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1 1| without any doubt are the infantry. So that if a King does
2 1| himself in such a way that his infantry in time of peace are content
3 1| be found a more dangerous infantry than that which is composed
4 1| live securely, have their infantry composed of men, who, when
5 1| their possessions, and the infantry to their particular arts (
6 1| What is the proportion of infantry needed to be employed in
7 1| Deletto, but in enlisting of infantry. The armies of Italy and
8 1| an army of five thousand infantry should be organized, in
9 1| begin with, this number of infantry is not enough to make an
10 1| when I have said how the infantry ought to be armed, and how
11 2| The Romans divided their infantry into the heavily and lightly
12 2| the arms)) ornamented the infantry with plumes; which things
13 2| they were armed like the infantry, but the shield was much
14 2| these arms, both for the infantry and the cavalry, my Romans
15 2| present methods of arming. The infantry have for their defense a
16 2| ordinary armament of the infantry today, for few have their
17 2| prudent man affirms, the infantry is entirely useless. They
18 2| and the other. The German infantry can sustain and overcome
19 2| understand this, that the infantry must be able to fight with
20 2| must be able to fight with infantry and cavalry, and those are
21 2| none the less have fear of infantry who are better armed and
22 2| the German and the Roman infantry, you will find in the German ((
23 2| disadvantages when fighting with an infantry organized as they are, and
24 2| could overcome both the infantry and the cavalry, and the
25 2| you will find the Roman infantry to have defeated numberless
26 2| occurred with the German infantry; for it has been seen that
27 2| thousand cavalry and a few infantry went to encounter them,
28 2| repeat it to you. The German infantry ((as was said a little while
29 2| be necessary to arm the infantry in the same way if they
30 2| modem example. The Spanish infantry had descended from Sicily
31 2| about four thousand German infantry. The Germans, coming hand
32 2| the (ranks of the) Spanish infantry; but the latter, aided by
33 2| Everyone knows how many German infantry were killed in the engagement
34 2| causes, for the Spanish infantry got as close as the reach
35 2| their swords to the German infantry, and would have destroyed
36 2| all of them, if the German infantry had not been succored by
37 2| therefore, that a good infantry not only is able to sustain
38 2| but does not have fear of infantry, which ((as I have said
39 2| For, if in six thousand infantry ((as I shall explain a little
40 2| should have three thousand infantry with shields like the Romans,
41 2| So that I believe that an infantry so organized should surpass
42 2| should surpass any other infantry today.~COSIMO: What you
43 2| us is enough as regards infantry, but as to cavalry, we desire
44 2| subjected to disgrace by the infantry armed (armored) and organized
45 2| cavalry) and fifteen thousand infantry; so that Tigranus, when
46 2| the cavalry more than the infantry, are always weaker and more
47 2| can be sustained by the infantry, and whence arises the virtu
48 2| natural virtu causes the infantry to be superior to the cavalry.
49 2| all the places that the infantry do, because it is necessary
50 2| do precisely thus as the infantry. Horses cannot, after being
51 2| attack does not occur; the infantry rarely do this. In addition
52 2| wonder that a Knot (group) of infantry sustains every attack of
53 2| seen that a small group of infantry can be very secure from,
54 2| the Captain who leads the infantry ought to select roads that
55 2| men), having armed this infantry according to the ancient
56 2| to the Romans before the infantry were led to battle. Although
57 2| that the ancients had good infantry, and that now those of the
58 2| of the West have better infantry than ours, for the ancients
59 2| lightly armed are fifty infantry armed with light guns, cross-bows,
60 2| four thousand five hundred infantry. And we said we wanted to
61 2| one thousand five hundred infantry, of whom I would make a
62 2| extraordinary Veliti): and thus my infantry would come ((according as
63 2| come to be six thousand infantry, among whom there would
64 2| four hundred heavily armed infantry, I will stand on this number.
65 2| desired, now, that regular infantry be employed, this company
66 2| itself thusly: Have the infantry be brought to eighty files,
67 2| with six or eight hundred infantry, so that the doubling by
68 2| arrangement, that the same infantry always remain in the same
69 2| usual distances between; the infantry guided by their rules and
70 2| these four hundred fifty infantry have to operate as a separate
71 2| five solid files, of twenty infantry per file, with two wings,
72 2| consequently, are livelier. The infantry, therefore, ought to march
73 2| corrupt than that of the infantry, for it is not stronger
74 2| which, like those of the infantry, should carry the tents, (
75 3| between the cavalry and the infantry. These light armed men,
76 3| and sometimes helped the infantry, according as the need required.
77 3| and when they come against infantry, they do their duty well
78 3| lay open and attack the infantry: but when the battle closes
79 3| and about eleven thousand infantry. They also had as many more
80 3| They also had as many more infantry and cavalry which were sent
81 3| permitted this (latter) infantry to exceed the number of
82 3| exceed the number of the infantry of the Legion. They were
83 3| consisted of twenty two thousand infantry and about two thousand cavalry
84 3| show you. Those auxiliary infantry, because of the training
85 3| training they had with the infantry of the Legion, were as effective
86 3| that I remind you how many infantry there are in a Battalion,
87 3| are in front and all the infantry so arranged in ranks, that
88 3| passed over the heads of our infantry without doing them an injury.
89 3| themselves from the ranks of the infantry. You see how our light cavalry
90 3| attack them, and how the infantry is already so near each
91 3| pass over the heads of the infantry, I reply that there are
92 3| artillery does not penetrate the infantry than it does, because the
93 3| than it does, because the infantry lies so low, and they (the
94 3| pass over the heads of the infantry, and if you lower them,
95 3| does not reach them (the infantry). Also, the unevenness of
96 3| which exists between the infantry and it (the artillery),
97 3| of six or eight thousand infantry, and for what reason all
98 3| better able to attack the infantry, resist the cavalry, and
99 3| which comprise nine-hundred infantry; so that I come to err rather
100 4| some of the lightly armed infantry to get used to combat amidst
101 4| to confide in more, the infantry or the cavalry. Also, they
102 5| for themselves from your infantry and not collide with them;
103 5| or to arrange them (the infantry) with so many intervals,
104 5| if he is more powerful in infantry or cavalry, from what you
105 5| and) desiring that the infantry should cross more safely,
106 5| part below which succor the infantry if any, in crossing, should
107 6| comprised some eleven thousand infantry of forces sent by friends (
108 6| Battalions of six thousand infantry and three hundred cavalry
109 6| of twenty four thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry
110 6| for the quarters of the infantry, as I will narrate. You
111 6| would quarter a company of infantry on each side, which, as
112 6| would quarter a company of infantry from each group. In the
113 6| half of cavalry and half of infantry.~And as I want ((as I told
114 6| things, I would want these infantry quartered behind the cavalry
115 6| each area four companies of infantry with the Constables in the
116 6| side four companies (of infantry) with their Constables.
117 6| cavalry and the companies (of infantry) of the two regular battalions,
118 6| half with cavalry and half infantry, distant thirty arm lengths
119 6| to the ten companies (of infantry), each has a thousand extraordinary
120 6| to quarter six thousand infantry, all of whom I would quarter
121 6| would quarter three hundred infantry, assigning thirty infantry
122 6| infantry, assigning thirty infantry to each quarters. Leaving
123 6| one thousand five hundred infantry. Turning then on the left
124 6| a thousand five hundred infantry: and thus from the north
125 6| wide, so that a company of infantry is able to go through them
126 7| more in cavalry than in infantry, or more in infantry than
127 7| in infantry, or more in infantry than in cavalry, must settle
128 7| addition to this, if the infantry, who are the nerve of the
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