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TABLE

OF THE CHAPTERS

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Of the First Treatise.

CHAP. I. On the excellence of the Military Art, and how much it has always been esteemed. folio 1
Chap. 2. In which it is treated, what Militia military service/soldiery is, and where War had its beginning. 3
Chap. 3. In which is described what Militia is, and it is divided into some parts. 4
Chap. 4. In which one discourses on the origin of arms, and of their Etymology. 4
Chap. 5. Of the Machines that were used to besiege Cities, before powder and Artillery were discovered. 5
Chap. 6. Of the Catapult, and its effect. 6
Chap. 7. Of the Ballista, its form, and its effects. 7
Chap. 8. Of the Tortoise a covered siege engine used to protect soldiers while breaking down walls that was used in ancient times to ruin walls. 10
Chap. 9. Of the Battering Ram Machine. 11
Chap. 10. Of the Helepolis a large movable siege tower. 13
Chap. 11. On the invention of powder, and of Artillery, with some disagreements concerning who was the first inventor. 14
Chap. 12. By whom, and in what part of the World was Artillery found and used. 16
Chap. 13. On the form of some of the first pieces of Bronze Artillery, 20,