The Soldier.
Miles.
| If we be to make War Soldiers are lifted, 1. | Si bellandum est scribuntur Milites. 1. |
| Their Arms are a Head-piece, 2. (which is adorned with a Crest) and the Armour, whose parts are a Collar, 3. a Breast-plate, 4. Arm-pieces, 5. Leg-pieces, 6. Greaves, 7. with a Coat of Mail, 8. and a Buckler, 9. these are the defensive Arms. | Horum Arma sunt, Galea (Cassis, 2.) (quæ ornatur Cristâ) & Armatura, cujus partes Torquis ferreus, 3. Thorax, 4. Brachialia, 5. Ocreæ ferreæ, 6. Manicæ, 7. cum Lorica, 8. & Scuto (Clypeo), 9. hæc sunt Arma defensiva. |
| The offensive are a Sword, 10. a two-edged Sword, 11. a Falchion, 12. which are put up into a Scabbard, 13. and are girded with a Girdle, 14. or Belt, 15. (a Scarf, 16. serveth for ornament) a two handed-Sword, 17. and a Dagger, 18. | Offensiva sunt Gladius, 10. Framea, 11. & Acinaces, 12. qui reconduntur Vaginâ, 13. accinguntur Cingulo, 14. vel Baltheo, 15. (Fascia militaris, 16. inservit ornatui) Romphæa, 17. & Pugio, 18. |
| In these is the Haft, 19. with the Pummel, 20. and the Blade, 21. having a Point, 22. in the middle are the Back, 23. and the Edge, 24. | In his est Manubrium, 19. cum Pomo, 20. & Verutum, 21. Cuspidatum, 22. in medio Dorsum, 23. & Acies, 24. |
| The other Weapons are a Pike, 25. a Halbert, 26. (in which is the Haft, 27. and the Head, 28.) a Club, 29. and a Whirlebat, 30. | Reliqua arma sunt Hasta, 25. Bipennis, 26. (in quibus Hastile, 27. & Mucro, 28.) Clava, 29. & Cœstus, 30. |
| They fight at a distance with Muskets, 31. and Pistols, 32. which are charged with Bullets, 33. out of a Bullet-bag, 34. and with Gun-powder out of a Bandalier, 35. | Pugnatur eminùs Bombardis (Sclopetis), 31. & Sclopis, 32. quæ onerantur Globis, 33. è Theca bombardica, 34. & Pulvere nitrato è Pyxide pulveraria, 35. |
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The Camps.
Castra.
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When a Design is undertaken the Camp, 1. is pitched and the Tents of Canvas, 2. or Straw, 3. are fastned with Stakes; and they entrench them about for security’s sake, with Bulwarks, 4. and Ditches, 5. Sentinels, 6. are also set; and Scouts, 7. are sent out. | Expeditione susceptâ, Castra, 1. locantur & Tentoria Linteis, 2. vel Stramentis, 3. figuntur Paxillis; eaque circumdant, securitatis gratiâ Aggeribus, 4. & Fossis, 5. Excubiæ, 6. constituuntur; & Exploratores, 7. emittuntur. |
| Sallyings out, 8. are made for Forage and Plunder-sake, where they often cope with the Enemy, 9. in skirmishing. | Excursiones, 8. fiunt Pabulationis & Prædæ causâ, ubi sæpius confligitur cum Hostibus, 9. velitando. |
| The Pavilion of the Lord General is in the midst of the Camp, 10. | Tentorium summi Imperatoris est in medio Castrorum, 10. |