THE EXERCISE OF Musquet and Pike.
As it was performed by BEAT of DRUM, before His MAJESTY and His Royal Highness, at PUTNEY-HEATH.
October 1. 1684. The Pikes being Ordered, and the Musqueteers Shoulder'd. By Lt. Colonel SACKVIL: Called the Martinet.

  • LAY your Right Hand on your Musquets.
  • Poize your Musquets.
  • Rest your Musquets.
  • Cock your Musquets.
  • Guard your Musquets. Bring 'em cover'd before your Left Hand, the height of your Mouths.
  • Present.
  • Fire.
  • Recover your Arms.
  • Half bend your Musquets.
  • Clean your Pan with your Thumb.
  • Handle your Primer.
  • Prime.
  • Shut your Pan. Bring it Reco­ver'd as before you above.
  • Blow off your loose Corns.
  • Cast about to Charge.
  • Handle your Charger.
  • Open it with your Teeth.
  • Charge with Powder.
  • Draw forth your Scourer.
  • Shorten it to an Inch.
  • Charge with Bullet.
  • Ram down Powder and Ball.
  • Withdraw your Scourer.
  • Shorten it to a handful.
  • Return your Scourer.
  • Poize your Musquets.
  • Shoulder your Musquets.
  • Poize your Musquets.
  • Order your Musquets.
  • Advance your Pikes.
  • To the Front Charge. Which is on­ly to recover the Pike before you Charge.
  • To the Right Charge.
  • To the Right Charge.
  • To the Right Charge.
  • To the Right Charge.
  • To the Right about Charge.
  • As you were Charge.
  • Charge.
  • To the Left Charge.
  • To the Left Charge.
  • To the Left Charge.
  • To the Left Charge.
  • To the Left about Charge.
  • As you were.
  • [Page 2]Advance your Pikes.
  • Shoulder your Pikes.
  • Charge to the Front.
  • As you were.
  • Charge to the Right.
  • As you were.
  • Charge to the Left.
  • As you were.
  • Charge to the Right about.
  • As you were.
  • Charge to the Left about.
  • As you were.
  • Port your Pikes.
  • Comport.
  • Charge to the Front.
  • Trail.
  • Charge as you were.
  • Advance your Pikes.
  • Poize your Musquets.
  • Shoulder your Musquets.
  • Musqueteers make ready. At which time every Musqueteer uses eve­ry distinct Motion, as, Laying the Right Hand on his Musquet, Poizing, Resting, Cocking, and Guarding, at which last bring­ing your Musquet before you: when the Command is for the Musqueteers to make ready, the Pike-men brings their Pikes be­fore them to the Recover, and when they are bid to charge. The Pikes and Musqueteers Charge together.
  • Charge.
  • To the Right Charge.
  • To the Right Charge.
  • To the Right Charge.
  • To the Right Charge.
  • To the Right about Charge.
  • As you were. Charge.
  • To the Left Charge.
  • To the Left Charge.
  • To the Left Charge.
  • To the Left Charge.
  • To the Left about Charge.
  • As you were. Charge.
  • Recover your Arms.
  • Half bend your Musquets.
  • Poize your Musquets.
  • Shoulder your Musquets. At which time the Pike-men brings their Pikes from the Recovery to the Advance.
  • Poize your Musquets.
  • Order your Arms both Pikes and Musquets.
  • Pikes to your In-side Order.
  • Lay down your Arms.
  • Quit your Arms.
  • Face to the Right about.
  • March Front and Reer the Left Foot first.
  • Halt.
  • To the Left about as you were.
  • Lay your Right Hand on your Swords.
  • March. The Left Foot first as be­fore always observing to March close to your Arms.
  • Halt.
  • Return your Swords.
  • Handle your Arms.
  • Order your Arms.
  • Pikes to your Out-side Order.
  • Poize your Musquets.
  • Shoulder your Musquets.

So Ended this Sight at PUTNEY.

Printed by Nat. Thompson at the Entrance into the Old Spring-Garden near Charing-Cross. 1684.

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