues, or great Beacons to lay out the quarters with all with flaggs 200.
• Haspels, and Turne pikes, with their Iavelins small and great 100.
• By this List abouesaid, one maye eassely vnder∣stand, what Munitions, Materials, and ne∣cessaries are need full to be carryed into an Armie, of all which the Clarks of the Amu nition, and the Materials shalldeliuer them out by the helpe of their Conductors, as the occasion of the maye service require, and also receiues them into their Custodie againe.