duo milia paſſuū comprehēdatſꝫ melius eſt plures acies facereꝙ milites expargere Senospedes a tergo intra ſingulas acies in lato diximiꝰ ītra pateredebere et ip̄i bellafores ſtantesſingulos optinēt pedes Ideoqꝫ ſi ſex aciēs ordinauis xlij pedes in latū et mille in longū decē miliū h ominū tenedit exercitꝰ Ad hanc racionem ſi xxmilia ſui xxx milia peditū fuerint iuxͣ mēſure pediſmū ſine aliqua dubitaciōe difficultatisꝯterūt ordniari nec dux fallit̓cū ſciat qui locus qnͣtos poſſitcape̓ armatos Dicūt ſi anguſtior locus ſit vel multitudo ſuficiat inde eciā ix vel ampliꝰ acies orrdinare magis enī expeditvt cōſerti pugnēt ꝙͣ lōgiꝰ ſeꝑati nā ſi nimiū fuerit acies tenuata cito ab adue̓ſarijs factaip̄ſſione ꝑrūpit̉ et nullū p̄t eſſe remediū q̄ autē numeri ī dextro cornu qui ſiniſtro qͥ in medio debeāt ordinari vel iuxͣ dignitates eorū ẜuat̉ ex more velcerte ꝓ qͣlitate hoſtiū cōmittat̉De equitibus ordinandisTapitulum XVIOnſtructa acie peditūequites ponūt̉ in cornibꝰ ita vt loricati omēsſcutati uūcti ſint peditibꝰ Sagittarij autē qui loricas nō hadent longius euagētur a forcioribꝰ nā equitibꝰ peditū ꝓ regēpitada ſunt latera et a velocioribꝰatqꝫ expeditis hoſtium cornuaſuꝑfindēda atqꝫ turbāda Scire autem dux debet cōtra quosglobos hoſtiū quos eqͥtes oporteat poni nā neſcio qua occultaraciōe ymo pene diuina alij cōtra alios melicos dimicāt et quiforciores vicerāt ab īferioribꝰſepe vincūtur Ꝙ ſi equites inpares fuerit more vetei̓ velociſſimi cum ſcutis leuibꝰ peditesad hͦ ip̄m exercitati hijſdē miſcēdi ſunt quos expeditos veteres nomīabāt quo facto ꝙͣuisfortiſſim i hoſtiū eqͥtes euenerāt ta mē adueſꝰ mixtū agmenpares eſſe nō pn̄t vnum hoc remediū veteres omēs duces īvenerūt vt aſſueſcere facerēt iudices currētes egrie et īte̓ bonosequites ſingulos pedites collocarent cum leuioībꝰ ſcutis gladijs miſſilibꝰDe ſubſidijs q̄ poſt aciē collocanturCapitulum XVIIEd optima racio eſt etad victoriā plurimū cōfert et letiſſimos de peditibus et equitibus cum vicarijs cōmitibꝰ tribunisqꝫ vacatibꝰ habeat pꝰ acie dux preꝑatos alios circa cornua alioscirca mediū vt ſic vbi hoſtisvehemēt̓ īſiſtit ne rupat aciescito ꝓuolēt ⁊ ſuppleat loca additaqꝫ virtute īimicoꝝ audaciafrāgat hͦ pͥmi lacones īvenerūt