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

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Chest " valued at ;^27, and a " Magazin or Store-chest *' valued at ^^48, with
contents sufficient for the needs of the 250 men under his charge.
1 1 6. Sixteen-twenty-eight. Cooke, Edward.
The Prospe6tiueGlasseof Warre. Shewing you a glimps
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of Warres Mystery, in her admirable Stratagems, Policies,
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Wayes ;
in Vidualling of an Armie, prouiding Money to
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pay Souldiers, finding out the Enemies Purposes, Traps, and
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Stratagems : Ordering of Marches, Framing of Battails,
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sundry Fights, Retreats, and the like, to auoide Battell or
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Fight. Furnished with Argument to encourage, and |
Skill
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to Instruct. By C. E. [sic] Warre is a Schoole of necessary
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Knowledge. London:
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Printedfor Michael Sparke, dwelling at
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the signe of the blue
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Bible in Greene-Arbor, 1628.
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Quarto.
Collation. Tp., Ai, has woodcut representing an encounter between
two bodies of musketeers.—Ded. to Sir John Cooke, A2-3.—Pref., A4.—
diags. (one folding).— Sigs. in 4% A-H2.—At the foot of H2, is the Advertisement
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: At the signe of the Angell in Lumberstreet, you may haue an
excellent Plotforme for the postures of Pike and Musket."
Copies. B.M.; W.O.J R.A.I.
Contents. A colleftion of notes taken from ancient and modern writers
on tadtics, but far less prolix than most of such compilations. It is a sup-
In Chap. III. Cooke
plement to "The Charadter of Warre" [No. 107].
describes, with the help of a diagram, the battle fought at Amiens between
Henry IV. of France and Albert of Austria, showing, by another diagram,
how he himself, with a force of 12,000 infantry, 4,000 cavalry, and 6 guns,
would have opposed the French king's force of equal strength.
117. Sixteen-twenty-eight.
A New Invention Of Shooting Fire-Shafts in
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Long-
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Bowes : Wherein, besides the maner of making them, there
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is contained a briefe Discourse of the vsefulnesse of them in
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our mo- derne Warres, by Sea and Land. Published by a
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England. London,
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gilt Cup in Cheape-side. |
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Printed by H, L.for lohn Bartlet, at the
Dom. do. Id. cxxviii.
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