Pallas armata, Military essayes of the ancient Grecian, Roman, and modern art of war vvritten in the years 1670 and 1671 / by Sir James Turner, Knight.

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Pallas armata, Military essayes of the ancient Grecian, Roman, and modern art of war vvritten in the years 1670 and 1671 / by Sir James Turner, Knight.

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Turner, James, Sir, 1615-1686?

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London :: Printed by M.W. for Richard Chiswell ...,

1683.

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Military art and science -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• frontispiece
• title page
• TO HIS Royal Highness JAMES Duke of ALBANY and YORK, His MAJESTIES only Brother.
• TO THE Generous Reader.
• THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK.
• ERRATA.
• treatise
  • PALLAS ARMATA. Military Essays ON THE ANCIENT AND GRECIAN ART of WAR.
    • CHAP. I. Of the Ancient Militia in General.
    • CHAP. II. Of the Arms, and Order of War of the Ancients.
    • CHAP. III. Of the Election, Levy, and Arms Offensive and Defensive, of the Grecians.
    • CHAP. IV. Of their great Engines, and Machines, of their Training, and Exercising.
    • CHAP. V. Of the Grecian Infantry.
    • CHAP. VI. Aelian's marshalling the Grecian Infantry examined.
    • CHAP. VII. Of the Grecian Cavalry, with some Observations upon it.
    • CHAP. VIII. Of the Great Macedonian Phalanx, of its number, and how marshall'd; with some Observations on both.
    • CHAP. IX. Of the Grecian March, Baggage, Encamping, Guards, and of their Paean.
    • CHAP. X. One of our Modern Armies compared with the Macedonian Pha∣lanx.
  • PALLAS ARMATA▪ Military Essays ON THE ANCIENT ROMAN ART of WAR. BOOK II.
    • CHAP. I. Of the Ancient Roman Government, and Militia in General.
    • CHAP. II. Of the Military Election or Levy of the Roman Souldiers.
    • CHAP. III. Of their Arms, Offensive and Defensive, and their Military Oath.
    • CHAP. IV. Of Sieges, and Defence of Towns and Forts, and of the great Engines and Machines used in them, by the Romans, and other Ancients.
    • CHAP. V. Of the Military Exercises, Duties, Burthens, Marches, and Works of the Roman Souldiers.
    • CHAP. VI. Of the Roman Infantry, and all its several Bodies, and their Officers.
    • CHAP. VII. Of the Roman Cavalry, and all its Officers.
    • CHAP. VIII. Of their Trumpeters, Horn-winders, and of the Classicum.
    • CHAP. IX. Of the Roman Pay, Proviant, and Donatives.
    • CHAP. X. Of a Roman Legion, Marshall'd according to Titus Livius, with Lipsius his amendments.
    • CHAP. XI. Of a Legion, Marshall'd according to Vegetius.
    • CHAP. XII. Vegetius his Legion reviewed and examined.
    • CHAP. XIII. Of a Roman Legion, Marshall'd according to Polybius.
    • CHAP. XIV. Of Distances, and Intervals of the several Bodies and Batallions of the Foot and Horse.
    • CHAP. XV. Of the Roman Allies, and Auxiliaries, and the mistakes of some Authors concerning them.
    • CHAP. XVI. Of a Roman Consular army, and some Mistakes concerning it.
    • CHAP. XVII. Of a Consular Army, Marshall'd in the Field; and of some general Officers belonging to it.
    • CHAP. XVIII. Of several Figures of Armies used by the Ancients in their Battels.
    • CHAP. XIX. Of some Customes used by the Romans, and other Ancient Nati∣ons, before, in the time of, and after their Battels.
    • CHAP. XX. Of the March of a Consular Army.
    • CHAP. XXI. Of the Quartering, Encamping, and Castrametation of a Consular Army.
    • CHAP. XXII. Of Guards, Watches, Watch-word, and Rounds.
    • CHAP. XXIII. Of Prisoners of War, of Parleys, Treaties, and Articles.
    • CHAP. XXIV. Of the Military Punishments, and Rewards of the Romans, and other Ancients.
    • CHAP. XXV. Polybius his Comparison of the Macedonian Phalanx, and the Roman Legion, review'd.
  • PALLAS ARMATA. Military Essays OF THE MODERN ART of WAR. BOOK III.
    • CHAP. I. Of the Modern Militia in General.
    • CHAP. II. Of Levies, the manner of several Nations in making them. Duties of Soldiers when they are levied, their age, and how long they are bound to serve.
    • CHAP. III. Of Armour, or Defensive Arms, used by several Nations, both for their Cavalry, and their Infantry.
    • CHAP. IV. Of Offensive Arms, or Weapons used by the Cavalry of several Nations.
    • CHAP. V. Of Offensive Arms or Weapons, used by the Infantry of several Nations.
    • CHAP. VI. Master Lupton's Book against the use of the Pike examined.
    • CHAP. VII. Of Gunpowder, Artillery, its General, and Train.
    • CHAP. VIII. Of Musters, and Muster-masters, Pay, Proviant, and Service, of Treasurers, Commissaries, and Proviant-masters, and of the Military Oath.
    • CHAP. IX. Of Military Laws and Articles, of Courts of War, of the Judg-Marshal, and Provost-Marshal-General.
    • CHAP. X. Of Exercising, Drilling, and Training the several Bodies of the Cavalry, and the Infantry.
    • CHAP. XI. Of Compaies, Regiments, and Brigades of Foot, what they have been, what they are, how they are Marshal'd, of all their Offi∣cers, their Duties and Qualifications.
    • CHAP. XII. Of Troops, and Regiments of Horse, of their Officers, and of Dragoons.
      • An APPENDIX to the former CHAPTER.
    • CHAP. XIII. Of Feltmarshals, Lieutenant-Feltmarshals, Lieutenant-Generals, Ge∣nerals of the Cavalry, and Infantry, Major-Generals, and Ad∣jutant-Generals.
    • CHAP. XIV. Of a Captain General, or Generalissimo.
    • CHAP. XV. Of Intelligence, Spies, and a General Scoutmaster.
    • CHAP. XVI. Embatteling by the Square-root, examined and rejected.
    • CHAP. XVII. Of the Modern way of Embatteling and Marshalling Armies.
    • CHAP. XVIII. Of the Women, and Baggage belonging to an Army, of the General Waggon-master, and of his Duties.
    • CHAP. XIX. Of the March of an Army.
    • CHAP. XX. Of Quartering, Encamping, and Modern Castrametation. Of the Quarter-master General, and of the Quarter-master of the Ge∣neral Staff.
    • CHAP. XXI. Of Guards, Watches, Parads, Sentinels, Rounds, and Patro∣villes.
    • CHAP. XXII. Of things previous to a Battel, of a Battel it self, and of things after a Battel.
    • CHAP. XXIII. Of Retreats.
    • CHAP. XXIV. Of several ways to take fortified places, particularly of Sieges, Trenches, Approaches, Redouts, Batteries▪ Zaps, Galleries▪ Mines, Storms, and Assaults.
    • CHAP. XXV. Of the Defence of fortified places against all the ways of expugna∣tion. Of all things necessary for Forts; of Governours, of their duties and qualifications.
    • CHAP. XXVI. Of Prisoners, Parleys, Treaties, and of Articles, in our Modern Wars.
    • CHAP. XXVII. Of our Modern Military Punishments, and of Rewards.
    • CHAP. XXVIII. The Comparison made by Justus Lipsius of the Ancient and Modern Militia, examined.
    • CHAP. XXIX. Whether the profession of a Souldier be lawful.
• Books Printed for, and Sold by Richard Chiswell.