The Military Renascence founded on Classical Models 106 CHAPTER II Accession of the Tudors 108 Results of the Loss of France; Calais 108 Dislocation of the old Military Organisation 109 Coat- and Conduct-Money; Yeomen of the Guard 110 The Tudor Colours 111 The Office of Ordnance 111 Military Efforts of Henry VIII. 112 War with France; Defects of the Army 112 Slow Improvement in Organisation 113 Foreign Mercenaries 114 The Northern Horsemen 114 Battle of Flodden 115 Continued Discouragement of Firearms 117 Scheme for Rearmament of Infantry Abandoned 119 The Artillery Company 119 The Great Review of 1539 119 The Breed of English Horses 121 Henry as an Artillerist 122 The Three Divisions of the English Forces 123 The Lords-Lieutenant 124 New Statute of Defence under Philip and Mary 125 Loss of Calais 126 CHAPTER III Disorder in the Military System on Elizabeth's Accession 127 Great Efforts to Restore Efficiency 128 Report of the Magistrates on Existing Means of National Defence 128 The New School of Soldier 129 Opportunity lost for Erecting a Standing Army 130 English and Scots Volunteers aid French Protestants 131 War with France; Unreadiness of England 131 A Corps of Arquebusiers formed 132 Insurrection in the North; Bad Equipment of English Troops 133 Gradual Displacement of Bows and Bills by Pikes and Firearms 133 First English Volunteers sail for the Low Countries 135 London leads the Way in Military Reform 135 Gradual Introduction of Foreign Methods and Terms 135 Outburst of Military Literature at the close of Elizabeth's Reign 136 CHAPTER IV Revolt of the Netherlands; Morgan's English Volunteers 141