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A01504	The arte of vvarre Beeing the onely rare booke of myllitarie profession: drawne out of all our late and forraine seruices, by William Garrard Gentleman, who serued the King of Spayne in his warres fourteene yeeres, and died anno. Domini. 1587. Which may be called, the true steppes of warre, the perfect path of knowledge, and the playne plot of warlike exercised: as the reader heereof shall plainly see expressed. Corrected and finished by Captaine Hichcock. Anno. 1591.	Garrard, William, d. 1587.; Hitchcock, Robert, Captain. aut; Garrard, Thomas.	1591 (1591)	STC 11625; ESTC S105703	258,437	384

dooth likewise plainly expresse the mistery hid cunning of fortifycation and declare in ample and fine drawne plots goodly plotformes needfull inuentions and noble works of great suretie and maiestie worth the noting and meete for men of warre to haue in euerlasting memory And now to tell you how thys Booke came to my handes it is to be vnderstood that a Gentleman called William Garrard seruing the King of Spayne fourteene yeeres in his warres drew and made this same Booke with great iudgement good leysure and comming into England in short time after sickned and before his death sent the sayd Booke to Sir Thomas Garrard Knight vnto whom he was a very neere kinseman Sir Thomas hauing regarde to the seruice of her Maiestie and his Countrey and seeing the time required the publishing of the same conferred with mee about the same praying me to correct the faultes of the Booke the which I haue doone with good consideration Confessing though somewhat I haue seene and red beside my experience in the warres that neuer to thys day came such a Booke into myne hands for goodnes for plainenes for perfectnes true demonstrations hoping that no man of iudgement but will yeelde due commendations to the dead deuiser of thys large and worthy volume and that the reading of the same shall so please content all that shall behold it that they shall giue their common consent that the Booke is worthy the embrasing to be red to be knowne and the directions therein to be followed The worke it selfe is sufficient to winne fauour and perswade more good matter then any Booke that euer I sawe touching the arte of warre to the reach of myne vnderstanding as knoweth Almighty GOD who send you all happines 1590. Alwaies yours in most humble manner Robert Hichcock THE FIRST BOOKE OF MILITARIE DIRECTIONS In the vvhich is set out hovv a good Souldiour Disnier and Corporall ought to behaue themselues in vvarres Togither with the Martiall Lawes of the field and other necessarie Notes and Offices And first what is to be required and necessarie to be obserued in a priuate Souldier THE platforme of a Fortresse by how much more it is planted vpon a sure foundation by so much more it is perticipant of a firme and forceable perfection which reason duelie considered it ought to lead euery man so to rule himselfe in all his affaires as he may be both apt to receiue and able to performe all vertuous valerous actions Therfore he that desires to become a Souldier of assured good quality to the intent he may be able to perseuer in each enterprise beare out euery brunt stoutly and serue sufficiently he ought to haue a strong body sound free from sicknesse of a good complexion So shall hee bee able to resist the continuall to●…le and trauaile which of necessitie hee must dailie take as continual and extreame cold in the winter immoderate heate in the Sommer in marching in the day keeping sentinell in the night and in his cold Cabben in secret ambushes and in Trenches where perchance hee shall stand a number of houers in the water and myre vp to the knees and besides vpon Bulwarkes breaches in espials i●… Sentinels perdues and such like when occasion requires and necessitie constraines of all which exploits and discommodities he must perforce be partaker Wherefore that man which is not of such sufficiencie in bodie to the end h●…e spende not his time in vaine it is verie requisite he resolue himselfe to exercise some other profession for although some do hold that few men be strong by nature but many by exercise and industrie yet that notwithstanding strength of bodie is first to bee required in respect that a Souldier must be as well acquainted and as ●…ble to beare continual trauail as a Bird can endure to fl●…e yea and to put on a resolute minde to beare all the miserics and ha●…ardes of warlike affaires A Soldier is generally i●… be chosen betwixt 18. and 4. 6. yeares Moreouer I suppose it most necessarie that euerie man according to the nature of his bodie and the inclined motion of his minde make election of his Armes and weapons as of pike halberd or 〈◊〉 neuerthelesse respect ought to be had to the p●…oportion o●… his person and to take such Armes as doth best agree with the same to a tall man a Pike to a 〈◊〉 stature a halberd and to a litle nimble person a Pe●…ce But if he preferre his proper disposition before the qualitie of his person it is verie necessarie hee exercise that weapon he makes choise of to the intent he may attaine vnto a moste perfect practise of the same for as no man at the first time when h●…e takes any toole or inst●…ument in his hand growes immediatly at that instant to be a perfect artificer euen so it is with a Sou●…dier 〈◊〉 experience hath instructed h●…m touching wh●…ch I meane to say somewhat Hee which seekes to attaine and attribute to himselfe the honourable name of a Souldier must first employ his time in practise of those Armes wherewith hee meanes to serue and so appl●…e his time that when any enterprise shall cast him foorth to make proofe thereof hee may be able to handle his Peece with due dex●…eritie and his pike with an assured 〈◊〉 since these be she weapons wherewith now Mars doth most cō●… arm his warlike troupe and trie each doubtfull fight of bloudy 〈◊〉 for in this our age experiēce practise makes apparant that Archers amongest forr●…ine Nations be neuer vsed and the Halberd but either amongst fewe or fewe in number The Archer serues to small purpose but when he is shadowed with some Trench or Bulwarke free from Hargabuse or Mushet shet Or that lyning a band of Hargabusiers he doth second them in any 〈◊〉 onset and then a whole flight of 〈◊〉 so that they be light and able to flie aboue twelue score will meru●…ilously gaule any maine battaile of footmen or Squadron of Horsmen The Halberd likewise doth onely serue in the sacke of a Towne in a b●…rach in a Sallie or Can●…isado to enter a house or in the throng of a stroken battade to execute slaughter Wherefore touching these two weapons vnlesse necessitie constrame and that Hargabusiers be wanting Archers may well be spa●…ed and these great numbers of Halberdiers and Bill men which are and haue bin in times past vsed in England may well be left off saue a sew to guard euery Ensigne and to attend vppon the Colonell or 〈◊〉 which man Army will amount●…d a 〈◊〉 number to depresse 〈◊〉 ouercome and flying enemy Therefore a Souldier must either 〈◊〉 himselfe to beare a Peece or a Pyke 〈◊〉 hee bea●…e a Peece th●…n must he first learne to hold the same to 〈◊〉 h●…s 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his two formost fingers and his th●…mbe and to plant the great 〈◊〉 on h●…s breast with a gallant sou●…dierlike grace and being ignorant to the int●…nt he may

shot in the wings and rereward as appeareth following To augment from three vnto fiue YOu may likewise by placing seuē in ranke the which is the greatest force that 100. men may be brought into place 21. shot in the front and fiftéene in ●…ch wing the which seruice being very apt to skirmish is greatly vnto the anoying of the enimie also it is readie to retyre to serue round about the battaile of pikes as before IF in marching you vnderstand or perceiue that horsemen will assault you then place fiue pikes in ranke and betwixt euerie pike a shot so marching forward they fall to be ten ranke quadrant placing your halbe●…ds and Ensigne in the midst A quadrant mixed with shot LIkewise you may for the defence of horsemen place ten ranks of pikes euerie way your shot next vnto thē your halberds and Ensigne in the midst the pikes ends couched on the ground the better to defend the enimie A quadrant defending the shot THis proportion sheweth the march or quadrant order at large of a hundreth men verie necessary to bee vsed in shew to the enemies when thou vnderstandest their ●…umbers to excéede thine Placing 7. Pikes in the Uoward also 7. pikes in the Rereward next vnto them 6. pikes in the second rankes your Billes or Halberds together with your Ensigne in the midst with the Drum and Fifte as is before mentioned the which number when thou perceiuest the enemie to take view of thine thou shalt alter and cause the second rankes of the Uoward and Rereward to steppe forward to furnish the voide spaces the which shall make of 7. thirtéene in a ranke Also if thou perceiuest the enemie pretending to encounter thee hauing no place of refuge shall cause the ranks that stepped forward to retire to their places and to sarrie close together remouing out of the second rankes into the winges the Halberds to step forward in their places wil be 7. euery way quadrāt as in the order before is mentioned your shot to bée placed in the Uoward rereward may skirmish retire as occasion serueth The March at large Practises of training appertaining to the charge of two hundreth Men. FIrst marching fiue in Ranke 40. rankes containe two hundreth men suting their weapons as before they may bée brought to these orders following auailable for diuers intents although the same for a time séeme painfull although Archers bee not as heretofore they haue bin yet is it good in some of my figures following to shew you when you haue Archers how to place them SOmetimes deuide the Pikes and the Halberds into three parts by 1●… rankes 7 to a ranke placing your Ensigne in the midst so ioining them together maketh a Hearse battaile readie at the suddaine against the enemie placing in the Uoward 40. Hargabuzers and 20. Archers and in the Rereward 10. Hargabuzers and 30. Archers LIkewise according to your ground you shall place your vttermost rankes with your best and fairest Corselets the which serueth not only to the shew but otherwise to the strength of the battaile commaunding your Officers to place 10. in a ranke the rest to follow on their march 10. in a ranke Likewise your Halberds and Ensigne in the midst which falleth to bée 10. euery way quadrant the which is a iust hundreth●… your Hargabuzers placed in the Uoward and Rereward and your Archers in the flankes the which is a iust 100. also as héere followeth SOmetimes by commaundement of the General or head Officers you are to accomplish some exploit by night the which béeing led by your guides through straites wrong ground woods c. It is nedefull that euerie pikeman and bilman take holde of his loadsmans weapon placing your shot betwixt your Pikes and your Ensigne in the midst your Pykes to march fiue in a ranke 16. rankes is iust 80. Pikes beside your Halberds The ouerplus of your shot to bee placed in the Rereward SOmetimes occasion scrueth to march through long broome corne fearne c. so that souldiers must traile their pikes from the ground close together at the halfe pikes in the Uoward the sharp ends of the pikes forward and in the Rereward the sharp ends of the pikes to the ground who may at the suddaine béeing assailed with Horsemen presently aduance and couch their pikes euery way for defence from the Horse your Hargabuzers in the front and Rereward the Archers in the flankes ALso when you shall bée called to the assaults of Townes Fortes trenches c. you must endure the great shot if it bée not dismounted wherefore the Officers must cause the soldiers to march a good distance a sunder and euerie man close to his loadsman march with expedition the shot making way to the hand weapons and all iointly together to employ themselues vnto victorie your Hargabuzers vnto the Uoward your Archers next to your Pikes as this example sheweth Certaine pointes to exercise and traine 300. men to seruice A Captaine hauing charge of 300. men that bée expert in seruice may oftentimes victoriouslie accomplish exploites and pointes of seruice to them committed which great numbers vnperfect may not attaine vnto The better to instruct the same here follow certaine Orders and strengthes in aray which practised in time conuenient may bring perfection of seruice at neede Sometime placing such numbers by 5. in ranke may bée brought to diuerse points of seruice conuenient 60. rankes containe 300. men 5. in ranke TO bring the first march of 5. in a ranke into a quadrant proportion you must deuide your long weapons into thrée parts placing soure in ranke your halbers and Ensigne in the midst and ioyned close togither fall out to be 12. quadrant euerie way your shot placed in the wings readie to skirmish in the bodie of the battaile are 120. pikes thirtie halberds and in the wings 140. shot in the rereward thirtie shot thus is the number at the sodaine brought to strength SOmetimes augment your rankes from fiue to seuen ●…o 〈◊〉 rankes containes 300. men which are to be ioyned vnto other numbers and to be brought to force SOmetimes augment these 7. rankes here adioyning to 9. the long weapons of the same containe 18. rankes your shot placed in the voward rereward as the ground may serue is a hearse or broade square By these exercises of augmenting rankes as doe appeare souldiers may be brought to perfection of order in aray and by the same be brought in quadrant or herse battaile according as numbers and ground will serue Orders of training three hundred men SOmtimes the Captaines with their bandes aforesaid be appointed to some e●…polits with such silence that Drums sound not nor clap weapons neither vse any noise vntill they haue recouered the place conuenient for their enterprises Also sometimes the Officers in Rereward sendeth a woor●… passing from man to 〈◊〉 vntil it come to the voward from one ranke to an other which may bée said Sar●…a aduance Bullet in the

and vse thereof for it séemes to mee according to the opinion of diuers expert persons that they are not onely commendable but also most profitable and doe helpe those souldiers much that do learne and exercise them and the reason is this That those souldiers which haue not as yet had discipline and be litle practised in the managing of s●…reite aray and in turning thémselues in their aray and in managing all sorts of weapons as pikes specially the hargabusiers with the which it is requisite to cause them make certaine salutations in shooting of the Bissa and also in opening of the same in such sort as the hargabusiers may stand in continuall motion redinesse to charge discharge their péeces alwayes marching in aray sometimes large sometimes straite and sometimes softly and sometimes fast it makes them very disposed nimble and readie as wel in managing their weapons as in marching iustly and with a good grace in their aray and in the battell whereby it may appeare that the making of the Bissa and Caraguolo it of great profite and of importance and those are to be reprehended that despi●…e and forgoe them as I haue said before Therefore all good souldiers are to command the iudgement of him that was first the inuentor thereof and we are to search with all diligence to imitate the same rule which I will here God willing go about succinctly and at large to declare because in my former proportions of a King an S a D and a Snaite I haue not done neither touched the manner of this Bissa or Caraguolo the which I the rather thinke necessarie to the intent euery souldier may sée with his eyes a perfect example and way how to make it and to the end his error in this his wilfulnesse arise not to be his discredite in greater causes and to those that hold them méere trifles and feare to faile therin with a litle exercise shall find it easie I haue séene some Captaines that hath made the same most gallantly to their great commendation by men of the greatest authorite in the field If therfore you would make a single Bissa obserue the order set downe in this proportion Presupposing that the figure of this Bissa here set downe is the plaine or ground where the muster is made you must begin to enter with your aray where the taile of this Bissa is turning first on the right hand afterward on the left hand winding your aray about another time on the right hand and on the left vntil such time as you sée the Ensigne be come iust into the midst of the Bissa and that you thinke it be well issuing forth after out of the head of the Bissa as here is set downe causing them to make a goodly salutation your Hargabusiers at the opening and disclosing of the aray aduertising you that these three and thrée in the Bissa are the ranks of the footemen and the D signifying the Drums the E the Ensigne so that beginning this order and well obseruing it you cannot erre The double Bissa Desiring to make a double Bissa that is more inuironed and closed then the single as here appeares you must note that the rankes ought not to be past fiue in a ranke or sixe or seuen at the most for when they are ouer large they make the aray ouer broad taking care likewise that the place be commodious and capeable that the footemen may be spred that they may march without perill of entangling aduertising them that are at the front of the aray when they march in their entring into the place of armes where they are to make the said Bissa to take so much space in the same as is conuenient to do that which in your minde you haue determined Alwayes in turning and doubling the aray holding the path and way large and marching as streit as is possible if you desire that the same shal fal out well beginning the entrie at the taile as in the single is declared turning alwayes as you may perceiue is set downe by the figure before And after that you haue made an end to double it sufficiently in the last doubling as in the single Bissa you must issue forth making large So in this double hauing ended all your turning you must go compassing and making a circuit after issuing forth you must make a generall Salua with your péeces and this will be easie and to the beholders shal appeare intricate firie A plaine rule to set the Ring in aray IT is requisite if you desire to make the King a Caraguolo to hold the same order that is set down in making of the Bissa which is that the rankes do not passe the number of sixe or 7. footemen to the intent they do not confound them in going out although they may be made of a greater nūber but thē it is requisite that those that guide thē at the front of the maine be wel practised for that it is perilous to intangle themselues Therefore you must take care to vse greater diligence in the ring and Caraguolo then you doe in the Bissa and the guider thereof must stand at the front of the aray and conduct them into the market place or where the assemblie of Armes is Presuppose therefore in your minde hauing in charge to make this ring or Caraguolo that here you sée set down in portrature to be likewise figured in your mind vpon the earth and vpon the place where you are to make it entring first where you sée the crosse and go forward marching at large and frame a round circle alwayes turning vpon the right hand leauing betwixt one circle another a large way so great that at your returne you may come within the said way where this word the issue out is set downe which doth note the turning backe when you are in the midst of the King or Caraguolo that is when you do sée you haue closed and shut them togither sufficiently hauing left betwixt the one circle and the other of the aray so much space that in the same you may returne backe so the one do not touch another Then shall you cause a goodly Salua to be made of all the Hargabusiers generally at one instant Afterwards returning backe by the left hand you shall issue foorth by that way that you haue left betwixt the one circle and the other as it is drawne in the plat where this word The issue out is marching alwayes right forth and as equally as you can and cause to be made at your issue forth another generall Salua by the Hargabusiers You may begin the said Caraguolo vpon what side yée list either vpon the right or vpon the left hand hauing care that if you begin it vpon your right in your issue forth to turne towards the left hand And so likewise if you begin vpon the left in your issuing forth to turne to the right for so you shall finde the way