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 13, 2024.
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CHAP. II. If thy left handed adversary doth strike at thy
head within.
[ 1] STingere thy left handed adver∣sary
within, as soone as hee
doth strike at thee within, then
parere his blow with a Secunde
downewards towards thy left side, and in
a moment strike with a Secunde or a back
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blow at the inside of his left arme.
[ 2] Or when thou seest his blow comming
at thee within, then thrust him with a
Quarte at the outside of his weapon, over
his left arme, if he parereth that thrust then
strike downewards with a Quarte at his
left legge without.
[ 3] If he doth strike within at thy head a∣gaine,
then stepping back with thy left
legge; strike him with a Quarte at the out∣side
of his left arme.
[ 4] Or stepping with thy right legge to∣wards
thy right side out, at the approach∣ing
of his blow, strike him with a Secunde
or Quarte at the outside of his left arme.
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