The School of Recreation (1696 edition) / Or a Guide to the Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Riding, Racing, Fireworks, Military Discipline, the Science of Defence

by R. H.

1. Close your files.
2. To The Right.
3. To the Left as you were.
4. To the Left wing, and stand.
5. To the Left by files close the Squadron.
6. To the Right as you were.
7. The Right and Left Wing Files stand.
8. By half Ranks, close Files to the Right and Left.

And by closing Files you may cleave or divide the Squadron.

The Order of closing Ranks.

1. File-leader stand. 2. By ranks close the Squadron to the Front. 3. On the Front as you were.

Or open on the Front, Or the first distances. And so be cautious in observing each Motion.

How doubling Ranks must be Ordered.

1. By half Files to the Right, double your Ranks to the Front.
2. File-leaders, advance your Ranks, File-leaders, take your Ground.

And in this manner Command likewise to the Left, the Order being one and the same in the Words of Command. [Again,]

3. The first half Files stand.
4. By half file-leaders on the Left-wing, double your Rank to the Front.

Now to reduce this, take the following Method;

1. Right-wing half Ranks, advance your Ranks.
2. Half File-leader take your Ground.
3. The first half File stand.
4. By half File-leaders on the Right and Left-wings, double your Ranks to the Front, Carocoling to the Right and Left. Then the last half File stand, and the first half file by Carocol in the Right and Left on the wings; then double our Ranks to the Rear.