and bearing your Arm as low
as possible without stooping, and so receive your _Musket_ where the
Scowrer enters into the Stock, touching with your hand no part of the
Barrel, keeping it about half a Foot from your side sloping, your
Right-hand, with your Fingers, extended being behind the Lock.

4. =Cock your Musket.=

Place the Right-Thumb and your Finger behind the Trigger, so clap your
_Musket_ against your Thigh, and Cock; keeping it that it slip not your
Thumb, now removed steady on the Head of the Cock.

5. =Guard your Musket.=

Bring it with a very swift Motion strait before you, to recover your
Left-hand even with your mouth, about half a foot distance from it, not
suffering your _Musket_ to sink, nor stooping your Body, observing in
bringing up the _Musket_ before, which is a recovering, that the
Right-heel be brought to the Left-Instep, your _Musket_ being
perpendicular.

6. =Present.=

Here fall back with your Right-leg, that the middle of the Right foot
may be against the Left-heel; cause the Butt-end to rise to your
Shoulder, fixing it firm, and keep your Right elbow even with the height
of the Piece, being in a readiness with the fourth Finger of your
Right-hand to pull the Trigger, bowing the Left-knee keeping the Right
firm and steady, and so level your _Musket_ Breast high.

7. =Fire.=

Keep here an exact Motion in drawing the Trigger, every one drawing at
once, so that the whole Fire of a Company or Battalion may be as of one
report: Keep your Body steady, and your _Musket_ hard against your
Shoulder after you have fired, till the next Word of Command is given,
_viz_.

8. =Recover your Arms.=

Here let the Butt-end sink in both your Hands, and bringing it strait
before you, keep your right Hand under the Cock and the Left even with
your Mouth.

9. =Half bend your Musket.=

Fall back with your Right-leg, and let the _Musket_ at once rest,
placing the Right-thumb upon the Cock, and the Fingers of that hand
behind the Trigger; then closing it to your Thigh, half bend the Cock,
and keep it rested with your Fingers extended.

10. =Clean the Pan.=

Do this with the ball of your Thumb, pressed into the Pan, keeping your
Fingers of the Right-hand behind the Lock.

11. =Handle your Primer.=

Take the little end between your Finger and Thumb, turning the other end
to the back of your Hand, your Arm bearing backwards.

12. =Prime.=

Level your Piece, and strike your bruised Powder into t