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nature and aualitie oc his otlente. Ginen at Vtrecht thisii. of May. 15 87. Anno Regni Elizabeth.&c. x x X.

2. Zuchhurſt.J. MVorreis.

2. Hherley.Zhomas Digges.

CH AP. VI.The duetie ofa Sergeant ofa Band.

his Otficer ought to be a man cholen ol quicke ſpirit,and actiue body, able both ſodainly to conceiue, andpainfullyto execute: And to the end he be not ſtagge-ing and alkonied vpon new Accidents, but pꝛompt ꝶ rea-dp vpon euery ſodaine to doe that to him apperteineth, Jwould wiſh that he ſhould pale both the foꝛmer grades be-foꝛe he be admitted to this.

This Sergeant ought perfitiy by memoꝛie to knolukuerp ſouldier within the band, and hob he is armed, whobe Halberdiers, Who Pikemen„who Harquebuſiers, whobillmen&ec. whichare well armed, and which not, that hemap ppon euerꝑ ſodain place them atcoꝛdinglp, armingthe btmolt rancks with the lureſt men and belt kurniſhed.

He ought( when occalſon is) to ſoꝛt his men, euer kindaf weapon by himſelfe, and to dilpoſe them in a certainenumber by rancke as foure fiue, ſixe oʒ ſeuen in a rancke,atccoꝛdingly as he ſhal by his Captaine oz Sergeant Maiorbe commanded, teaching them to march foꝛ ward and back-ward, and allo ko furne without diſoꝛder..

He ought to alligne to each ſouldier his due place, notlutfering chem to contend oꝛ fall out among themſelueslor the fozmoſkoz better place, but therein ko ble this in-differencie, that the belt Armed 9 in thoſe places ot

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