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.

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.

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