The compleat body of the art military ... divided into three books, the first containing the postures of the pike and musket ... the second comprehending twelve exercises ... the third setting forth the drawing up and exercising of regiments ... illustrated with varietie of figures of battail ... / by Richard Elton.

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Title: The compleat body of the art military ... divided into three books, the first containing the postures of the pike and musket ... the second comprehending twelve exercises ... the third setting forth the drawing up and exercising of regiments ... illustrated with varietie of figures of battail ... / by Richard Elton.
Author: Elton, Richard, fl. 1650.
Publication: London :: Printed by Robert Leybourn,; 1650.
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Subject terms: Military art and science -- Early works to 1800.
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The good Centurion.

THere is a Fort impregnable, a Tower
Whose top's in Heaven; which neither force nor power
Can scale or undermine, within's no guilt
It's wall'd with brass, and on a Rock tis built:
Time cannot starve, nor treason make it yield:
Good conscience is a Feast, and Faith's a Shield.
Hee's the best Souldier who hath learn'd this art
To keep with diligence his life, his heart.

William Clark Captain.