thei doubt leaste:  therefore a capitain ought when he cannot doe this, to devise at least with diligence, that the losse bee lesse hurtfull, to dooe this, it is necessarie for thee to use meanes, that the enemie maie not easely folowe thee, or to give him occasion to make delaie:  in the first case, some after thei have been sure to lese, have taken order with their heddes, that in divers partes, and by divers waies thei should flie, havyng appoincted wher thei should after assemble together:  the which made, that thenemie (fearing to devide the armie) was faine to let go safe either all, or the greatest part of them.  In the seconde case, many have cast before the enemie, their dearest thinges, to the entent that he tariyng about the spoile, might give them more laisure to flie.  Titus Dimius used no small policie to hide the losse, whiche he had received in the faight, for asmoche as havyng fought untill night, with great losse of his menne, he made in the night to be buried, the greatest part of them, wherefore in the mornyng, the enemies seyng so many slaine of theirs, and so fewe of the Romaines, belevyng that thei had the disavauntage, ran awaie.  I trust I have thus confusedly, as I saied, satisfied in good part your demaunde:  in dede about the facions of the armies, there resteth me to tell you, how some tyme, by some Capitaines, it hath been used to make theim with the fronte, like unto a wedge, judgyng to bee able by soche meane, more easely to open the enemies armie.  Against this facion, thei have used to make a facion like unto a paire of sheres, to be able betwene thesame voide place, to receive that wedge, and to compasse it about, and to faight with it on every side:  whereupon I will that you take this generall rule, that the greatest remedie that is used againste a devise of the enemie, is to dooe willingly thesame, whiche he hath devised that thou shalt dooe perforce:  bicause that doyng it willingly, thou doest it with order, and with thy advauntage, and his disadvauntage, if thou shouldest doe it beyng inforced, it should be thy undoyng:  For the provyng whereof, I care not to reherse unto you, certain thynges alredy tolde.  The adversary maketh the wedge to open thy bandes:  if thou gowest with them open, thou disorderest hym, and he disordereth not thee.  Aniball set the Elephantes in the fronte of his armie, to open with theim the armie of Scipio.  Scipio went with it open, and it was the occasion of his victorie, and of the ruine of hym.  Asdruball placed his strongest men in the middest of the fronte of his armie, to overthrowe Scipios menne:  Scipio commaunded, that by them selves thei should retire and he broke theim:  So that like devises when thei are foreseen, bee the causes of the victorie of him, against whom thei be prepared.  There remaineth me also, if I remember my self well, to tell you what respectes a Capitaine ought to have, before he leade his men to faight:  upon whiche I have to tell you firste, how a capitaine