¶ A School for young Soldiers, Containing in brief the whole Discipline of War, especially so much as is meet for the Captain to teach, or the Soldier to learn, that is, to train or to be trained. Fit to be taught throughout England.  
Reader for thy better direction observe the course of the figures as they stand in order.  

To Captains are referred two things. 

1 Sorting of arms which should be 

2 Half pikes  
And half shot:  
And the shot,  
Half Muskets,  
Half harquebuses.  
Or two parts muskets, and one part harquebus;  
The men for the weapons, 

3 Strongest for pikes,  
Squarest for muskets,  
Nimblest for harquebus.  
The armours they shall wear shall be these following. 

4 For the pike, a morian, cuirasses, gorget, pouldron, taces, sword, girdle, hanger and pike,  
The musket, a morian, bandileir, sword, girdle, hanger, bullet, bag and rest,  
The harquebus, a morian bandilier, sword, girdle, hanger, and bullet bag: 

Postures of the Pike. 15 

9 order your pike,  
Advance your pike,  
Set down your pike  
Shoulder your pike,  
Level your pike,  
Slope your pike,  
Port your pike, 

Charge your pike,  
Check your pike,  
Trail your pike,  
Charge against the right foot and draw your sword,  
Charge your pike, backward.  
Right to your first order,  
Lay down your pike,  
Take up your pike.               

5 Forms of training dividing every company into 

6 Squadrons  
Files  
Fellowships: and then teaching 

7 Carriage of arms, which must be, 

8 Most comely, every several weapon, learning these Postures following.  
10 Use of arms, which must be the 

11 Use of the pike, in receiving or giving a charge, the first being pike against horse, the second, pike against pike; use of shot, is how to present his piece, take his level, and give his volley.  
12 March, in which 

13 Every man shall observe  
his Leader, and them of each hand, moving as they move:  
14 Motion is moving 

15 Without marching 

16 As turning on any hand,  
17 Changing of place, 

18 As doubling of ranks or Files.  
19 All moving, yet none marching, as 

20 Opening or closing of Ranks or Files. 

Postures of the Musket. 40 

March with the Musket-rest in the right hand.  
March, and with the Musket carry the rest.  
Sink your rest, and unshoulder your musket.  
Hold up your musket with the right hand, & let it sink in the left:  
In the left hand hold your musket, and carry your rest with it.  
Into the right hand take your match:  
Hold well your match between your fingers, and blow it:  
Cock your match, Try your match:  
Blow your match, and open your pan:  
Hold up your musket, and present: give fire,  
Take down your musket, and carry it with the rest:  
Vncocke your match,  
join your match again between your fingers,  
Blow your pan:  
Proine your pan, Shut your pan:  
Cast off your pan, Blow off your pan:  
Cast about your musket: Trail your rest:  
Open your charges: Charge your musket:  
Your scouring stick draw out:  
Take your scouring stick shorter:  
Ram your powder,  
Your scouring stick draw out,  
Take your scouring stick shorter:  
Put up your scouring stick home;  
Bring forward your musket with the left hand,  
Hold up your musket with the right hand, & recover your rest: Shoulder your Musket,  
March and carry the Rest with it.  
unshoulder your Musket:  
Lay your Musket in the Rest:  
Hold your Musket on the rest,  
Hold your Musket in the Rest, and with the left hand only balance.  
Take your match into the right hand:  
Guard your pan, and stand ready. 

Postures of the harquebus. 42 

Shoulder your piece and march:  
unshoulder your piece:  
With the right hand hold it up:  
In the left hand take the piece:  
In the right hand take the match:  
Hold well your match and blow it:  
Cock your match:  
Try your match:  
Blow your match:  
Open your pan:  
Present your piece:  
Give fire:  
Take down the piece, and in the left hand hold it:  
Vncocke your match;  
join it again twixt your fingers:  
Blow your pan:  
Prune your pan:  
Shut your pan:  
Shake off your pan:  
Blow off your lose corns:  
Turn about your piece:  
To your left side let it sink:  
Open your charges:  
Charge your piece:  
Your scouring stick draw out:  
Take your scouring stick shorter:  
Ram your powder:  
Your scouring stick draw out:  
Take your scouring stick shorter:  
Put up your scouring stick home:  
With the left hand, bring forward the piece:  
With the right hand hold it up:  
Shoulder your piece:  
Hold your piece well on your shoulder, and march:  
unshoulder your piece:  
In the left hand let it sink:  
With the left hand alone hold the piece:  
In the right hand take the match:  
Cock your match:  
Try your march:  
Blow off your match:  
Guard your pan and stand ready.                             

21 Sounds of the drum, which is to know, 

22 A march,  
A troup,  
A charge,  
A retreat,  
A call, The watch, going to the mine,     

 soldier  
23 Words of direction, which are,  
24 Leaders, stand forward with your Files,  
Ranks, open forward, 5 paces:  
Faces to the right hand,  
Faces to the left hand,  
Faces about:  
turn,  
Open your Files,  
Close your Files,  
Open your files to the right hand,  
Open your files to the left hand;  
Close your files to the right hand,  
Close your files to the left hand;  
Double your file to the right hand  
Double your file to the left hand.  
double your ranks to the right hand  
Double your ranks to the left hand  
As you were:  
Ranks from behind close:  
Ranks open backward, paces 5.  
Files on the right hand turn:  
Ranks on the right hand turn  
Front pass thorough,  
Followers pass thorough,  
Front as you were,  
Files as you were,  
Countermarch to the right hand,  
Countermarch to the left hand;  
Cast off your files to the right hand.  
Cast off your files to the left hand.  
double your front to the right hand  
Double your front to the left hand  
Double your rear to the right hand.  
Double your rear to the left hand  soldier     
FINIS.   

LONDON Printed for Richard Higginbotham, and are to be sold at his shop at the sign of the cardinal's hat without Newgate. 161●.