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Ancient Books ~ Politics, Philosophy & Liberty The Art Of War ~ THE ARTE OF WARRE | < Last - Next > THE ARTE OF WARRETHE TABLE OF CERTAIN PRINCIPALL THINGES, CONTAINED IN THIS WOORKE OF MACHIAVEL IN THE FIRSTE BOOKE Why a good man ought not to exersise warfare as his arte, 33 Deedes of armes ought to be used privatly in time of peace for exersise, and in time of warre for necessetie and renoume, 36 The strength of an armie is the footemen, 38 The Romaines renued their Legions and had men in the flower of their age, 38 Whether men of armes ought to be kept, 40 What is requisete for the preparyng of an armie, 42 Out of what contrie souldiers ought to be chosen, 43 Souldiers ought to bee chosen, by thaucthoritie of the Prince, of suche men as be his oune subjectes, 44 The difference of ages, that is to be taken in the chosinge of souldiours for the restoring of an olde power and for the making of a newe, 44 The weapons or power that is prepared, of the naturall subjectes, of a common weale bringeth profit and not hurte, 47 What cause letted the Venetians, that they made not a Monarchi of the worlde, 48 How an armie maye bee prepared in the countrie, where were no exersise of warre, 49 The custome that the Romaines used, in the chosyng of their souldiours, 51 The greater number of men is best, 53 Whether the multitude of armed men ar occation of confusion and of dissorder, 55 How to prohibite, that the Capitaines make no discension, 57 IN THE SECONDE BOOKE What armour the antiquetie used, 61 The occation of the boldenes of the duchemen, 64 Whiche maner of armyng menne is better either the Duche or Romaine fasion, 64 Diverse examples of late dayes, 66 An example of Tigran, 69 Whether the footemen or the horsemen ought to bee estemed moste, 70 The cause whie the Romaines were overcome of the parthians, 71 What order, or what vertue maketh, that footemen overcum horsemen, 71 Howe the antiquitie exersised their men to learne them to handle their weapons, 73 What the antiquitie estemed moste happie in a common weale, 75 The maner, of maintainyng the order, 77 What a legion is, of Grekes called a Falange, and of Frenchemen Catterva, 77 The devision of a legion, and the divers names of orders, 78 The order of batellraye, and the manner of appoincting the battels, 82 How to order, CCCC.L. men to doo some severall feate, 88 The fation of a battaile that the Suisers make like a crosse, 90 What carriages the Capitaines ought to have, and the number of carriages requisite to every band of men, 91 Diverse effectes caused of diverse soundes, 93 Whereof cometh the utilitie, and the dissorder of the armies that are now a daies, 93 The manner of arminge men, 97 The number of carriages that men of armes and lighte horsemen ought to have, 98 IN THE THIRDE BOOKE The greatest dissorder that is used now a dayes in the orderinge of an armie, 102 How the Romaines devided their armie in Hastati, Principi and Triarii, 102 The manner that the Romaines used to order them selves agayne in the overthrow, 103 The custom of the Greekes, 103 A maine battaile of Suissers, 104 How manie legions of Romaine Citesens was in an ordinarie armie, 105 The manner how to pitche a fielde to faighte a battaile, 106 Of what number of faighting men an armie oughte to be, 110 The description of a battaile that is a faighting, 111 An exsample of Ventidio faighting against the Parthians, 114 An example of Epaminondas, 115 How the Artillerie is unprofitable, 116 How that a maine battaile of Suissers cannot ocupie more then fower pikes, 120 How the battailes when thei cum to be eight or ten, maye be receyved in the verie same space, that received the fyve, 123 The armes that the Standarde of all tharmie ought to have, 125 Divers examples of the antiquetie, 126 IN THE FOWERTH BOOKE Whether the fronte of the armie ought to bee made large, 132 To how many thinges respecte ought to be had, in the ordringe of an armie, 133 An example of Scipio, 134 In what place a Capitain maie order his armie with savegarde not to be clene overthrowen, 135 Aniball and Scipio praised for the orderynge of their armies, 135 Cartes used of the Asiaticans, 137 Diverse examples of the antiquitie, 137 The prudence which the Capitaine ought to use, in the accidence that chaunse in faightinge, 138 What a Capitaine ought to doo, that is the conqueror, or that is conquered, 140 A Capitaine ought not to faighte the battaile, but with advauntage, excepte he be constrained, 142 How to avoide the faightinge of the fielde, 144 Advertismentes that the Capitaine ought to have, 146 Speakyng to souldiers helpeth muche to make them to be curagious and bolde, 146 Whether all the armie ought to bee spoken unto, or onely to the heddes thereof, 147 IN THE FYVETH BOOKE The manner how to leade an armie gowinge thorough suspected places, or to incounter the enemie, 152 An example of Aniball, 156 Wether any thing oughte to bee commaunded with the voise or with the trompet, 159 The occations why the warres made now a dayes, doo impoverish the conquerors as well as the conquered, 162 Credite ought not to be given to thinges which stand nothinge with reason, 164 The armie ought not to knowe what the Capitaine purposeth to doo, 165 Diverse examples, 167 IN THE SIXTE BOOKE The maner how to incampe an armie, 175 How brode the spaces and the wayes ought to be within the campe, 182 What waye ought to be used when it is requiset to incampe nere the enemie, 184 How the watche and warde ought to be apoincted in the campe, and what punishmente they ought to have that doo not their dutie, 186 How the Romanies prohibited women to be in their armies and idell games to be used, 188 How to incampe accordinge to the nomber of men, and what nomber of menne maie suffise againste, what so ever enemie that wer, 191 How to doo to be assured, of the fideletie of those that are had in suspition, 193 What a Capitaine ought to doo beinge beseged of his enemies, 194 Example of Coriliano and others, 195 It is requiset chiefly for a Capitain to kepe his souldiers punished and payed, 197 Of aguries, 197 Moste excellent advertismentes and pollicies, 198 The occation of the overthrowe of the Frenchmen at Garigliano, 202 IN THE SEVENTH BOOKE Cities are strong, either by nature or by industrie, 205 The maner of fortificacion, 205 Bulwarkes ought not to be made oute of a towne distante from the same, 207 Example of Genoa, 208 Of the Countes Catherin, 208 The fation of percullesies used in Almaine, 210 Howe the battelmentes of walles were made at the first, and how thei are made now adaies, 210 The provisions that is mete to bee made, for the defence of a towne, 212 Divers pollicies, for the beseginge and defendinge of a toune or fortres, 214 Secrete conveing of letters, 219 The defence againste a breache, 219 Generall rules of warre, 222 The Art Of War ~ THE ARTE OF WARRE | < Last - Next > |
