A bibliography of English military books up to 1642 and of ...
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Amen."<br />
omnipotenti,<br />
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46. Fifteen-ninety. Smythe, Sir John.<br />
Certain |<br />
Discourses, written by Sir John Smythe, Knight<br />
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Concerning the formes <strong>and</strong> effects <strong>of</strong> diuers sorts <strong>of</strong> weapons,<br />
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<strong>and</strong> other verie important matters Militarie, greatlie mis-<br />
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taken<br />
by<br />
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diuers <strong>of</strong> our men <strong>of</strong> warre in these daies ; <strong>and</strong>|<br />
chiefly, <strong>of</strong> the Mosquet, the Caliuer <strong>and</strong> the Long-bow ; |<br />
As<br />
also, <strong>of</strong> the great sufficiencie, excellencie, <strong>and</strong> wonderful<br />
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efFe6ts <strong>of</strong> Archers : With many notable<br />
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examples<br />
<strong>and</strong> other<br />
particularities, by him presen-<br />
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ted <strong>to</strong> the Nobilitie <strong>of</strong> this<br />
Realme, & published for |<br />
the benefite <strong>of</strong> this his natiue<br />
Countrie <strong>of</strong> Engl<strong>and</strong>. At London, Printed by Richard<br />
| \ Johnesy<br />
at the signe <strong>of</strong> the Rose <strong>and</strong> Crowne neere Holburne<br />
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Bridge.<br />
I. Maij. 1590.<br />
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Quar<strong>to</strong>.<br />
Collation. Tp., *i.—Ded., *2-4, **, ***, A, (a)i ; 16 fF.—Authors consulted,<br />
(a)2.—Err., (a)22.—Pious ejaculation on last page, in large roman<br />
type: "Honor & gloria in excelsis Deo,<br />
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incomprehensibile.<br />
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—R.H.<br />
sempiterno, &<br />
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" Certen Discourses, written by Sir<br />
John Smythe, Knight."—Nums. <strong>to</strong> fF.—Sigs. in 4% *, *, ***, A, (a), B-<br />
O2 ;<br />
(a) has 2 fF.—The s<strong>up</strong>pression <strong>of</strong> this book within a fortnight <strong>of</strong> its publication<br />
has made it rare. I have seen a copy in a <strong>books</strong>eller's cat. <strong>of</strong> 1889<br />
described as "a fine copy, binding by Bedford," price £2 is.<br />
There is another copy in the B.M. identical in all respe6ls, save that the<br />
"Ejaculation" is in italic; "amen" in roman. The pag. in both copies is<br />
faulty, but with the exception <strong>of</strong> p. 32, numbered 23, the mistakes do not<br />
occur on the same fF.<br />
Copies. B.M. ; Roy. Art. Inst. ; Lambeth.<br />
Contents. This is commonly called the " Book on Weapons." Smythe,<br />
in the Proeme, attacks the disorderly proceedings <strong>of</strong> certain <strong>of</strong>ficers at home,<br />
following: among the records <strong>of</strong> the city <strong>of</strong> Leicester is an order from the Lord<br />
Lieutenant <strong>of</strong> the county, the Earl <strong>of</strong> Huntingdon, dated April 29th, 1598, for levying<br />
forty men ; which order states, that in the time <strong>of</strong> the former Earl " for the 500<br />
trayned soldiars in this Countie Levyed, the Town <strong>of</strong> Leicester was then charged w*"^<br />
the furnishing <strong>of</strong> fFortie men, viz. xij Calivers, iiij Muskits, xj ' Bowes <strong>and</strong> Arrowes ',<br />
viij Corsletts <strong>and</strong> pikes <strong>and</strong> v bills ; Nowe theire Lordships' pleasures are that all the<br />
Bowes <strong>and</strong> Arrowes <strong>and</strong> bills generally must be refused, <strong>and</strong> s<strong>up</strong>plied only with musketts,<br />
<strong>and</strong> viij Corsletts w**" pikes." (See " Proc. Leicester Lit. <strong>and</strong> Phil. Soc," 1855.<br />
Paper by Wm. Kelly.)<br />
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