CXLI.

The Army and the Fight. Acies & Prœlium.

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When the _Battel_ is to be fought the _Army_ is set in order, and divided into the _Front_, 1. the _Rere_, 2. and the _Wings_, 3. Quando _Pugna_ committenda est, _Acies_ instruitur, & dividitur in _Frontem_, 1. _Tergum_, 2. & _Alas_ (_Cornua_), 3.

The _Foot_, 4. are intermixed with the _Horse_, 5. _Peditatus_, 4. intermiscetur _Equitatui_, 5.

That is divided into _Companies_, this into _Troops_. Ille distinguitur in _Centurias_, hic in _Turmas_.

These carry _Banners_, 6. those _Flags_, 7. in the midst of them. Illæ in medio ferunt _Vexilla_, 6. hæ _Labara_, 7.

Their Officers are, _Corporals_, _Ensigns_, _Lieutenants_, _Captains_, 8. Eorum Præfecti sunt, _Decuriones_, _Signiferi_, _Vicarii_, _Centuriones_, 8. _Commanders of the Horse_, 9. _Lieutenant Colonels_, _Colonels_, and he that is the chief of all, the _General_. _Magistri Equitum_, 9. _Tribuni_, _Chiliarchæ_, & summus omnium _Imperator_.

The _Drummers_, 10. and the _Drumslades_, 11. as also the _Trumpeters_, 12. call to Arms, and inflame the Soldier. _Tympanistæ_, 10. & _Tympanotribæ_, 11. ut & _Tubicines_, 12. vocant ad Arma & inflammant Militem.

At the first Onset the _Muskets_, 13. and _Ordnance_, 14. are shot off. Primo Conflictu, _Bombardæ_, 13. & _Tormenta_, 14. exploduntur.

Afterwards they fight, 15. hand to hand with _Pikes_ and _Swords_. Postea pugnatur, 15. cominus _Hastis_ & _Gladiis_.

_They that are overcome_ are _slain_, 16. or taken prisoners, or _run away_, 17. _Victi_ _trucidantur_, 16. vel capiuntur, vel _aufugiunt_, 17.

_They that are for the Reserve_, 18. come upon them out of their _places where_ _they lay in wait_. _Succenturiati_, 18. superveniunt ex _insidiis_.

The _Carriages_, 19. are plundered. _Impedimenta_, 19. spoliantur.