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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05146	A discourse of military discipline devided into three boockes, declaringe the partes and sufficiencie ordained in a private souldier, and in each officer; servinge in the infantery, till the election and office of the captaine generall; and the laste booke treatinge of fire-wourckes of rare executiones by sea and lande, as alsoe of firtifasions [sic]. Composed by Captaine Gerat Barry Irish.	Barry, Gerat.	1634 (1634)	STC 1528; ESTC S106980	169,543	262

lanterne of all the army soe that they may imitate him for moste comonlie averteouse prudente and valiante generall will chuse valiante verteouse and prudente Captaines and Officeres prudente and valerouse Captaines oughte to estime verteouse valiante and skilfull souldieres The accidentes of warr are so many that it altherethe the houmore of some professores of this arte excepte they by indued with singular vertue and constancie which are founde but in verie feowe Very many dificulties doe offer in the daylie ocurrantes of warr but greate abilitie is requiered to see them prudently ordered and hardely can any master be had of suche perfection but that some times he muste err To relate in particular of the partes required in a generall it were tediouse Wherfore i will name the foure princlpal partes the Greekes and Romaines desired to occurr in such personages firste to be skillfull in the arte of warr to be valiante and of brave and prudente resolution to sheowe him selfe with greate gravitie and auctoritie and to be fortunate in his sucesses If he be acompanied with the partes and proprietie before declared it is inough Nevertheless he hase inoughe to learne For the better securitie and success of his army it is necessarie that his person be still well garded in all plases where he marches with his army And trough his valeoure and mangnanimitie findinge that he is inclined to presente him selfe the firste in all dangeres his consell of warris not to permitt him for many respectes for bienge kilth or taken prisoner it were no smale matter That besides it is an ocasion to animate the enemie and to disanimate oures wherof greate consideration oughte to be taken The Greekes and Romaines for the defence and repose of theire republike have chosen theire Captaine generalles of souldieres of greate and longe experience in martiall actiones wherby they mighte prudentlie governe and comaunde with full auctoritie and due respecte And therfore they alwaies did chuse thies personadges of men of longe practice greate experience in warr and of reepe yeares and judgement It is true that Alexander Magnus beinge but of yonge yeares begon to governe and comaunde an Army and conquered all Asia and did put the worlde in amace Somtimes it is moste conveniente that Kinges and Princes in person be presente withe theire armies for many respectes thouge theire experience be not greate but when suche ocasiones do presente they carie with them the moste anciente and experimented Captaines they finde as did Alexander of those Captaines whiche Kinge Philip his father had for his Counseleres and conductores of warr And as did Kinge Philipe of Spaine when he elected don Juan de Austria for his Captaine generall he a pointed for his Lieutenante don Luis de Suniga the gran comendador of castilla And to the contrarie who infortunate hapened to don Sebastian Kinge of Portugall not to imitate thies renoomed examples of perperpetuall memorie in his infortunate and disastred journey made into barbarie he beinge yonge and vnexperimented in warr whiche was cause of his and his armies perdicion so that yonge Princes in warres oughte to have for theire Counseleres grave and experimented Captaines none can denay but this Kinge was of a high conceite and of amoste brave and valerouse determinasion but by reson of his yonge yeares and lesse experience in warr he wanted prudence for the due conduction of such an honarble action In the honorable journey made by the famouse and renoomed conquerour Kinge Edward the thirde into France sendinge his eyldest son the Prince of wales for generall Naminge for his Counselers and Captaines the valiante prudente and renoomed Earles of oxforde warwick suffolk and salisbury where at the battell of Poytieres they made knowen theire vndeniable prudence and greate valour that at lenghte they overthrewe the whole power of france and theire Kinge Iohn and his son Philipe were taken prisoneres with very many of the frence nobilitie to the Inglish is perpetuall glorie and fame Aniball that renoomed Captaine of perpetuall memorie was but very yonge when he began to governe an army but he had for his Counseleres anciente and prudente Captaines and was ruled and governed by them till he came to understandinge givinge many famouse battelles and overthrowes to the Romaines till at the ende he was overcome with Cipio Africano that renomed Captaine of the remaines The Captaine generall oughte to informe him selfe well of the forces qualitie and condiciones of his enemy if bisonos or rawe men or oulde and experimented souldiers alsoe to be well informed of the cituation strenghte and forme of theire citties townes fortes and stronge houldes and of the convenienteste plases to passe over thire riveres Alsoe to informe him selfe of the situation of their campes so that he mighte be the better prevented when ocasion shall offer alsoe to be well informed of persones of goode judgemente and truste of all the dificulties that maie hinder him so that in due time he may prevente all necessarie prevenciones and specially see that he trusteth the relatinge of thies and many more ocasiones to persones of greate fidelitie and truste and of goode understandinge When the Captaine generall shall inter to conqueste aforaigne country he is to indevoure with speede to put him selfe in pocession of the principaleste pasadges of riveres casteles and stronge plases and with speede see them well provided with all necessaries that thereby he may put the country under subiection and that his amunitiones and all other necessaries may be transported with the more securitie from one place to another and withe speede to see all places fortified in as muche as can posible where any parte of his army beinge constrained trough extreame necessitie may safelie repaire unto For it faleth oute often times that the ocurrantes of warlike affaires are subjecte to many disgrases and may be when we leshe feare Wherfore aprudente comaunder oughte in due time to prevente suche dificulties which is the kea and securitie of his army and specially to see thies plases well provided with all sorte of amunitions and to see that they be recomended to the care and chardge of carefull vigilante prudente and valerouse Captaines When resolution is taken to scale any towne forte or stronge place firste information oughte to be taken by skillfull and trustie persones of al dificulties which mighte be suspected or feared as alsoe of the juste heighte of the walles that ladderes may be made for that purpose and not to be overlonge for bienge dangerouse for cause that the enemy may easilie turne them up side downe Thies ladderes are not to be so shorte but that they may reache to the place of theire execution for thies executiones moste comonlie are firste imploied pikemen of chosen and valerouse souldieres to make way till the shott followe to socoure them duringe whiche time they are to mantaine the place with greate valeoure till all the shott do ioyne and then with speed goe