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.
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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 April 30, 2024.
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CHAP. V. How to parere and put by such blowes that
are made at thy right legge without.
[ 1] IF thine adversary doth strike at
thy right legge without, letting
thy point sinke downe into a
Secunde at the outside of his
Sword, and having parered it, raise thy
point and strike with a Secunde or backe
blow at the outside of his right arme, or
else at his right cheeke.
[ 2] Or when he striketh at the outside of thy
right legge, let thy point sinke downe∣wards
into a Secunde againe, and parere it as
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soone as thou hast put by, presently change
thy Secunde into a Quarte close to the out∣side
of his weapon, and strike him with a
Quarte under his weapon at his right thigh
within.
[ 3] Or when thou hast put by his blow by
letting thy weapon point sinke downe∣wards
into a Secunde, then presently Pas∣sere
him under his weapon, or raise thy
point and thrust him with a Secunde over
his weapon at his right breast.
[ 4] Or when thou seest his blow approach
towards thy legge without, then draw
thy legge to thee, and strike with a Secunde
or back blow at the outside of his right
arme, or his right cheeke.
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