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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20992	The art of warre, or Militarie discourses of leavying, marching, encamping; and embattailing an armie. Of building, defending, and expugning forts and fortified cities. Of ordinance, petards, and fireworks. Of the severall duties of officers, and souldiers. Of the Grecian, and Romane militia, and forming of battaillons; &c. By the Lord of Praissac. Englished by I.C.; Discours militaires. English	Du Praissac, Sieur.; Cruso, John, d. 1681.	1639 (1639)	STC 7366; ESTC S122251	80,136	227

untill all be mixed then slake it with strong vineger To make excellent coal Take young twigs of hasle or sallow or the stock of a vine put them in small pieces into an earthen pot close covered then set the pot on the fire untill the twigs be burnt their coal is very good To make good powder for muskets and pistols Take seven parts of saltpeter one part of sulphure and one part and a quarter of charcoal or rather eight parts of saltpeter one part of sulphure and one part and one fift part of coal beat it altogether very throughly and sprinkle it over with good vineger then grain it To make roch fire Take one part of common sulphure melt it in an earthen pot being melted put into it half a part of course grained powder well dried salt-peter one third part beaten charcoal half a part put these things together by little and little being well mingled poure them on the flore and you have the roch fire To make burning brush-faggots to cast into the moat to shew light in the night Take roch fire and melt it then anoint the faggots with it or joyners chips or else anoint them with turpentine To make fireballs to set places on fire Take roch fire one part saltpeter one part campher one eighth part fine powder one eighth part beat each of them severally then mix them together with your hand and put them into an hollow ball having holes in divers places with hards amongst it Otherwise Take one part of campher one part of salt-peter half a part of sulphure one third part of coal all beaten to very fine powder then mixed with petroll untill the matter be set in clods then set it a drying the older it be the better it is then you must load the hollow balls having holes of sufficient bignesse and give fire to them by a match or week To make the match or week Take half a quarter of powder a quarter of saltpeter two ounces of aqua vitae half a septier of vineger and one pinte of urin let all this be melted together being dissolved put into it course-spun-cotten untill it have sucked it all up being warm and you shall have a violent week Take it out while it is moist and by pieces of two three or foure foot long rowl it with your hand on a table strewed with well beaten powder and being so powdred hang them in the shadow to drie then lock them up in some drie place To make a fire trunk Take a piece of light wood of three foot and an half or foure foot long bore it through from the one end to the other with a hole of an inch in diameter make the wood very smooth within and without which must be an inch thick and of a like bignesse every where place at the one end an half pike which may enter half a foot in at the hole and nail it sure whip the trunk with strong packthred then anoint and knutle it with resin and wax melted together to keep it from water The mixture of the powders are twelve parts of saltpeter six of sulphure six of canon powder six of fine powder two of glasse meanly beaten two of quicksilver and of sal armoniack beat all these severally then mix them together and make a paste of them with oyle of peter more hard then soft then take hards and make little balls with the mixture above said of the bignesse of the caliver of the trunk and let them drie and binde them with small wyer To charge the trunk put a charge of beaten powder in the bottome of the trunk without ramming of it put a ball upon that and then a little of your mixture continue thus untill it be filled augmenting the charges of powder so that the last be of two charges You are to give fire to this trunk by the mouth of it with a match or week Divers instruments to cast fireworks To make rockets All the parts following must be understood in weight and in measure The matter of rockets Take a part of beaten sulphure one part and an half of ashes of ivie or vinetree twelve parts of common gun-powder well beaten and sifted put these three sorts of powders together into a bason or other vessell and mingle them with both hands till they be well mixed together and in doing so you shall besprinkle them with a brush with common water to keep the dust from flying away and that the powders may concorporate together when you shall presse them within the concave of the rocket you must take heed of powring on too much water lest it come to a paste The concave cilinder of the rocket must be made of strong royall paper which must be rolled and mouled on a moul I will not here speak of the manipulation leaving that to the makers of them as being common and vulgar onely I will say that you cannot beat the matter for rockets too much with an iron hammer into the cilinders and that the longest osier switch is the best so as it weigh not more then the rocket These sorts of rockets the older they be the better and if they be well whipped about they will never burst The coursest powder is best because it is the easier beaten or else take the dust of powder that is that which hath not yet been grained folio 156 To make a rocket you must have a mould to mould your paper on as you see in figure H. A rammer or drift I. The mould to charge the rocket A F G O. The breech of the rocket L. The needle of iron fastned in the breech S. The bignesse of the starres T. ¶ This leaf is to be placed betwixt folio's 156 and 157 in the Art of Warre or Militarie discourses To make cornet-rockets which draw fire after them untill they burst Take a part of beaten sulphure a part of ashes of ivie or vine half a part of osier coals beaten and twelve parts of gun-powder beaten and sifted and mix it as hath been said before To make the composition of serpents which are added to rockets Take ashes of vine one part and of gun-powder beaten and sifted twelve parts and load the concaves of the quills therewith and if you would have the serpents to crack you must make them of paper as the rockets and they must have a petard of grained powder at one end To make the composition to charge starres Take one part of beaten sulphure one part of powder two parts of saltpeter and half a part of coal of osiers all being well beaten Of this composition take the bignesse of a musket bullet cover it with hards and tie it about with thred You must pierce through these starres with an iron bodkin of sufficient bignesse to thred them as a string of beads or a string of match to give fire to them Of the militia of the Grecians CHAP. XVI THeir foot were divided into two kinds pikes and

of the troops is alwayes to scoure and discover the high wayes and advenues by which the enemie might come and to be ever hovering about the enemies Armie for this cause they are to make great and long dayes-journeys but are excused of watch in the night except in their own quarters and for them onely At the siege of towns they are sent before to make waste to seize on the passages to invest the towns to skirmish and to take prisoners thereby to be informed of the estate of the town It is no disgrace for the light horse to retreat on the gallop for their dutie is to fight as well retreating as advancing ten against fifty thirty against an hundred therefore they must be well practised to make a good retreat and to single themselves out of a greater troop then their own and to charge them again in opportune time according as their courage and judgement shall give them resolution and experience shall direct them Of cuirassiers The Constable or Generall of the armie commandeth the cuirassiers and in his absence the Lieutenant Generall of the armie They are divided into troops of an hundred men at least those which belong to the King the Princes the Constables and Marshals of France the rest are not so strong The officers of every troop are a Captaine a Lieutenant in the Princes troops there be Sub-lieutenants a Cornet which is square for the cuirassiers or a Guidon which is long and split for the harquebusiers a Quartermaster a harbinger and a trumpet They may fitly march lodge or sight in the van battaile or rear according to the order prescribed by the Constable or Generall of the armie The Captains choose and dispose of places amongst all their members at their pleasure but they cannot cashier any unlesse he hath been wanting in the Kings service Their dutie is to keep close united to march soft and fair and never to turn their backs and for this reason they must be heavie armed Of the Generall of Infanterie The charge of the Generall of the Infanterie extendeth it self over all the foot much more absolutely then the Colonels of his regiment In all the regiments he maketh the Sergeant Majors Provosts Quartermasters Chirurgeons and Almoners All administrations of justice over all the foot passe in his name He hath the nomination and presenting of the Captains to the King he is also to give him information of the sufficiencie or insufficiencie of the Colonels seeing that the King bestoweth their offices upon them that so he may know all those of his kingdome which are capable as having learned their profession amongst the foot Of the Constable or Generall of the Armie He hath the command of the whole armie He ought to know all the duties and charges of the officers thereof and should be of great experience that so amongst many differing opinions which are usually in councels he may be able to choose the best He ought to be of great authoritie in his commands of great courage in combats constant and resolute in crosse accidents successefull in his enterprises and that he may be such he ought to invoke God to be propitious to him who will give him judgement to dispose his armie after the best manner and by his good discipline disposition and order to render it not onely able to overcome which is all that a Generall can do but will also make it victorious if it depend on the power and favour of the Lord of hosts Good successes or bad should not make him change countenance but to receive both modestly without discovering the passions of his soul by his countenance Impatience sluggishnesse choler crueltie or envie towards those which acquire glorie under him should not be harboured in his soul He must be resolute and well weigh the occasion of giving battaile rather then hazard all his troops in fight labouring to overcome his enemie as much by industrie as by force as in surprising him being disordered his troops being scattered wearie wet or surprised with hunger thirst cold or some other accident He is not to suffer skirmishes unlesse he see much advantage for by overcoming in these small occasions the souldier becomes more courageous assures himself of the good fortune and good leading of his commanders and easily perswades himself of the victorie He ought to consult with many but never to tell his resolution to any man or at least to very few by this means he shall render himself so practised as he shall be able wisely to lay hold on fit opportunities and the instant of occasions to prevail thereby He ought to acquire the love of all men principally of the commanders and not to wearie or tire his army too much for fear of diseases yet to cause his battaillons to be throughly exercised in all exercises of warre He ought to be rigorous towards evil men and to cause justice to be readily executed Of fireworks CHAP. XV. IN the tenth chapter hath been shewed what materials were to be provided for fireworks here shall be taught how they are to be compounded To make garlands or pitcht ropes for cressets Take of black pitch twelve pound of tallow six pound linseed oyle six pound hard resin six pound turpentine six pound melt these altogether and lay match therein untill it suck up all the composition and be well incorporated then make your garlands therewith To make torches against rain and winde Take cords of fine hemp very open twisted about the thicknesse of ones little finger beat them with a mallet till they be very soft dissolve saltpeter and boil the said cords therein then let them be dried Make a paste of sulphure and gunpowder beaten together soaked in linseed oyle untill it be liquid steep your cords in this liquour and let them drie again Then take three parts of wax two of resin one of sulphure one of black pitch half of turpentine a quarter of campher melt and mix all that well together then cover your cords after the manner of a wax candle and joyn foure of them together and in the middle of them a staff of sallow about the thicknesse of a finger prepared as the cords or matches above said To dissolve saltpeter Put to one pound of saltpeter two ounces of water then set it a melting over the fire in a kettle It will also dissolve alone but not so easily To bring saltpeter to flower Dissolve the saltpeter over the fire then stirre it with a stick untill it come to be like meal To make roch petre You must melt it alone in a kettle then let it grow cold To make flowers of sulphure Melt sulphure in a limbeck and the flowers will gather together about the helm To better the flowers of sulphure melt them and lay them into strong vineger To make an excellent sulphure take one part of flowers of sulphure melt it put into it half a part of quicksilver and stirre it softly over a small fire