Peloquin

Captain Peloquin
Born	16th Century
Died	17th Century (?)
Occupation	Fencing master
Nationality	French
Patron	Henri IV of France
Genres	Fencing manual
Language	French
Notable work(s)	Cabinet d’Escrime de l’espee et poingnardt
Archetype(s)	Currently lost (ca. 1585)
Manuscript(s)	MS KB.73.J.39 (1600s)

Captain Peloquin was a 16th century French soldier and fencing master. He is described as "one of the four leading fencing masters of France", and his treatise notes that he trained King Henri IV of France in fencing. This likely occurred in the 1570s, giving us an approximate time frame for Peloquin's career.

The original version of Peloquin's treatise is currently lost, but Matt Galas estimates that it was written in the 1580s or 1590s based on internal evidence.^{[citation needed]} The only extant copy was made by J. de La Haye, a friend of Peloquin's, between 1600 and 1609. His treatise is distinctive for its abstract diagrams consisting of floating weapons and feet with lines connecting them to disembodied hearts and faces.

Treatise

Rapier and Dagger 

Images from the Hague Version	Translation	Hague Version (titles only) by Matt Galas
		[1r] Cabinet d’Escrime de l’espee et poingnardt, composé jadis par Monsieur Peloquin, Capitaine et l'un des quattre premiers maistres d'escrime de France.
		[1v] [Blank]
		[2r-3v] [Dedication]
		[4r-v] Les Hauteurs et les Gardes
		[5r] Garde Premiere . Avec les Primes
		[5v] Garde Seconde
		[6r] Garde Tierce
		[6v] Garde Quarte
		[7r] Assaut et riposte basse . en garde premiere
		[7v] Haute . en garde Seconde
		[8r] Assaut et riposte . Gauche, en garde tierce.
		[8v] Droitte en garde tierce (crossed out) Quarte.
		[9r] Les Tirades . en garde Premiere.
		[9v] Tirade en garde seconde.
		[10r] Tirade en garde tierce
		[10v] Tirade en garde quarte.
		[11r] Les Cavemens. en garde premiere
		[11v] Cavement en garde Seconde.
		[12r] Cavement en garde tierce.
		[12v] Cavement en garde quarte.
		[13r] Voutements en garde premiere.
		[13v] Voutement en garde seconde.
		[14r] Voutement en garde tierce.
		[14v] Voutement en garde quarte
		[15r] BATERIES, en garde premiere.
		[15v] Baterie en garde seconde.
		[16r] Baterie en garde tierce.
		[16v] Baterie en garde quarte.
		[17r] DOUBLE BATERIE aveec l'espee en garde premiere.
		[17v] Double Batrie avec lespee en garde seconde.
		[18r] Double baterie en garde tierce.
		[18v] Double baterie en garde quarte.
		[19r] ESTRAMAÇONS en garde premiere.
		[19v] Estramaçon en garde seconde.
		[20r] Estramaçon en garde tierce.
		[20v] Estramaçon en garde quarte
		[21r] Estramaçon en Double Baterie en garde .I.
		[21v] Estramaçon en Double Baterie en garde seconde.
		[22r] Estramaçon en Double Baterie en garde tierce.
		[22v] Estramaçon en Double Baterie en garde quarte.
		[23r] Coup de Ruse du Poingnart. en garde premiere.
		[23v] Coup de Ruse du Poingnardt en garde seconde.
		[24r] Coup de Ruse du Poingnardt. en garde tierce.
		[24v] Coup de Ruse du Poingnardt. en garde quarte.
		[25r] Coup de Ruse en garde Premiere.
		[25v] Coup de Ruse pour couper le poignet de son ennemy en garde.
		[26r] Liaison de l'Espee et poingnardt. en garde tierce
		[26v] Liaison de l'espee et poingnardt. en garde quarte.
		[27r] Traict D'Alechement. en garde premiere
		[27v] Traict d'Alechement. en garde seconde.
		[28r] Double cavement en garde tierce.
		[28v] Double cavassy en garde quarte. [The text of the technique simply ends; there is no text denoting the end of the work.]