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 155
ft: The manneror way, to performe this Motion, is as fblloweth:The whole Bodiefaceth to the right $ and then theright-hand-file beingfaced, (becomes a Ranke) be-gins the Countermarch, turning downethe Inter-vals of the Ranks, (which by xk\s facing , is madethe difiance between the Files) and fo… … The young Artillery Man. j 2 3 this Countermarch, do as much to the left, and theywill be as at firft : Or( if you pleafe) take anotherof the fame kindjThc word (^Command, or dire-ction is. . Right-hand-file, face to the right, the reft paffethrough to the right, and place your felvesbefore your…
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