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a carbine, a sword in the fashion of the gendarmes & a Corseque,[1] or strong pike[2] eight feet long & furnished with a broadhead, one foot long, pointed & very sharp, with of which they use wonderfully well, both on horseback & when when it is necessary to put to foot. As for their horses, they are not covered, but but only have the bridles furished with chainettes & false reins of the same, especially since being ordered to be at the head of the army for long stretches, to discover & give harass to the enemy, it would not be appropriate for them to be heavily armed or to masters them as well. These light horses are sent out by Dizaines & Centaines. The Captains are young Gentlemen, bold & adventurous sent by the Senate As for the Master of Camp & Captain of a thousand horses, they are persons of authority & who have already given sufficient proof of their valor & good conduct in all combats, ruses & stratagems of war: If the necessity requires it, they sometimes set foot on the ground & fight in the same way as the foot soldiers covered with their shields. F |
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1. Corseque, "A kind of broad-headed Javelin, Gleut, or Dart." [Cosgrove]
2. Zagaye, "A fashion of slender, long, & long-beaded Pike, used by the Moorish horsemen." [Cosgrove] |
