T A B L E


One must often in fortifying leave things to be governed by necessity	19
Base or under-footing in the doors	23
Bertuccia monkey (a type of small defensive gun or portable crane)	28
Benches in the foundation	30
Badile shovel or iron spade	37
One must know how to draw	4
Benches or stools for throwing earth	37
Wheelbarrows	38
Useless wheelbarrow	38
Large pails for carrying earth with beasts of burden	38
In field defenses, one must level everything with good order	58
Bench near the parapet	60
Staves for the firmness of the defense	63
Small bench in the foundation	85
Bula clod/lump of grain mixed with earth	43


That the Romans fortified the lodgings with great haste & the reason why this happened	1
Encampments of the Romans	4
How to make the designs of the plans	4
It is convenient to know the shots of the artillery	4
With 25 heavy pieces & as many light ones, one can defend a circuit of a mile and a half quite comfortably	5
He who fortifies must try to have royal support	7
Embrasures in the bulwarks, & their measurement	8
Cordone (cornice/string course) where it should be made	8
Crest of the parapet	8, 60
Curtains from flank to flank	9
Cavalier for accommodating long-range shots	9
Cavalier, when made to scout the bulwarks, does not have the effect that will be mentioned	9
How to make the cavaliers in the middle of the curtains	16
Embrasures of the cavalier	17
Cavalier on the earth-rampart is useful	27
Embrasures in the platform	17
How to arrange the cavaliers in a flat site	18
Contrascarpa counterscarp	20, 92
Consideration of the time in which one can fortify a place	24
How one ought to repair when having the enemy nearby	24