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pieces 2
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pikemen 71
pikes 23
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15 luigi
15 move
15 ours
15 pike
15 point
15 rule
15 serve
Niccolò Machiavelli
On the Art of War

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pike

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1 2| long, which they call a pike, and a sword at their side, 2 2| a halberd in place of a pike, the shaft of which ((as 3 2| these (Germans) with the pike; and even if the latter 4 2| the German cannot use the pike against the enemy who is 5 2| the first passes of the pike: for in battles, as you 6 2| thrown to the ground by the pike, those on foot who remain 7 2| hand, the sword and the pike retain him. So that from 8 2| he responds less to the pike than the spur, I say that, 9 2| pikemen ought to have a pike, and those who guide the 10 3| moves; for, armed with the pike and their swords useless (( 11 3| use today, which is the pike, and the least part of those 12 3| half arm lengths of the pike remain to the first rank. 13 3| even six arm lengths of pike remain of use. For the same 14 5| the drawing of a sword or pike, because disorderly people 15 7| enemy up to the point of the pike and of the sword. Nor would


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