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

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Mac-Keyes Regiment) levied in August 1626.
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by S"" Donald Mac-Key Lord Rhees,Colonell for
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his Majesties
service of Denmark, and reduced
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after the Battaile of Nerling,
to one Com- pany in September 1634. at
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Wormes in
the Paltz. Discharged in severall duties and Observations of
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first under the magnanimous King of Denmark,
Robert
during his warres
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against the Emperour ; afterward, under
the Invincible King of
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Sweden, during his Majesties life
time; and since, under the
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Dired:our Generall, the Rexchancellor
Oxensterne |
and his Generalls. Collected and
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gathered together at spare-houres, by Colonell
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Monro, at first Lievetenant under the
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said Regiment, to the
Noble and worthy Captaine,
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Thomas Mac-Kenyee, of Kil-
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don, Bro-
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ther to the noble Lord, the Lord Earle of
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Sea-
"-' fort; for the use of all worthie
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Cavaliers favouring the
laudable
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profession of Armes.
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To which is annexed the
Abridgement of Exercise, and di- vers prafticall Observations,
for the younger Officer
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his Consideration ; ending
with the Souldiers Meditations going on service.
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London
Printed by William Jones in Red-Crosse streete.
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1637.
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Folio.
Collation. In 2 pts., each with separate Tps., Cts., and Pag.—Ded. to
the Eledtor Palatine, )(2-3.— Pref. and Verses, )(4-A4.—Cts., etc., N2-P4
and FfF-Hhhi.—Imprimatur, dated from Hampton Court, Dec. 8. 1636,
Hhhia.—R.H. : "Monro his Expedition and Observations", " Prafticall
Observations", "An Abridgement of Exercise", and "Souldiers Meditations."—
Sigs. in 4», )(, A-P, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Hhh2.
Copies. B.M. ; R.A.I.
Contents.
Robert Munro, a cousin of Robert, Lord Foulis, had, in his youth,
served in the Scots Guards of the King of France.
In 1626, the ninth year
of the Thirty Years' War, he took service with the Scots Regiment under
t Christian IV. of Denmark. He quitted it in 1633 to beat up recruits in
England, but before his return the regiment had been cut to pieces at Nerlin.
Included in the *' Practical
Observations " are some remarks on regulations
to be observed in a garrison town, on treaties, and on artillery. In the
chapter on artillery is a list of books in which references to gunpowder and
~^o'' cannon are to be found. Sigs. O2-P4 contain a list of the British officers in
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