The generall hedde of all the maine battaile, I would place in thesame space, that were betwene the first and the seconde order of the battailes, or els in the hedde, and in thesame space, that is betwene the laste battaile of the firste five, and the extraordinarie Pikes, accordyng as beste should serve my purpose, with thirtie or fourtie chosen men about hym, that knewe by prudence, how to execute a commission, and by force, to withstande a violence, and thei to be also betwen the Drumme and the Ansigne: this is thorder, with the whiche I would dispose a maine battaile, whiche should bee the disposyng of halfe the armie, and it should take in breadth three hundred fourscore and twoo yardes, and in length as moche as above is saied, not accomptyng the space, that thesame parte of the extraordinarie Pikes will take, whiche muste make a defence for the unarmed, whiche will bee aboute lxxv.
"Machiavelli, Volume I The Art of War; and The Prince"
Niccolò Machiavelli
Then from the ende of the hed waye, towardes Northe, leavyng the space of lxxv.
"Machiavelli, Volume I The Art of War; and The Prince"
Niccolò Machiavelli
Nowe where the space that is betwene the trenche, and the lodgynges, is lxxv.
"Machiavelli, Volume I The Art of War; and The Prince"
Niccolò Machiavelli
