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The Camps. Castra.

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When a _Design_ is undertaken the _Camp_, 1. is pitched _Expeditione_ susceptâ, _Castra_, 1. locantur and the _Tents_ of _Canvas_, 2. or _Straw_, 3. are fastned with _Stakes_; & _Tentoria_ _Linteis_, 2. vel _Stramentis_, 3. figuntur _Paxillis_; and they entrench them about for security’s sake, with _Bulwarks_, 4. and _Ditches_, 5. eaque circumdant, securitatis gratiâ _Aggeribus_, 4. & _Fossis_, 5. _Sentinels_, 6. are also set; and _Scouts_, 7. are sent out. _Excubiæ_, 6. constituuntur; & _Exploratores_, 7. emittuntur.

_Sallyings out_, 8. are made for Forage and Plunder-sake, where they often cope with the _Enemy_, 9. in skirmishing. _Excursiones_, 8. fiunt Pabulationis & Prædæ causâ, ubi sæpius confligitur cum _Hostibus_, 9. velitando.

The _Pavilion_ of the _Lord General_ is in the midst of the _Camp_, 10. _Tentorium_ _summi Imperatoris_ est in medio _Castrorum_, 10.