Illud tamen obſeruandū eſtquo nichil melius inuenitur vtſine dextro cornu pugnare volueris ibi fortiſſimos ponas ſiue de ſiniſtro ibi ſtrēnuos colloces ſiue in medio facere cuneosvolueris per quos hoſtiū aciesrūpas in cuneo ex̓citatiſſmīosordines bellatores victoria em̄ꝑ paucos fieri conſueuit tm̄ eſtvt elcī ⁊ dute ſapientiſſimo inhijs locis in quibꝰ ratio et vtilitas poſtulat ordinentur.Viam abſcedēdi hoſtibusdandam vt deleanturCaXXIILeriqꝫ rei militaris ignari. pleniorē victoriam credūt ſi adu̓ſariosaut locoꝝ anguſtijs aut armaforū multitudinē circūdederintvt additum non īueniant abcedēdi ſed clauſis ex deſꝑacōecreſcit audatia et cū ſpei nichileſt ſumet et arma formido libēter cupit cōmoī qui ſine dubioſcit ſe moriturū Ideoqꝫ ſcipioīslaudata ſinā eſt qui dixit viāhoſtibus qua fugerit muniendam nam cum abcedēdi aditupatefacto mentes oīm ad prebenda terga cōſenſerint multimore pecudū trucidantur nec īſequentibus ullū ꝑiculum eſtcū victi quibus defendi potuerant arma conu̓terint hoc gn̓equanto maior fuerit tāto facilius ml̓titudo proſternitur neqꝫibi conquirēdus eſt numerusvt animus ſemel territus nontam tela hoſtiū cupit declinareꝙ vultū. Ceterū clauſilicet exīgii numero ⁊ ī firmi viribushoc ip̄o tn̄ ſūt hoſtibus paresquia deſꝑantes ſciūt aliud ſibi licere non poſſe ſed vn̄a ſalꝰvictis nullam ſperare ſalutemQuaſiter ab hoſtibus redadatur ſi cōſiliū diſplicꝫ pugnēCapitulum XXIIIIgeſtis omībꝰ q̄ raciomilitaris exꝑmientiset arte ſeruauit vnumſuꝑ eſt edocere quem admodumrecedatur ab hoſtibus nā diſcipline bellice et exemploꝝ ꝑitinon nūꝙͣ ꝑitulum miminece teſtantur Qui em̄ ante congreſſūrecedit ab acie ſuis fiduciā minuet et imimicis addit audaciam verū quia hoc ſepius euenire neceſſe eſt quibus modisfieri p̄t tute declarādum ē Primū vt tui neſciant ideo te recedere qꝛ declinas inire conflictūſed credāt arte aliquā ideo ſereuotai̓ vt ad oportuniorē locūinuitentur hoſtis fa cilius ſuꝑetur aut forte inſequentibꝰ aduerſarijs ſecreciores collocent̉inſidie nam ad fugam ꝑati ſūtqui ſuum ducem ſenciat deſꝑare Illud qͦꝫ vitandꝫ eſt ne hoſtes te recedere ſenciant et ſtatīirruant propterea pleriqꝫ adpedites equites poſuerunt vt