T A B L E.

Objections made to the cavaliers. ch. 95
Objections made to the ditch. ch. 97
Objections made to the angular defenses. ch. 163
Objections made to the cavalier. ch. 290
Objections made to the high embrasures. ch. 179
Work of the Mattock, how to secure it. ch. 278
Daily works. original: "Opere a giornata" ch. 120
First works to be done in the Fortress. ch. 123
Order to be kept for holding councils. original: "Ordine da tenere per far le consulte" ch. 62
Order for making the workers labor. ch. 71
Order for providing for the need of the workers. ch. 129
Order for building the wall. ch. 128
Order for making lime set under water. ch. 193
Order for making many workers labor. ch. 270
Order for executing the defense. ch. 272
Imperfect square ears technical term for bastions or orillons. ch. 160
Excellent defense is made by stones in the esplanade. ch. 102
Eight things the bombardier must know. ch. 281

Secure parapet. ch. 44
Parapets with an outward slope. ch. 43
Parapet with an inward slope. ch. 84
High parapet, and objections to them. ch. 79
Slope of the bastion plaza. ch. 94
Slope of the wall on the inside. ch. 128
For watering the earth. ch. 123
Why there are so many opinions on fortifying. ch. 62
Perfection of flanks. ch. 44
To know the time and the expense for making the Fortress. ch. 116
Perpendicular weight sustained easily. ch. 25
Weight of the body of one foot of water. ch. 226
Pieces of artillery, useless for the defense of the Fortress. ch. 136
Plan of eight bastions. ch. 7
Platform, where and how useful. ch. 159
Great plaza and its benefit. ch. 272
Plazas, how they can be covered. ch. 182
Plazas of the curtains lower than those of the bastions. ch. 95
Large stones for founding under water. ch. 191
He who fortifies well spends little. ch. 273
Powder, how it must be handled. ch. 89
Bridges of the Fortress. ch. 131
Bridges, how they are made strong. ch. 127
Drawbridge raised by the sentry. ch. 134
Bridge that is raised without bolts. ch. 134
Drawbridge with bolts from below. ch. 133
Gates of ancient Fortresses. ch. 154
Gates of the Fortress, and where they are made. ch. 52
Gates of the sorties with portcullises. ch. 257
Preparations to be made in time of suspicion. ch. 256
Taking of Famagusta. ch. 72
Appropriate reward for negligent guards. ch. 135
Practice for describing the roundness of the shoulder. ch. 49
Practice of the bombardier. ch. 286
Great Princes delight in drawing. ch. 32
Principal considerations in finishing the works. ch. 24
Principal considerations in determining the Fortress. ch. 171
First cause of the congregation of men. ch. 151
First artillery brought into Italy.
Proportion and beauty of the Fortress. ch. 173
Provisions of food. ch. 119
Struts left in the body of the wall. ch. 171
Purpurelle small openings or defensive ports necessary in Fortresses placed over water. ch. 138

Qualities that the Engineer must have. ch. 113
Four questions concerning the use of artillery. ch. 103

Reasons for determining the heights of the walls. ch. 77
Reasons for the parapet with an outward slope. ch. 83
Reasons for forming the defenses. ch. 84
Iron portcullis, most useful. ch. 124
Mobile portcullis. ch. 277
Rule for making the profile. ch. 28
Ravelins for the defense of the gates. original: "Reuellini per difesa delle porte" ch. 131
Ravelins useful in long defenses. ch. 177
Ravelins, and their office. ch. 155
Ravelins, and their imperfections. ch. 155
Modern ravelins useful in Fortresses. ch. 177
Remedies for securing the teeth of the embrasures. ch. 48
Remedies against batteries. original: "Rimedij contro le batterie" ch. 64
Remedy where the plazas might be narrow. ch. 74
Remedy for narrow plazas. ch. 85
Remedy against petards. ch. 135
Remedy for pieces that are loaded from the breech. ch. 137

Testing of the level. ch. 284
Retirements secondary defensive lines without obstructing the plazas. ch. 271
Ruins of the batteries. ch. 265
Ruins that the Engineer must foresee. ch. 267
Mobile rollers for defense. ch. 275
Rollers, how they should be handled. ch. 275

Small bags, or lanterns for firing with artillery. ch. 67
Knowing how to point the piece. ch. 281
Stones harmful to the enemy. ch. 64
Slopes technical term: "scarpe" made in three ways. ch. 124
Slopes, how they are made. original: "Scarpe come si faccino" ch. 163
Slopes, and their effect. ch. 25
Slopes, how much they restrict the plazas. ch. 28
Slopes of the earthworks. ch. 25
Slopes, and their effects. ch. 74
Sentinels and rounds of the Fortress. ch. 143
Sentinels, and their office. ch. 135
Security of the defenders. ch. 257
It is concluded that fortifying is a science. ch. 62
Sites to be fortified always with oppositions. ch. 62
Sites where cavaliers must be made. ch. 37
Sites upon the Sea. original: "Siti sopra il Mare" ch. 186
Site favorable to the enemy. ch. 67
Site, and its circumstances. ch. 171
Perfect site upon the Sea, or upon the Mountain. ch. 171
Upon what site two plazas should be made. ch. 22
Upon the plazas there should not be a wall. ch. 178
Surprises made in three ways. ch. 135
Sorties, where they should be made. ch. 22
Sorties under the bridge. ch. 260
Sorties necessary to make in all the flanks, and especially where the ditch is dry. ch. 88
Shoulder and front of the bastion. ch. 9
Experience to be had in excavations. ch. 117
Expense that will go into building the wall. ch. 119
Esplanade raised with stones. ch. 77
Esplanade made with stones. original: "Spianata fatta co i sassi" ch. 183
Squad of bombardiers. ch. 293
Lame square technical term for a specific drafting tool. ch. 17
Staves guiding poles for making the elevations of the walls and earthworks. ch. 123
Very ancient printing in China. ch. 152
Underground passages. ch. 28, ch. 274
Roads of the rounds. ch. 28
Roads and covered sorties. ch. 37
Underground passages. ch. 64
Roads of the rounds. ch. 81
Underground passages. ch. 83
Covered road. ch. 88
Covered road. ch. 102
Road of the relief. ch. 182
Instrument for handling artillery.
Studies where the Engineer must apply himself. ch. 111

Slowness of the screw motion. ch. 209
Time in which the piece is retired. ch. 104
Earthwork of the curtains lower than that of the bastion. 265
Earthworks, how they should be made. ch. 122
Earth and timber, excellent ammunition. ch. 257
Firing straight with artillery. ch. 281
Firing in time of night. ch. 285
Shots of the artillery, and their effects. ch. 92
Lifting shots. ch. 283
Shots for joy, for joy ceremonial firing. ch. 283
Shots by the level of the bore. ch. 284
Shots, how they are adjusted. ch. 284
Transporting the designs into different sizes. ch. 18
Three pieces of artillery for each flank. ch. 74
Three things are necessary to know how to fortify. ch. 113
Three ways for making [people] work. original: "Tre modi per far lauorare" ch. 120
Tree trunks useful for making defenses. ch. 163

Advantage of the defenders in covering themselves. ch. 81
Path of the course of the balls. ch. 104
One embrasure for each plaza of the flank, must be secure. ch. 19
One plaza per flank, where it should be made. ch. 40
One sole head must command. ch. 120
Bad usage in drying the artillery molds. ch. 137
Utility in making the works at a certain price per pace. ch. 121

Rafts made to preserve the earthwork. ch. 278
Small hoist useful in buildings. ch. 121