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Warre."— Sigs. in 4", A-Y. The B.M. copy bears the autograph " W.
Bayntun Grays Inn " ; also a MS. note :
" see the stratagems & art of war
both at land & sea from pag: 18 to end of y* book."
Copies. B.M.
Contents. The author, who had served in the Netherlands under Alva,
gives a clear and succinft account of that general's system.
In an interesting
passage on cavalry, he pronounces for the lance against the pistol, and
describes the manner of handling the former arm. Mendoza was the inventor
of a piece of artillery made of metal, firing a shot of one pound weight,
which, he says, would pierce a two-foot wall ; but neither the range nor
charge is given. Pp. 82-147 ^^^ °" sieges; pp. 148-165 on naval matters.
There is another trans, amongst the MS. Harl. (4138).
Bernardino de Mendoza was the son of Don Alonso, third Count of
Coruna. The date of his birth is uncertain, but there is no doubt he was
living all through the long reign of Philip II. In 1574 he became Ambassador
to England, but in
1584 was sent out of the country, "on account of
his pradlises."^ In 1 591, after thirty years of almost continuous service,
having become totally blind, he retired to the Monastery of San Bernardo in
Madrid ; here "the loss of his sight preventing him being other than a
mute Councillor," he wrote the " T6orica y Pratica de Guerra " for the use
of Philip, Prince of the Asturias, afterwards Philip III. Sir Edward Hoby
(1560-16 1 7) was the grandson of the Sir Philip Hoby who had held many
important offices under Henry VIII. [V. Orig. 580.]
68. Fifteen-ninety-eight. Barret, Robert.
The Theorike
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and Pra6like of Moderne Warres, Discoursed
in Dialogue wise.
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Wherein is declared the negledt
of Martiall discipline : the inconuenience thereof : the imperfe6lions
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of manie training Captaines : a redresse by due
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regard had : the fittest
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weapons for our Moderne Warre :
the vse of the same : the parts of |
a perfed: souldier in generall
and in particular : the Officers in degrees,
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with their seuerall
duties : the imbattailing of men in formes now most
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in vse
with figures and Tables to the same : with sundrie other
martiall points. Written by Robert Barret.
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Comprehended
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* In "A Declaration of the Causes Mooving the Queene of England to give aids
to the Defence of the People afflidbed and oppressed in the Lowe Countries " (1585)
will be found *' The just causes of dismissing of Bernardino Mendoza out of England."
See also Camden's " Annals " of 2 Eliz., 1584.
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