A bibliography of English military books up to 1642 and of ...

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in sixe Bookes. |
Ozir morir, da la vida. |
London, \
Printedfor
William Ponsonby.
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Folio.
Collation. Arms of Herbert, lij.—Ded. to Henry, Earl of Pembroke,
and William, Lord Herbert, 112-3.—Prefs, and Verses, 114,—Glossary of
foreign technical terms, Y32-6.—Arms of Barret, ¥6,.—No catchwords.
Diags. and tables.—R.H. "
: The Theorike And Praaike Of Moderne
Warres. Booke i [-6]."—Sigs. in 6", t, A-Y ; no O.
Copies. B.M. ; Roy. Art. Inst.
Contents. A compilation from foreign writers. It is said that Shakespeare
in the passage, " The gallant militarist that had the whole theoric of war in
the knot of his scarf, and the practice in the chape of his dagger " (" All's
Well," ad iv., sc. iii.), was alluding to this book ; but the pairing of the
words, " theoric and praftic " was common, and Shakespeare need not have
wherein is proved the true
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grounds of Fight to be in the short auncient weapons, and
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that the short Sword hath aduantage of the long Sword or
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long Rapier. And the weakenesse and imper- fe