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

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primarily for the use of English Gentlemen and Soldiers entering the States*
service. The later editions were called for by the troubles in the author's
native land. Hexham had translated the First Part into Dutch, and intended
to do the same by the other parts. His long experience of warfare, and the
careful seledlion of extracts from the best military writers of his time have
contributed to render this series [Nos. 136, 137, 163, 164] extremely valuable.
His literary labours ceased in 1643, with the preparation for the press
of an edition of " The Appendix of the Lawes, etc." He records as a somewhat
remarkable circumstance that, though he had served as a soldier for
forty-two years, and had been present in many hot engagements, yet the
enemy had never drawn one drop of blood from him.
165. Sixteen-forty-three. Norton, Robert.
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Dialogue.
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Artillery.
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The Art Of
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Great
See Bourne, William, " The Art of Shooting in Great Ordnance
[No. 38].
166. Sixteen-fifty-seven. Vere, Sir Francis.
The Commentaries Of S^ Francis Vere,
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Being
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Diverse pieces of service, wherein he had com- mand,
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written by himself in way of
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Commentary.
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Published
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. . . . Cambridge : William Dillingham, D.D.
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Printed by
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John Fields Printer to the famous University. |
Anno. Dom.
MDCLVII.
Folio.
Copies.
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B.M. (four).
Collation, Ai, short title.— Tp., A2.—Ded. to Sir Horace Townshend,
subs. William Dillingham, A3.— Pref., A4-5.—Cts. and Err., A6.—Full-page
portraits of Vere, his brother Horace, and Sir John Ogle.—6 fine maps, and
engraving of Vere's monument.—Sigs. in 4% A-Z, Aa-Dd ; A and Dd in 6*,
Dd6 blank. TheB.M.copy (5 19. fig) has MS. corrections in the margins in an
old handwriting,andon the blank leaf at the end of the volume, a list of "errata"
and the following notes :
" Quaere an auncienter Picture of S^ Francis at E.
S^ Fr 1
of Clares S^ Horace at Lady Veres." "Mapps. By Faithorne. ^r tt r Vere.
Sir Jo Ogle. 15". By Gaywood. Newport. 4. Turnholt 4. Ostend 3.
Mon"''. 3. By M"". Vaughan. Seacoasts. Calles. Low Count. 00-34 5."
Another copy, in the Grenville Library, has this note :
" Large Paper. To
this beautifiil copy of a book very rarely seen in large paper, I have prefixed an
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