Pallas armata The gentlemans armorie; wherein the right and genuine use of the rapier and of the sword, as well against the right handed as against the left handed man is displayed: and now set forth and first published for the commmon [sic] good by the author.

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Pallas armata The gentlemans armorie; wherein the right and genuine use of the rapier and of the sword, as well against the right handed as against the left handed man is displayed: and now set forth and first published for the commmon [sic] good by the author.
Author
G. A., fl. 1639.
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Printed at London :: By I[ohn] D[awson] for Iohn Williams, at the signe of the Crane in S. Pauls Church-yard,
1639.
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Swordplay -- Early works to 1800.
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"Pallas armata The gentlemans armorie; wherein the right and genuine use of the rapier and of the sword, as well against the right handed as against the left handed man is displayed: and now set forth and first published for the commmon [sic] good by the author." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16110.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.

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How to Passere with the Secunde without.

[ 5] If thine adversary lie open without, then thrust him over his right arme without, if he then should parere thy thrust upwards, then while he is parering upwards, bow thy body and let the point sinke downe in∣to a Secunde under his right arme, and Pas∣sere him, but passing behind him clap thy left hand upon his Hilt, for feare he should knocke thee passing, with the Hilt.

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