Military discipline, or, The young artillery-man : wherein is discoursed and showne [sic] the postures both of musket and pike the exactest way, &c. : together with the exercise of the foot in their motions ... : whereunto is also added the postures and beneficial use of the halfe-pike joyned [sic] with the musket : with the way to draw up the Swedish Brigade : as also Mars his triumph

Military discipline, or, The young artillery-man : wherein is discoursed and showne [sic] the postures both of musket and pike the exactest way, &c. : together with the exercise of the foot in their motions ... : whereunto is also added the postures and beneficial use of the halfe-pike joyned [sic] with the musket : with the way to draw up the Swedish Brigade : as also Mars his triumph

The description of an exercise performed the XVIII of October, 1638, in Merchant-Taylors Hall|Mars, his triumph|The young artillery man

Fifth edition, newly revised and inlarged.

London Printed and are to be sould [sic] Andrew Kembe ... 1657

[8], 174, [6], 24 p., [3] leaves of plates (2 fold.) : ill., port. ; 20 cm. (4to)

355 B275, 1657

(OCoLC)21729994

Signatures: [A]4 B-Z4 2a-2c4 2d2.
With (special t.p. and separate paging): Mars, his triumph, or, The description of an exercise performed the XVIII of October, 1638, in Merchant-Taylors Hall by certaine [sic] gentleman of the Artillery Garden, London. London : Printed by John Dawson, 1645.
Martial music scores on p. 5 & 9 at end.
"During the mid-seventeenth century the writings of Richard Elton and William Barriffe formed the bases of military discipline in the American colonies." J. R. Riling. The art and science of war in America 1690-1800, p. 2
The text was used as the basis for one of the first military books printed in America: Nicholas Boone's Military discipline. -- Riling

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