without comparison, the greate ordinaunce misse the footemen, moche soner than hitte theim:  for that the footemen are so lowe, and those so difficult to shoote; that every little that thou raisest theim, thei passe over the heddes of men:  and if thei be leveled never so little to lowe, thei strike in the yearth, and the blowe cometh not to theim:  also the unevenesse of the grounde saveth them, for that every little hillocke, or high place that is, betwene the men and thordinance, letteth the shot therof.  And concernyng horsmen, and in especially men of armes, bicause thei ought to stand more close together, then the light horsemen, and for that thei are moche higher, maie the better be stroken, thei maie, untill the artillerie have shotte, be kepte in the taile of the armie.  True it is, that the Harkebutters doe moche more hurt, and the field peces, then the greate ordinance, for the whiche, the greatest remedy is, to come to hande strokes quickly:  and if in the firste assaulte, there be slaine some, alwaies there shall bee slaine:  but a good capitaine, and a good armie, ought not to make a coumpte of a hurte, that is particulare, but of a generall, and to imitate the Suizzers, whom never eschue to faight, beyng made afraied of the artillerie:  but rather punishe with death those, whiche for feare thereof, either should go out of the ranke, or should make with his body any signe of feare.  I made them (so sone as thei had shotte) to bee retired into the armie, that thei might leave the waie free for the battaile:  I made no more mencion of theim, as of a thyng unprofitable, the faight beyng begun.  You have also saied, that consideryng the violence of this instrument, many judge the armours, and the auncient orders to be to no purpose, and it semeth by this your talke, that men now a daies, have founde orders and armours, whiche are able to defend them against the artillerie:  if you knowe this, I would bee glad that you would teache it me:  for that hetherto, I never sawe any, nor I beleve that there can any be founde:  so that I would understande of soche men, for what cause the souldiours on foote in these daies, weare the breastplate, or the corselet of steele, and thei on horsebacke go all armed:  bicause seyng that thei blame the aunciente armyng of men as unprofitable, considryng the artillery, thei ought to despise also this?  I would understande moreover, for what occasion the Suizzers, like unto the auncient orders, make a battaile close together of sixe, or eight thousande menne, and for what occasion all other have imitated theim, this order bearyng the verie same perill, concernyng the artillerie, that those other should beare, whiche should imitate the antiquitie.  I beleve thei should not knowe what to answere:  but if you should aske soche Souldiours, as had some judgement, thei would aunswere first, that thei go armed, for that though thesame armoure defende theim not from the artillerie:  it defendeth them from crossebowes, from Pikes, from