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Title:  The compleat fencing-master in which is fully described the whole guards, parades & lessons belonging to the small-sword : as also the best rules for playing against either artists or ignorants with blunts or sharps : together with directions how to behave in a single combat on horse-back : illustrated with figures representing the most necessary postures / by Sir W. Hope, Kt.
Author: Hope, William, Sir.
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Lesson 18. of Commanding the Sword.Ma.I told you before that my next Lesson should be of Inclosing, or commanding your Adversaries Sword.Sch.Which way do you that.Ma.There are two kinds of Inclosing, the first kind is done, by runing close to your Adversarie, How the first kind of inclosing as it were, with half a passe is to be done. as it were with half a Pass. Which I before said was improperly called a Pass, the second kind is done without run∣ing, Now I shall begin with the Inclosing, with half a Pass as it were, and shew you First how that is done, afterwards I shall go to the second kind, and also shew you the occasions you are to take to do it: as for the first kind then it is done thus, when you intend to Command your Adversaries sword, or inclose with him, you must run close to his right side, and take hold of the Hilt of his Sword, and not of his Arm, (as Igno∣rants do,) so that their Adversarie to be in a manner in equal terms with them again, hath nothing to do but to change 0