Military discipline: or, The young artillery man. Wherein is discoursed and showne the postures both of musket and pike: the exactest ways, & c. together with the motions which are to be used, in the exercising of a foot -company. With divers and severall formes and figures of battell .. (1635)
Barriffe, William · London, Printed by Thomas Harper · leaf 118
The right-hand-man ofthe firfi: ranke,marcheth forth right; all his ranke facing to theright9znd marching file-wife after_him. The right-hand- hand-man ?pi the Se-cond ranke, falling im-mediately after the lefthand-man of the Firftranke, all his ranke inlike manner followingof him. The… … mm PPPP mi m«5 m m p p p p m m 4* This Rankes fleingjsfooner performed,andreduced:, then Tiles file-ing: and in the Reduce-ment will prefently beready to make refi-ftance, againft any op-pofition in the Front.VVhereas i£ Piles fit-it will be a great whilebefore the File-leadersWill be able to make…
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