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

Eds. [For collefted eds. v. No. 3.] Utrecht, 1475, 4"; Parisiis, 1535,
fol. ; Lugduni Batavorum, 1644, 12°.—Fr. trans., Paris, 1488, fol. j Paris,
1527, 8°; Paris, 1536, fol.; Francfort-sur-le-Main, 1616, fol.—Ger. trans.,
Ulm 1470 fol. ; ErfFurt, 151 1, fol. ; Augsburg, 1 529, fol. ; [Augsburg]
1534, fol—It. trans., Venesia, 1525, S" (trans, by Gaetano) ; Venetia, 1540,
8°; Vinegia, 1551, 8° (trans, by Ferrosi). The "Commentary" of
Stewechius on Vegetius is first found in the 1592 ed. of the colleded works.
It was printed separately by the Plantin
Press, 1606, 4°, and again Vesaliae,
1670, 8°.
There is an English trans, of Vegetius among the Lansdowne MSS.
(285.47.), dating from 1408. The colophon runs :
" Here endeth the
boke that Clerks clepith in Latyn Vegesius de Re militari, the boke of
Vegesy of dedis of knyghthode, which boke was translatid and turnyd fr6
Latyn into Englisshe at the ordenaunce and biddyng of the worthy and
worshuppful Lorde Sir Thomas of Berkeley . . . . , the turnyng of this
booke into Englissh was wryten and endid in the vigill of Allhalowe, the
yere of our Lorde a thousand cccc and viii, the x yere of the reigne of Kyng
Herry the fourthe. . .
." Mr. Douce's note (Cat. MSS. Lansd.) is as
follows "
: It was supposed that Ebesham was the translator ; but this is a
mistake : he was merely the transcriber, and received for his trouble the sum
of ten shillings. The real translator's name appears at the end of another
copy [Mr. Douce's], on vellum, in this form : *This is his name that turned
this book fro Latyn to Englishe ton,' which rebus or device is to be interpreted
* Clifton.'"
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18. Fifteen-seventy-three. Drury, Sir William.
[Regulations to be observed by the English army marching
to besiege Edinburgh Castle]. Printed by Robert Lekprevik,
Edinburgh,
Single sheet.
Arber, v. 89.
horsemen
19. Fifteen-seventy-four. Cataneo, Girolamo.
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bles to know^e redily howe manye
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ranckes of footemen armed with Corslettes, as vnarmed, go to
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the ma-
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king of a iust battayle, from an hundred vnto|
twentye thousande. Next a very easye, and ap-
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proued
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way to arme a battaile with Harkabuzers,
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and winges of
the vse at these daies
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Newlye in-
according to
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