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

a set ofF on to next page.—Cts., f6.—R.H. : "The first booke ", "The
seconde booke."—Nums. to ff.—Sigs. in 4% IF (6 fF.), A-M.
Copies. B.M.j Roy. Art. Inst.
Contents. According to Meyrick, this book contains the earliest account
of the "Currier," a piece of which the first mention is to be seen in a letter
respedling the defence of Calais, addressed to Queen Mary by Lord Wentworth.
It has been called the first technical military book written by an
Englishman ; but it is otherwise of little importance, all the information
being extracted from the ancients, and no modern writer mentioned save
Macchiavelli, and he, only in the Preface. However, leaving Whitehorne's
out of the question [No. 13], there is a still earlier treatise than this deserving
to be called technical, namely, John Shute's epistle to his translation of
" Andre Cambine of the Turkishe affaires " (London, 1562, 4**). This is the
earliest English composition, not a translation, on military discipline, as we
now understand the word. Here again it is chiefly Vegetius who is drawn
upon, although a page or two is given to Du Bellay's account of crimes
punishable in continental armies with death. Shute insists on the necessity
of training and obedience in soldiers, and of study in of&cers.
24. Fifteen-seventy-eight. Bourne, William.
Inuentions orDeuises.
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Very necessary for all Ge- |
neralles
and Captaines, or Lea- ders of men, as wel by Sea as
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Land: Written by William Bourne. An.
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1578. At London
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Printedfor T'homas Woodcock dwelling in Paules Churchyard,
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Quarto.
Collation. Tp., Hi, enclosed in woodcut.—Ded. to Lord Howard of
Effingham, IFz.—Pref., f3-*2.—Cts., *3-A4.—R.H. : *'Rare inuentions
and strange Deuises."—Sigs. in 4*, If,
Copies.
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Contents. The inventions are chiefly of Bourne's own making, or are
claimed as such by him. The first twenty-six are conne