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Howe the battelmentes of walles were made at the first, and how thei are made now adaies, 210 The provisions that is mete to bee made, for the defence of a towne, 212 Divers pollicies, for the beseginge and defendinge of a toune or fortres, 214 Secrete conveing of letters, 219 The defence againste a breache, 219 Generall rules of warre, 222
And I have lefte unto them for heade and ruler, followinge therein your pleasure, Capitaine Albert de la Pierria, a souldier of longe experience, and the firste that from the begynnynge offred to tary; and further, by their advise, choice, and will, inscaled and fortified them in an iland on the northe side thereof, a place of stronge scituation and commodious, upon a river which wee named Chenonceau, and the habitation and fortres, Charles Forte.
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