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The first playing and beginning of the substance of the two-handed sword / the first ground begins with an hauke bearing in with the foot with a double round with 3 feet outward and as many homeward making end of the play with a quarter cross smitten with an hauke snatch setting down by the foot. | The first playing and beginning of the substance of the two-handed sword / the first ground begins with an hauke bearing in with the foot with a double round with 3 feet outward and as many homeward making end of the play with a quarter cross smitten with an hauke snatch setting down by the foot. | ||
| '''The Use of the Two-hand Sworde''' | | '''The Use of the Two-hand Sworde''' | ||
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! <p>Transcription<br/>by [[Terry Brown]]</p> | ! <p>Transcription<br/>by [[Terry Brown]]</p> | ||
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| <poem>man that will to the two hand sword learn both close & clear, | | <poem>man that will to the two hand sword learn both close & clear, | ||
:he must have a good eye both far & near. | :he must have a good eye both far & near. | ||
− | & an in step & an out step | + | & an in step & an out step & a quarter strike |
− | & a quarter strike | ||
:A cantel/cautel, a double, an half for his companions. | :A cantel/cautel, a double, an half for his companions. | ||
Two rounds and an half with a good cheer | Two rounds and an half with a good cheer | ||
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These are the strokes of your whole ground | These are the strokes of your whole ground | ||
:For hurt, or for blow, or else for death's wound</poem> | :For hurt, or for blow, or else for death's wound</poem> | ||
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| <poem>man þ<sup>t</sup> wol to þ<sup>e</sup> tohond swerd lern boþ<sup>e</sup> close & cler/ | | <poem>man þ<sup>t</sup> wol to þ<sup>e</sup> tohond swerd lern boþ<sup>e</sup> close & cler/ | ||
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he most have a goede eye boþ<sup>e</sup> fer & ner// | he most have a goede eye boþ<sup>e</sup> fer & ner// | ||
− | & an in stop • & an owte stop • | + | & an in stop • & an owte stop • & an hauke q<sup>ū</sup>rter ∪ |
− | & an hauke q<sup>ū</sup>rter ∪ | ||
A cantel • a doblet . an half for hys fer// | A cantel • a doblet . an half for hys fer// | ||
Too rowndys • & an halfe w<sup>t</sup> a goode chere | Too rowndys • & an halfe w<sup>t</sup> a goode chere |
Revision as of 19:57, 25 August 2017
Man yt Wol | |||||
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MS Harley 3542, British Library London, United Kingdom | |||||
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Type | Commonplace book | ||||
Date | ca. 1440 | ||||
Place of origin | British Empire | ||||
Language(s) | |||||
Author(s) |
John Dastin
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Material | Paper, with a British Library binding | ||||
Size | 118 folia | ||||
External data | Library catalog entry | ||||
Other translations | |||||
The MS Harley 3542 is a compilation manuscript containing a fencing manual, created in England in the early to mid 15th century.[1] It currently rests in the holdings of the British Library in London, United Kingdom.[2] The manuscript seems to be three separate works bound together, including two alchemical compendia (ff 1-16, 17-94) and a medical compendium (ff 95-118). The fencing treatise, known as Man yt Wol ("The Man that Will"), comprises ff 82-85 of the larger manuscript. Along with the Cotton Titus manuscript and the Ledall manuscript, this is one of only three extant treatises on Medieval English martial arts.[2]
Contents
Provenance
The known provenance of the MS Harley 3542 is:[2]
- 1500s - owned and annotated by Thomas Byard, vicar of Bockerill [Devon].
- 1600s - owned by Samuel Knott (d. 1687), rector of Combe Raleigh and priest of Broad Hembury, co. Devon.
- 1600s-early 1700s - owned by Robert Burscough (1650/51-1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton Bishop in 1705.
- 17 May 1715 - acquired by Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician.
- 1724-1741 - owned by Edward Harley (1689-1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer.
- 1741-1753 - owned by his widow, Henrietta née Cavendish Holles (1694-1755) and her daughter Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785), duchess of Portland.
- 1753 - sold for a fraction of their value to the British Museum (at the time of its founding).
- 1973 - moved to the British Library (at the time of its founding).
Contents
This is the official table of contents provided by the museum.[2] As the manuscript has not been digitized for study, its accuracy cannot be guaranteed beyond that fact.
1r - 14r | Treatise on alchemy (The Mirror of Lights) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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14r - 15v | Four alchemical recipes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16rv | Three Alchemical recipes (Modus Maurandi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17r - 25v | Alchemical text (Semita recta Alkymie Alberti) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25v - 28r | Alchemical text on the transmutation of metals ('Per artificium vero fit & transmutacio me/tallorum) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28v - 35v | Alchemical text attributed to Ramon Llull (Verbum albrematum verissimum & approbatum de occultis) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40r - 41v | Alchemical text (Compo[si]cionis / lapidum philosophorum .4. modis) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
41v - 44r | Alchemical recipes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
44v - 55v | Epistola boni viri, possibly Guillelmus Sedacerius, De alchimie perfectum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
55v - 57v | Alchemical text and recipes (Casus magnorum lapsus gravis anteriorum / Sunt afflictorum solamina philosophorum) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
57v - 59v | Breviloquium lapis philosophorum by Johannes Pauper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
59v - 60v | Alchemical recipe (Opus mirabile) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
60v - 64v | Alchemical treatise by John Dastin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
64v - 67v | Alchemical text | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
68v - 80v | De occulta philosophia by John Sawtry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
80v - 81r | Alchemical verses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
81r - 82r | Alchemical verses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
82r - 85r |
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85v |
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85r - 94v | Recipes for medical and alchemical processes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
95r | Collection of texts on pulse in Middle English, followed by verse on pulse and humors in Latin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
95v - 97r | Gualterius, De pulsibus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
97v - 100v | Text on women's medicine (De ornatu mulierum) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
101r - 102r | Treatise on medical herbs (Materia medica) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
103r - 110r | Astronomical-medical treatise by Ralph Hoby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
110r | Eight-line poem on pulses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
110v - 111r | Notes on urine (De urinis tractatus) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
111rv | Notes on urine (Omnis urina est colamentum sanguinis) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
111v - 112r | Text on phlebotomy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
112r | Three paragraphs on astrological reckoning for bloodletting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
112v | Pen drawing of bloodletting man, with text on veins, but veins not marked | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
113r - 115v, 116v | Excerpts of Rogerina minor by Roger de Baron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
115v - 116v | Excerpts from Summa parva (?) by Roger Frugard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
116v | Tables on latitudes of seven climates, all with Greek names | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
117r - 118v | Pseudo-Nennius, De mirabilibus Britannie maioris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
118v | De mensuris |
Gallery
Additional Resources
- Bradak, Benjamin "Casper" and Heslop, Brandon. Lessons on the English Longsword. Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-58160-734-5
- Hutton, Alfred. The Sword Through the Centuries. Dover Publications, 2002. ISBN 978-0486425207
References
- ↑ Terry Brown. "A Transcription of ff. 84-85 of Harleian 3542 (A verse describing the use of the Two hand Sword)". Anglo-Saxon Books Ltd. http://aaoema.com/Two-Hand-Sword-Translation-SECURE.pdf. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Explore Archives and Manuscripts". British Library. Retrieved 08 August 2016.
Copyright and License Summary
For further information, including transcription and translation notes, see the discussion page.
Work | Author(s) | Source | License |
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Modernization (82r - 84r) | Jon Pellett | MEGALOPHIAS His Page | |
Modernization (84v - 85v) | Terry Brown | American Academy of English Martial Arts | |
Transcription (82r - 84r) | Alfred Hutton | Index:Man yt Wol (MS Harley 3542) | |
Transcription (84v - 85v) | Terry Brown | Index:Man yt Wol (MS Harley 3542) |