The art of warre, or Militarie discourses of leavying, marching, encamping; and embattailing an armie. Of building, defending, and expugning forts and fortified cities. Of ordinance, petards, and fireworks. Of the severall duties of officers, and souldiers. Of the Grecian, and Romane militia, and forming of battaillons; &c. By the Lord of Praissac. Englished by I.C.
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The art of warre, or Militarie discourses of leavying, marching, encamping; and embattailing an armie. Of building, defending, and expugning forts and fortified cities. Of ordinance, petards, and fireworks. Of the severall duties of officers, and souldiers. Of the Grecian, and Romane militia, and forming of battaillons; &c. By the Lord of Praissac. Englished by I.C.
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Du Praissac, Sieur.
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Cambridge :: Printed by Roger Daniel, printer to that famous Universitie. And are to be sold by Iohn Williams at the Crane in Pauls church-yard in London,
1639.
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Military art and science -- Early works to 1800.
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"The art of warre, or Militarie discourses of leavying, marching, encamping; and embattailing an armie. Of building, defending, and expugning forts and fortified cities. Of ordinance, petards, and fireworks. Of the severall duties of officers, and souldiers. Of the Grecian, and Romane militia, and forming of battaillons; &c. By the Lord of Praissac. Englished by I.C." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20992.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.
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Of the Commissarie Generall of the victuall.
The Commissarie Generall of the victuall ought to know the number of men which are to be fed, the place whither the munitions are to be brought, when they must begin to be distri∣buted, and how long to continue, that so he may make provision of corn, and cause the bread to be baked.
The measure of wheat at Paris is this, the muyd hath twelve septiers, the septier twelve boysseaux. The septier of wheat weigheth about 240 pound, and of meslin 220 pound.
The munition meslin is two third parts of wheat, and one third part of rye: the boysseaux of this messin weigheth about eighteen pound. There is drawn out of it three pound of bran, and fifteen pound of meal, which is kneaded with ten pound of water, whereof the paste weigheth 25 pound, of 16 ounces in the pound, and makes about 20 pound of baked bread.
To every souldier is usually given two loaves a day of ten ounces weight a piece, and one pinte of wine Paris measure, such as there is 290 in a
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muyd, and three muyds make a tun.
The Cavallrie is not fed with amunition-bread, because they are usually quartered under shelter in towns and villages. The waggons to carrie munition-bread are made after the man∣ner of tumbrels or chests, each of them is drawn by foure horses, and carrieth 1500 loaves, and a mule with wicker paniers carrieth 300.
There must be three times as much carriage as is needfull to carrie victuall for one day; as to feed five thousand mouths, there must be ten thousand loaves, and five and thirty mules or horses to carrie them; being tripled they will be one hundred & five mules, which must be had, namely, one third part to go to fetch the bread, one third part which is coming with it, and one third part which is unlading. There useth ordi∣narily to be added to the munitions one quarter of bread and wine more then needeth.
Notes
What these make of our English measures, see it in Cotgrave, and others.