This manual was published right in the middle of the Benjamin Church era. We don’t do this that often, but when we have, spectator seemed to enjoy it. These are the lists of commands. They come from an edition published in Boston in 1690, which was essentially pirated from an edition published in London in 1686 Copyright laws were not what they are today.

These are simply the list of orders given, the description of the movements is provided elsewhere, copied from the 1686 London edition.

An Abridgment of the English Military Discipline

Boston, 1690

Exercise of the Firelock

Lay your right hand on your musket

Poise your musket

Rest your musket

Cock your musket

Guard your musket

Present

Fire

Recover your arms

Half-bend your musket

Clean your pan

Handle your primer

Prime

Shut your pan

Blow off your loose corns

Cast about to charge

Handle your charger

Open them with your teeth

Charge with powder

Draw forth your scowrer

Shorten them to an inch

Charge with bullet

Ram down powder and ball

Withdraw your scowrer

Shorten them to a handful

Return your scowrer

Poise your musket

Shoulder your musket

Poise your musket

Order your musket

Lay down your musket

Quit your musket

Handle your musket

Order your musket