The Soldier.
Miles.
[Illustration]
If we be to make War
_Soldiers_ are lifted, 1.
Si bellandum est
scribuntur _Milites_. 1.
Their _Arms_ are
a _Head-piece_, 2.
(which is adorned with
a _Crest_) and the _Armour_,
Horum _Arma_ sunt,
_Galea_ (Cassis, 2.)
(quæ ornatur
_Cristâ_) & _Armatura_,
whose parts are a _Collar_, 3.
a _Breast-plate_, 4.
_Arm-pieces_, 5.
_Leg-pieces_, 6.
_Greaves_, 7.
cujus partes _Torquis ferreus_, 3.
_Thorax_, 4.
_Brachialia_, 5.
_Ocreæ ferreæ_, 6.
_Manicæ_, 7.
with a _Coat of Mail_, 8.
and a _Buckler_, 9.
these are the defensive Arms.
cum _Lorica_, 8.
& _Scuto_ (Clypeo), 9.
hæc sunt Arma defensiva.
The offensive are
a _Sword_, 10.
a _two-edged Sword_, 11.
a _Falchion_, 12.
Offensiva sunt
_Gladius_, 10.
_Framea_, 11.
& _Acinaces_, 12.
which are put up into
a _Scabbard_, 13.
and are girded with
a _Girdle_, 14. or _Belt_, 15.
qui reconduntur
_Vaginâ_, 13.
accinguntur
_Cingulo_, 14. vel _Baltheo_, 15.
(a _Scarf_, 16.
serveth for ornament)
a _two handed-Sword_, 17.
and a _Dagger_, 18.
(_Fascia militaris_, 16.
inservit ornatui)
_Romphæa_, 17.
& _Pugio_, 18.
In these is the _Haft_, 19.
with the _Pummel_, 20.
and the _Blade_, 21.
having a _Point_, 22.
In his est _Manubrium_, 19.
cum _Pomo_, 20.
& _Verutum_, 21.
_Cuspidatum_, 22.
in the middle are
the _Back_, 23.
and the _Edge_, 24.
in medio
_Dorsum_, 23.
& _Acies_, 24.
The other Weapons are
a _Pike_, 25. a _Halbert_, 26.
Reliqua arma sunt
_Hasta_, 25. _Bipennis_, 26.
(in which is the _Haft_, 27.
and the _Head_, 28.)
a _Club_, 29. and a _Whirlebat_, 30.
(in quibus _Hastile_, 27.
& _Mucro_, 28.)
_Clava_, 29. & _Cœstus_, 30.
They fight at a distance
with _Muskets_, 31.
and _Pistols_, 32. which
Pugnatur eminùs
_Bombardis_ (Sclopetis), 31.
& _Sclopis_, 32. quæ
are charged with _Bullets_, 33.
out of a _Bullet-bag_, 34.
and with _Gun-powder_
out of a _Bandalier_, 35.
onerantur _Globis_, 33.
è _Theca bombardica_, 34.
& _Pulvere nitrato_
è _Pyxide pulveraria_, 35.