The works of the famous Nicholas Machiavel, citizen and secretary of Florence written originally in Italian, and from thence newly and faithfully translated into English.

A Table of the Art of War.

• CCap. I. How the Seigneur Fabritio Colonna being refreshing himself one evening with some other Gentlemen in a beautiful Garden, took occasion to en∣ter upon this discourse of War. 435
• Chap. 2. A person of Honour and Condition is not to make War his profession 438
• Chap. 3. How a Commonwealth ought not (in prudence) to permit any of its Citizens to make War their profession 439
• Chap. 4. That a King ought not to permit his Subjects to make Arms their profession, for the mischiefs which do frequently en∣sue 440
• Chap. 5. In what Countries the best Souldi∣ers are to be raised 442
• Chap. 6. Whether it be best to choose you men out of the Cities, or Country 443
• Chap. 7. Of the inconvenience, and conve∣nience of Trained-Bands, or a setled Mi∣litia 444
• Chap. 8. Of what sort of people an Army is to be composed. 445
• Chap. 9. How the Romans raised their Le∣gions 446
• Chap. 10. Whether it is best for a Militia to consist of a great number or a small 447
• Chap. 11. How the inconveniencies which follow great Armies, may be preven∣ted 448
• Chap. 12. Of the Cavalry. 449

Book II.

• CHap. 1. What Arms were most used by the Ancients in their Wars. 450
• Chap. 2. Of the Arms which are used at pre∣sent, and of the invention of the Pike 451
• Chap. 3. Whether the ancient or modern is the best way of arming. ib.
• Chap. 4. How Foot should be arm'd, and of the force and convenience of Men at Arms 453
• Chap. 5. The difference betwixt men at arms and foot, and upon which we are most to re∣ly 454
• Chap. 6. How the Souldiers were exerci∣sed 455
• Chap. 7. Of what number of men, and of what arms a Battalion is to consist; and of exercising in Companies to make them ready either to give a charge, or receive it 456
• Chap. 8. Of three principal ways of drawing up a Company, and putting them into a posture to fight 458
• Chap. 9. The manner of rallying Souldiers after a rout, and to make them face about a whole Company at a time 459
• Chap. 10. To range a Company in such or∣der that it may be ready to face the enemy, on which side soever he comes 460
• Chap. 11. To draw up a Company with two horns, or another with a Piazza, or vacuity in the middle 461
• Chap. 12. Of the Baggage and Train belong∣ing to a Company; how necessary it is that they have several Officers, and of the use∣fulness of Drums 462
• Chap. 13. A discourse of the Author about military Virtue; and how it is become so despicable in our days 463
• Chap. 14. What number of horse are to be put into a Battalion, and what proportion is to be observed for their baggage 465

Book III.

• CHap. 1. The order observed by the Roman Legions when a Battel was present∣ed 466
• Chap. 2. The form observed in their Battels by the Macedonian Palanx 467
• Chap. 3. How the Swisses ordered their Bat∣talions ib.
• Chap. 4. How the Author would make use of both Greek and Roman Arms for his Battalion, and what was the ordinary Ar∣my of the Romans 468
• Chap. 5. The way of drawing up a Battalion, according to the intention of the Au∣thor 469
• Chap. 6. The description of a Battel 470
• Chap. 7. The Author's reasons for the occur∣rences in the Battel 471
• Chap. 8. The Exercises of an Army in gene∣ral 476

Book IV.

• CHap. 1. The considerations and subtilties to be used in the drawing up an Army to fight 478
• Chap. 2. The Arts which are to be used du∣ring the Fight 481
• Chap. 3. Stratagems after the Fight 482
• Chap. 4. Two other ways of ranging an Army to Fight ib.
• Chap. 5. Of the constraint and advantage a man may have to Fight 483
• Chap. 6, Directions for a General 484
• Chap. 7. Which way a Battel is to be avoided, though pressed never so earnestly by the Enemy ib.
• Chap. 8. How Souldiers are to be encouraged to fight; and how they are to be cooled and

• asswaged when their courage is too high 485
• Chap. 9. A General ought to be skilful and eloquent to persuade or dissuade as he sees occasion ib.
• Chap. 10. Certain considerations which en∣courage Souldiers, and make them as vir∣tuous as valiant 486

Book V.

• CHap. 1. How the Romans marched in an enemies Country, and in what man∣ner they are to be imitated 487
• Chap. 2. How an Army is to be marshalled to march in an enemies Country 488
• Chap. 3. How to put an Army presently into order, and draw it up, so as if upon a march it should be attack'd, it may defend it self on all sides 489
• Chap. 4. Of commands derived by word of mouth, by Drums and Trumpets, and of the nature of Pioneers 491
• Chap. 5. Of the Provisions that are necessary for an Army ib.
• Chap. 6. How the Ancients divided the spoil; and of the pay which they gave to their Souldiers 492
• Chap. 7. To know the surprizes which are con∣triving against you upon your march 493
• Chap. 8. One is to know the Country perfect∣ly well thorow which he is to pass, and keep his enterprizes secret ib.
• Chap. 9. Of certain things which are requi∣site upon a march 494
• Chap. 10. How to avoid fighting near a Ri∣ver, though pressed by the enemy; and in what manner you may pass it ib.
• Chap. 11. How to make your passage thorow a streight, though you be pressed by an ene∣my 495

Book VI.

• CHap. 1. What kind of places the Greeks and the Romans chose out for their Camps, with a short recapitulation of what has been said before 496
• Chap. 2. The form of a Camp 497
• Chap. 3. Of the several Watches and Guards about the Camp 501
• Chap. 4. To observe who goes and comes to the Camp ib.
• Chap. 5. Of Military Iustice, and the me∣thod used by the Ancients in the punish∣ment of offenders ib.
• Chap. 6. The Ancients had neither Women, nor Gaming in their Armies; and of the manner how they discamp'd 502
• Chap. 7. The safety and health of a Camp is to be regarded, and it is by no means to be besieged 503
• Chap. 8. Directions as to Provisions ib.
• Chap. 9. How to lodge more or less than four Battalions, and what number of men is sufficient to make Head against an enemy, be he as numerous as he may 504
• Chap. 10. Certain Artifices and Advertise∣ments of War ib.
• Chap. 11. How to rid ones self of an Army that is pressing upon ones h••els 505
• Chap. 12. How a man may make a Princes Favourite suspected, and divide his For∣ces 506
• Chap. 13. In what manner seditions and mu∣tinies in an Army are to be appeased 507
• Chap. 14. How the Ancient••s relyed much up∣on their auguries, and other accidents ib.
• Chap. 15. That we are not to fight with an enemy reduced to despair; and several arts that may be used to surprize him 508
• Chap. 16. How a suspected Town or Country is to be secured, and how the peoples hearts are to be gained 509
• Chap. 17. War is not to be continued in the Winter ib.

Book VII.

• CHap. 1. How Towns or Castles are to be fortified 510
• Chap. 2. What order is to be observed by him who shuts himself up in a Town, with reso∣lution to defend it 513
• Chap. 3. Advertisements for such as are di∣stressed for provisions within a Town, and for such as besiege them, and would reduce them to that necessity 514
• Chap. 4. Other advertisements both for the Besiegers and the Besieged ib.
• Chap. 5. A man is not to depend upon the countenance of the enemy, but is rather to suspect what even he sees with his eyes 515
• Chap. 6. How to disfurnish a Garison of its men, and to bring a terror upon a Town ib.
• Chap. 7. To corrupt a Garison, and take it by treachery 516
• Chap. 8. Good Guard is to be kept in all pla∣ces and times ib.
• Chap. 9. Ways to write privately to ones friends 517
• Chap. 10. How to repair a breach, and the way to defend it ib.
• Chap. 11. Of Mines 518
• Chap. 12. Good Guards are always to be kept, and your Souldiers not to be divided ib.
• Chap. 13. That when one sees himself block'd up on every side, it is good to expose ones self now and then; and of the advantages which have ensued ib.
• Chap. 14. General Rules to be observed in Military Discipline 519
• Chap. 15. The way to have many Horse in your Country 520
• Chap. 16. A General is to invent of himself, and not follow altogether the practises of his Predecessors 521
• Chap. 17. The Author returns, and with a short Discourse concludes his Book ib.
• The Marriage of Belphegor 524