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.

CHAP. VII. Treateth of divers wayes, how thou s••alt put by all sorts of thrusts that are made at thee, at the outside of thy Rapier.

[ 1] IF thine adversary bee open within, then stringere him within, thus doing thou wilt compell him to make a thrust at thee without over thy right arme, as soone as hee thrnsteth at thee over thy right arme, and it bee over the Prime or strougest part of thy Rapier neare thy hilt, then parere his thrust towards thy right side with a Quarte not stirring thine arme but onely turning the wrest, so that the point of thy Rapier looke to∣wards thy right side out, having parered and turned off his thrust, speedily change thy Quarte into a Secunde, and make a long thrust at the outside of his Rapier at his right breast.

[ 2] Or stringere thine adversary with a Tertz

at the inside of his Rapier as soone as his thrust approacheth towards thy right breast over thy right Arme, and over the Prime or strongest part of thy Ra∣pier, then not turning thy Tertz into a Quarte as before, but onely with a stayed arme turne thy point in a Tertz to∣wards thy right side, so that thy Ra∣pier doth slide along his blade towards his point, at the outside of his Rapier; when thou hast parered his thrust with thy Tertz, then change thy Tertz into a Secunde, and thrust at his right breast over his right arme.

[ 3] Hold thy Rapier with a Tertz, so that the point of thy Rapier stands upwards a little, and let thy right arme bee something bended that thou bee open without over thy right arme, then one∣ly stret••h thy bended arme, and his thrust will bee deluded; when thou hast pareret his thrust, then turne thy hand into a Secunde and thrust him over his right Arme at his right breast.

[] If thine adversary makes a long thrust at thee without, then as soone as thou seest him make at thee, make a long step in upon him with thy right foote, and then with thy left foote,

and put by his Rapier with a Qu••••te downewards towards thy right side, comming so suddenly in upon him, thou dost, as it were, disarme him, thrust then at an instant with a Secunde over his right arme at his breast.

[ 5] If thou dost String••re thine adversary at the outside of his Rapier, and hee doth make a thrust at thy thigh outwardly, then let the point of thy Rapier sinke downe into a hanging Secunde and parere it, this done, instantly Passere under his Rapier, or when thou hast parered, then thrust with a Secunde home, over his right arme.

[ 6] But if he doth thrust over the Secunde or weakest part of thy Rapier over thy right Arme, being that the Secunde is too weake to resist, then cavere from thy left hand towards thy right hand under his Rapier, and first battiering at the inside of his wea∣pon thrust the Quarte close to his Rapier at his right breast.

[ 7] If thine adversary doth thrust againe at the outside of thy Rapier, over the Se∣cunde or the weakest part neare the point, then l••t thy point sinke downe into a hanging Quarte, lifting up the hilt behind, thus thou dost toucht his Secunde or the weakest part with thy Prime or the stron∣gest part of thy Rapier, thrust then with

the Quarte at the inside of his Rapier at his right thigh.