Pseudo-Peter von Danzig/Stephen Cheney 2018 MF

Here begins [the] gloss and the interpretation of the zettel of the art of mounted fencing, which was composed and made by Johannes Liechtenauer, he is known as a high master in the art, God be gracious to him, and the art about this belongs to princes and lords, knights and squires, so that they shall know and learn. He has thus let the same art be specially written with obscure and disguised words, therefore commoners shall not hear nor understand them, as you will find them written hereafter, and has done because of the reckless fencing masters, who show little regard for their art, so that his art shall not be public or common from the same, from such people who can’t progress to behold the art, as those to whom the art pertains. And the same obscure and disguised words of mounted fencing, they stand hereafter, explained and interpreted in the gloss, so that anyone may well hear and understand them, if they can otherwise fence.

Here note the text and the gloss about a common lesson on horseback

1	Direct your spear  Against riding, make useless

Gloss: Note, this is when you ride with your lance, and someone against you, also with one, you shall, before all cases, know three guards with it, and from the guards you shall [go] to him by hand. The first, when wielding your lance, they are settings-aside with art and with strength, so that you therefore hit him with it.

The twenty-first figure teaches this, which says “The strength in the raising, arrange yourself in it correctly.”

Item: This is the first guard on horseback

Arrange yourself with it as follows: Grasp your lance with the back point under the right armpit, and reckon the front part to the longest to him with the point against the face.

Note, this is the second guard on horseback

Arrange yourself with it as follows: Grasp your lance with the back point under the right armpit, and let it hang low to your left side next to your horse’s neck, and ride to him as such.

Note, this is the third guard on horseback

Arrange yourself with it as follows: Grasp your lance in the middle with both hands, and hold it athwart in front of you on the saddle bow, so that the point remains to your left side, and ride to him as such.

This is the text and the gloss of the plays from the three guards

2	If it falls down  Your point undoes him

Gloss: Note, drive this play from the first guard as follows: When you have extended your lance against him to the longest from the arm, and he his against you, then ride upon him and do as if you want to stab him to the face, and when you come near to him, then let the front of your lance sink down, and change through with it below his lance to his right side. Thus you hit, and he does not.

The first figure teaches this, which says “Hunt from the chest to his right hand.”

Note

Drive this play from the second guard. When you ride together with him, let the front of your lance sink down to your left side. If he then drives upon you with the lance, then sweep up simply onto your right side with your lance to his, and raise a little upwards with it. Thus you hit, and he does not.

The eighteenth figure teaches this, which says “Hunt to the right hand with your art.”

Note, drive this play from the third guard as follows: When you ride together with him, hold your lance with both hands in the middle athwart in front of you on the saddle bow. If he then rides onto you with the lance, then sweep with the front part of your lance to his right side at his, and strike your lance with it under your right armpit, and ride forward. Thus you hit, and he does not. You shall also, from all three guards, come to half of the lance with the left hand, for the sake of strength.

The sixth figure teaches this, which says “Seize the strong with both hands.”

Here note a special play with the short lance against the long

Note, when you have a short lance and he a long, ride moderately against him, and hold the point to him from the arm against the face, and when it comes to the hit, let go of the reins, and lead his lance away with the left hand onto your left side, and ride forward and plant to him.

The twelfth figure teaches this, which says “With empty hand, learn two sweeps against all weapons.”

This is the text and the gloss about a lesson and about wrestling on horseback

3	Hew in, don’t draw  From sheath, jolt to him left
4	Grapple to his right  So you catch him without fencing

Note the lesson: When you both ride together with the lance, if it is then the case that you both missed with it, if you then want to catch him without any fencing, then drop your lance by hand, and draw neither sword nor knife, and turn yourself with your left side to his right, and wait upon his right arm, and drive the wrestle written hereafter.

Here note two wrestles

Note, when you come with your left side to his right, grab his right hand with your right, and throw him with the unnamed hold or with the secret hold, and how you shall drive the two wrestles, you find that written hereafter.

Here note a sword taking

Note, when you come with the left side to his right, if he has then drawn your [sic] sword and rises with the arm and wants to strike you, then grab his right arm with the left hand behind the elbow, and shove him above with it from you, and raise his right below with the left foot under the stirrup leather,

and grab his sword with the right hand by the pommel, and jolt it to you with it, so you take his sword, and additionally shove him as such from the horse.

The third figure teaches this, which says “With brushing, saddle rim or takes weapon.”

Note, when you come with the right side to his right, drive the wrestle written hereafter

Note, when you both have missed with the lance, if you may then not come with the left side to his right, then hold and throw him with the “sun showing” or with the sheep hold, and how you shall drive the two wrestles, you shall find that written hereafter.

Again a wrestle

Note, when you come with the right side to his right, if he has then drawn his sword and rises with it and wants to strike, then grab his right arm with the left hand behind the elbow, and raise it firmly, and with the right, grip his sword by the pommel, and jolt it out of his hand.

Or

Take his knife or otherwise other weapon with the right, and work with it to the opening.

The eleventh figure teaches this, which says “Press firmly, shove from reins, and search for his knife.”

These are two sword takings

When you come with your right side to his right, if he has then drawn his sword and rises and wants to strike, then move with the right arm outwards to the top of his right, and press it downwards as such into your right side, and ride forward, so you take his sword.

Or

Rise with the right arm inwards to the top of his right, and press it forward to your chest, and ride forward, so you again take his sword.

Again a wrestle

Note, when you come with your right side to his right, if he has then drawn his sword and rises with it and wants to strike, then grab his right arm with the right hand behind the elbow, and shove him above from you with it, and raise his right foot below with the right foot under the stirrup leather, and shove him above from you with the left hand, so he falls.

Note a good wrestle

When you come with the right side to his right, grab his right [hand] with the left hand, and jolt it in front of your chest, and turn your horse from him, and pull him from the horse as such.

The second figure teaches this, which says “Turn around with the horse, pull his right hand with your left.”

This is the text and the gloss about a lesson on horseback

5	So that lances stab  Fence moderately, learn to break without hurry

Note the lesson: When he rides upon you with a lance, if you then want to work against him with art, then you shall ride against him quite moderately, so you may well set aside his [lance] with your lance, and otherwise win other advantages with the sword, or if you will rush or run to the man, then you may drive no play correctly, and additionally not be similarly secure on the horse.

The twenty-second figure teaches this, which says “That is now the spear run, which confronts the other under eyes.”

Here begins the art with the sword on horseback

Note, when you want to fence on horseback with the sword, you shall know five guards with it.

This is the first guard

When you sit on the horse, hold your sword with the right hand by the handle, and lay it with the blade on your left arm.

This is the second guard

When you sit on the horse, hold your sword with the right hand on your right side high over the head, and hang the point against his face.

This is the third guard

When you sit on the horse, hold your sword with the right hand next to your right leg, and so that the point stands upwards against the man.

This is the fourth guard

When you sit on the horse, hold your sword in the right hand and set the pommel at the saddle bow, and so that the point [is] against the man.

This is the fifth guard

When you sit on the horse, hold your sword with the right hand by the handle, and with the left, grip the middle of the blade, and hold it athwart in front of you on the saddle.

Here note the text and the gloss about the tasset

6	If it converts itself  The sword will be dealt against sword
7	Correctly grasp the strong  Tasset hew, you search and note

Gloss: Note, this is if you both will come from the lance and shall fence with swords, note when you ride to him, that your sword lies on the left arm in the guard, and ride to him likewise under eyes to his right side. If he then hews onto you or stabs you to the face, then rise and parry so that your point stands against his right side, and stab him indes to the face. If he parries the stab and rises high with it, then hew with the long edge to the reins or to the left hand.

Or

If the horse makes a fool out of you, then hew to his right leg in the running away.

The seventh figure teaches this, which says “Here, begin to search the man for the tasset hew.”

Here note the text and the gloss, how you shall force the man at the sword on horseback

8	Learn to compel well strong  All hits without danger, distress him with it
9	Plant without danger  Hang to his hair

Gloss: Note, this is that you shall always bind strong to his sword with all hews and in all movements, and endanger him at the sword, and force with the point, and artfully attempt, if you may plant to him. If he parries and rides near to you with it, then rise with the pommel from below through his sword to the top of his left shoulder around the neck, and come with the left hand behind his back to your pommel to help, and pull him in front of you onto the side.

The sixth figure teaches this, which says “The compelling precedes all successful hews and stabs.”

This is another play

Note, when you hew in, if he parries and rides near to you with it, then grip his right hand with your left, and with the right, set the point into his face.

The eight figure teaches this, which says “Turn the right hand to him, set the point to his eyes.”

Again a good play

Note, when you hew in above, if he parries and comes near to you with it, then move to him with the hilt of your sword under the jawbone, and with the left hand, grab him on his left side by the helmet, or by the pommel, and pull him to you with it, and with the hilt, shove him above from you, so he falls from the horse.

Again a wrestle

Note, when you hew in above, if he parries high and comes near to you with it, then move to him with the hilt of your sword under the arm behind his elbow, and shove above from you, and move with the right foot under his right and raise up with it, so he falls from the horse.

This is again a play

Note, when you hew in above, if he parries the hew with the thwart, then rise high with the sword and hang the point to his face over his sword, and plant to him.

Or

When you have hung the point to him over his sword, if he then comes near to you with it, then move to him with the right arm through his right, and press the arm firmly into your right side, and ride forward, so you take his sword.

The fourth figure teaches this, which says “Plant high, swing through, move or sword breaks.”

This is a sword taking

Note, when you ride to him, lay your sword on the left arm in the guard. If he then hews in above to your head, then rise and parry, so that your point stands against your left side, and ride to him with it, and rise with the pommel inwards to the top of his right hand forward by the hilt, and press his hand with your arm firmly to your chest, and ride forward, so you take his sword.

Again a sword taking on horseback

Note, when you hew in above, if he parries and comes near to you with it, then move with the pommel outside to the top of his right hand, and shove the hand with the hilt in front of you to your saddle bow, and grab his sword’s pommel with the left hand, and ride forward, so you take his sword.

Here note the text and the gloss about a stab and a wind with the sword on horseback

10	If you want to lie  Long, hunting, that severely hurts
11	Whoever now wards that  Then wind, that maims the eye
12	If he continues to ward it  Catch reins and don’t be lazy

Gloss: Note, this is if you want to fence lying while riding up, you shall do that from your right leg from the side guard with stabs from the long point, and note, when he parries the stab, that you wind in the point at the sword to his face. With it, you force him so that you may come to other plays, and how you shall wind, you will find that written hereafter in the next play.

The nineteenth figure teaches this, which says “Plant the point against the face.”

Here note a good play on horseback with the sword and a catching with the reins

Note, the first play from the side guard from the right leg, drive it as follows: When you ride to him, hold your sword next to your right leg in the guard, and stab him long from stretched arm to the face. If he parries the stab, then rise at the sword with the right hand into the upper guard, and hang the point to his face. If he remains at the sword and rides near to you, then rise inwards with the left hand over his right arm, and strike the reins with it [your left hand] over it [his right arm], and grab your reins with left inverted hand again under his right arm, and hold firmly. Therefore he is entwined with the reins.

Note: Again a play

When you ride to him, stab him from the side guard to the face. If he wards the stab and rides near to you with it, then grab his right hand with the left, and work with the sword to the opening, or throw him with the sheep hold or otherwise with other wrestles.

The ninth figure teaches this, which says “Whoever wards the stab, catch his right hand in your left.”

This is called the Turkish hew

Note, stab him from the guard from the right leg to the face, and wind the short edge to his sword. If he parries the stab and rides away next to your right side, then hew with the long edge behind to his neck.

Here note how you shall set aside out of the guard from the saddle bow on horseback from both sides

Note, when you ride to him, hold your sword with the pommel at the saddle bow. If he then hews in above to the head to your left side, the rise with the sword against his hew, also onto your left side, and wind the short edge to his sword, and stab him to the face.

Or

If he hews in above to your right side, then rise with the sword also onto your right side and wind the long edge to his sword and stab in above to the face. Therefore, you shall also set aside when he stabs onto you with the lance, because the windings and the settings-aside are the best art on horseback.

This is the text and the gloss about the openings of the man

13	Think about the openings  Search for knife, don’t ward pommel

Gloss: Note, this is when you come near to him as such, so that you have captured him with the reins, or have grabbed his right hand with your left, you shall quite precisely think to which opening you may best win, and whether you are too close, so your sword will be too long so that you can’t work with it, then work with the dagger or otherwise with other short weapons. If you may not come to your weapon, then take his, and work with it to the openings, to which you may best come, that is to the face, or under the armpit, or outwards onto the hand, in the gloves, or inwards into the hands, to the palm, and in all joints of the armor. You shall also not work to a far opening when you see one nearer in front of you.

The tenth figure teaches this, which says “Search for the openings, arm, leather, glove, under the eyes.”

This is the text and the gloss about a lesson with free hands

14	Learn two sweeps  With empty hand against the weapon

Gloss: Note, this is a great advantage on horseback, that you shall drive all of your plays to both sides with free hands against all weapons with which someone comes to you. Therefore you shall know to hold your reins as such, so that you may have your hands free and available when you want, and shift the reins from one hand to the other, when it is even to you to the wrestles or otherwise to other plays, and how you shall drive the plays with free hands, you find that written in the gloss.

The 12th figure teaches this, which says “With empty hand, two sweeps against all weapons.”

This is the text and the gloss about the noble sheep hold

15	The sheep hold wards  Whoever turns themselves to you with wrestling
16	As under eyes  Grab him correctly with fluff

Gloss: Note, the sheep hold is one of the best wrestles on horseback, because with it, one breaks all wrestles with which someone attacks you in front or grapples with wrestling.

Drive the sheep hold as follows

When you want to wrestle with someone on horseback, ride equally to him under eyes, and assess that you come with your right side to his. If he then grapples you in front with wrestling, then grab his right hand with your left, and jolt him in front of you under your chest, and move with the right arm over his right, and grab your saddle bow with it, and lie with the body strongly upon it, and ride forward, so you pull him from the horse.

The 13th figure teaches this, which says “The sheep hold wards all holds, wrestle under eyes.”

This is the text and the gloss, how one shall break each wrestle on horseback

17	Whoever attacks you  Against riding, he will be joined
18	Hanging it to the ground  Grip over him correctly with gesture

Gloss:

Note, this is when you ride together with someone, if you then come with your right side to his, if he then moves with the right arm over your left shoulder in front around the neck and wants to pull you from the horse as such, then fall to him also around his as such, and move with the left hand behind around him, and grip your right hand with it, and jolt him with both hands to you onto the side, so he must fall from the horse.

Or

When he moves with the right arm in front over your left shoulder around the neck, then strike your right arm above over his right, and throw him with the sheep hold.

This is another break

Note, if he comes with the left side to your right and moves with the left arm behind around the neck or holds you with it by your left shoulder, then turn yourself with the body against him, and rise with the right arm inwards between you and him, and press the left arm away with the strength of your right arm, so you will be free from him.

Again a break

Note, when he comes with his left side to your right and falls to you with the left arm behind around the neck, if he is then a weak man, then rise from below with the right arm behind you strong over his left, and come with the left hand to your right to help, and press his left arm firmly behind in your nape. If he then veers away with the arm, then grab his left hand with the left hand, and throw him with the unnamed hold or with the secret hold.

Again a break

Note, if he comes with his left side to your right and falls to you with the left arm behind around your body and wants to wrestle, then strike down from above behind you with the right hand outward in the joint of his left arm, and ride forward.

The 26th figure teaches this, which says “Grip over whoever attacks you, or do to him against riding.”

This is the text and the gloss of a lesson on horseback

19	From both sides  You teach yourself all ridings against him

Gloss: Note, that is, that you, in all encounters or ridings near to the man, shall hold to whichever side you come to him. Therefore, if you come to his right side, then drive the plays nimbly which pertain to it, or if you come to his left side, then again drive whatever pertains to it, and let him come to no plays.

This is the text and the gloss of the plays to the left side

20	If you want to ride  Horse runs to the other side
21	Compel the strong  Plant, endanger him with it
22	Whoever wards that  Wide, catch sword, carry to the handle

Gloss: Note, this is when you ride to his left side, you shall also bind strongly to his sword, and assess whether you may plant to him. With it, you force him so that you may well come to other plays.

The 20th figure teaches you this, which says “Compel against all hits, which will always be.”

Here note this play

When you ride to him to the left side, hew in strong, and shoot the point to his face. If he parries or stabs equally with you, before he indeed comes to you, then rise with the left arm inwards over his sword, and press it as such with the arm into your left side, and ride forward, so you take his sword.

The 16th figure teaches this, which says “Catch the weapons in the wide, meanwhile ride against.”

Again a play

Note, when you ride to him to the left side, and hew in, if he parries and rides near to you with it, then grab his right hand with the left, then work with the sword or wait for the wrestling.

This is the text and the gloss, if your horse makes a fool out of you with violence

23	Or turn around  Lie to hunt the weapon
24	With all art  He hunts, he sends, for his benefit

Gloss: Note, this is a lesson, if your horse makes a fool out of you so that you would like to come to no plays, then don’t let your horse run far from him, therefore it will not become tired, and you also remain lying, and ride against him to the side which makes it good for you, which you may have your best advantage with all art.

The 14th figure teaches this, which says “Otherwise turn around, there the horse hurries back.”

This is the text and the gloss, if you have no choice but to ride to his left side

25	If you are hunted  And hunted left against your will
26	Feel for his sword  Wrestle, shove with firmness

Gloss: Note, this is if you have no choice but to ride to his left side, if you then have a sword, and he also has one, then lay yours on the left arm in the guard. If he then hews in above to the head, then rise and parry with the long edge so that your point stands to your left side, and ride to him, and grab his right hand with your left, and bash him with the pommel under the face.

The 17th figure teaches this, which says “If you hunt left, then fall upon sword’s pommel, shove under eyes.”

Again a play

Note, when you ride to his left side, lie your sword onto your left arm in the guard. If he then hews in above to the head, then parry with the long edge, and hew a free over hew to his head from the parry.

This is the text and the gloss about the set-aside behind

27	If one hunts to the right  Half turn around, wait for fencing
28	Catching with arms  So no harm may approach you

Gloss: Note, this is a lesson: If it is the case that someone has won your back, or otherwise comes to you behind, whether it was with a spear or with a sword, then note, if he wants to plant to your right side behind, then turn yourself away from the stab onto your left, or if he plants behind to your left side, then turn yourself away from the stab against him onto your right side, and ride with it to him and work with the sword or with the wrestling.

The 24th figure teaches this, which says “If one hunts you from both sides, turn around left so he comes right.”

Note, a nimbleness with the spear

Note, when you hunt away before him, and have a lance, and he also has one, if he then hunts after you, then hold your lance on your right shoulder, and note when he almost comes to you behind, then raise your lance over the head onto your left shoulder, and turn yourself against him onto your left side, and strike his lance with it under your arm. Therefore you come to him with it turned under eyes.

Note, sword against the spear

When you have a sword and he a lance, then lay your sword on the left arm in the guard. If he then rides onto you with the lance to your left side, then ride moderately against him, and when he comes to the hit, rise with the pommel and leave the blade in the hand against your left side, and set his lance aside with it.

Or, if he rides to your right side, then sweep up simply with the sword to his lance to his right side, and rise into the upper hanging, and plant to him in the face.

This is the text and the gloss about the sword taking

29	The knife taking  Learn to keep without shame

Gloss: Note, when you ride to him and come to him with your right side to his, then hew in above strong to the head, and stab to his face. If he parries the stab, then hurry to him and grab his right arm with left inverted hand in front under his pommel, and hold him firmly as such, and bend your left arm outwards at the handle of his sword, so he must let go of the sword. Thereafter you may hold him with the one hand and strike with the other.

The 15th figure teaches this, which says “Think about the knife taking and keeping, etc.”

This is the text and the gloss about the play which is called “the unnamed hold”

30	The unnamed  Turn it to the strong
31	Their strike, their stab  Makes useless without any fencing

Gloss: Note, this wrestle is called “the unnamed hold,” so that anyone shall not understand, because with it, one destroys all of a strong person's hews and stabs without any fencing, if one correctly grapples him with it.

Drive it as follows:

Note, when you come with your left side to his right, if he has then drawn his sword or otherwise another weapon and wants to strike or stab you, then grab his right hand with your right, and jolt it in front of your chest, and lie yourself with the body strongly upon it, and ride forward, so you break his arm, or he must fall.

Or, if you don’t want to throw him, when you have jolted his arm in front of you, grab his right elbow with the left hand, and shove from you with it, and grab his sword’s pommel with the right, and jolt it to you, so you take his sword.

The twenty-third figure teaches this, which says “The unnamed hold, takes weapons or falls him.”

This is the text and the gloss about the sun showing

32	If you want to grasp on  You shall not allow him to ride next to you
33	The sun showing  Drive left first if you want to bend
34	Touch the forehead  Press very firmly against nape
35	So that he swings himself  And rarely arrives again

Gloss: Note, the “sun showing” is a good wrestle on horseback, which you may drive to all sides when you come near to the man.

Note, drive it as follows:

When you ride together with him and want to wrestle, hold yourself near to him. If you then come with your right side at his, then move with the left hand behind around him, and grab his left arm with it, and pull him firmly to you with it, and with the right hand, move below to the jawbone, and shove his face upwards with it to the mountain against the sun, so he winds, then swings, and falls in front of you. Or, and if you come with the left side to his right, then grasp him as before, and throw him behind you.

The 15th figure teaches this, which says “Nearby, catch the hand, invert his face, there is the nape.”

This is the text and the gloss, how one breaks the sun showing

36	Whoever aims that to you  Grip over, then he will be shamed
37	Press arms to head  The hold often robs saddle

Gloss: Note, drive the break as follows: When he comes with his right side to yours, and falls to you with the right hand below to the jawbone, and wants to shove you from him as such, strike your right arm over his right, and press it to your chest, and ride forward, so it is broken. Or, break it with the sheep hold, and how you shall press his arm to head, you find that written before in the brushing.

This is the text and the gloss about the secret wrestle

38	But if you want to measure yourself  Of the catching,
39	Easily releasing from you  Caught behind without laces

Gloss: Note, this is a secret wrestle on horseback, and has no name like the other wrestles have, so that one shall not allow to come to the light, nor allow anyone to see.

Note, drive it as follows

When you ride together with him, assess that you come with your left side to his right, and grab his right hand with your right hand, and jolt it in front of you, and with the left hand, grab his right elbow, and shove it upwards, and bend his right arm quite well above over your left with the right hand, and raise upwards with the left arm. Therefore he is caught without any bind, and [you] may therefore lead him wherever you want, or break the arm.

This is the text and the gloss about the “before” and about the “after”

40	Note the “before” hold  It continues to break his strength

Gloss: Note, this is a lesson, that you shall quite precisely note upon the “before” holds, because they are two. The first, that is when you come before and grapple him before he [grapples] you. The second is when he comes before and grapples you before you [grapple] him. And upon the two things you shall quite correctly know to drive your plays, and hear it as follows: If you grapple him before, then drive your play nimbly with it, so he may not break you. Or, if he grapples you before, then ward, so that you nimbly break his, so he may not come to the play. Likewise, you shall not the two things with all weapons on horseback. With it they will be made fools of, if they rely upon their strength, and do not want to hold for correct art.

Here note the fencing with the short sword on horseback

When you ride against him, hold your sword with the right hand by the handle, and with the left, grip the middle of the blade, and lie it as such in front of you onto the saddle bow. If he then rides onto your right side against you, and hews in above to the head, then parry with the sword from your left hand, and stab him to the face. Or, if he comes so near to you that you may not stab to him or plant, then move with the front part of your sword in front to the top of his left shoulder around the neck, and jolt him to you onto the side with it, so he falls.

Again a play with the short sword

When you ride against him with the short sword, if he then rides to the right side and stabs you to the body, set it aside simply with the short sword, and plant to him. Or, if he stabs you to the face, then rise against the stab and wind in the point above to the face. Or, if he comes near to you with it, then wait for the wrestling.

Again a play

Note, if you ride with half sword to his left side, if he then stabs you to the body, then rise with the pommel against your left side, and leave the blade hanging down next to you also to your left, and set his stab aside as such with the short sword, and plant to him.

Again a play

Note, if you ride with the half sword to his left side, if he then hews in above to your head, then parry between both hands into the sword, and let go of the sword with the right hand, and come with it to the left to help in the middle of the blade, and strike him with the pommel to the head or to the left elbow.

Again a play

Note, when you ride to his left side with the half sword, if he then hews in above to your head, then parry between your hands to the blade, and in the parry, grab your sword’s pommel with the left hand, and strike him with a free over hew from the long sword to the head.

Here note, with half sword against the lance

Note, when you ride against him with half sword, and he against you with his lance to your right side, then note, when it goes to the hit, then rise with the half sword onto your right side against the lance, and set the stab aside, and ride to him with it and stab him to the face, or plant to him.

Again a play with the short sword on horseback against the lance

Note, when you ride with the half sword, if he then hunts upon you with the lance to your left side and wants to plant to you, then rise with the pommel against your left side, and leave the point hanging down next to you also to your left side, and set aside with the short sword, and ride to him with it, and plant to him. If you may not come to the planting, then wait for the wrestling, etc.