DIRECTIONS FOR MVSTERS
Wherein is Showne the order of Drilling for the Musket and Pike
Printed at Cambridge And are to bee sould by Roger Daniel at the Angel in Lumbard Streete
DIRECTIONS FOR MUSTERS: Wherein is shevved the order of drilling for the Musket and Pike.
Set forth in postures, with the words of command, and brief instructions for the right use of the same.
Printed by Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel, printers to the Universitie of Cambridge. 1638.
Directions for Musters.
THe Land-forces of this kingdome are either Trained or Ʋntrained. His Majesties letters, September 21. 1628. In the Trained-bands, and in having them well 1 Chosen, well 2 Armed, and well 3 Disciplined, a most essentiall part of the strength and safetie of the kingdome consisteth.
1 ¶Ibidem.Touching the Choice of the persons of men to be inrolled in the Trained-lists; They must be men sufficient, of able and active bodies; none of the meaner sort, nor servants; but onely such as be of the Gentrie, Free-holders, and good Farmers, or their sonnes, that are like to be resident. And this stands with great reason:Q. Elisab. her letters, April 9. 1585. these Bands being onely to be employed as a Guard for the Prince his Person, and the withstanding of a forrain enemie. LL. of the Counsels letters April 27. 1635. And therefore it is also required that they be well affected in Religion, and take the oathes of Supremacie and Allegeance. Q. Elisabeths Commission, March 14. 1573. None were formerly to be excused from personall service, but Prelates, Lords of the Parliament, and privie Counsel, Ecclesiasticall persons, and Judges and judiciall Officers. And nowLL. of the Counsels letters, May 31. 1631. none are to be exempted but the Kings meniall servants, or such as have some such place under the King as may lawfully excuse them. Also,His Majesties orders, 1626. none to remove his dwelling out of the Town or Parish of his abode, without licence of a Deputie-lieutenant.
2 ¶Concerning their Arming; Every Captain is to His Majesties letters, Sept. 21. 1628. charge Armes in his respective hundred or precinct, equally and impartially, according to the value of each mans lands or means, whether the owners be there resident or not. Ibidem. And no Armes are to be allowed of but compleat ones, and of the best modern fashion. Orders, 1626. Every man must have the Horse or Armes he stands charged with, at all times ready at an houres warning, of his own. LL. of the Counsels letters, Jan. 10. 1627. And if any man shall appear at the Muster with a borrowed Horse or Armes, or in any other unfitting manner, he shall be proceeded against as a high contemner of the [Page] Kings royall command, and as one that betrayeth (as much as in him lieth) the honour of his Majestie, and the safetie of his kingdomes. Moreover, every man is required not onely to appear at Musters inStat. 4o. & 5o. Phil. & Mar. cap. 3. his best Armes, but also in his best Aray. Proclamation. And for the preventing of the abuse of shewing borrowed Armes, every Captain is to stamp the Armes of his Companie, thereby to be known and distinguished.
Now the Armes be either for Horse or Foot.
Militarie instructions for the Cavallerie, 1632. Part 1. chap. 23, 24.Concerning the Horse; how the severall kinds of them are to be armed, is shewed at large in a book of Cavallerie lately published.
The Foot are either Pikes or Musketiers.
Order advised on by the Counsel of warre.The Pikeman must be armed with a Pike seventeen foot long head and all; (the diameter of the staff to be one inch ¾. the head to be well steeled, 8 inches long, broad, strong, and sword-pointed; the cheeks 2 foot long, well riveted; the butt-end bound with a ring of iron) a Gorget, Back, Breast, Tassets and Head-piece, a good Sword of 3 foot long, cutting and stiff-pointed, with Girdle and Hangers.
The Musketier must be armed with a good Musket, (the Barrel of 4 foot long, the Bore of 12 bullets in the pound rowling in) a Rest, Bandelier, Head-piece, a good Sword, Girdle and Hangers.
3 ¶Election and Arming availeth little without Discipline; this being the soul and principall part, must be seriously and frequently practised: for the better performance whereofOrders, 2626. every Commander and Officer must enable himself to perform the duties of their severall places.
LL. of the Counsels Orders, 1623.Every Captain must make choice of his certain and constant File-leaders, out of his best men, which must exercise their respective files on holy-dayes or other convenient dayes; the Musketiers then using onely a little powder for the pan.
He must appoint to every File-leader his certain file, of such as dwell nearest to him, for the more ready calling of them together.
The Captain, Lieutenant, or Ensigne is to exercise a Squadron, or the whole Companie once a moneth or 6 weeks on a holy-day, as shall seem good to the Deputie-lieutenant. For the better enabling the Musketiers for service, they are sometimes to be exercised with bullets at marks.
Orders, 1626.No Souldier must presume to depart from his Colours, untill he be discharged by his Captain.
Stat. 4o. & 5o. Phil. & Mar. cap. 3.If any one absent himself from the Muster (generall or speciall) he is to suffer 10 dayes imprisonment without bail or mainprise, or else to pay 40 shillings.
Souldiers must be exercised, (first apart by themselves) in their Postures or true use of their Armes; (then joyned in a Body) in their Distances, Motions and Skirmishes.
How the Horse are to be exercised, is shewed in the said book of Cavallerie.
¶For the Foot, the usuall Postures for the Pike are these;
- Handle your Pike.
- Order your Pike.
- Advance your Pike.
- Order your Pike.
- Shoulder your Pike.
- Port your Pike.
- Charge your Pike.
- Advance your Pike.
- Shoulder your Pike.
- Charge to the Rere your Pike.
- Shoulder your Pike.
- Order your Pike.
- Cheek your Pike.
- Trail your Pike.
- Recover and charge your Pike.
- Order at close order your Pike.
- Charge for horse your Pike.
- Recover your Pike.
¶The Postures for the Musket are these;
- Put on your Bandeliers.
- Take up your Rest.
- Take up your Match.
- Handle your Musket.
- Order your Musket.
- Give your Rest to your Musket.
- Open your Pan.
- Clear your Pan.
- Prime your Pan.
- Shut your Pan.
- Cast off your loose Powder.
- Blow off your loose Powder.
- Cast about your Musket.
- Trail your Rest.
- Open your Charge.
- Charge with Powder
- Charge with Bullet.
- Draw forth your Skowring-stick.
- Shorten your Skowring-stick.
- Ramme home.
- Withdraw your Skowring-stick.
- Shorten your Skowring-stick.
- Return your Skowring-stick.
- Recover your Musket.
- Poise your Musket & recover your Rest.
- Give your Rest to your Musket.
- Draw forth your Match.
- Blow your Coal.
- [Page]Cock your Match.
- Trie your Match.
- Guard your Pan, and blow.
- Open your Pan.
- Present.
- Give fire.
- Dismount your Musket.
- Ʋncock your Match.
- Return your Match.
- Shoulder your Musket.
- So make ready as before.
- March with your Rest in your right hand.
- Carrie your Rest with your Musket.
- Ʋnshoulder your Musket.
- Poise your Musket.
- Rest your Musket.
- Draw forth your Match.
- Blow your Match.
- Cock your Match.
- Trie your Match.
- The Sentinell posture.
The manner how to perform these postures, both of Pike and Musket, is fully shewed in the figures annexed.
These postures in service are reduced to these three more generall words, namely, Make ready, Present, and Give fire.
Having attained the use of their Armes, they must be taught their militarie Motions. To do this, they must be ordered into a Body, composed of Files.
Aelian. cap. 5.A File is a sequence of Men placed right after a Leader, every one according to his worth; and consisteth (at the most) of ten men, which are thus distinguished;
| Number of place. | Number of dignitie. |
| 1 Leader. | 1 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 8 |
| 5 Middle-man. | 4 |
| 6 Middle-man. | 3 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 8 | 10 |
| 9 | 6 |
| 10 Bringer-up. | 2 |
A Rank is a row of Side-men, standing one by another in a right line, shoulder to shoulder; and are thus distinguished;
| Number of place. | |||||||||
| 10. | 9. | 8. | 7. | 6. | 5. | 4. | 3. | 2. | 1. |
| 2. | 6. | 10. | 7. | 3. | 4. | 8. | 9. | 5. | 1. |
| Number of dignitie. | |||||||||
That which follows next is distance; whereof there be three kinds most usuall: Open order, which is 6 foot in Rank and File; Order, which is 3 foot in Rank and File; and Close order, which is a foot and half between File and File.
Open order is used when a companie is to be exercised: Order, when they come to fight, or wheel: Close order in File, is onely for the Pikes when they come to charge the enemie, or to receive a charge.
In a long March, the Files are at Order, and the Ranks at Open order. The usuall way to measure these distances, is thus; Open order between File and File is, when the Souldiers stretching out their arms, their hands touch each other; and between the Ranks, when the butt-end of the shouldred Pikes almost reach to their Leaders heels. And for Order between the Files, when the Souldiers setting their arms a kembo, their elbows touch; and in Ranks, when they come up to their Leaders swords point. Close order, is shoulder to shoulder.
The Motions are of 4 kinds, namely, Facings, Doublings, Countermarches, and Wheelings.
Suppose a Companie of 100 men (Orders, 1623. which is the number thought fittest) whereof 50 to be Muskets, and 50 Pikes: being drawn up (by Files) into a Body, at their Open order, they stand thus,
- Stand right in your Files.
- Make even your Ranks.
- Silence.
Front.
Right Flank.
Rere.
Left Flank.
This motion is performed by turning (all at once) to the right hand, keeping the left foot fixed. Thus, they are ready to receive a charge on the Flank. To reduce them, you command, As you were.
To face them to the left, you command, To the left hand.
And reduce them as before.
To reduce them, you command, By the left hand as you were.
There be many other Facings, as, To the right and left (by ½ Ranks) outward and inward; By the Half-files; To the Angles; To the Centre; and the like: which are here omitted for brevitie sake.
The second Rank passeth into the first, the fourth into the third, and so successively, every man standing at his Leaders right hand.
Ranks as you were.
By the left hand they fall into their places.
Ranks to the left double.
Which is done as the former, onely the hand is changed.
They are reduced as before; every man that doubled falls into his place by the right hand.
- Middle-men, to the left hand double the Front.
- Bringers-up to the
- right
- or left
Which makes the Figure as the former, but that the last Rank begins the motion, and standeth within the first Rank.
- Middle-men to the
- right
- or left
The second File moveth into the first, every man behind his Right-side-man; the fourth into the third; and so successively.
- Files as you were.
- Files to the left double.
Which is as the former, onely the hand changed.
Files as you were.
Every File-leader advanceth with the right leg turning to the right hand about, and marcheth untill he come into the ground where the last Rank stood; the other Ranks move up to the File-leaders ground, and there turn as the first, successively.
- Ranks to the
- right
- or left
Files to the
- right,
- left, or
- middle
close to your order.
Ranks close forward to your order.
To the right hand wheel.
All the body wheels towards the right, upon the right hand File-leader, as the Centre.
To the left hand wheel.
To the
- right
- or left
about wheel.
There be divers other Doublings, Countermarches, and Wheelings: but because the Trained bands are not so capable of them, and there be many books published on that subject, they are here (for brevitie) omitted.
Concerning Skirmish (for which they are now in fitting distance) there be divers and sundrie Forms, both against Horse and Foot. Usually, the fight is begun by drawing out some Files disbanded; or else by 2 Ranks advancing 10 paces before the body, which make ready together: a Sergeant (or some other Officer) there stands, to whom these 2 first Ranks come up; then present, and give fire, first the first Rank, then the second; so fall off into the Rere, into their own Files. So soon as the two first Ranks advance forwards, the two next Ranks must make ready, then advance forward 10 paces, and do as the former two Ranks; so all successively. [Page] They may then fire even with the Front of Pikes; then on the Half-files, or as they shall be commanded.
To fire to the Rere, the last Rank makes ready, keeping still with the bodie; being ready, they present to the right about; then fire, and march a round pace, and place themselves in Front in the same order as they were ranked: so all the rest successively.
To fire by Flanks, the outermost File towards the enemy makes ready, marching with the body; then faces and presents to the hand commanded, and fires: the next File to that doeth the like; and being marched clear off that File, gives fire: so all the rest. An Officer is to lead up the Files which have given fire, either in the same order they stood in, or to conveigh them beyond the left Files of Musketiers, or within the Pikes, or beyond the Pikes on the left Flank, as shall be thought best.
The Musketiers must ever be carefull (whether being shouldred or making ready) to mount the muzzle of their Musket.
The Front Half-files of Pikes are onely to charge their Pikes, the Rere Half-files to port them in time of fight.
¶Touching the untrained forces; all able-bodied men untrained from 16 yeares to 60 must be inrolled. LL. of Counsels letters, April 27. 1635. and Orders, 1626. And the abler sort of men are to be provided of Armes for their particular uses. With these Armes, and the Armes of Recusants sequestred, such leavies as shall be made upon any sudden occasion out of the untrained men, are to be armed; and then exercised and ordered into Companies.
Take up the Bandeliers in the right hand, hold them in the hollow betweene the thumb and forfinger, then clearing yor boxes from tangling with yor left hand▪ put yor elbow through the handeleir and bring yor right hand ouer yor head, takeing your hat in the left hand leaue the bandeleir on yor left sholder.
Take your Rest in the Right hand at the foote end then take it in the left about the middle they with the right hand take it at the iron and put your left hand through the string and hold the Rest with the left hand
Take up the Match at the middle with your, thumb and fore finger of the left hand, then with your thumb and second finger of the Right hand peace one end of the match betweene the greate and Ring finger and the other end betweene the Ring and little finger of the left hand and so let the middle hang downe.
Standing at the But end of yor musket wth yor right foote, the left somwhat aduanced and the knee bent) wch is the generall proper stand of a Musketier giue a large step with yor right legge, then stooping downe yet bearing up yor head, with yor right hand gripe the Musket, and so raising up yor body fall back to ye first stand.
Being come to your first stand hold yor Musket barrell in yor hand about the height of your shoulder with the But end on the ground, Jn your left hand hold the Rest a little below the forke, the Pike end on the ground
Sinke downe your right hand not bowing yor bodie, then gripe your musket and lift it up the bring about the left hand with the rest and ioyne it to your musket on the out side, holding yor thumb hard against the forke of the Rest and so carry both musket and Rest in the left hand onely.
Jn the ioyning of yor. musket and Rest together, fall back with your right leg to your proper stand, then hold the thumb of the Right hand behind the scutchian of the Pan, and with yor. two formerr fingers draw back ye couer of ye Pan.
Bring up your musket with the left hand only, towards your mouth and blowe your Pan stiflie not slooping upon anie termes, and in the meane time with yor. right hand take your touch box as in the figure 8
Hould yor touch box betweene the thumbe and fore finger of the right hand onely and so Prime as in the figure.
Lay the right thumbe ouer the barrell neere the Pan, and with your two foremost fingers shutt the Panne.
Hould yor. musket fast with the right hand at the breech, the left as before turneing the Panne. downewards yt the loose pouder may fall of.
Hould yor. musket in both hands as before, beare it vp towards your mouth, not stooping blow of the loose powder.
Hold yor musket in both hands as before beare it right vp towards yor left side and wth all step forwards ye right leg then holding the musket only in the right hand at the breech forsake the Rest
Haueing forsaken yor rest take the Musket into the left hand about ye midle of ye barrell so as ye butt end touch not ye ground trayling yor rest betweene yor musket and yor bodie
Take your charge in your right hand: with the thumb and forefinger thereof thrust of the couer
Put backe your left hand with the musket as farre as conveniently you can, and wth yor right hand turne ye powder into the muzell of the barrell holding ye charge betweene yor thumb & forefinger only as in ye figure.
Take yor. Bullet forth of yor bag or out of yor mouth and put it into the muzell of your musket.
With yor. right hand (ye palme turnd from yor) draw forth yor scouring stick beareing yor bodie & yor left hand wth yor musket so farr back as you cann.
Hauing drawne forth yor scouring sticke sett the Rammer head against yor brest and slip yor hand close to yor Rammer yt you may ye easier put it into ye muzell.
Put your scouring sticke downe into your musket and Ramme home hard twice or thrice.
With your right hand turned draw your scouring stick out of yor musket as before.
Your scouring sticke being drawn forth of ye barrell, turne it, and bring the scouring sticke end to yor brest & so slip yor hand wthin an hand full of the end.
Put the scouring sticke to his place from whence you had it
Bring forward yor musket wth yor left hand and beare it right vp Take it into ye right hand at ye breech and so hold it in ye right hand only.
Fall backe wth yor right leg to your first stand hold yor musket in fright hand at ye breech and recouer your rest in yor left hand holding it iust vnder ye forke.
Bring vp yor left hand wth ye rest towards yor right side neere yor musket and so sinke yor musket & hold it wth ye rest in ye left hand only, the rest being one ye out side of ye musket.
Take yor match from betweene yor little finger wth ye thumb and ye second finger of yor right hand being turned wth ye Palme from you.
Bring the right hand wth ye match backward and your left hand wth ye musket and rest forward, turning your face some what backward blow yor match stiffe
Holding your match betweene yor. thumb and second finger bring it to the cock, and presse it into the cocke with the thumbe
Your thumb and forefinger being upon the cocke and the second and third finger under the cocke, pull the cock to the Pan and with the finger either raiseor sinkethe match
lay the two forefingers of the right hād upon the pan, the thumb behind the scutchion of the pan the easier to lift up the musket, and soe raising up the musket with both hands blow as before in the i2 posture
with the two forefingers of the right hand open the Panne as in the 7 posture
Remoue yor. right hand to the thumbe hole yor second finger to ye tricker with yor left hand fix the forke of ye Rest to yor musket and yor thumb against the forke, and the pike end of the rest on the ground.
lift up yor right elbow and place the but end of yor musket within yor shoulder nere your breast, the small end appearing a little aboue youe shoulder standing wth ye left leg foremost and the knee bent and the right leg standing stiffe
Bring your musket and rest to your right side and carry both in the left hand onely
Take the match from the cocke wth the thumb and second singer of yor right hand holding the musket and rest in the left hand onely.
Put the match betweene the two lesser fingers of the left hand from whence you had it.
Note from henc forward you may Prime & charge as before from ye 8 postur and so forward as in ye 25 postur
Haueing yor. musket poized hold yor rest an handfull under the forke, then bring your musket before yor. bodie and yor rest crossouer it behinde the thumb hole, and so with both hands lay it gently on yor. shoulder haueing the rest cross yor body and withall bring yor right leg up to yor left, then fall back againe with yor. right leg.
First take the match from the left hand betweene the fingers of the right hand, then take the string of the Rest from the left arme, and returne the match betweene the fingers of the left hand and take ye rest in ye right hād.
First shift the match as in the former direction, then put the string of the Rest ouer the left arme and the rest in the hand and so returne the match and carry yor rest as in the figure.
Bringing up yor right leg to your left sinke your musket and carry it right up and withall turne it, that the pike end of yor. Rest be towards yor left side then take the Musket at the breech with yor right hand and slip downe yor left with ye rest
Hold the Musket right up in the right hand on yor right side raise yor left hand to ye forke of yor rest, and set yor thumbe against the forke as in the figure.
Bring up yor left hand wth the forke of the rest to the musket, and so lett Musket and rest sinke downe togather and fall backe with yor right legge to your proper stand▪
Take the match beetweene the thumbe and the seacond finger of the right hand as in the xxvii posture and wth the thumbe of your left hand hould the musket fast on the rest.
Beare your Musket and rest forward with the left hand, and your match backward in the right, and blow as in the 28 posture.
Cocke your macth as in the 29th posture
Try your match as in the 30th posture.
Hold the two forefingers of ye right hand upon your pan, the thumb behind the scutchian ready upon all occasions
Standing at the but end of yor Pike fall backward with yor left foot, and with yor right hand turned, take your Pike at the But end and bring yor right hād up to your hip.
Bring yor left foote before yor right, and with yor left hand take yor Pike forwards bearing the butt end downward, and remoue yor right hand aboue yor left
Set the but end of yor Pike nere your right foote on the outside, holding it right up in yor right hand, about the height of yor eye, and your arme a little Bending, and yor right foote forward
4 Aduance yor Pike in three motions.
The first Motion.
with the right hand alone bring yor Pike iust before yor body, bearing it directly right up, raising the but end from the ground, then take ye Pike with yor left hand about ye height your girdle
Forsake the Pike with your right hand and with the left hand alone raise up the Pike, that the But end be about the height of yor thigh, then take ye But end in yor. right hand, without stooping to it
Forsake the Pike with the left hand and with yor right hand alone carry the Pike right up locking the Pike betweene yor shoulder and arme. yor right hand holding the but end of the Pike about the height of yor hip.
7 Order yor Pike in three motions.
the first Motion.
Sinke your right hand a little and with your left hand take the Pike as high as well you can reach and bring ye Pike iust before yor Body.
Forsake the Pike with yor right hand, and bring down the pike in your left hand that the but end be nere unto the ground, then wth yor right hand take ye pike about the height of yor head.
Forsak yr Pike with your left hand, and with the right hand only set the but end on the ground, on the outside of yor right foote as in the third Posture.
10 Shoulder yor. Pike in 3 motions
The first Motion
Bring ye Pike iust before yor body and raise the but end from ye ground bearing it forward, then take it with yor left hand a little beneath yor right.
Bring forward the Pike with yor left hand, and take it in your right, reaching backward as farr as well you may.
Forsake yor Pike with yor left hand, and with the right onely lay it vpon yor right shoulder, bearing the but end about a foote from the ground, holding yor thumb vnder the Pike, the better to gouern it, carrying the pike forward.
13 Port yor. Pike in 3 motions.
the first Motion.
Beare yor right hand wth the pike backward as farr as well you can, wth yor. left hand take ye pike forward, & wth. the right hand beare ye pike vpward.
Forsaking ye Pike wth the right hand cast ye poynt forward that ye But end may conveniently be taken in ye right hand.
Take ye But end of ye Pike in yor right hand holding it about yor hip, and raising the pike wth yor left hand aboute ye hight of yo breast carry ye Pike directly before you yor left foote forward.
Raise ye right hand and strech it backward, yor left hand being at yor breast, yor left elbow against yor hip
Beare downe the butt end of ye Pike wth yor right hand and raise ye pike with ye left, and so advance as in ye 6 figure.
18 Sholder yor. Pike in 3 Motions.
The first motion.
Sinke yor right hand, and wth yor left take ye pike as high as well you can reach bringing the pike iust before yor body
Forsake the butt end wth yor right hand bring forward yor Pike in the left hand, and take the pike backward in ye right hand as farr as well you may reach.
Forsake ye Pike wth the left hand, & with the right only lay it vpon your shoulder &c: as in ye i2 figure.
21 Charge to ye Reare in 3 motions.
the first motion.
Beare the pike wth yor. right hand backward, take it forward in yor left hand as far as you may conveniently reach, bearing ye pike wth yor right hand vpward
Forsaking the Pike wth yor right hand, beare it ouer yor head and at the same instant turne yor body to ye left hand that you may conveniently take ye butt end of ye Pike in yor right hand.
Hauing ye butt end of ye Pike in yor right hand stretch yor right arme backward and sett your left hand at yor breast &c as in ye i6 figur
24 Recouer yor Pike and Sholder in 3 motions
The first motion.
Slip yor left hand forward as farr as well you may and lift ye Pike vpwards to yor head & wth the right hand beare ye But end somwhat downward.
Forsakeing the But end of the Pike with yor right hand, beare in the Pike ouer your head with your. left hand only and that instant turn yor face to ye right hand, and be ready with yor right hand to take ye Pike more Backward.
Hauing the Pike in the right hand forsake it with your left and with the right hand only, lay it on your sholder, as in the i2 and 20 figurs,
This is to be done in 3 motions as the contrary is showne in ye. 9. i0. ii. figures Beare the Pike with the right hand backward, with yor left take it forward, bearing the but end downward, then slip down your right hand a little aboue yor left and set ye but end on ye ground, as in ye: 9 figur
28 Cheeke yor Pike
the first motion
This is to be done by seuerall palming postures, first with the right hand beare the but end of the Pike backward, as farr as you can and so Contiēw palming till you come to the head of your Pike
With yor left hand hold the Pike a little below the head, your right hand more backward, as farre as the cheekes or arming reach, set yor right hand upon yor hip, yor elbow stretcht forth and yor left hand more forward before yor breast.
Remoue your Right hand to your left, and in your right hand only carry your Pike, your hand Being upon your hip.
The first Palmeing motion
This to be done by seuerall Palming postures backward, Bring forward your right hand as farr as well you can, and with ye left hand gripe the pike Backward as farr as you can.
Forsake the Pike with yor: right hand, bring forward the Pike with ye left and take it backward with the right, and so continue palming vntill you haue the But end of ye pike in your Right hand
Strech yor. right arme backward wth ye butt end of ye Pike in yor hand yor. left hand at yor breast, and yor elbow vpon yor hip & as in ye i6 figure
This is to be done in 3 motions first bearing the pike right vp before ye body and so forward as from ye Aduance in ye 6. 7. & 8. figures, only you must obserue to sett ye, butt end of ye Pike at the inside of ye right foote wth is yor closse order.
The Butt end of yor Pike resting against yor right foote take it in yor left hand about, ye hight of yor girdle and step forward wth yor left foote ye knee bent lay yor left arme vpon yor knee couching down low & draw yor sword ouer yor left arme
Raise yor body right vp set yor Pike: against yor right sholder wth the left hand ye but end being still vpon ye ground then put vp yor sword: