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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14722	Anima'dversions of vvarre; or, A militarie magazine of the truest rules, and ablest instructions, for the managing of warre Composed, of the most refined discipline, and choice experiments that these late Netherlandish, and Swedish warres have produced. With divers new inventions, both of fortifications and stratagems. As also sundry collections taken out of the most approved authors, ancient and moderne, either in Greeke. Latine. Italian. French. Spanish. Dutch, or English. In two bookes. By Robert Ward, Gentleman and commander.	Ward, Robert, fl. 1639.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.	1639 (1639)	STC 25025; ESTC S118037	599,688	501

them he caused certaine Counter-trenches and secret Mines to be made wherein he layed divers Firkings of Powder and other murthering fire-balles hee upon the assault given retyred himselfe suffering the Enemy in great number to enter onely maintaining the inward workes seeing his opportunity he gave fire to the Mines and made a mighty slaughter of the Enemy sallying out upon them in their disordered routes put them to flight and rai●ed their Siege This was practised also at Mastriche the last Siege but one CHAP. CCIII A Policie used by the Prince of Orange to drowne the Enemy out of his Trenches and then to releeve the Towne by Boates. THe Prince of Orange hath taken the opportunity to cut thorow certaine Bankes letting in the Sea which hath forced the Enemy to break up his Siege and for his safety retyre to such Hills as were neere and in the meane time he hath releeved the Towne by Boats with Men and Munition which otherwise must have yeelded to the Enemies mercy CHAP. CCIIII A Policie used by the Spaniards against the French to prevent the power of their Horses against their Foote THe Spaniards in a Battell against the French at Lyrignola finding themselves too weake in Horse-men thought it wisedome for them to retire themselves for their better safety among the Vines Groves and such like uneven ground whereby they prevented the execution of the Horse which otherwise would have freedome by this for the Foote in plaine grounds where they might have used their beene too hard devise they got the better of the French Some have made secret Trenches covering them with Hurdles and greene swardy Turfe CHAP. CCV A Politique Stratagem whereby the Lord Poynings gained a Castle at Samerduboys in France there being no accesse to it with Ordaance THe Lord Poynings at Samerduboys in France having summoned a Castle strongly Scituated upon a Hill environed with marish ground in such sort that it was thought impossible for to bring the Cannon to batter it and therefore the Captaine of the Castle refused to yeeld untill hee saw the Cannon wherefore the Lord Poynings caused secretly a Cannon to be made of wood artificially and coloured over placing hurdles on the Marish with divers Horses to draw the Carriages as though with great difficulty they had drawne a Cānon indeed then threatning that if he caused him to shoot according to the Law of Armes they should all be put to the Sword whereupon the Captaine abused by this policie delivered up the Castle by Composition which otherwise could not have beene gained ever since no Fort is to yeeld upon Composition unlesse the Cannon discharges twice or thrice CHAP. CCVI. A Policie used by Monsieur Lautreck in the Warres at Naples to make his Forraine assistance to fight MOnsieur Lautreck in the Warres at Naples having his Army composed of sundry Nations thought it wisedome to order every Nation separately into sundry Battalions placing in the Front of the Battell those Forraine aydes and in the time of fight hee caused it to be given out that such a Nation had the Victory whereby the rest inflamed did most valiantly fight and by this devise was victorious which otherwise happily would have left him in the suddes CHAP. CCVII. How Scipio by his policie defeated the Carthaginians of their Designe SCipio drew his Army to Tunis being within the prospect of Carthage the Carthaginians made out a great Fleete to incounter with Scipio in the Haven Scipio tooke his Shippes and Hulkes and fastned them together with the tackling belonging to them causing the Maste● to serve for Rafters to fasten them together whereupon hee placed his Souldiers to maintaine the Bridge Hee left certaine places open where small 〈◊〉 might swiftly sayle out and in to fight at pleasure by this device their enterprise was impeached CHAP. CCVIII A Politique Stratagem used by Philopoemen against Nabis whereby hee cut off divers of his Souldiers and after tooke his Campe and by a second Stratagem destroyed all his men PHilopoemen Generall of the Athenian Army being incountred with a mighty Army under the conduct of Nabis and fearing his owne strength tooke the advantage of a Forde where Nabis Forces were to March over to make their approches against his Campe Philopoemen layed privily an Ambush neere the water who taking the advantage of their disordered passage s●ue many of the Assaylants and losing no opportunity hee presently caused one of his Souldiers to runne to Nabis Campe who lay strongly intrencht as a Fugitive and told him that the Athenians had a purpose to get betweene him and Lacedemon whereby they would hinder his Retreite into the City and also that he had a sure plot to stirre up the Citizens to rebell whereby they might regaine their freedome Nabis beleeving this marched secretly away in the darke only leaving a few Companies behind to shew themselves upon the Ramp●●s making great lights in their quarters the better to conceale his March But Philopoemen assaulted the Campe and chased Nabis into the Woods where he expected the favour of the night Philopoemen dreaming they would steale into Lacedemon in the darke drew certaine of his fresh Souldiers laying them in Ambuscado upon two of the principall passages that conducted to the City and causing in his owne Campe store of great lights to be made whereby they thought all at rest they ventured to creepe home by small Troopes where most of them were slaine by Philopoemens Souldiers CHAP. CCIX. A politique Stratagem to prevent an Enemy from entring the Ports being blowne open THe Duke of Burgundy comming before Bevis in France had blowne open the Ports Yet being discovered the Souldiers of the Towne made a valiant resistance the whilst others above upon the Wall threw downe many fiery Fagots that burnt downe the Bridge whereupon hee speedily retreated CHAP. CCX A politique Stratagem used by Maximilian King of the Romans whereby he tooke in the Towne of Arras MAximilian King of the Romans having promised Henry King of England to assist him in the Warres of France meeting at Bulloigne a Peace was concluded with the French by King Henry whereby Maximilian lost his journey yet thinking to get something for his penny he came to the speech of a Smith that had a poore house built upon the Wall of the Towne called Arras and by gifts and large promises made him agree to liquor the Souldiers upon the Guard and as for the Governour he was no afternoone-man this project was cleanly performed and in their drunken security the Towne was surprized CHAP. CCXI. A Policie to prevent mischiefe when two great Princes 〈◊〉 to discourse IF great Princes should capitulate upon any Articles of peace it might prove very dangerous to hazard their Persons unlesse in wisedome they make choyce of some River betweene them and their two Armies where a Bridge is to bee made over with a grated Gate on the midst to keepe them a sunder and yet may discourse thorow it also on