The Army and the Fight.

Acies & Prœlium.

When the Battel
is to be fought
the Army is set in order,
and divided into the Front, 1.
the Rere, 2.
and the Wings, 3.		Quando Pugna
committenda est,
Acies instruitur,
& dividitur in Frontem, 1.
Tergum, 2.
& Alas (Cornua), 3.
The Foot, 4.
are intermixed
with the Horse, 5.		Peditatus, 4.
intermiscetur
Equitatui, 5.
That is divided
into Companies,
this into Troops.		Ille distinguitur
in Centurias,
hic in Turmas.
These carry Banners, 6.
those Flags, 7.
in the midst of them.		Illæ in medio
ferunt Vexilla, 6.
hæ Labara, 7.
Their Officers are,
Corporals, Ensigns,
Lieutenants, Captains, 8.
Commanders of the Horse, 9.
Lieutenant Colonels,
Colonels,
and he that is the chief of all,
the General.		Eorum Præfecti sunt,
Decuriones, Signiferi,
Vicarii, Centuriones, 8.
Magistri Equitum, 9.
Tribuni,
Chiliarchæ,
& summus omnium
Imperator.
The Drummers, 10.
and the Drumslades, 11.
as also the Trumpeters, 12.
call to Arms,
and inflame the Soldier.		Tympanistæ, 10.
& Tympanotribæ, 11.
ut & Tubicines, 12.
vocant ad Arma
& inflammant Militem.
At the first Onset
the Muskets, 13. and
Ordnance, 14. are shot off.		Primo Conflictu,
Bombardæ, 13. &
Tormenta, 14. exploduntur.
Afterwards they fight, 15.
hand to hand
with Pikes and Swords.		Postea pugnatur, 15.
cominus
Hastis & Gladiis.
They that are overcome
are slain, 16.
or taken prisoners,
or run away, 17.		Victi
trucidantur, 16.
vel capiuntur,
vel aufugiunt, 17.
They that are for
the Reserve, 18.
come upon them
out of their places where
they lay in wait.		Succenturiati, 18.

superveniunt
ex insidiis.
The Carriages, 19.
are plundered.		Impedimenta, 19.
spoliantur.

[ CXLII.]

The Sea-Fight.

Pugna Navalis.

A Sea-fight
is terrible,
when huge Ships,
like Castles,
run one upon another
with their Beaks, 1.
or shatter one another
with their Ordnance, 2.
and so being bored thorow
they drink in
their own Destruction,
and are sunk, 3.		Navale prœlium
terribile est,
quum ingentes Naves,
veluti Arces,
concurrunt
Rostris, 1.
aut se invicem quassant
Tormentis, 2.
atque ita perforatæ,
imbibunt
perniciem suam
& submerguntur, 3.
Or when they are set on fire
and either by the firing
of Gun-powder, 4.
men are blown up into the air,
or are burnt in
the midst of the waters,
or else leaping into
the Sea are drowned.		Aut quum igne corripiuntur,
& vel ex incendio
pulveris tormentarii, 4.
homines ejiciuntur in ærem,
vel exuruntur in
mediis aquis,
vel etiam desilientes in
mare, suffocantur.
A Ship that flieth away, 5.
is overtaken
by those that pursue her, 6.
and is taken.		Navis fugitiva, 5.
intercipitur
ab insequentibus, 6.
& capitur.

[ CXLIII.]