Phrygian Music

A martial sort of ancient music, which excited men to rage and battle: by this mode Timotheus stirred up Alexander to arms. Modes of Music . There were three modes among the ancients, which took their names from particular countries, namely, the Lydian , the Phrygian , and the Doric . | MUSKET, | | - | | MUSQUET, | the most serviceable and commodious fire-arm used by an army. It carries a ball of 18 to 1 pound. Its length is 3 feet 6 inches from the muzzle to the pan. The Spaniards were the first who armed part of their foot with musquets. At first they were made very heavy, and could not be fired without a rest: they had match locks, and did execution at a great distance. These kinds of musquets and rests were used in England so late as the beginning of the civil wars.