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| name = [[name::Federico Ghisliero]] | | name = [[name::Federico Ghisliero]] | ||
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| deathdate = 1619 | | deathdate = 1619 | ||
− | | deathplace = | + | | deathplace = Turino |
− | + | | occupation = [[occupation::Soldier]] | |
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| ethnicity = | | ethnicity = | ||
− | | citizenship = | + | | citizenship = Bologna |
| education = | | education = | ||
| alma_mater = | | alma_mater = | ||
− | | patron = | + | | patron = |
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+ | | relatives = | ||
| period = | | period = | ||
+ | | movement = | ||
+ | | influences = {{plainlist | ||
+ | | [[Camillo Agrippa]] | ||
+ | | [[Giovanni dall'Agocchie]] (?) | ||
+ | | [[Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza]] (?) | ||
+ | }} | ||
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| genre = [[Fencing manual]] | | genre = [[Fencing manual]] | ||
− | | | + | | language = [[language::Italian]] |
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| notableworks = ''[[Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero)|Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii]]'' (1587) | | notableworks = ''[[Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero)|Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii]]'' (1587) | ||
− | | manuscript(s) = | + | | archetype = |
+ | | manuscript(s) = M.A.M. Ghisliero MS (1585) | ||
+ | | principal manuscript(s)= | ||
+ | | first printed edition= | ||
+ | | wiktenauer compilation by=[[Michael Chidester]] | ||
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+ | | signature = | ||
+ | | translations = {{English translation|https://msmallridge.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/ghisliero-1587-rules-of-many-knightly-exercises.pdf}} | ||
+ | | below = | ||
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− | Federico Ghisliero was a Bolognese soldier and fencer. Little is know about his early life, but he studied fencing under the famous [[ | + | '''Federico Ghisliero''' (Ghislieri; d. 1619) was a Bolognese soldier and fencer. Little is know about his early life, but he came from a Bolognese family and studied fencing under [[Silvio Piccolomini]].<ref>Mentioned on [[Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/10|p. +ⅱ]] of his dedication to Ranuccio and again on [[Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/108|p. 94]].</ref> He lead a long military career that included serving under the famous commander Alessandro, Duke of Parma, in Flanders in 1582. He was also a friend of Galileo Galilei and a prolific writer, though unfortunately most of his writings were destroyed in a fire at the University of Turin in 1904.<ref name="Anglo 30">Anglo 1994, p. 30.</ref> |
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+ | In 1587, he published a fencing treatise called ''[[Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero)|Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii]]'' ("Rules for Many Knightly Exercises"); two versions of the book exist, and it's unclear which was created first. One is dedicated to Antonio Pio Bonello, a well-known soldier and distant relative of Ghisliero, and the other to Ranuccio Farnese, who was 18 years old at the time and Alessandro's heir.<ref name="Anglo 30"/> | ||
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+ | Ghisliero's treatise is notable for his use of geometry in relation to fencing, using concentric circles centered on where the fencer has placed most of their weight (often, but not always, the back foot), and sometimes including multiple versions of each figure in an illustration to show the progression of the movements he describes. He also seems to be the first author to reference the ''Vitruvian Man'' in a fencing treatise.<ref>See pp. 7-9. See also Gotti 2023, pp. 130-133.</ref> However, his treatise is unique in that it was printed without any illustrations at all, and they had to be drawn in by hand. It's unclear whether this indicates that he intended to have printing plates made but was unable to do so, or that his plan from the start was to have the books vary based on how much art each buyer was willing to pay for. | ||
− | + | Ghisliero died in Turino in 1619.<ref name="Anglo 30"/> | |
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== Treatise == | == Treatise == | ||
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+ | The illustrations in this presentation are based on the copy in the [[Bibliothèque nationale de France]], but a few have been modified by [[Michael Chidester]] to include additional details present in the [[Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna]]'s copy in order to offer a single point of reference for the descriptions in the text. The unmodified illustrations can be viewed in the gallery on the [[Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero)|treatise page]]. | ||
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− | | <p>'''To the Most Illustrious Lord Antonio Pio Bonello,''' son of the | + | | <p>'''To the Most Illustrious Lord Antonio Pio Bonello,''' son of the Most Excellent Lord Girolamo Bonello, Marquis of Cassano.<br/><br/></p> |
<p>'''F'''or ''two reasons, my Most Illustrious Sir, it has pleased me to direct to Your Most Illustriousness the present book of mine, which I have written here and now, and with good reason, on the use of arms. The first, so that with this new birth of mine I may wish you well, having intercepted with infinite pleasure the marriage which followed between you and the Most Illustrious Lady Octavia Bagliona: with which your Most Illustrious House may hope for a most happy succession: just as I desire that my birth, under the protection of your name, may live for a long time in safety. The other, so that by reading in this book, Your Illustriousness will be able to recognise in it those precepts, which perhaps up to now have been shown to you by a good Master in the handling of arms, your own virtue, which you have wished to adorn with many others in this most tender anchorage of yours. Therefore, let this effort of mine not be discouraging to you: for if it could be weak in itself, nevertheless, by reading it, Your Illustriousness will understand that you will be able to see much more than your own strength and merit would allow. I would like to thank Your Illustriousness for this letter. I kiss your hands.''</p> | <p>'''F'''or ''two reasons, my Most Illustrious Sir, it has pleased me to direct to Your Most Illustriousness the present book of mine, which I have written here and now, and with good reason, on the use of arms. The first, so that with this new birth of mine I may wish you well, having intercepted with infinite pleasure the marriage which followed between you and the Most Illustrious Lady Octavia Bagliona: with which your Most Illustrious House may hope for a most happy succession: just as I desire that my birth, under the protection of your name, may live for a long time in safety. The other, so that by reading in this book, Your Illustriousness will be able to recognise in it those precepts, which perhaps up to now have been shown to you by a good Master in the handling of arms, your own virtue, which you have wished to adorn with many others in this most tender anchorage of yours. Therefore, let this effort of mine not be discouraging to you: for if it could be weak in itself, nevertheless, by reading it, Your Illustriousness will understand that you will be able to see much more than your own strength and merit would allow. I would like to thank Your Illustriousness for this letter. I kiss your hands.''</p> | ||
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<p>'''M'''''ost Gacious<ref>''La gratia'' is Catalan for "grace".</ref> and Serene Lord; when Your Highness reminded me of my service to you in the play of arms, that having worked with you only a little on one occasion; that I owed it to you to gather, almost in compendium, all about Theory and Practice. That I by showing in words, and by working with you struggled to obey you and to explain them. And I did that, not to believe that I will be perfectly aware of the profession of the use of arms (which is not really my profession, but is instead that of the military),<ref>Ghisliero is telling his reader that he is a soldier not a civilian swordsman, so it will have a different perspective to others, hence his later comments on siege craft. [note from Henry Fox]</ref> but by this means to show my gratitude to you. Because while I am deficient in many ways, if I may venture to be very brave, and rejoice very much, I have been noticed by the most illustrious Lord Silvio Piccolomini, for whom, and I hope always to show, that I owe the greatest gratitude to His Highness. How could I ever repay the receipt of this notice from? Even if I did, would I have put enough effort into the following work to warrant further regard from you?''</p> | <p>'''M'''''ost Gacious<ref>''La gratia'' is Catalan for "grace".</ref> and Serene Lord; when Your Highness reminded me of my service to you in the play of arms, that having worked with you only a little on one occasion; that I owed it to you to gather, almost in compendium, all about Theory and Practice. That I by showing in words, and by working with you struggled to obey you and to explain them. And I did that, not to believe that I will be perfectly aware of the profession of the use of arms (which is not really my profession, but is instead that of the military),<ref>Ghisliero is telling his reader that he is a soldier not a civilian swordsman, so it will have a different perspective to others, hence his later comments on siege craft. [note from Henry Fox]</ref> but by this means to show my gratitude to you. Because while I am deficient in many ways, if I may venture to be very brave, and rejoice very much, I have been noticed by the most illustrious Lord Silvio Piccolomini, for whom, and I hope always to show, that I owe the greatest gratitude to His Highness. How could I ever repay the receipt of this notice from? Even if I did, would I have put enough effort into the following work to warrant further regard from you?''</p> | ||
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| <p>''I wish to provide you a sign of my loving inclination to you and that I will forever serve you in my life through this work.''</p> | | <p>''I wish to provide you a sign of my loving inclination to you and that I will forever serve you in my life through this work.''</p> | ||
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| <p>''I add to this an ardent desire, which I too have together with your other faithful servants. Who is in this first flower of his age to want to provide to you the opportunity, which likewise from me can give you occasion, with this way shown by me, to become accustomed to the exercise: to your profit, and in a way that always protects your life and reassures those who worry about you.''<ref>This and the previous paragraph are commending the work to the patron, justifying the work’s existence and its purpose, common in treatises of the period. [note from Henry Fox]</ref></p> | | <p>''I add to this an ardent desire, which I too have together with your other faithful servants. Who is in this first flower of his age to want to provide to you the opportunity, which likewise from me can give you occasion, with this way shown by me, to become accustomed to the exercise: to your profit, and in a way that always protects your life and reassures those who worry about you.''<ref>This and the previous paragraph are commending the work to the patron, justifying the work’s existence and its purpose, common in treatises of the period. [note from Henry Fox]</ref></p> | ||
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| <p>''Therefore, Your Highness, in response to your kindness, what is most dear to me, and for your own good, this effort of mine to deliver to you the dearest of desires which can be achieved; the preservation of life, and the recreation of the mind.''</p> | | <p>''Therefore, Your Highness, in response to your kindness, what is most dear to me, and for your own good, this effort of mine to deliver to you the dearest of desires which can be achieved; the preservation of life, and the recreation of the mind.''</p> | ||
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| <p>''And the more willing you are to accept this gift of mine accompanied by very loyal advice (with which you may not always agree) that I do so with the example of the most serene Lord Duke A''<small>LESSANDRO</small>'', your father, which at the same age as Your Highness had spent time on this honourable pursuit and whose great name is well known. While his quality and greatness of name is not yet known to Flanders, all of Italy and almost all of the world is amazed at its incomparable value.''</p> | | <p>''And the more willing you are to accept this gift of mine accompanied by very loyal advice (with which you may not always agree) that I do so with the example of the most serene Lord Duke A''<small>LESSANDRO</small>'', your father, which at the same age as Your Highness had spent time on this honourable pursuit and whose great name is well known. While his quality and greatness of name is not yet known to Flanders, all of Italy and almost all of the world is amazed at its incomparable value.''</p> | ||
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| <p>''The principles of such greatness in Your Highness will no doubt be reflected in your and everyone hopes to see you walk in his footsteps to be just as great as him.''</p> | | <p>''The principles of such greatness in Your Highness will no doubt be reflected in your and everyone hopes to see you walk in his footsteps to be just as great as him.''</p> | ||
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| <p>''I am grateful to be abundantly committed to the serenity of your person and willing to help you through to this end. I kiss your hands with humble reverence.''</p> | | <p>''I am grateful to be abundantly committed to the serenity of your person and willing to help you through to this end. I kiss your hands with humble reverence.''</p> | ||
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| <p>'''Rules of Many Knightly Armies'''</p> | | <p>'''Rules of Many Knightly Armies'''</p> | ||
− | <p>''Collected by Captain Federico Ghisliero, for the service of the Most Serene Lord '' | + | <p>''Collected by Captain Federico Ghisliero, for the service of the Most Serene Lord ''Ranuccio'' Farnese, Prince of Parma, & Piacenza, etc.''<ref>The version dedicated to Antonino instead reads "...for the instruction of the Most Illustrious Lord Antonio Pio Bonello".</ref></p> |
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| rowspan="4" | [[File:Ghisliero 03.jpg|400px|center]] | | rowspan="4" | [[File:Ghisliero 03.jpg|400px|center]] | ||
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+ | | style="text-align: left; width: 133px;" | ''Prospetiva'' | ||
+ | | style="text-align: center; width: 133px;" | ''Scortio'' | ||
+ | | style="text-align: right; width: 133px;" | ''Profilo'' | ||
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| <p>'''T'''his fencer will have three proportions in his body; his front, his ''scurzo'',<ref>''Scurzo'', does not translate appropriately from Italian. As with a number of words in Ghisliero’s treatise, it is likely a Catalase word or a unique spelling. Analysis of other treaties such as Jarod Kirby’s ''Italian Rapier Combat'' (Kirby, 2004) shows the following two definitions, on page 14 of the text, of a similar sound word that is contextually a more likely approximation of what ''scurzo'' means; “''Scanso'', A voidance, any evasive manoeuvre that moves the body of the direct line” and “''Scanso del pie dritto'', A voidance made by moving the right foot slightly off the direct line while turning the body.” So for the purposes of this translation, scurzo will mean in this text the middle stance as shown in Figure 3, i.e. a partial voiding stance halfway between perspective and profile.</ref> and his profile. When he stands in balance the front always shows the whole surface of the body.</p> | | <p>'''T'''his fencer will have three proportions in his body; his front, his ''scurzo'',<ref>''Scurzo'', does not translate appropriately from Italian. As with a number of words in Ghisliero’s treatise, it is likely a Catalase word or a unique spelling. Analysis of other treaties such as Jarod Kirby’s ''Italian Rapier Combat'' (Kirby, 2004) shows the following two definitions, on page 14 of the text, of a similar sound word that is contextually a more likely approximation of what ''scurzo'' means; “''Scanso'', A voidance, any evasive manoeuvre that moves the body of the direct line” and “''Scanso del pie dritto'', A voidance made by moving the right foot slightly off the direct line while turning the body.” So for the purposes of this translation, scurzo will mean in this text the middle stance as shown in Figure 3, i.e. a partial voiding stance halfway between perspective and profile.</ref> and his profile. When he stands in balance the front always shows the whole surface of the body.</p> | ||
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| <p>In the first of the two forms [figure 4] the man, when standing in the balance describes a circle around his feet, the center of which he stands perpendicular.</p> | | <p>In the first of the two forms [figure 4] the man, when standing in the balance describes a circle around his feet, the center of which he stands perpendicular.</p> | ||
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| <p>'''T'''he first of the four forms of the man, when finds himself in the state of in stillness in the already mentioned position of second; and when his stance is not stable where the bodyweight resides, with one leg in the centre of the circle, it allows other leg to describe the edge of the circle, [this is the position] which we use to keep ourselves on guard.</p> | | <p>'''T'''he first of the four forms of the man, when finds himself in the state of in stillness in the already mentioned position of second; and when his stance is not stable where the bodyweight resides, with one leg in the centre of the circle, it allows other leg to describe the edge of the circle, [this is the position] which we use to keep ourselves on guard.</p> | ||
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| class="noline" | <p>The second one, when you take one step, then standing in that quiet step, stopping your other foot from moving describe another circle: through this we enter a with traversal<ref>The act or process of passing across, over, or through.</ref> motion to exit the points: it also forms the third, whereas, the fourth state is what we will enter when the attack is made, and when he moves into the fifth step, as this figure shows, it is what he will use to fight the enemy.</p> | | class="noline" | <p>The second one, when you take one step, then standing in that quiet step, stopping your other foot from moving describe another circle: through this we enter a with traversal<ref>The act or process of passing across, over, or through.</ref> motion to exit the points: it also forms the third, whereas, the fourth state is what we will enter when the attack is made, and when he moves into the fifth step, as this figure shows, it is what he will use to fight the enemy.</p> | ||
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+ | | style="text-align: center; width: 133px;" | ''Fendente.'' | ||
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+ | | style="text-align: right; width: 133px;" | ''Traversale.'' | ||
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+ | | style="text-align: left; width: 133px;" | ''Traversale.'' | ||
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+ | | style="text-align: left; width: 133px;" | ''Tondo.'' | ||
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+ | | style="text-align: right; width: 133px;" | ''Tondo.'' | ||
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+ | | style="text-align: right; width: 133px;" | ''Falso.'' | ||
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+ | | style="text-align: center; width: 133px;" | ''Montante.'' | ||
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| <p>Of these three natures of the cut,</p> | | <p>Of these three natures of the cut,</p> | ||
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− | <p>And all these three natures are divided into ''dritti''<ref>''Dritti'' – straight/forward [forehand cut, or natural cut, sometimes called ''mandritta''] [note from Henry Fox]</ref> and ''roversi'';<ref>''Roversi'' – reverse [backhand or cross-wise cut] [note from Henry Fox]</ref> the ''dritti'' are those which come from the lesser side. And these ''dritti'' and ''roversi'' divide the circle of man into eight equal parts, as can be seen in the figure below.<ref>The division for the cuts on most diagrams usually go through the navel, or heart rather than the groin in most treatise of the period. [note from Henry Fox] [[Gérard Thibault d'Anvers]]’ 1630 treatise ''[[Academie de l'Espée (Gérard Thibault d'Anvers)|Academie de l'Espée]]'' ‘Book 1 – Tableau/Plate 2 – Comparing the ideal figure to a real Figure; Sword Scabbards’ shows the division at the naval (d'Anvers, ''Academie de l'Espée'', 1630) – in the text it is found in the section that begins ''Pour venir à la Pratique de tout ce qui a efté discouru'', or “To come to the Practice of all that has been discussed” (d'Anvers, ''Academie de l'Espée'' – Book 1 – Tableau/Plate 1 – Philosophical Discussion; Construction and Mathematics of the Circle; Concerning the Sword: Proper Length and Introduction explanation of the first plate., 1630). [[Salvator Fabris | + | <p>And all these three natures are divided into ''dritti''<ref>''Dritti'' – straight/forward [forehand cut, or natural cut, sometimes called ''mandritta''] [note from Henry Fox]</ref> and ''roversi'';<ref>''Roversi'' – reverse [backhand or cross-wise cut] [note from Henry Fox]</ref> the ''dritti'' are those which come from the lesser side. And these ''dritti'' and ''roversi'' divide the circle of man into eight equal parts, as can be seen in the figure below.<ref>The division for the cuts on most diagrams usually go through the navel, or heart rather than the groin in most treatise of the period. [note from Henry Fox] [[Gérard Thibault d'Anvers]]’ 1630 treatise ''[[Academie de l'Espée (Gérard Thibault d'Anvers)|Academie de l'Espée]]'' ‘Book 1 – Tableau/Plate 2 – Comparing the ideal figure to a real Figure; Sword Scabbards’ shows the division at the naval (d'Anvers, ''Academie de l'Espée'', 1630) – in the text it is found in the section that begins ''Pour venir à la Pratique de tout ce qui a efté discouru'', or “To come to the Practice of all that has been discussed” (d'Anvers, ''Academie de l'Espée'' – Book 1 – Tableau/Plate 1 – Philosophical Discussion; Construction and Mathematics of the Circle; Concerning the Sword: Proper Length and Introduction explanation of the first plate., 1630). [[Salvator Fabris]], in his 1606 text, ''[[Scienza d’Arme (Salvator Fabris)|Sienza e Pratica d’Arme]]'' also has an illustration in the section ''Discorso sopra laprima guardia formata nel cauare la spada del fodero'' or “Discourse in the first guard formed in pulling the sword from the scabbard” demonstrates the where cuts should be made and these also shows the division at the navel rather than the groin. (Fabris, 1606)</ref> |
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| <p>On the other hand, by occupying the imagined line, it does not allow a place for the opposite sword to enter in defense, as is the case with oblique cuts, which are all those lines that follow the angle formed by the line of the ''fendente'' and the ''tondo fendente''.</p> | | <p>On the other hand, by occupying the imagined line, it does not allow a place for the opposite sword to enter in defense, as is the case with oblique cuts, which are all those lines that follow the angle formed by the line of the ''fendente'' and the ''tondo fendente''.</p> | ||
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| <p>Therefore, the more these transversal cuts approach the perpendicular descent towards the center of the world; and the more they make an acute angle with the line of direction, the more they will approach the perfection of the cut. And on the contrary, the more they move away from it, and approach the horizontal line of the ''diritto tondo'', the less they will make an acute angle; and consequently they will be more oblique; and therefore of less weight and strength.</p> | | <p>Therefore, the more these transversal cuts approach the perpendicular descent towards the center of the world; and the more they make an acute angle with the line of direction, the more they will approach the perfection of the cut. And on the contrary, the more they move away from it, and approach the horizontal line of the ''diritto tondo'', the less they will make an acute angle; and consequently they will be more oblique; and therefore of less weight and strength.</p> | ||
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− | | <p>And the two terms, or extremities of the line are two points, as is seen in this example: | + | | <p>And the two terms, or extremities of the line are two points, as is seen in this example:</p> |
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− | | <p>Tempo is therefore the number, or rather the measure [distance] of the movement, according to the fact that two instants, one before and the other after, determine the movement of both parties. And there are three times, past, present, and future; of these we need not speak of the past.</p> | + | | <p>''Tempo'' is therefore the number, or rather the measure [distance] of the movement, according to the fact that two instants, one before and the other after, determine the movement of both parties. And there are three times, past, present, and future; of these we need not speak of the past.</p> |
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− | | <p>Since, therefore, we have knowledge of time, we will have to operate in two ways: in the first (since motion is born of stillness) we will consider the nature of the stillness of the enemy’s sword: and the stillness likewise of the enemy’s state: for these will show us future motion; and consequently we will have knowledge of its measure [distance]; that is, of future time, called premeditated [''tempo''].<ref>Aristotelian motion is the consideration of “a stillness and motion” and is used by Capo Ferro as a method of reading the opponent in Chapter 5 ‘Of | + | | <p>Since, therefore, we have knowledge of time, we will have to operate in two ways: in the first (since motion is born of stillness) we will consider the nature of the stillness of the enemy’s sword: and the stillness likewise of the enemy’s state: for these will show us future motion; and consequently we will have knowledge of its measure [distance]; that is, of future time, called premeditated [''tempo''].<ref>Aristotelian motion is the consideration of “a stillness and motion” and is used by Capo Ferro as a method of reading the opponent in Chapter 5 ‘Of ''Tempo''’ (Cagli’, 1610) [note by Henry Fox]</ref></p> |
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− | | <p>But when the enemy’s sword had been raised high, they gave the same opportunity to the enemy, so that he might be attacked. And this they did with certain cuts of the sword with the weapon accompanied, and united, with the same movement of the body with the right hand, or with the left hand; and attacking the enemy they at that time either bound the enemy’s sword with a ''molinello'', and attacked with the dagger; or attacked by putting at that tempo of his sword in a straight line.</p> | + | | <p>But when the enemy’s sword had been raised high, they gave the same opportunity to the enemy, so that he might be attacked. And this they did with certain cuts of the sword with the weapon accompanied, and united, with the same movement of the body with the right hand, or with the left hand; and attacking the enemy they at that time either bound the enemy’s sword with a ''molinello'', and attacked with the dagger; or attacked by putting at that ''tempo'' of his sword in a straight line.</p> |
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− | | <p>In the fourth and last, one parries all attacks by guarding the head; and this method is safer than the third, since it is not subject to deceptions; and with it one responds to that attack which is more comfortable, by receiving the blow in the first third of the sword, in the forte of the sword; then, gathering up the short foot in the parry, one prepares it for the right; one may attack either by cutting straight on or by cutting ''riverso''.</p> | + | | <p>In the fourth and last, one parries all attacks by guarding the head; and this method is safer than the third, since it is not subject to deceptions; and with it one responds to that attack which is more comfortable, by receiving the blow in the first third of the sword, in the ''forte'' of the sword; then, gathering up the short foot in the parry, one prepares it for the right; one may attack either by cutting straight on or by cutting ''riverso''.</p> |
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| <p>And since the sword, while it is in its natural state, denotes the future blow, we will place it in such a proportion that it will be able to make a single attack by the posture of the hand. It should therefore be placed in such a state that, when the body is in ''scurzo'' and the arm is raised in its natural state, the sword and arm form the same line with the body. So that when a line is drawn from the extreme point of the sword, a square figure is formed as shown by the posture.</p> | | <p>And since the sword, while it is in its natural state, denotes the future blow, we will place it in such a proportion that it will be able to make a single attack by the posture of the hand. It should therefore be placed in such a state that, when the body is in ''scurzo'' and the arm is raised in its natural state, the sword and arm form the same line with the body. So that when a line is drawn from the extreme point of the sword, a square figure is formed as shown by the posture.</p> | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>'''Now that we have described''' ''the theorems of this art, it remains for us to demonstrate the practice. But before describing it, since this little digression, which I am about to make, is so much in keeping with our purpose, even if it is to enter into another subject, and since it will give great pleasure to those who will make the profession, and will also serve to increase their understanding, I have decided to deal briefly, and in general, with the offences and defences of fortresses. And only only those that can be applied to our own particular faculties, in order to learn how to defend our own bodies and offend those of the enemy.''</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>'''S'''ince the fortresses, which were naturally built on strong sites, have become weak through use, man has used his art to devise a plan for building a fortress which would be less subject to the defects which have become apparent through a new way of building.This, with the various order of ''Bellouards''; cauldrons, flattenings, finials, curtains, shoulders, parapets, ramparts, matte houses, buttresses, ditches, and ramparts; and of so many other parts, and membranes, as are seen in the books of Teti, Tartaglia Castriotto, all of whom have dealt with this.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>But nature, having formed the body of man in such a measured proportion, as has been said, has likewise constituted in it the fortress composed of the various orders, as we have said, with which the fortresses have been made. He has two hands, like Bellauardi, which defend the ''cortina'',<ref>''Cortina'' means a long wall running level from one bulwark to another.</ref> which is the body; and likewise he has the other parts, as will be seen in the following treatise.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>And in order that the fortresses may be impregnable, it would be better if he always held back all his offences in such a way that they would offend the enemy, and in such a way that the latter would not in any way allow them to be approached; which so far it seems has not been found: for the offence is carried out in a straight line: and by that means, by which those on the inside offend the enemies; with it, those outside discover everything.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>As a consequence of this, man’s fortitude must have these two conditions; that is to say:</p> |
+ | * one is to keep his offenses free and not subject to the enemy’s offenses | ||
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+ | <p>We will therefore strive to keep the sword and the dagger not subject to the offence, but out of the way, as has been said, speaking of the first posture for this purpose adopted by the Illustrious Signor Silvio Piccolomini.</p> | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>And just as a bulwark, when he is deprived of his offences, cannot help and defend the other, nor can he defend the ''cortina'', so each time that one of the hands, which are almost like a bulwark of the man’s ''cortina'', becomes impeded in such a way that it cannot carry out its offence, the other will remain subject to the enemy; and we will remedy this defect if we keep them free (as has been said) and ready for their task.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>Not permitting the enemy to approach the ditch is considered by all good soldiers to be the best defence that can be made: because once the ditch is lost, the fortress is said to be half gained. And therefore it is the opinion of good men that every effort should be made to defend the ''strada coperta''.<ref>A ''strada coperta'' is a close walk or passage made on the top of a counter-scarpe in which the besieged may cover themselves from the enemies (Florio 1610)</ref> Which, when it is well made, can easily be defended from the archibuseria;<ref>''Archibuseria'' likely is an alternative spelling of ''archibugiera'', which are a wall with slits, in a fortress, through which a weapon can be fired.</ref> by keeping good soldiers on this wall (who at the right time and in the right place) can make strong attacks on the enemy.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>From this usefulness of keeping the enemy at a distance, we must continually endeavour to ensure that our opponent never comes close to setting foot on the circumference of the second circle; which we form in such a state (as we have said above) as the edge of the ditch of our fortress, by drawing a good distance from the walls: that is to say, from the posture of ''imbroccata aventata'', without opening the compass; and with sorties, extending our legs and entering the fourth circumference; which we form in motion, compressing you in a forced step, (as we have said above) so that with greater length we may prevent the enemy.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>The proper time for sorties is when it rains, or if the enemy is exhaused by continuous fighting, or at mealtimes or according to the best judgment of the person who finds himself in the of needing to organise sorties.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>Similarly, when the enemy is in motion, we shall attack him by making a sortie in the fourth circumference, because while he is in motion he will not be able to respond with a wounding attack.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>In the same way, we shall choose the best of the attacks and suddenly wound the enemy; for he, having seen us so far from his body, does not expect such an attack. But in order to be able to retreat in safety, we shall attack him with a ''riverso traversale''<ref>''Riverso traversale'' means a transverse or diagonal blow during retreat. “It’s equivalent to a ''riversa squalembrato'' or ''falso manco'', depending on whether ascending or descending.” [note from Henry Fox]</ref> on the retreat, which we shall make on the way to the ''strada coperta''.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>But the offense, which cannot be carried out against fortresses by day is easily carried out by night by gaining the bulwark [or battlements]. Consequently one arrives at the trench, and because the true offense is that which is carried out when one is sure of not being offended, one must pull the ropes and take the trenches. By this means and by covering oneself, one approaches the trench.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>So we, while we are offending our opponent, will always make with our dagger a semi-circle in motion, which will defend our body.</p> |
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− | | class="noline" | | + | | class="noline" | <p>So if our enemy tries to dominate us with the sword or the dagger (because our hands, which are our bulwarks, are mobile) we will not allow it. On the contrary, we will continuously dominate our opponent’s sword and dagger so that our body will not be wounded.</p> |
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+ | | <p>''Assuming, that our opponent has made the trenches; and that he has approached the pit wishing to enter the fortress with them, it will be convenient to clear the way with the offense.''</p> | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>'''T'''here are three ways in which fortresses are offended, namely, </p> |
+ | * the hidden underground; | ||
+ | * with the battery, the hoe, the shovel, and the stove; or | ||
+ | * with the air; that is, when the cavalry is raised in such a way that those inside cannot appear for defense. | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>There are three ways in which our fortress [body] can be attacked: with low attacks, with middle attacks, and with the others above.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>When fortresses are attacked by mines and quarries, the defender tries to recognize the place, which he does with real instruments. For when the lower places are hit, the sign of the movement is given by these instruments; and when the defender is assured of the place, he either cuts off that part of the fortress, detaching it from the whole body of the fortress, or he finds the other part with the same pit, in order to make the mine disappear, and to make it go out; or he tries to destroy it with water or fire.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>In the same way, when we are offended by low lines, as when the enemy makes an quartered, armoured attack, we will counter them by bending in our belts [sucking in our stomachs]; and we will not allow them to fall into the circle of our body.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>Overt attacks on the ground are principally made with artillery, which is used to make a breach and raise the defences, so that the ditch is gained, which can then be attacked with the hoe, shovel and stove.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>The artillery should be placed as close as possible to the place where it is to be used, if the site allows it: because the closer the weight of violent motion through the air, the greater the effect it will have on a resisting body, the closer it will be to the driving force, and the greater the effect: and this effect is very important in order to obtain the goal in a short time, which is most valuable in attacking fortresses, as well as being less costly.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>Therefore, we shall attack as much as possible when the enemy is so far away from us that we are sure to be able to engage him with our strength; for if we begin our offense from a distance, we shall lose time and show contempt, and by uncovering ourselves give the enemy the opportunity to attack us; and when we are a little farther away, we shall advance first with our left foot, and then with our right foot we shall make the attack.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>The greatest effect of the artillery in its strike is when the ball attacks the flat surface of the wall at a right angle, because the diameter of the ball operates entirely in the offense, and when the ball strikes obliquely, part of the diameter touches the wall and part goes empty.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>In the same way, the attack must be made at a right angle, i.e. we must ensure that the sword in its attack forms a right angle with the flat surface of the body, so that in such a position the sword against us becomes oblique to our body. Furthermore, when the attacks are oblique, they are avoided with every slightest movement of the body and become useless.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>The place where the battery is to be made is on the face of one of the bulwarks, since once the defences of the other have been raised, and that side is defended, and those above it, it is safe to walk to the assault.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>In the same way, we will beat the enemy’s bulwark which will be the hand that is closest to us and consequently we will keep ours far from offense.</p> |
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+ | | <p>Some believe that the ''cortina'' should be beaten, since it is weaker than the bulwark’s flank and face. This is because of its breadth, and because of the space it provides for retreat: for the benefit of which one can stand on horseback with the assailants which is not the case when the ''cortina'' is beaten as there is no place to retreat to, except on the plain; besides which the way is wider. But they do not consider that it would be in the midst of five attacks, of which there are four on each side and one on each front.</p> | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>Therefore we always seek to attack those parts of the body which are part of the defence. This is why we shall always seek to would the part of the body that is furthest out [from the centre] and nearest to us, for it will be the weakest, as it is in fortresses, and will lack defence.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>Since we see that the most defensible part of the wall is the ''cortina'', since the bulwarks are made to defend it, and of this the wall which forms the angle with the flank is the most defensible, we shall always concede to the enemy the point of our ''cortina'', which is the right flank: so that we may find ourselves in a better defence; and we require the enemy to submit to many offences.</p> |
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+ | | <p>Therefore, when the enemy wishes to attack at this point, with horizontal attacks, such as thrusts, he will strike the line with the lesser bulwark; and he will attack with the straight line.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>And if any one wishes to strike with the left bulwark, he will need to pass the perspective of his body in the straight line he imagined; in which the right bulwark will be seen; and it will be possible to attack him.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>Similarly, if we were to attack the right with the same attack we would offend it.</p> | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>'''T'''he aerial offence is made when a hill is created on the outside [of the fortress] and with it one stands at a knight’s level [at the same level] with those on the inside. [Those on the inside] cannot appear to the defence because the greatest offence to the ''cortina'' is that this position shows every part inside it.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>Therefore, we will always keep our sword at the enemy’s side, and we will attack them with ''imbroccata aventata''<ref>''Imbroccata aventata'' means a hurling or forceful thrust given over the dagger.</ref> from above and below.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>Those on the inside can also defend themselves by rising, if it is possible for them to do so; and by making counter-attack, or they can make a diagonal attack, or they can resolve in by closing the distance quickly. And from here the defenders can try to prevent the enemy from building the hill; or attempt to lay mines prior to the hill being built.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>Therefore, as the enemy raises his sword, we shall raise our dagger, which must always be directed toward the the opponent’s thrust.</p> |
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+ | | <p>But returning to the battery, I say that, assuming that the breach has been made with it, a practical soldier should be sent to assess it and consider</p> | ||
+ | * whether the ascent is easy; | ||
+ | * whether the path to be taken is safe; and | ||
+ | * especially whether there are any casemates in the flanks. | ||
+ | <p>And from the inside he must see if the enemy has withdrawn and how all the places can be found inside and from this point, according to the report of that same soldier, the Captain decides [what action to take].</p> | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>In the same way, once we have attacked, we will try to recognize what the enemy is doing [to counter-attack]: since he is enraged by our blow, we are warned to be more ready for the second attack than for the first.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>There are four ways of retreating, all of which have the same effect.</p> |
− | | | + | * In the first, a ditch is dug in a straight line, across the whole length of the broken wall: and the ''casematte'' are made in the sides of the ditch with lumber. More rough wood is placed at the tip along with the earth which is dug so the embankment is also made good, prominent, and with the parapet of ''gabionate''.<ref>''Gabionate'' fortifications or fences made of Gabions – cages or baskets full of earth set with ordinance to hide and defend Cannoniers. (Florio 1611)</ref> |
+ | * In the second, they are made half-moon style. | ||
+ | * In the third, at an angle. | ||
+ | * In the fourth, with pincers. | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/117|3|lbl=103.3}} | ||
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+ | | <p>And we must leave as little ground as possible to the enemy, so that he will not have a place to bring and lodge his artillery on it. These retreats are much better, when there is a place for them, than is the stopping of the gap in the breach: because one cannot work except at night; and this too can sometimes be done badly and therefore the shelter will be weak.</p> | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>Thus, once we have attacked, we will retreat in three steps, always keeping the body in perspective, so that the enemy cannot attack us, while we remain stationary in the distance that our retreat will be at half-moon.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>Therefore, when the retreats are made as they should be, they are very difficult to gain, because any line that enters a circle is entered by that circle.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>Therefore, we shall always be in a state of retreat with our body in a semi-circle, necessitating the enemy to come into the middle of our retreat; which will be the sword and dagger placed in our guard. For whatever kind of attack may occur in the middle of our weapons will be parried by the dagger and the enemy will be wounded by our sword.</p> |
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+ | | <p>And when one wishes to enter into such retreats, one must use the French style trench: which is very difficult, & very hard: for when one digs it is necessary to throw oneself on the ground from the sides to cover oneself: & in front of this are placed ''fascinoni; overo tavoloni'': but the ''difenfore aggiustandovi'' a piece of artillery, does great damage. In addition, it itself walks towards the enemy, and tries to repel them with many devices.</p> | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>Similarly, if our enemy in his despair, should wish to enter our retreat, covering himself with his dagger and sword, we will throw him back and meet him with a decisive attack.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>But the best thing to do is to seize the enemy by the shoulders, so as to render useless to him all the strength we have built up, by beating again at the back of the retreat; or by walking under cover with a hoe and shovel, which the experienced captain will again remedy by closing off the beaten place with another semi-circle.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>In this way, if the enemy wishes to attack us from behind, we will, by means of a semi-circle, close in on him in the midst of our forces, and at that time attack him.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>Therefore, in this way of attacking and defending, we proceed so far as to reduce them to the extreme; whereupon the defender, by cutting off the offended part, and remaining in isolation, necessitating the the enemy to think of new attacks.</p> |
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+ | | <p>When we are reduced to this end, which will be when we have allowed ourselves to be deceived by the enemy, who will have arrived at our distance, we will lose a step of ground; and we will form a new circle: and thus we will give cause to the enemy to attack us: which we will remedy with our usual parries and attacks.</p> | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>It remains, to complete this treatise, to speak of the assault, which can be carried out:</p> |
− | | | + | * with valour and with diligence, |
+ | * on arriving with the general camp, and with rapidity, (having first recognised the weakest place) | ||
+ | <p>He plants the pieces to raise the defences and the canons to make the battery and together makes the approaches so that the overwhelmed defender loses his courage and has no time to make his defences.</p> | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>As we proceed in this way, we recognize the enemy’s state and the position in which he holds his sword, and we will take him on with speed and resolution to attack him and at the weakest place; that is to say, that part of his body which will be closest to us.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>When the assault is made, the General places his whole army in battle in his squares of arms, and places the cavalry at the points where the enemy could attack his army; and those who are ordered to be the first to make the assault enter the trench through the ditches, led by their captains, after whom the standard bearers go out with their banners.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>He then orders the others, who have to help and refresh the assault, to be ready: the Master of the Field of that regiment is responsible for them.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>He then orders the others, who have to help and refresh the assault, to be ready: the Master of the Field of that regiment is responsible for them.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>Similarly, from the ''trincerone'',<ref>''Trincerone'' means a large, well-equipped trench.</ref> the musketry and arquebuses are fired, with which the whole ''trincerone'' is armed.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>In this way, having arranged the attacks, which, in offending, are defending, the artillery is fired. And under that favour, giving themselves in the drums, they return to the assault. This is then refreshed by the people already commanded to fight hand-to-hand according to need, who, led by the Sergeant-Major to the edge of the ditch, animously assault the fortress.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>The defender stands in battle with his men; and with part of them he throws back the attackers. He also does this with the artillery, which is fired at the enemy’s artillery and with other things he helps himself (which I shall not mention here for the sake of brevity) but the best defense is to have the arquebusiers’ continue to fire at each other.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>Moreover, he sends soldiers into the ditch so that they can attack the assailants from behind then the soldiers who are in the trenches oppose them and make them retreat.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>Therefore our will, which is the Captain General of our army and our fortress, wishing to attack, will do so with diligence and resolution; and will dispose his army in battle, ordering the external sense of sight to look at the coming of the enemy’s line in its extremity: since that should wound the body, and not the hand, as others wish.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>Moreover, no matter how little movement the hand makes, the point of the sword makes a much greater movement; therefore, if we look at the hand, we will lose the time to attack, because we will not see in time the angle constituted by the imagined line and the line of the sword.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>He will likewise command the appetitive power, which is desirable and pleasant, to oppose with it those things which impede our end. And to command the motivating power to be on the alert, in order to give motion to our limbs, which will have to be united, so that, when necessary, they may attack and obey the will.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>Part of these limbs will go to the attack and part will defend those which will do the offense; as the dagger will do, when it defends the right part of our body which goes to the offense and so doing, we will obtain our end, which will be victory.</p> |
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+ | ! <p>Images</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>{{rating|C}}<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>Transcription<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>'''On the Practice'''</p> |
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+ | <p>''Our practice can be reduced to a few things, because by our action we negate all the principles of the various offenses that can be made.''</p> | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>'''T'''herefore, as soon as the enemy is seen from afar, the cloak should be dropped from the straight shoulder, and the dagger should be thrust forward on the straight flank with the left hand. Then, first, the sword will be drawn from the scabbard, and then the dagger, and at the same time the fists and teeth will be clenched and the eyes widened, showing prideful expression.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>After this, with the lowered arms thrust out from the body, and with natural steps we shall walk; and before we reach the distance we shall acknowledge the enemy; and we shall beware with which foot he comes forward, and with which weapon: for if he holds his dagger forward, this will be to defend himself; if his sword, to attack; however, if he does so in whatever way we choose, it will always be we who will decide and and give him the motion.<p> |
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+ | | <p>And supposing that the enemy finds himself in a state with his sword in action in a straight line, but dominable by our dagger, as in the third and fourth guards, we shall place our body in perspective, and in the narrow position we shall enter into the first posture, in which, following the aforesaid rules, we shall be able to attack with a short stroke, and at the same time we shall be able to strike the enemy’s sword, and distort it from that line, helping it to decline.</p> | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>For if we consider the four causes which we have mentioned above, the first of which is the posture of the body, we can be certain that the body in motion can come in a straight line, and the proportions of the sword, the formal cause, show us that the attack is in a straight line. The material cause shows us that any other kind of movement that the enemy makes, either with his body or with his arm, either by pushing, or by retreating, or by bearing, or by turning, will be made in a longer ''tempo'' than would be the movement indicated by the posture; the final cause, which is the extreme point of that line, is now removed from the dagger, because the dagger, by beating, takes it away from its position.</p> |
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+ | | <p>And in order that man may not be confused or mistaken, we must know that all the rules we have stated apply equally to the game of the sword and dagger as to that of the single sword: but they differ only in this: that when we have the dagger, and fight against straight lines, which are present, but subject to our dagger, then it is not necessary for us to take out the points, which are the final causes of these lines; for with the dagger we remove the effect of the attack by striking them.</p> | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>But with the sword alone, which is devoid of such a defense, when we fight against these proportions of lines, we will always be attacked, and we will do so with our left foot, since we need to remove the point with the movement of our body; since we do not have the dagger: and with our left hand we will close the return to the enemy’s sword, as shown by the two small figures in this first demonstration, which will follow below.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>And with the straight lines, in high ''fresentia'',<ref>No translation of this word is available.</ref> with the accompanying weapons and with the sword alone, we will operate in the same way.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>When fighting against oblique lines, we shall follow the same order: and only we shall differ in this, that with the sword alone, when we are attacked by necessity; that is, at the time when the enemy is attacking us, we shall do so in a straight line, with the body in profile.</p> |
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+ | | <p>And returning to the declaration of the Practice, I say that if we find the enemy in the third or fourth guard, either with his legs open or closed, we will present ourselves to him in perspective, and by placing ourselves in first guard with the foot not even in the diameter of the circle, immediately after our sight passes through the ''forte'' of our dagger and attacks the ''debole'' of the enemy’s sword, we will resolutely attack the right side of the sword in ''tempo'': as is shown in this figure, which follows, in which, as in all the others, it is only the guard with his dagger, which is made of will ahead of time: and there is also a certain line drawn from the fist of our posture, which signifies the attacking of necessity in time; that is, the manner of attacking, when the enemy attacks; furthermore that line, which arises from the fist of the opposite, denotes the first posture of the sword of the same enemy.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>I will not hesitate to say that if our enemy was in a state with a straight line in front of him, but well extended, (as many do to keep the enemy at a distance), then we would strike that parried sword with the dagger, describing a semi-circle outwards with it, so that more length could be extracted from our body in the attack.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>'''W'''henever our opponent is placed in</p> | ||
+ | * the first or second guard, or | ||
+ | * the guard against the face, or | ||
+ | * in the entrance guard, | ||
+ | <p>the sword will be placed high up in a straight line. We will act against it in this way; we shall place our body in perspective in the first circle, and putting our foot straight ahead in the diameter of the circle, we shall of our own free will oppose the straight point, and with our left hand we shall move out of the circle into the second circle. We shall attack by striking with our dagger using the second guard either in ''tempo'' or ahead of ''tempo''.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>And there are three things that could make this contrary operation of ours possible;</p> | ||
+ | * the first is that in the appearance that we make, he could end up walking along that line attacking us, but we will attack him in the premeditated ''tempo''; | ||
+ | * the second is that he could attack us in the movement that we make, when we went out with the point of attacking us: which is not for knowledge; because our movement is of short duration: so that we will have acted first, before he has seen it. | ||
+ | * the third is that he may retreat when we strike the blow in perspective: his retreat will not be so great as our growth, since we are moving together; and in this case we shall attack as we usually do with a forward thrust. | ||
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− | {{ | + | | <p>If the enemy changes his guard after the man arrives in the straight, the manner in which he is to be placed will determine how we will proceed against him in accordance with the above rules.</p> |
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− | + | | <p>I have wished to give these few reasons for greater intelligence. It may not be necessary, because all the figures which are to be shown below are based on all the said rules, and this one, which now follows, demonstrates the effect of the second guard, and that line which comes out of the enemy’s shoulder, which signifies the proportion of the sword to the opposite, in which it is supposed to be.</p> | |
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− | | | + | | <p>'''I'''f the enemy were to be placed in the same guards, but would keep his sword fixed on our left-hand point, we would immediately place our left foot of the same diameter as the right foot that held the enemy in front of us, and then, coming out with our right foot in a transversal movement in the second circle, we would form the third guard, and from above to below we would strike with our cross, leaving the defence to be carried out naturally by our left arm, as if it were one piece, with both hand and dagger.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>The enemy, when we go to attack, could change his sword underneath; but only by bringing the weight of the body back to the missing<ref>''Manca'' means missing, and probably means back or voided leg.</ref> leg, and with that alone making a small movement, will he beat that sword, and make the same attack.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>I will not repeat all the reasons, because what has been said of the first guard is also meant to be said of all the straight lines: it is sufficient that these figures demonstrate the effect, as does this one below, which demonstrates how it is done by being attacked before ''tempo'' and in ''tempo''.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>'''B'''ut when the enemy has his sword in preference,<ref>This probably means that the sword has mechanical advantage in a thrusting position.</ref> but obliquely under the center of our body, we will then appear in the united state, and with the body well protected in the first guard, opposing the dagger, a body is resistant to the oblique line, so that it does not rise, we will choose the best attack possible that can be made. But we must prepare ourselves against all the danger that lies in the fact we are approaching the dagger when we strike it, and therefore, with the premeditated ''tempo'' (since the oblique line cannot be used in a short time for anything other than a straight line), we will place our dagger on the imaginary line, on which the sword must fall, and this imagined line appears below in this figure.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>'''I'''f the enemy were to hold his sword obliquely in the second way, we would immediately, after having reached the diameter (with the body in perspective) enter the smallest circle of distance. [The smallest circle] is marked with dots, as is the other small circle which we also form in the state. And placing our feet on the cord<ref>''Corda'' means rope or cord, but in this context means the diameter of the circle.</ref> of the said large circle we would form the first guard: that thus gaining the distance (in case he attacks). We shall likewise attack, by placing our sword in the diagonal and our dagger in the imagined line; in which that sword must come obliquely, as this figure shows very well, in which we see the effect which our attack makes; and the effect which the enemy’s attack makes.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>'''T'''he opposite of ours may be found with the sword oblique to our body, in the third way, as has been said of the sword. That is to say, angular, but we shall have ascertained if the extremity of the sword is at the right angle to our left parts; and immediately on arriving at the distance we shall place ourselves in the fourth guard. And we shall attack with the greatest length of the body; moving it first; and then following the movement with the right foot we shall cut that line and we shall help it with the dagger to its circumference. We are certain that the sword, being in this angle, will be able to make a straight line, and that we, by carrying the weight of the body to the missing leg, will overcome it by attacking it on first guard. If, when we appear, the same angular line is made straight, we will return to the first circle on first guard, and we will operate as we have said, on first guard.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>But if the sword is at an angle, and it is placed on the right side of our straight sides, so that in such a position we see its body and not its point, we will go to the first guard, working against it as if it were a straight line.</p> |
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− | | | + | | class="noline" | <p>The following figure shows very well the effect of the enemy and the effect of our posture.</p> |
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+ | |} | ||
+ | {{master subsection end}} | ||
+ | {{master subsection begin | ||
+ | | title = Chapter 2 | ||
+ | | width = 90em | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {| class="master" | ||
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− | + | ! <p>Images</p> | |
− | | | + | ! <p>{{rating|C}}<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> |
− | + | ! <p>Transcription<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | |
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− | | | + | | <p>''Now that we have spoken of oblique lines in the present, it remains for us to come to the end of this treatise to discuss those lines, which will be found outside of the present, since the enemy can retreat into them in two ways, either with his right foot forward or with his left.''</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>'''S'''ince we have no intention of attacking our enemy every time that he holds his sword in the rear, the same facilitates our work. And we will keep as a rule that we must spread out from the enemy’s sword as far as it is from us and in doing so we will seek out the enemy’s body, and keeping the body in the rear, we will go out into the smallest part of the circle, and staying in the cord of the said circle, we will attack in front of the ''tempo'' and in ''tempo'' in the same way – as appears here in this figure which follows.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>'''F'''inally, when the enemy returns to his stationary position with his left foot forward, in this posture he concedes only one point of his surface. However, when he wishes to attack, he must pass with the whole perspective of his body into the attack and this he will do with the greatest possible movement: which will be described in the ''tempo'' of a maxim, which is eight strokes. We shall therefore enter into the distance, placing ourselves in the lesser position to first guard our life, which will be closer to the profile than otherwise; and we shall hold the dagger high if the enemy is on falcon guard.</p> |
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+ | | <p>While we are doing this, we will move the enemy. We will</p> | ||
+ | * take out the point | ||
+ | * gain distance | ||
+ | * bring our sword closer to the enemy and | ||
+ | * with the dagger ready, which we will hold in such a way that it will dominate the sword, we will attack the enemy either in front of the point or in the point. | ||
+ | <p>In order that this chapter may be better understood, I have divided it and made two demonstrations, of which the first shows that when we attack with the will, then we no longer use our usual attack, but we do so with the body in profile, as we see in the following figure, and we attack the left parts.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>'''W'''henever we give motion to these, which are in a state of being with the left foot in front, they force themselves to adapt; because by raising the point we cover ourselves behind the line of their body: so that, not discovering a place where they can attack, they move. Therefore it will be time to attack them in that movement, either of the right foot or of the left.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>But if they want to attack, we will, with our usual parry and attack, attack them on the straight side, which is the one that leads to attack, as we see in the following figure.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/143|2|lbl=129.2}} | ||
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+ | | <p>'''A'''ll these things, which have been said, we must know how to reproduce, according to need. For if the enemy (for example) can put himself:</p> | ||
+ | * on guard to enter and then lower that line, and | ||
+ | * after that release it, and | ||
+ | * put it in an oblique line | ||
+ | <p>he will likewise be able to put it from one into another proportion. Therefore, by observing these rules, from one guard we will enter the other with great ease.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/145|1|lbl=131.1}} | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>So far these considerations have made it clear that being on guard is very harmful. It follows, therefore, that in all our actions we must never give any indication of our will. But we must be resolute enough to place the dagger in the straight line we have imagined and with one stroke attack, either with the point, which will be a forward thrust, or with a slashing cut, with all our strength and length - making it necessary for the enemy to parry. We shall then immediately strike back with a cross-cut, aided by the force of the dagger, after which we shall again begin the first attack; and this cross-cut we shall make standing in the first opening, in step with the force we have used in the attack. But if the enemy loses ground through our first attack, we shall make this cross-cut, increasing with the left foot.</p> |
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− | | | + | | <p>And this way of doing things will be followed, provided that the distance and the attacking are one and the same.</p> |
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− | | | + | | class="noline" | <p>By putting this resolutely and swiftly, the enemy becomes occupied in defence and moreover he loses his counsel and his spirit, and consequently his strength. From this it is clearly seen that he will put himself in defence or will use some kind of involuntary attack - which are attacks made by necessity. Since we will be the one who forces him to act against his will we will easily resist [his attack] and this all the more so the more they are seen to be weak and imperfect.</p> |
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+ | |} | ||
+ | {{master subsection end}} | ||
+ | {{master end}} | ||
+ | {{master begin | ||
+ | | title = Advertisements of the Sword and Dagger | ||
+ | | width = 90em | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {| class="master" | ||
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+ | <p>''If we want to use our first guard, there are five ways in which we could go against this posture: but all will be in vain if we operate according to reason and the knowledge of the weapon.''</p> | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>'''I'''n the first way, he will try to approach from a distance, and with speed he will move his sword across, in order to attack with his dagger. But this is remedied by attacking the enemy in motion, before he reaches the distance. In addition, with every little movement we raise our sword, we will put it into the attack in a straight line. Moreover, we shall pass with our left foot and attack with our dagger.</p> |
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+ | | <p>In the second way, he will study the opposite of going to the sword, in order to attack with the reversed blow: but this is remedied by centring with the right foot: because in this way he will not be allowed to approach: so that in those movements we will be able to attack him; and supposing that he were to dig out the reversed attack, we will drive our sword in a straight line, with the body in profile, thus cutting that line.</p> | ||
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− | | | + | | <p>In the third way, with the low sword tilting, the apposite will be done by the ''inquartata'': and therefore we will move tilting above; and with the dagger we will hold back the sword so that it does not rise.</p> |
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+ | | <p>In the fourth way, he will do the opposite, flowing up the sword by the middle, not to attack, but to drive out the ''punta riversa'', which is remedied in the same way.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/148|3|lbl=134.3}} | ||
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+ | | <p>In the fifth way, he will put the point of the sword in his fist to prevent it from descending. We will not allow this if we are attacked immediately after the enemy’s sword reaches our body, but if we assume that the sword is already in our fist, we will make a little sign of retreat with the fist of the sword alone, because if he puts the sword back in that motion we will attack him.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>If, in presenting himself, a man is deceived or disconcerted, he must withdraw by drawing a circular slash which cleaves the ground: and then, having recognized himself, he must recover.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>When the sword is impeded, one must yield to that force; and attack by that movement which the same force causes to be made, and this way of operating in arms is most perfect.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/148|6|lbl=134.6}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>If the enemy counterattacks, we must also counterattack, and hence the latter has the advantage.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/148|7|lbl=134.7}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>Since it is possible to attack with four fingers of the sword, we do not want or need to overdo it: because the first attack must be made while fleeing, especially when the enemy has a dagger.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/149|1|lbl=135.1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>In all attacks, the length of the body should be taken first, and then the movement of the feet should be added; and care should be taken to ensure that the point is fast enough in reach to attack.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/149|2|lbl=135.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>Each time the dagger parries our attacks, we will repeat the blows, which will help us to strike the dagger; that is, we will not violate our arm from its natural position.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/149|3|lbl=135.3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | class="noline" | | ||
+ | | class="noline" | <p>Whenever we agree with our posture, if the enemy withdraws (which is mostly the case), we will lower our weapons and begin the fight again in the same way: and if we seem to be on our guard, we will reduce the enemy as much as we can, putting him in need.</p> | ||
+ | | class="noline" | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/149|4|lbl=135.4}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
+ | {{master end}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{master begin | ||
+ | | title = Advertisements of the Single Sword | ||
+ | | width = 90em | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {| class="master" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! <p>Images</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>{{rating|C}}<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>Transcription<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>'''Advertisements of the single sword'''</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <p>'''W'''henever the sword is engaged, it can be freed by withdrawing the left foot to the rear, and if the other side attacks it, it will be attacked at the same time.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/150|1|lbl=136.1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | class="noline" | | ||
+ | | class="noline" | <p>If, by pulling on an attack, we come to half a sword, we will free ours; if we hold it inward, we will pull it upward, piercing the attack: and with our left hand we will catch the opposite sword in its hilt. But if we have it on the other side, we will take it out from underneath, drawing it into the angle formed by the two swords with our left arm crossed in defense; and we will attack with the point of the sword’s fist<ref>‘A reference to the ‘sword fist’ is made in [[Antonio Manciolino]]’s Opera Nova where it states “Of the narrow iron gate guard. The sixth guard is called “porta di ferro stretta”. In which the body must be arranged diagonally in such fashion that the right shoulder (as is said above) faces the enemy, but both the arms must be stretched out to encounter the enemy, so that the sword arm is extended straight down in the defense of the right knee, and so that the sword fist be near and centered on the aforesaid knee.” (Wiktenauer, 2022) It is then clear that ‘sword’s fist’ means the hand holding the hilt of the sword.</ref> upwards.</p> | ||
+ | | class="noline" | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/150|2|lbl=136.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
+ | {{master end}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{master begin | ||
+ | | title = Treatise on the Sword and Cloak | ||
+ | | width = 90em | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {| class="master" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! <p>Images</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>{{rating|C}}<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>Transcription<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>'''Treatise on the sword and cloak'''<ref>''Cappa'' means both cloak and cape (there is no differentiation in Italian). I will use cloak for the purpose of consistency. The Spanish cloak or cape is short compared with what we normally consider to be a cloak. It is usually worn anywhere from below the shoulder blade length to the hip.</ref></p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <p>'''W'''hen we use the cloak for defense, we must always remember that it differs from the dagger in that it can be cut and pierced, which is not the case with the dagger, and therefore we will never parry with the cloak in the same way as with the dagger. And just as the dagger cannot be used to parry stabbings, so the cloak cannot be used to parry them. And since we try to keep the dagger free from injury, the cloak cannot be kept in the hands of the enemy.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/151|1|lbl=137.1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>All the same reasons, and all the ways, which we have said above of the single sword, and of the sword accompanied by the dagger, serve us with the sword and cloak: and of this there is no other use, than to impede the enemy; so that he | ||
+ | may not have so easy an attack; and to cover the parts below.</p> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/151|2|lbl=137.2|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/152|1|lbl=138.1|p=1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>And yes, as we close the return of the enemy sword with the hand at this time when we are attacked by the points, so with the cloak we can better achieve our goal.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/152|2|lbl=138.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>And because when the man is without a cloak he can be harmed and defended against in two ways: one is to throw it [the cloak] into his face and the other is to throw it over his sword at its ''debole''; this [latter] is an easier way than the first. Therefore it [the cloak] will be taken with the flat hand and with the thumb only; and with a semicircular outward movement it will be collected in the fist, and united a man can take advantage of it at his pleasure and also deprive himself of it in order to come to grips with it.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/152|3|lbl=138.3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>Hence it may be understood that the same order must be followed in drawing the sword, and in turning the cloak into the fist, as is done with the sword and dagger, and that this must be done without giving the enemy any idea of his [the man’s] own will. This is to be done by proceeding with the sword down and the cloak out from the body, with caution, and distinguishing what the enemy will do, who, either stationary or in motion, will have to take advantage of it.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/152|4|lbl=138.4}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>If the contrary is found to be the case, it will necessarily be in one of the acts, which we have already mentioned, but against those we will use one of those offenses, which we have declared above.</p> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/152|5|lbl=138.5|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/153|1|lbl=139.1|p=1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>And if the same opponent holds his sword in front of him, we shall fight against him in the manner already indicated, but holding his cloak in front of him, we shall always use our natural motion with our straight hand; with cuts and points we shall nevertheless attack that fist facing away from the cloak and away from the enemy’s sword.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/153|2|lbl=139.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>If, however, we find our opponent in motion, we shall act against him in accordance with the proportions of the attacks he inflicts: and, being either by cutting or by thrusting, we shall do the same offences and defences as if we had no cloak, except when we wish to parry, which we shall always do, not with the sword alone, but with the sword accompanied by the cloak, and in the second half we shall attack the right opposite sides.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/153|3|lbl=139.3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>If, then, we wish to wait for the enemy, we shall ascertain which foot he will use to move forward, and we shall try to do so with the other foot, different from the one used for the purpose. For if he moves forward with his right foot, we shall move forward with our left foot, and if he moves forward with his left foot, we shall do the same with our right foot.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/153|4|lbl=139.4}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>Acknowledging, that when the contrary is found with the right ahead, and that we with the left oppose it will then be with the intention of allowing all attacks to pass through; and to attack in the downward direction, with the accompaniment of the cloak.</p> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/153|5|lbl=139.5|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/154|1|lbl=140.1|p=1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>And if we stand with the left hand in front of us, and we stand with the right, then we will immediately parry with the hand, attacking the legs or the right arm or the ''punta riversa''.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/154|2|lbl=140.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>In this case we will be able to parry the cuts with our cloak alone, because we will parry the enemy’s rise [of his sword] with our own [parry] in the first third of the sword, before it is declines in strength.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/154|3|lbl=140.3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>We must remedy the enemy’s attack with our sword, so that we can be sure of the attack outside of this ''tempo'': and if we were to attack the enemy by chance at that time, it would be drawn in part, where the enemy’s cloak would entangle and impede our sword so that we would not recover it in time. Therefore, by securing ourselves against the enemy’s attack, we shall attack him secondarily in his right parts.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/154|4|lbl=140.4}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="2" | [[File:Ghisliero 25.jpg|400px|center]] | ||
+ | | <p>In order to wait for the opposite, we shall place ourselves in this guard, which is shown below; that is to say, with the left foot forward in a half step, with the weight on the right leg, and with the sword across - then the point of is above our head with the fist at the level of the left shoulder and with the flat of the left hand wrapped in the cloak, and in the first strong point of the sword.</p> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/154|5|lbl=140.5|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/155|1|lbl=141.1|p=1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | <p>In this posture, the enemy’s sword is always held inwards; and when he pulls, whatever he wishes, to make a strong attack (be it by a cut or a point), he is stronger with his left foot alone: and when he extends that line, he attacks himself, helping the sword with the strength of his left hand. As this figure demonstrates.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/155|2|lbl=141.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>'''I'''f, however, we allow the enemy to pass with a right hand, the respondent, taking advantage of this point of view will be able to make a mortal wound, leaving behind his cloak, which will close the way for the enemy’s sword.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/157|1|lbl=142.1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>If, while we are in this posture, the enemy does not resolve to attack us, but, putting himself on guard, waits until we are the first to attack; and if he stands with his foot straight forward, and with his sword in front of him, we with the ''stringeremo''<ref>''Stringeremo'' appears to mean the same as ''stringere'' or a drawing close posture. Most commonly used as ''stringere la spada'' where using the stronger part of the sword you engage with the weaker part of the opponent’s sword and take the line or advantage so the point of the opponent’s sword can no longer strike you.</ref> posture will hold him, wounding him with the same attack.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/157|2|lbl=142.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | class="noline" | | ||
+ | | class="noline" | <p>If, however, he should try with his left foot to strike our sword with his cloak, we shall return with our left foot to the centre, and go out to the first of the four guards we have proposed; and with that fist we shall attack with the point or the cut, or above, passing the point and entering the face.</p> | ||
+ | | class="noline" | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/157|3|lbl=142.3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
+ | {{master end}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{master begin | ||
+ | | title = Treatise on the Buckler | ||
+ | | width = 90em | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {| class="master" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! <p>Images</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>{{rating|C}}<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>Transcription<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>'''Treatise on the Buckler'''</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <p>'''M'''any people have used the buckler in the same way as a dagger, and they have used it as a parry, accompanying it with the sword. However, since it is difficult for a man to show what he is capable of by means of some instrument, if he does not first make known what it belongs to, it is necessary, in order not to be mistaken, for them to know the quality and properties of the very instrument with which he intends to represent that essence. Since, therefore, we have to deal with the defensive instrument (as I said), we will begin by discussing it in this way.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/158|1|lbl=144.1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="3" | [[File:Ghisliero p145.jpg|400px|center]] | ||
+ | | <p>The buckler is a spherical, dense and opaque body, and in order for it to do its work properly, its surface must be less than a foot in diameter, since most men are a foot and a half wide: And because the effect of the buckler is to resist the sword, so that it cannot injure our body; since with this sword man can form different and infinite lines, which by similarity we can resemble the rays of the sun (a spherical and luminous body). Therefore we must know that there are two opaque bodies, that is to say, transparent: as are air, water and fire.</p> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/158|2|lbl=144.2|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/159|1|lbl=145.1|p=1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | <p>Therefore perspective, as we read in the fourth proposition of the first part of the common perspective, wants a spherical, dense, opaque and consequently shadowy body to be considered in three ways with respect to another spherical, luminous and resplendent body.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/159|2|lbl=145.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | <p>In the first way it will be considered, when the shadowy body is greater than the luminous body,; for then they will desire and demand that the said shadowy body will cause and cast a shadow, which, the farther it extends, the more it will grow larger and larger, as is shown in the following figure, in which the luminous body is understood as A, the shadowy as B, and the shadowed as C.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/159|3|lbl=145.3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="3" | [[File:Ghisliero p146.jpg|400px|center]] | ||
+ | | <p>In the second, it must be considered that the spherical shadowed body is of the same size as the luminous one, and that the shadowed body will always send out a shadow of equal width to its diameter, and that the shadow may extend as far as one wishes, as we can clearly see in the following figure.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/160|1|lbl=146.1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | <p>Lastly, in the third way, we may consider that the spherical shadowy body is smaller than the luminous one, and that the shadowy one is thus to cause and send a shadow, which, the longer it extends, the more it shrinks until it finally ends in sharpness and ends in a point from which a pyramidal figure emerges, the extreme point of which is called the Cone. This experience shows us the following figure.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/160|2|lbl=146.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | <p>Of all these ways, the first is the one which we will use with the buckler: because it is a spherical, opaque body, greater than the spherical, luminous body, or greater than the fist of the hand; from which, like the rays of the sun, arise the proportions of the lines which man forms with the sword, we will oppose it in such a way that it will cast a shadow, by which we will be covered and defended.</p> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/160|3|lbl=146.3|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/161|1|lbl=147.1|p=1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>'''H'''owever, we shall note that on this occasion the sword will have the opposite effect, specifically in a straight line or in power; i.e. in an oblique line. When it is in a straight line, we shall regard it as a single ray of the Sun, and we shall oppose it with the at the same point; but when it is oblique to our body, we shall oppose it using the buckler at the body of the fist at the origin of the ray, or of the line, so that we will be covered by the shadow of the opaque body of the buckler.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/161|2|lbl=147.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>And just as many straight lines, which come from a centre, the further they move away from that centre, the more they dilate among themselves: so, that if we use the buckler to oppose the sword, either the sword will get stuck in it, or it will cut it, so that it will move further away from its centre and from our body.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/161|3|lbl=147.3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>It will therefore be held in the hand with the thumb resting on it: so that this part does not fall inwards: otherwise our body would be exposed and offended: and so that it will always operate as a blurred body, we will hold it with the arm outstretched: so that the greater shadow will be caused by its distance from our body.</p> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/161|4|lbl=147.4|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/162|1|lbl=148.1|p=1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>So that with this, as with all other kinds of defensive weapons, we shall operate by committing ourselves, without giving the enemy any intention of our will: distinguishing that the enemy will either be in motion or in a stationary state of mind.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/162|2|lbl=148.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>If the enemy is in motion, he will either use a slash or a thrust: we shall make the same parries and attacks to these slashes as we have said; but when we parry them with the buckler, we shall proceed with the accompanied arms; and we shall follow the centre of the fist and counterattack with the left foot.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/162|3|lbl=148.3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>I leave it to say that we may injure before, during and after ''tempo'' in the same manner as we have said in the treatise on the sword and dagger, but we must always put the buckler behind the fist of our sword, stretching out the arm and body, and covering ourselves with it.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/162|4|lbl=148.4}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>If the opponent thrusts with the point, he can make the same attacks and parries that have already been said; but since things can easily be moved while they are in motion, the same defence can be made with the buckler as if it were a dagger.</p> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/162|5|lbl=148.5|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/163|1|lbl=149.1|p=1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>When the enemy is stationary, he may have his sword in front of him or behind him; if he has it in front of him or parallel with the ground in a straight line or at an angle.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/163|2|lbl=149.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>We shall oppose the buckler at the extreme point of each line, which will be high, and we shall pierce it underneath with our greatest length and in the same stroke.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/163|3|lbl=149.3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>We shall oppose all straight lines which are at the right of the centre of our body (as in the case of the third and fourth guards) with the buckler at the extremity of the line; and above we shall put our sword to attack in a straight line.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/163|4|lbl=149.4}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>If, on the other hand, he holds his sword at an angle to our body, he will place the scabbard against his fist; and with the same stroke he will attack the nearest place above.<p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/163|5|lbl=149.5}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>If the opposite party holds the sword at an angle, the same offence will be carried out as if we had the dagger, helping the enemy’s sword to its inclination.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/163|6|lbl=149.6}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>If we make the opposite move with the sword to the rear, we will seek out the enemy’s body in the aforesaid manner, and we will hold the buckler above our body in order to strike it, as if it were a dagger, thus necessitating the opposite sword to pass through it.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/163|7|lbl=149.7}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="4" class="noline" | [[File:Ghisliero p150.jpg|400px|center]] | ||
+ | | <p>When we have stopped our opponent with our left foot in front and the buckler has been placed in front of us, we will, in our natural right hand, once we have arrived at a distance, and with our body in a dark position, seek out the enemy, moving away from his sword, and with our circles we will move the sword around the buckler, and then, arriving at the plane of our shoulder, we will throw our points upwards; and if he raises his buckler, we will do so below.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/164|1|lbl=150.1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | <p>We may also place the point of our sword in the centre of the enemy’s scabbard, who may be certain to lower it in order to see the sword, and at the same time to wound himself by walking with the point in his face.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/164|2|lbl=150.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | class="noline" | <p>For the sake of greater intelligence I have placed this figure here so that one may see the effect of the lines when they cut into the buckler.</p> | ||
+ | | class="noline" | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/164|3|lbl=150.3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | class="noline" | <p><br/><br/><br/></p> | ||
+ | | class="noline" | | ||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
+ | {{master end}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{master begin | ||
+ | | title = Treatise Against a Left-Handed Person | ||
+ | | width = 90em | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {| class="master" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! <p>Images</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>{{rating|C}}<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>Transcription<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>'''Treatise Against a Left-Handed Person'''<ref>Ghisliero assumes all fencers are right hand dominant in this treatise and writes as such.</ref></p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <p>'''A'''ll the arguments of the single sword; of the sword and dagger; of the cloak; and of the buckler, serve the left-handed against the right-handed; as well as the right-handed against the left-handed. And the weapon of defence can serve no other purpose than to parry the blows, which are thrown from afar; & to close the line: because, when the right-handed man is fighting the left-handed man, both have their swords on one side and their bodies placed in such a way that all the points of their swords strike at an angle, so that they cannot be parried with a defensive weapon, and therefore they must be parried with the sword, since the weakness of the left-handed man’s sword will pass through the strength of the right-handed man’s sword.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/165|1|lbl=151.1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>Therefore, the right-handed sword should be held in such a way that it dominates the left-handed sword inwards; and with the body in profile and the good edge, it should drive the points to the nearest place to be attacked.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/165|2|lbl=151.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>The right hand will never injure the left-hander from the inside; but if he is not in motion, he can be injured at that time.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/165|3|lbl=152.3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>The right-handed [person] must distinguish whether the left-handed person will hold his sword forward or backward; and will act against the left-handed person in the aforesaid manner; that is to say, dominating the sword when it moves forward, giving the left-handed person the power to attack in tempo; and when it moves backward, he will fight with his body ready to make the same attack, closing the way to the enemy’s sword with his defensive weapons.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/166|1|lbl=152.1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | class="noline" | | ||
+ | | class="noline" | <p>The right hand will allow all cuts to pass through, and will wound after the time of the slash; or it will help him to decline, and will attack backwards: it will also be able to parry covered, and will make all the same attacks, that we have said, that are made before the tempo.</p> | ||
+ | | class="noline" | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/166|2|lbl=152.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
+ | {{master end}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{master begin | ||
+ | | title = Combat at the Barriers | ||
+ | | width = 100% | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{master subsection begin | ||
+ | | title = Chapter 1 | ||
+ | | width = 90em | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {| class="master" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! <p>Images</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>{{rating|C}}<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>Transcription<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>'''Combat at the Barriers'''</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <p>'''I'''n all Cavalier’s armies, the Cavalier must demonstrate the agility, dexterity and strength of his body which are played at as a game. And it should be noted that there are two reasons why this type of spectacle is usually done: the first is to show the assistants the similarity of an event of arms; the second is so that each of the combatants can show the valour of his person. Therefore, of all the games of arms, that of the barriers is the noblest, which is nothing more than the representation of two battles, in which the first battle is fought with the pike, and then the sword is drawn, and the victory, which is its end, is sought.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/167|1|lbl=153.1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>When the crowd has been assembled, they fight hand-to-hand; and this is done in order that each individual may not only show his strength, but may also make the spectator aware of the general battle.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/167|2|lbl=153.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>The Cavalier, therefore, imitates the truth in all his actions, as if he were in the very act of fighting with softened irons, but at the same time he avoids all extremes; he does not do things completely from where he stands, nor does he do them completely by play; and he takes care to do all his natural movements, both of the whole body and of its parts, and this always without any affectation.</p> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/167|3|lbl=153.3|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/168|1|lbl=154.1|p=1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
+ | {{master subsection end}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{master subsection begin | ||
+ | | title = Chapter 2 | ||
+ | | width = 90em | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {| class="master" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! <p>Images</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>{{rating|C}}<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>Transcription<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>''In this combat there are two types of weapons, the pike and the rapier, or the sword, which we shall now deal with in particular.''<br/><br/></p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <p>'''T'''he pike has three proportions, namely, the ''piombo'',<ref>''Piombo'' means the part made of lead or can mean to plummet down.</ref> which is the perpendicular, the median, and the horizon. The ''piombo'' is when it departs from the perpendicular and moves downwards; the horizon is when it moves in a straight line from the eye to any apparent point in the plane of the horizon.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/168|2|lbl=154.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>Six things are done with the pike:</p> | ||
+ | # The first is that it is used to walk the field a little. | ||
+ | # The second is, that with it one presents oneself to battle. | ||
+ | # The third is, that with it one walks to the attack. | ||
+ | # The fourth is, that with it one wounds oneself. | ||
+ | # The fifth is, that it is thrown to the ground, in order to be able to put one’s hand to the hook. | ||
+ | # The sixth and last step is to walk with the pike in armour. | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/168|3|lbl=154.3|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/169|1|lbl=155.1|p=1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>The walk which a man makes with a pike when he enters the field must be such that the combatant shows ease in his legs, by holding them in place, and strength in his waist, disdaining the weight of his weapons. It is important to take care not to take large or small steps, but to take them naturally and without any affectation. Hold the pike on the straight shoulder, with the ''calce''<ref>''Cálce'' means, a ventplate of a tilting staffe or place to hold it by. (Florio 1611)</ref> under the horizon, and in such a way that, when a line is drawn from the knee, an acute angle is formed with it: and keep the arm straight, not in the plane of the shoulder, but a little slanting, in order to avoid slicing.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/169|2|lbl=155.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>And every time that the Cavalier raises his arm from the shoulder to strengthen it, he should do so in the proper manner, not making any movement which is not done in time and in concert. This will be most successful if, in raising the pike, he lifts his foot straight up; and in lowering it, he draws back his right foot, with his sight towards the point; and in the same way, in raising the pike, in order to put it back on the shoulder, he lifts his foot, always making the same stroke.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/169|3|lbl=155.3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:Ghisliero 29.jpg|400px|center]] | ||
+ | {| style="width: 399px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="text-align: left; width: 100px;" | ''Postura.'' | ||
+ | | style="text-align: center; width: 200px;" | ''Passeggio à man diritta.'' | ||
+ | | style="text-align: right; width: 100px;" | ''Volta.'' | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | | <p>The body is to be presented to the battle with the body straight and upright, and because it is customary to wait for the Maintainer to be in order. At this time, therefore, one must make some movement, sometimes with the head, sometimes with the foot, sometimes with the hand, and sometimes with the whole ''calce'', in order to show courage and so that one does not look like a statue with the pike. Besides this, the body is to be held plumb in line under the right foot, and with the straight arm stretched upwards. As this figure shows, in which there is the proportion of the body, which, departing from tranquillity, is done in passing to our left hand, and the other which is done in turning to walk with the right hand, which shows the perspective of the body.<p> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/169|4|lbl=155.4|p=1}} {{pagetb|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf|170|lbl=156|p=1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[File:Ghisliero 30.jpg|400px|center]] | ||
+ | {| style="width: 399px; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="text-align: left; width: 200px;" | ''Passeggio à man manca'' | ||
+ | | style="text-align: left; width: 100px;" | ''volta.'' | ||
+ | | style="text-align: right; width: 100px;" | ''Ferrita.'' | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | | <p>'''I'''n departing from the state to enter the ''passeggio'',<ref>''Passeggio'' means a walk or turn in a walking.</ref> which is the third operation, which is done with the pike, this is done transversally, trying to gain ground and approach the enemy. And since our body has three portions, namely, perspective, ''scurzo'', and profile, it will be done in such a way that the pike and the body always form the same view: and because one cannot enter into perspective in profile without passing through the middle, which is the ''scurzo''. However, in order to avoid the error of the extremes, one should always enter the other in the order we have shown in the preceding figures. Nevertheless, one should always try to keep the body as much as possible in ''scurzo'', in order to form a more better view. The pike should be kept in the middle line, as shown in the two figures, which have the views that our body makes; that is, the ''scurzo'' and the perspective.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/172|1|lbl=158.1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>The fourth operation to be performed with the pike is the attack, which, in accordance with the rules established among combatants, must be made in a particular place of the body, if it is to be made from the gorget upwards: and the pike, in order to maintain its strength, must be made in a straight line and in its third horizontal position: as can be seen in the following demonstration, in which we show first of all the profile that the body makes with the pike when it walks with a right hand, and then the second way, when the body turns to enter ''scurzo'', which the man does, either to lower the pike to attack, or even to walk, and the third figure is the attack that is being discussed here.</p> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/172|2|lbl=158.2|p=1}} {{pagetb|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf|173|lbl=159|p=1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>'''A'''nd since the real operation of the pike is done with the weight of the body, the Cavalier must make this attack with a force, and no more. This force will be three steps forward, which is important in terms of the length of the man, who, once he has exceeded this amount, will begin another force.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/175|1|lbl=161.1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>I would elect the best way to break the pike, since it can be broken in four ways. In the first, you can put the ''calce'' of the pike in the left side, in order to advance its length: you can also break it by driving the pike straight into the left side: but apart from the fact that this makes it difficult to see, it is difficult to avoid the point, because the pike is out of sight. Nor would a pike, if it were made to stand up, be kept in such a state: nor is the body in a position to use its strength properly.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/175|2|lbl=161.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>But when one is a Maintainer, one will be able to vary one’s attacks in these other ways better and with more reason.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/175|3|lbl=161.3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>In the second, by moving the arms away from the body, one can injure by breaking the pike in the body, since it is difficult to insert it in any other part of the body; but all blows are oblique and very disconcerting, and this is the true operation of the pike.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/175|4|lbl=161.4}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>In the third (and this is more perfect) one can, with three steps of strength, pass from the right foot, and attack with one hand.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/176|1|lbl=162.1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>In the fourth and last step (which is the one on which we are going to attack, once we have put the body in perspective), little by little the pike will be lowered and received by the other hand. When we have arrived in distance, with it in the horizon, we must make sure that the end of the pike is pointing straight at the point where we want to attack. Withdrawing the left foot from the right one, and adjusting the attack, the three steps are moved, first moving the left foot and then the right, and finally the descending of the weight and the force of the man are brought to bear on the left hand. In order to make the attack in a straight line, the right arm is held at an angle and the fist is held close to the belt.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/176|2|lbl=162.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>The fifth operation, which is done with the pike, is the retreat, after the attack has been made: and this is done in order to do battle again with another pike, or to use the hook; which pike, broken by the Cavalier, he will throw to the ground. And there are three ways of throwing it to the ground: First, behind, or by the side, or over the straight shoulder; but this, apart from the fact that the pike cannot be thrown, is mostly thrown on the head, and to the godfathers, and to those around.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/176|3|lbl=162.3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>In the second, one may throw the pike out of contempt for the enemy: but since it is in the power of the enemy to send back his ''scalzo'',<ref>''Scalzo'' means bare-footed or unshod. (Florio 1611)</ref> it is not, in my opinion, a matter of vilifying the enemy; since he will have to strike with his spear without fail, in which (being the greater value) others may remember the contempt and give bread for cake:<ref>Render pane per focaccia is a proverb which means ‘give bread for cake’ or to render like for like. p105 (Macadam, 1924)</ref> because where one waits for deeds little care is taken for the contempt.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/177|1|lbl=163.1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>In the third, which we shall use well, is used immediately after we have made the attack. We shall lift the ''calce'' of the pike with our left foot, retreating, and with our right foot, retreating again, this same ''calce'' will make the left hand slip, and we shall throw it to the ground through our right side: which, as well as being a beautiful thing to see, is more likely to be true, because if we drop it on the ground, we come to the crowd, and immediately draw our sword.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/177|2|lbl=163.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | class="noline" | | ||
+ | | class="noline" | <p>The sixth operation is that when the Cavalier has departed from the field, and the battle is over, and he finds himself stationary with his pike in the pendicular, he will start up with his left foot; and then, with his right foot following it, he will place the ''calce'' of his pike in the same position: and after he has taken about five or six steps, stretched out in the proper manner, he will lower his pike and put it on his shoulder, and follow his course.</p> | ||
+ | | class="noline" | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/177|3|lbl=163.3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
+ | {{master subsection end}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{master subsection begin | ||
+ | | title = Chapter 3 - Treatise on the ''Stocco'' | ||
+ | | width = 90em | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {| class="master" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! <p>Images</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>{{rating|C}}<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>Transcription<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>'''Treatise on the ''Stocco'''''<ref>''Stocco'', means a short or arming-sword, a tuck. Also a short bat or truncheon. (Florio 1611)</ref></p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <p>'''T'''he Cavalier in beating with the ''stocco'' has three parts, that is to say, fluency, strength and prestige: the fluency consists in freeing the blows well - which is of great advantage - because the ''stocco'' is not left tangled with the opposite ''stocco'', the strength is a gift of nature. Nevertheless, since the hit of the ''stocco'' is made with movement, it is necessary to take the precaution of choosing the best one and with this method one may strike with greater force. And nimbleness, being the most precious gift of nature in the use of arms, will ensure that the Cavalier is well resolved in all the ways in which he wishes to strike; and this he will also do with a very short tempo.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/178|1|lbl=164.1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>Since we have already dealt in full with the nature of motion and the nature of the cuts, and which of them are the greatest, in accordance with their descent, we need not go into greater detail here. We will only say that natural | ||
+ | motion, aided by the power of movement, will have the greatest effect on a resisting party, and that the real blow will be when the hook with the arm forms a straight line with the shoulder.</p> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/178|2|lbl=164.2|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/179|1|lbl=165.1|p=1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>And it can be beaten in several ways: in the one with round blows; in the other with cross blows, and with doubled rights; or it can be beaten with the arm open, and the weight is carried with the shoulder, moving from the centre of the body upwards.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/179|2|lbl=165.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>When we strike with rounded blades then the ''stocco'' is not well freed and the blow is not the greatest that can be made.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/179|3|lbl=165.3}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>When we strike with traversal cuts, aided by the greater movement and weight of the body, this is the best way to do it, because by this means we strike in the middle of the temple and the jaw, which is the easiest place to stun the opponent, and to help him decline.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/179|4|lbl=165.4}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>The beating with the fifth doubling ''cétro''<ref>''Cétro'' means ‘a Scepter, a mace of dignity.’ (Florio 1611)</ref> is done for the same reason, so that, since these blows are of short duration, the enemy is more quickly stunned: but these are of little weight; so there is the danger of incurring some disorder.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/179|5|lbl=165.5}} | ||
+ | |||
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+ | | <p>When the arm is held open with the motion of the body and is struck on the chin, this act is womanish, and takes a long time, so that the ''stocco'' may fall, and it is brutish to behold.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>It remains, therefore, that our Cavalier should be the first to attack the enemy: for it is always a good thing and an advantage to be the first to attack: and this with a transversal ''mandritto'' centred on the left foot, so that the circumference is greater. Moreover, he will be deceived by the opposite of distance; and he will be attacked while in motion.</p> | ||
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+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/179|7|lbl=165.7|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/180|1|lbl=166.1|p=1}} | ||
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+ | | <p>If the Cavalier should find that one of the combatants is disconcerted by his blows, he may present himself as stationary to strike with the forehand; or he may be the first to strike with a right slash, but doing so with weakness; and then, if the opponent strikes with a right slash, he will have to help him to the ground, where his weight will be hanging.<ref>I think he is describing a downward bind here and I also think ‘blow’ should be noted here as ‘beat’.</ref></p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/180|2|lbl=166.2}} | ||
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+ | | <p>It should be noted that if the opponent is disconcerted by the blow, the same blow will be made, just as if he is disconcerted by the right blow, we will double the right blow.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/180|3|lbl=166.3}} | ||
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+ | | <p>If the hoofs should become entangled in the hands, we must take care not to pull towards ourselves, but towards the ground, at which time we must place our left knee under the barrier, and use both hands to help ourselves.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/180|4|lbl=166.4}} | ||
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+ | | <p>And if, as is usually the case, the opposite should happen, and the body should come over the barrier, the left hand should be brought down towards the barrier, and the hand above the helmet should be brought to the centre.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/180|5|lbl=166.5}} | ||
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+ | | <p>There are two ways in which the ''stocco'' can be made to fall backwards: first, when it is attacked with a cut, by striking it in the arm with a cut; secondly, when it wishes to form a reversal, if we place our ''stocco'' with the point over his straight shoulder, and form a line with it.</p> | ||
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+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/180|6|lbl=166.6|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/181|1|lbl=167.1|p=1}} | ||
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+ | | <p>'''B'''ut to come to a more practical point, the Cavalier must know the rules and regulations laid down by the Masters, so that he may act in accordance with them: and so, with the order of the pages, godfathers and drummers, he will enter the field.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/181|2|lbl=167.2}} | ||
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+ | | <p>But as he boldly walks through the field, when he has arrived in the presence of the ladies, he bows his pike and pays reverence to them in the manner already indicated. Then he will do the same before the Judges, if only with less humility.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/181|3|lbl=167.3}} | ||
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+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>When he has arrived at the place set aside for the game, the Cavalier, raising his pike in the proper manner, will present himself in state for the battle, and will show himself to be brave in arms. When he raises his straight foot, he will raise the pike with his right hand; and with his left hand he will press it away from his right hand at an honourable distance; and withdrawing his right hand he will pay homage to the ladies. Lastly by finishing the beat with the same foot, the pike will finish its transversal declination.</p> | ||
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+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/181|4|lbl=167.4|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/182|1|lbl=168.1|p=1}} | ||
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+ | | <p>Then the Cavalier, having his foot right, will return the pike, passing with his foot, and with the pike in perspective, and with the beat of the forehand; with the body in ''scurzo'', and the pike in the said proportion, then he will take only the pike with the right hand; and raising the right foot, he will raise the pike high. At this point, making an act of reverence with the hand, the pike is lowered; and with the hand, entering the passage, and with the body in ''scurzo'', the pike is raised high; and held in the middle position, always making the same strokes with the foot and hand.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/182|2|lbl=168.2}} | ||
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+ | | <p>Then, when he has arrived at the end of the walk, he will beat the Cavalier one beat, looking at the opposite of what he is doing: and seeing that he still does not enter the battle, he will return to the same walk with a movement of life indicating that his will to fight was ready. But seeing the maintainer come to battle, he will go and attack him in the manner already mentioned: and having made the attack he will withdraw, taking up the other pike. He will do this from hand to hand: and when he has broken the last pike, he will immediately take up his ''stocco''.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/182|3|lbl=168.3}} | ||
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+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>And in order that all this may proceed in concert, it should be known that instead of the retreat, which is made in raising the hand foot, and then in withdrawing it, the pike is raised; and then in withdrawing the forearm, the same is thrown underneath the right flank. Then in this act of raising the hand, the pike is raised, and when the foot is struck, the pike is thrown underneath the right-hand flank: and underneath the sword, aided by the left hand, and then with the right hand back, the hand is thrown at the same time to the ''stocco''; and following the retreat, the action is carried out as follows.</p> | ||
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+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/182|4|lbl=168.4|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/183|1|lbl=169.1|p=1}} | ||
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+ | | <p>Reverence is to be paid with the right foot, and with the body turned towards the Ladies, holding the ''stocco'' crossed above with the left hand. Then, passing with the right forehand in that line, the ''stocco'' shall be raised high, turning to the Judges; and with the short forehand making an act of reverence. Then with all speed, passing again with the left hand, he will pick up the ''stocco'' in its extremity with the left hand above: and looking at the barrier, the Cavalier will stand two paces away in a state of attack with his left foot in front; and while he is arriving, drawing his breath with all his strength, he will attack with a transversal cut. Repeating the reversal, he will finish his blows – which, once they are completed – he will withdraw his right foot one step backwards; and with his ''stocco'' raised in the act of attacking, will make a bracing movement of the head.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/183|2|lbl=169.2}} | ||
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+ | | <p>It may be doubted whether the ''stocco'' should be used to make the reverence, because if the pike is broken, the battle with the ''stocco'' is proposed. So I reply that because the pike and the ''stocco'' are different weapons, and because each of them is awarded a prize, and because to pay homage gives the spectators time to prepare themselves for the rest; but this must be done if it is of little importance for the battle.</p> | ||
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+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/183|3|lbl=169.3|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/184|1|lbl=170.1|p=1}} | ||
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+ | |- | ||
+ | | class="noline" | | ||
+ | | class="noline" | <p>The Cavalier will then always retreat with his body in perspective, and with the steps mentioned above, but he will brandish his ''stocco''; which, once he has reached his godfather, he will immediately re-sheathe, to give way to the other combatants.</p> | ||
+ | | class="noline" | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/184|2|lbl=170.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
+ | {{master subsection end}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{master subsection begin | ||
+ | | title = Chapter 4 - Treatise on the Crowd | ||
+ | | width = 90em | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {| class="master" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! <p>Images</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>{{rating|C}}<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>Transcription<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>'''Treatise on the Crowd'''</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <p>'''I'''t is broken, according to the agreement of one or three pikes in the manner described above: once this has been done, it comes to the scuffle with the ''stocco''; and if one wishes to pass against it, it is necessary for the first to put on his right hand, so that he can push his companions with his left hand. And he must always attack with his right hand, since if he is attacked sideways, he cannot succeed because his companions are hindered: and all the blows, whether of his enemies or of his friends, will be received by his arm. And this is all I need to say about the combat which takes place in the barrier.</p> | ||
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+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/184|3|lbl=170.3|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/185|1|lbl=171.1|p=1}} | ||
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+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>It remains for me, however, to admonish the Fathers, that when they give the pike into the hand of their combatant, they must first take their right hand with their left hand: and thus hand them the same pike, having placed it in his hand, at the appropriate ''calce'': so that the combatant may not have cause to put both hands together in order to place it well in his right hand: which is an ugly thing to see.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/185|2|lbl=171.2}} | ||
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+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>The Drummers, when they arrive at the field, must beat the call: when the walk begins, they must beat the call: when the pike is lowered to attack, the battle; when the pike is broken, the retreat; and so they do from hand to hand, according to need. This same order must be followed when fighting with the ''stocco''.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/185|3|lbl=171.3}} | ||
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+ | | class="noline" | | ||
+ | | class="noline" | <p>I have not wished to treat here of certain vain ''leuate'',<ref>The name of a march upon a drum and trumpet in a time of war.</ref> which can sometimes be made by galloping: for the invention of this belongs to the Maintainers: for, when they proceed with the reasons and rules which I have stated above, they will be able to make them themselves, and compose them in their own way for the Cavaliers: who will at least endeavour to keep as far as possible on the side of the truth.</p> | ||
+ | | class="noline" | | ||
+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/185|4|lbl=171.4|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/186|1|lbl=172.1|p=1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
+ | {{master subsection end}} | ||
+ | {{master end}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{master begin | ||
+ | | title = Treatise of a Fighter on Foot Against a Fighter on Horseback | ||
+ | | width = 90em | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {| class="master" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! <p>Images</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>{{rating|C}}<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>Transcription<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>'''Treatise of a Fighter on Foot Against a Fighter on Horseback'''</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <p>'''I'''f a man on foot wishes to fight against a man fighting on horseback, he must act in accordance with the nature of the horse, which, being formed of a single body on four legs, has the natural movement of walking along the right side, and walking with any other kind of movement, that movement will be the centre of the legs in front of it.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/186|2|lbl=172.2}} | ||
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+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>It is therefore natural for all animals to flee from things which are harmful to their good being (since they are moved by the concupiscent power which nature grants them for this purpose), whence it follows that the horse, when struck in some part of its body, yields on the same side in order to escape from the offence: And if there be any offence in the flanks by the spurs, when, nevertheless, he is struck in another part of the body, which is nobler than the flanks, with greater offence than the spurs, he will yield on that side, in which he will receive greater offence.</p> | ||
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+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/186|3|lbl=172.3|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/187|1|lbl=173.1|p=1}} | ||
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+ | | rowspan="2" | [[File:Ghisliero 31.jpg|400px|center]] | ||
+ | | <p>The enemy, therefore, when he is on horseback, will try to strike the opposite side, putting the horse to flight; or he will try to take away the right hand of the horse in order to attack it with his sword. But he who fights on foot will seek to flee from that side with his own right hand, in order to get away from the enemy’s attack, and to approach the opposite side, as this figure shows.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/187|2|lbl=173.2}} | ||
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+ | | <p>'''I'''n the same way, since the horse will never be able to strike us with its natural motion except by its right, we will always have to ride to the horse’s right: thus we will prevent the enemy from seeing us, who will be on horseback: and standing in mid-step, and united in strength, and placed with the sword outstretched, out of our body, and with the cloak drawn in the fist, so that, if we can deprive ourselves of it, we shall, as soon as the horse is at a distance, make a cut in the horse’s muzzle, or a thrust in the same place, passing from the right foot, followed by the left foot, to our right sides, and attacking the reins with a transverse blow. Then, placing ourselves in the middle of the circumference, which forms the horse in the state in which a circle is drawn around its body, we will stand here without more condemning the enemy, but continuously attacking either the horse or the man.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/189|1|lbl=175.1}} | ||
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+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>It will also be possible to frighten the horse when it is at a distance with the cloak, or to pull it over the head, making the same passes and attacks.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/189|2|lbl=175.2}} | ||
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+ | | <p>It will also be necessary to use the left hand on the bridle, or with the same hand to leverage his foot, and thus to dismount him.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/189|3|lbl=175.3}} | ||
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+ | | class="noline" | | ||
+ | | class="noline" | <p>And if the horse should pass against him, it will be necessary to make a cut in the bridle.</p> | ||
+ | | class="noline" | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/189|4|lbl=175.4}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
+ | {{master end}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{master begin | ||
+ | | title = Treatise of One on Horseback Against Another on Horseback | ||
+ | | width = 100% | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{master subsection begin | ||
+ | | title = Chapter 1 | ||
+ | | width = 90em | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {| class="master" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! <p>Images</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>{{rating|C}}<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>Transcription<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>'''Treatise of One on Horseback''' ''who fights with his sword against another also on horseback.''</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <p>'''T'''he same reason that we use to gain a straight line when we are on foot will be the same when we are on horseback, and this will be easier: because the movement of the horse will take longer than ours did when we were on foot, and the horse is of no use to man for anything other than the comfort of the rider’s legs.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/190|1|lbl=176.1}} | ||
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+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>And because the horse is long-bodied, it forms a line, which, when it is carried in a transverse motion, remains stationary at one end; at the other end it forms a circle. In the same way, the horse, in violent motion, forms a circle with the rest of its body by centering its rear legs.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/190|2|lbl=176.2}} | ||
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+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>And just as, on foot, by gaining the diameter of the circle, we gain the straight line, and the enemy is obliged to pass through it, so, on horseback, we shall always gain the diameter of the circle: and so we shall say that which we may gain some knowledge of it.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/190|3|lbl=176.3|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/191|1|lbl=177.1|p=1}} | ||
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+ | | [[File:Ghisliero 32.jpg|400px|center]] | ||
+ | | <p>We must always ride against the enemy in a straight line, that is to say, head to head: and if the opponent should go astray, this will facilitate our aim much more: for we shall keep our horse in the centre with greater ease, forming a much smaller circle than the enemy will make with his: and we shall also endeavour to keep in a straight line. Assuming, however, that the enemy will come into [range for] collision, when he has arrived at the distance from which the horse will turn his head, we shall enter by the straight line, and hold our sword with our fist in front of our [saddle] bow, and cross it in such a way that the point of the sword faces the horse’s left ear: which in this way is in a state to parry and attack. Not by standing on horseback other attacks than these two; that is; a point from below upwards at the length of the horse’s neck; and the reversal by the same path: as this figure shows, in which that drawn line shows the posture; & and sword the attack.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/191|2|lbl=177.2}} | ||
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+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>And if the enemy should turn and take the charge, we must follow him in a straight line with the head of our horse to the breech of his: and if he wants to turn, we will hunt him in the rear: and when we have a good horse under us, we can tail him by putting him under our right hand, so that we can attack him in the head or in the side of the horse.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/193|1|lbl=179.1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | class="noline" | | ||
+ | | class="noline" | <p>If the Cavalier finds himself on a horse which is not sufficient for the blow, he may resolve to flee the encounter, and meet the enemy, who will then come to meet him on the parade; and putting his horse to flight, he will have to put his right arm out in a straight line, and in force: and in so doing he will always find the opposite party, who will have his arm out of force: and from this point he will easily be able to drop his sword or ''stocco''.</p> | ||
+ | | class="noline" | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/193|2|lbl=179.2}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
+ | {{master subsection end}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{master subsection begin | ||
+ | | title = Chapter 2 | ||
+ | | width = 90em | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {| class="master" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! <p>Images</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>{{rating|C}}<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | ! <p>Transcription<br/>by [[Nicola Boyd]]</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>''The practice of running with lances was invented in order to amuse and enliven the Cavaliers, and to make them practised and trained in these operations, so that they would be experts when it came to doing their duty. Therefore, in order to facilitate this method, the ring race was invented: if it is still customary to break the spears in the Quintana; or to meet inside the lace; or to practise without it. But all these ways of exercising are done for a single purpose, which is the open field and war: and since, of all these games, that of the ring race is the most common and the most used, we will deal with it at length.''<br/><br/></p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <p>'''F'''irst of all there are six circumstances which contribute to the good running of the lance. The first is to hold the spear well above the thigh. The second is to lift it with an attitude from the thigh. The third is to stop it gracefully. The fourth is to lower it in time. The fifth is to attack at the right time. The sixth is to collect it in the proper manner.</p> | ||
+ | | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/194|1|lbl=180.1}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>In the first. There are three ways of holding the lance above the thigh: the Cavalier first being aware that when he is armed, he must hold it between his partner<ref>''Conscia'' is Latin and means partner or accomplice, which in this case appears to mean the horse. (DictZone, 2022)</ref> and saddle bow, since the weapon does not allow it to rest on him. In the first way, therefore, the spear is held with the point towards the right side of the Albanian: and this is called an open spear. In the second, the point is held with the hand to the left, but in order to avoid the extremities we must hold it in the middle, so that it has the same view of the body. The third way, in between [the positions in the first and second] we will hold it with the arm straight ahead in such a state that it forms an angle with the elbow; and this, neither high nor low; but naturally in such a way that we can feel comfortable in our strength.</p> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/194|2|lbl=180.2|p=1}} {{section|Page:Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (Federico Ghisliero) 1587.pdf/195|1|lbl=181.1|p=1}} | ||
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+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | <p>The second circumstance, which is the raising of the lance from the thigh, can be done in six ways.</p> | ||
+ | |||
+ | # In the first, the lance is raised with the fist in the air; and, holding it with the wrist, it is stopped little by little. | ||
+ | # In the second, it is raised by extending the arm downwards along the straight side. | ||
+ | # In the third, he rises by extending his fist from his body with his arm outstretched like an Albanian.<ref>It is uncertain how an Albanian, which might also be a Stratioti in this case, would hold the lance.</ref> | ||
+ | # In the fourth it rises up, and immediately stops at the Stradiota.<ref>Stradiotto means ‘the kind of soldiers that Venitians use, like our Carbines, Freebooters or bootie-halers.’ Stratioti ‘An estradiot was a fighter of the mercenary light cavalry units who fought on European battlefields during the first half of the sixteenth century.’ (https://educalingo.com/en/dic-fr/stradiot accessed 17/10/2021)</ref> | ||
+ | # In the fifth it rises with his arm extended from his straight side, but a little bent. With the hand turned inwards. | ||
+ | # In the sixth (and this is the manner in which we shall act: for it is the best) it is raised from the thigh, leaving the fist in that plane, & with the wrist, holding it, the point of it is placed on the right side of the ring; and the arm is bent a little: thus it is more easily supported; and is more likely to stop with greater ease: and this is according to the custom of war. | ||
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+ | | <p>The third circumstance, which is the stopping of the spear, is done in four ways.</p> | ||
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+ | # In the first it is stopped at the beginning of the career. | ||
+ | # In the second, when the horse is sent. | ||
+ | # In the third, when the Cavalier approaches his opponent at a distance of one lance. These three ways, as well as being ugly to see, and if it is possible to do the latter, nevertheless, when one is running with the lance in the saddle, because of the movement of the horse, the lance is easily dislodged, and if it has to be held still, the result is a very ugly effect. The way of halting can be done with the hand turned upwards, when running unarmed, and turned upwards, when running unarmed, and turned downwards: and this way is considered the best, since it is natural motion, just as any other is violent. | ||
+ | # In the fourth, it stops at the same time that the lance arrives in a straight line in the attack. | ||
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+ | | <p>The fourth circumstance, which is to lower the lance, is done in four ways.</p> | ||
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+ | # In the first, it is lowered immediately after it is stopped. | ||
+ | # In the second, when the man approaches the enemy, he lowers it a little. | ||
+ | # In the third, he lowers himself, and wounds himself at the same time; the first should not be done in any way; the second is more manageable; the third is a beautiful act, when it can be done; but it is difficult. | ||
+ | # The fourth, which is the best of all, is done by lowering the lance a little at a time, until the lance is hard enough to finish its descent into the attack. | ||
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+ | | <p>The fifth circumstance, which is the attack, if we wish to ascertain the point, immediately upon leaving, we shall place the lance in such a way that its extremity is on the right side of the point, which is to be attacked: and that our view, passing beyond the lance, discovers the point, or the Ring.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>The sixth circumstance, which is the recovery of the lance, is done in two ways.</p> | ||
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+ | # In the first, the ''calce'' of the lance is raised up and placed over the thigh. | ||
+ | # In the second, the lance is thrown behind the right thigh, making the point of the lance look backwards, and then, when the horse is stopped, it is put back on the thigh. | ||
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+ | <p>And I would distinguish between these two modalities: that when running to the ring, once the attack has been made, the fist should be raised high; and once the horse has been parried, the lance should be put back into the thigh: because the whole lance should be held in the act of attacking: but if the lances are broken, I would praise them for having the trunk of the lance placed behind the right thigh.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>When a straight line has been drawn from the ring to the line of the carriage, two parallel lines should be formed, and the line of the lance in the ring will form an acute angle with the given line, as is shown in this demonstration below: therefore, the lance should always be held in such a position that it will be able to attack with the least possible movement. In addition, the ring should be six feet high from the ground, but as a rule, each person who wishes to run should first determine the height of the ring, which should be such that the rider can touch the ring with the tips of his fingers, so that in this state the runner will be more accustomed to running with a high lance, so that when he comes to meet it, either in the lance or in the open field, he will easily strike the head, which is the most important place for injury.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>'''T'''he lance must be ten feet in length, and the ''calce'' up to the handle must be one foot and a quarter in length, so that it is comfortable. Finally, the ''calce'' should be made thick so that its circumference at the handle is six ounces.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>And because this activity of riding with a lance is primarily a matter of knowing how to ride a horse, because almost everything depends on it, even though this is the profession of a rider, we will speak of it here in sufficient detail.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>It is therefore necessary for the rider to know the nature of the horse on which he is going to ride; that is to say, whether it is going to be easy or difficult. When it is easy, it will not be necessary for him to spur it, since it will almost by itself take flight from the bridle. But when the horse is difficult, the Cavalier can bring his legs close together in such a way that with every little movement he can push him to move, but he will do this so cautiously that those around him will not notice. And in order to drive the horse away with the hands, it is necessary to know that for those horses that are submissive with their head, the hand should be brought so far forward that it reaches the top of the neck; for those that have their head up, the hand that holds the bridle should be lowered. But it is necessary to take care that the Cavalier’s will is not so great that the horse runs so far forward on the back of the horse’s shoulder as this is very ugly to see. [In this case] one must flee in every way possible, and this is all the more harmful when one is running to meet the enemy, because one is making a target of the enemy’s left parts: one is disabling the lance; as well as many errors, which one can run into from here: and the Cavalier, in order to appear more handsome and more graceful on horseback, will keep his body straight and will not sit comfortably on the horse: and will turn his sight to pass through the middle of the horse’s ears: And, tightening his knees, he will let his legs fall perpendicularly and naturally: and in this state he will bar them, showing such strength with his foot in the plane, that the point of it is at the right of the horse’s shoulder; and that it does not descend to the bottom, nor aim upwards.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>When the Cavagliero is ready in his position, he will first raise his lance from his thigh,and then spur his horse: and in the first part, which he will have done, he will raise his lance from his thigh in the manner we have said, and in the second part he will raise his arm, which will form an angle. When he is at the level of the shoulder, in the third part, he will stop the lance by lowering it: in the second part, he will make sure that the lance is struck at the end of the descent; in the fifth part, in the same way, he will pick up the lance on the thigh.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>It is also customary to break the lances on the ground, which is too ordinary a method, or in the quintain. In the quintain (to say this a little more), in order that it may have more truthfulness, a man made of wood is pretended to be on horseback, and on a cart, so that when he moves, the Cavalier is better able to run to meet him.</p> | ||
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+ | | <p>It should also be remembered that, when running across an open field, one should take care not to strike the horse with the left spur, so that it does not escape the impact, and to clench one’s fist, so that the spear does not choke one’s hand, when it happens that the spear rises up and is crushed by the blow.</p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:45, 29 March 2024
Federico Ghisliero | |
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Died | 1619 Turino |
Occupation | Soldier |
Citizenship | Bologna |
Influences | |
Genres | Fencing manual |
Language | Italian |
Notable work(s) | Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii (1587) |
Manuscript(s) | M.A.M. Ghisliero MS (1585) |
Concordance by | Michael Chidester |
Translations | Alternate English translation |
Federico Ghisliero (Ghislieri; d. 1619) was a Bolognese soldier and fencer. Little is know about his early life, but he came from a Bolognese family and studied fencing under Silvio Piccolomini.[1] He lead a long military career that included serving under the famous commander Alessandro, Duke of Parma, in Flanders in 1582. He was also a friend of Galileo Galilei and a prolific writer, though unfortunately most of his writings were destroyed in a fire at the University of Turin in 1904.[2]
In 1587, he published a fencing treatise called Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii ("Rules for Many Knightly Exercises"); two versions of the book exist, and it's unclear which was created first. One is dedicated to Antonio Pio Bonello, a well-known soldier and distant relative of Ghisliero, and the other to Ranuccio Farnese, who was 18 years old at the time and Alessandro's heir.[2]
Ghisliero's treatise is notable for his use of geometry in relation to fencing, using concentric circles centered on where the fencer has placed most of their weight (often, but not always, the back foot), and sometimes including multiple versions of each figure in an illustration to show the progression of the movements he describes. He also seems to be the first author to reference the Vitruvian Man in a fencing treatise.[3] However, his treatise is unique in that it was printed without any illustrations at all, and they had to be drawn in by hand. It's unclear whether this indicates that he intended to have printing plates made but was unable to do so, or that his plan from the start was to have the books vary based on how much art each buyer was willing to pay for.
Ghisliero died in Turino in 1619.[2]
Contents
- 1 Treatise
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Theory
- 1.3 Practice
- 1.4 Advertisements of the Sword and Dagger
- 1.5 Advertisements of the Single Sword
- 1.6 Treatise on the Sword and Cloak
- 1.7 Treatise on the Buckler
- 1.8 Treatise Against a Left-Handed Person
- 1.9 Combat at the Barriers
- 1.10 Treatise of a Fighter on Foot Against a Fighter on Horseback
- 1.11 Treatise of One on Horseback Against Another on Horseback
- 1.12 Copyright and License Summary
- 2 Additional Resources
- 3 References
Treatise
The illustrations in this presentation are based on the copy in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, but a few have been modified by Michael Chidester to include additional details present in the Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna's copy in order to offer a single point of reference for the descriptions in the text. The unmodified illustrations can be viewed in the gallery on the treatise page.
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Advertisements of the Sword and Dagger If we want to use our first guard, there are five ways in which we could go against this posture: but all will be in vain if we operate according to reason and the knowledge of the weapon. |
[133.1] AVERTIMENTI DI SPADA, ET PUGNALE. Volendo noi metterci nella nostra prima guardia, potrebbe il contrario in cinque modi operare contra la detta postura: ma tutto farà in vano, se noi operaremo secondo la ragione, et la scientia del givoco. | |
In the first way, he will try to approach from a distance, and with speed he will move his sword across, in order to attack with his dagger. But this is remedied by attacking the enemy in motion, before he reaches the distance. In addition, with every little movement we raise our sword, we will put it into the attack in a straight line. Moreover, we shall pass with our left foot and attack with our dagger. |
[133.2] NEl primo modo cercherà di accostarsi nella distantia; & con velocità s’aventerà alla apada cóla sua al traverso, per ferire col pugnale. Ma à questo si rimedia col ferire il nemico in moto, avanti che arrivi alla distantia. Oltra di questo con ogni poco moto alzando la nostra spada, la metteremo nella ferita in linea retta. Di più passaremo col manco piede, & feriremo col pugnale. | |
In the second way, he will study the opposite of going to the sword, in order to attack with the reversed blow: but this is remedied by centring with the right foot: because in this way he will not be allowed to approach: so that in those movements we will be able to attack him; and supposing that he were to dig out the reversed attack, we will drive our sword in a straight line, with the body in profile, thus cutting that line. |
[133.3] Nel secondo modo, studiarà il contrario d’andare alla spada, per ferire di ponta riversa: ma à questo si rimedia facendo centro col diritto piede: perche cosi non se li permetterà l’avicinarsi: avenga che in quei suoi moti lo potremo ferire; & presupposto, che egli cavasse la ferita riversa, noi cacciaremo la [134.1] nostra spada in linea retta, col corpo in profilo, che cosi segaremo quella linea. | |
In the third way, with the low sword tilting, the apposite will be done by the inquartata: and therefore we will move tilting above; and with the dagger we will hold back the sword so that it does not rise. |
[134.2] Nel terzo modo, con la spada bassa giostrando, il contrario farà l’inquartata: & perciò noi si moveremo giostrando per di sopra; & col pugnale riteneremo la spada che non monti. | |
In the fourth way, he will do the opposite, flowing up the sword by the middle, not to attack, but to drive out the punta riversa, which is remedied in the same way. |
[134.3] Nel quarto modo farà il contrario montare la spada per mezo, non per ferire: ma per cacciare la punta riversa, àche siu rimedia con l’istesso modo detto. | |
In the fifth way, he will put the point of the sword in his fist to prevent it from descending. We will not allow this if we are attacked immediately after the enemy’s sword reaches our body, but if we assume that the sword is already in our fist, we will make a little sign of retreat with the fist of the sword alone, because if he puts the sword back in that motion we will attack him. |
[134.4] Nel quinto modo, metterà il contrario la punta della spada nel pugno, per impedirla: accioche non descenda. A questo non consentiremo, se subio, che la spada nemica ci mostra il corpo, feriremo: ma presupposto, che già la spada sia messa nel nostro pugno, faremo un poco di segno di ritirata, solo col pugno della spada: perche s’egli rimetterà la spada in quel moto lo feriremo. | |
If, in presenting himself, a man is deceived or disconcerted, he must withdraw by drawing a circular slash which cleaves the ground: and then, having recognized himself, he must recover. |
[134.5] Se nell’appresentarsi l’huomo si fosse ingannato, ò si fosse sconcertato, deue ritirarsi tirando un riverso circolare, il quale fenda la terra: & poi riconosciutosi si debbe rimettere. | |
When the sword is impeded, one must yield to that force; and attack by that movement which the same force causes to be made, and this way of operating in arms is most perfect. |
[134.6] Quando si fente impedita la spada, si deue cedere à quella forza; & ferire di quel moto, che l’istessa forza fa fare, & questo modo di operare nell’ armi è perfettissimo. | |
If the enemy counterattacks, we must also counterattack, and hence the latter has the advantage. |
[134.7] Se il nemico contrapassa, bisogna che noi parimente contrapassiamo: & di quà il secódo hà avantaggio. | |
Since it is possible to attack with four fingers of the sword, we do not want or need to overdo it: because the first attack must be made while fleeing, especially when the enemy has a dagger. |
[135.1] Potendosi ferire con quattro dita di spada, non dbisogna voler soprafare: perche la prima ferita va fatta fuggendo, massime quando il nemico haurà il pugnale. | |
In all attacks, the length of the body should be taken first, and then the movement of the feet should be added; and care should be taken to ensure that the point is fast enough in reach to attack. |
[135.2] In tutte le ferite si farà prima la lunghezza del corpo; & poi si soggiungerà col moto de i piedi; & si procurerà, che il punto sia veloce per arrivarsi alla ferita. | |
Each time the dagger parries our attacks, we will repeat the blows, which will help us to strike the dagger; that is, we will not violate our arm from its natural position. |
[135.3] Ogni volta, che il pugnale pararà le nostre ferite, rifaremo le percosse; le quali ci aiuterà à fare la battuta del pugnale; cioè; noi non violentaremo il nostro braccio dal suo naturale. | |
Whenever we agree with our posture, if the enemy withdraws (which is mostly the case), we will lower our weapons and begin the fight again in the same way: and if we seem to be on our guard, we will reduce the enemy as much as we can, putting him in need. |
[135.4] Ogni volta, che accommetteremo con la nostra postura, se il nemico si ritirasse (ilche intraviene per lo più) noi abbassando l’armi di nuovo ricomminciaremo la zuffa col nostro medesimo modo: & se pure ci parerà di stare in guardia, anderemo restringendo il nemico, quanto più potremo, mettendolo in necessità. |
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Advertisements of the single sword Whenever the sword is engaged, it can be freed by withdrawing the left foot to the rear, and if the other side attacks it, it will be attacked at the same time. |
[136.1] AVERTIMENTI DI SPADA SOLA. OGni volta, che s’habbia la spada impegnata, ella potrà liberarsi ritirando il piede manco adietro: & se il contrario ferisse, in quel tempo medesimo si ferirà. | |
If, by pulling on an attack, we come to half a sword, we will free ours; if we hold it inward, we will pull it upward, piercing the attack: and with our left hand we will catch the opposite sword in its hilt. But if we have it on the other side, we will take it out from underneath, drawing it into the angle formed by the two swords with our left arm crossed in defense; and we will attack with the point of the sword’s fist[146] upwards. |
[136.2] Se tirandosi qualche ferita, si venisse à meza spada, liberaremo la nostra; se la teniremo di dentro, col tirarla per di sopra, piantando la ferita: & con la mano manca prenderemo la spada contraria nelli suoi fornimenti. Ma se l’hauremo per di duori, la caveremo per di sotto, cacciandosi dentro nell’angolo constituito dalle due spade col nostro braccio manco traversato alla difesa; & feriremo di punta col pugno della spada all’in su. |
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Treatise on the sword and cloak[147] When we use the cloak for defense, we must always remember that it differs from the dagger in that it can be cut and pierced, which is not the case with the dagger, and therefore we will never parry with the cloak in the same way as with the dagger. And just as the dagger cannot be used to parry stabbings, so the cloak cannot be used to parry them. And since we try to keep the dagger free from injury, the cloak cannot be kept in the hands of the enemy. |
[137.1] TRATTATO DI SPADA, ET CAPPA SEmpre, che si seruiremo della cappa per difesa, consideraremo che quella hà differenza dal pugnale: perche l’istessa può eser tagliata, & forata; ilche non aviene al pugnale: & perciò non pararemo mai con la cappa, nel modo istesso, come si faria col pugnale: & si come le coltellate col pugnale non si parano, cosi con la cappa non ei potra risistere à quelli: & poiche si cerca di tenere il pugnale libero dall’offese; consi la cappa nó si doura tener sottoposta al nemico. | |
All the same reasons, and all the ways, which we have said above of the single sword, and of the sword accompanied by the dagger, serve us with the sword and cloak: and of this there is no other use, than to impede the enemy; so that he may not have so easy an attack; and to cover the parts below. |
[137.2] Tutte le medesime ragioni, & tutti I modi, c’habbiamo detto di sopra di spada sola; & di spada accompagnata dal pugnale, ci seruono con la spada, & cappa: & di questo non si cava altr’utile, che d’impedire il nemico; affine, che’egli non hab- [138.1] bia cosi facile la ferita; & di coprire le parti da basso. | |
And yes, as we close the return of the enemy sword with the hand at this time when we are attacked by the points, so with the cloak we can better achieve our goal. |
[138.2] Et si come con la mano chiudiamo all’hora il ritorno alla spada nemica, quando uscendo coi punti feriamo; cosi con la cappa operando meglio otteniamo il nostro fine. | |
And because when the man is without a cloak he can be harmed and defended against in two ways: one is to throw it [the cloak] into his face and the other is to throw it over his sword at its debole; this [latter] is an easier way than the first. Therefore it [the cloak] will be taken with the flat hand and with the thumb only; and with a semicircular outward movement it will be collected in the fist, and united a man can take advantage of it at his pleasure and also deprive himself of it in order to come to grips with it. |
[138.3] Et perche con la cappa privandosi di questa l’huomo, in due modi si puo al contrario nuocere, & impedirlo: l’uno è il getarfliela nel viso: l’altro il buttar gliela sopra la spada nel suo più debole terzo; modo più facile del primp; perciò essa si piglierà con la mano piana, & col dito pollice solo; & tutta con un semicircolo per di fuori si raccoglierà nel pugno: accioche unita possa l’huomo à suo piacere, & seruirsene; & anchora privarsene per venire alle prese. | |
Hence it may be understood that the same order must be followed in drawing the sword, and in turning the cloak into the fist, as is done with the sword and dagger, and that this must be done without giving the enemy any idea of his [the man’s] own will. This is to be done by proceeding with the sword down and the cloak out from the body, with caution, and distinguishing what the enemy will do, who, either stationary or in motion, will have to take advantage of it. |
[138.4] Di quì può comprendersi, che s’haurà da tenere il me disimo ordine in cacciar mano alla spada, & in volgersi Ia cappa al pugno: come si fà nel modo di spada, & pugnale: & questo s’haurà da fare senza dar intentione al nemico dela sua volontà: ilche sarà col procedere con la spada bassa, & con la cappa fuori del corpo, accommettendo con cautela; & distinguendo quello, che farà il nemico, ilquale, ò in stato, ò in moto si dourà truovare. | |
If the contrary is found to be the case, it will necessarily be in one of the acts, which we have already mentioned, but against those we will use one of those offenses, which we have declared above. |
[138.5] Se si truoverà in stato il contrario, forzosamente sarà in uno de gl’atti, c’habbiamo già detto, però con- [139.1] tra quelli useremo una di quelle offese, che di sopra habbiamo dichiarato. | |
And if the same opponent holds his sword in front of him, we shall fight against him in the manner already indicated, but holding his cloak in front of him, we shall always use our natural motion with our straight hand; with cuts and points we shall nevertheless attack that fist facing away from the cloak and away from the enemy’s sword. |
[139.2] Etr se il medesimo contrario terrà la spada avanti, contra essa combatteremo co’modi già detti: ma egli tenendo la cappa avanti, sempre di moto nostro naturale à man diritta; con tagli & punte feriremo tuttavia quwl pugno volto dalla cappa, discostandosi dalla spada del nemico. | |
If, however, we find our opponent in motion, we shall act against him in accordance with the proportions of the attacks he inflicts: and, being either by cutting or by thrusting, we shall do the same offences and defences as if we had no cloak, except when we wish to parry, which we shall always do, not with the sword alone, but with the sword accompanied by the cloak, and in the second half we shall attack the right opposite sides. |
[139.3] Se poi peraventura noi truovassimo il nostro contrario in moto, noi operaremo contra lui, conforme alla proportione della ferita, che egli operasse: & essendo ò di taglio, ò di punta, l’istesse offese, & le difese, faremo, come se non havessimo la cappa: eccetto quando vorremo parare: che questo sempre non con la spada sola; ma con la spada accompagnata dalla cappa faremo, & di secondo tempo feriremo alle parti contrarie diritte. | |
If, then, we wish to wait for the enemy, we shall ascertain which foot he will use to move forward, and we shall try to do so with the other foot, different from the one used for the purpose. For if he moves forward with his right foot, we shall move forward with our left foot, and if he moves forward with his left foot, we shall do the same with our right foot. |
[139.4] Caso poi, che noi volessimo aspettare il nemico, avertiremo con qual piede egli si truoverà avanti: & noi si prefentaremo, con l’altro differente all’apposito: come, s’egli si truoverà col diritto avanti, noi col manco si metteremo all’incontro, s’egli col manco, & noi col diritto il simil faremo. | |
Acknowledging, that when the contrary is found with the right ahead, and that we with the left oppose it will then be with the intention of allowing all attacks to pass through; and to attack in the downward direction, with the accompaniment of the cloak. |
[139.5] Avertendo, che quando il contrario si truoverà col diritto avanti, & che noi col manco si opporremo sarà all’hora con intentione di lasciar passare [140.1] tutte le ferite; & di ferire nella declinatione, con l’accompagnamento di cappa. | |
And if we stand with the left hand in front of us, and we stand with the right, then we will immediately parry with the hand, attacking the legs or the right arm or the punta riversa. |
[140.2] Et stando il contrario col manco avanti; & noi col diritto, subito opponendoci col manco poi pararemo, ferendo alle gambe overo al braccio diritto, overo di punta riversa. | |
In this case we will be able to parry the cuts with our cloak alone, because we will parry the enemy’s rise [of his sword] with our own [parry] in the first third of the sword, before it is declines in strength. |
[140.3] In questo caso potremo parare i tagli con la cappa sola: perche con la cresciuta del nemico, & con la nostra pararemo nel primo terzo della spada, avanti che sia in declinatione in forza. | |
We must remedy the enemy’s attack with our sword, so that we can be sure of the attack outside of this tempo: and if we were to attack the enemy by chance at that time, it would be drawn in part, where the enemy’s cloak would entangle and impede our sword so that we would not recover it in time. Therefore, by securing ourselves against the enemy’s attack, we shall attack him secondarily in his right parts. |
[140.4] Si deue rimediare alla percossa nemica, con la nostra spada: accioche fuori di questa occasione si potiamo assicurare di tal ferita: & se ferissimo per ventura in quel tempo, per lo più si tirarebbe in parte, dove la cappa del nemico intricarebbe, & impedirebbe la nostra spada in modo, che non la riscoteressimo in tempo. Assicurando dunque noi stessi dalla ferita del nemico, lo feriremo di secondo tempo nelle sue parti diritte. | |
In order to wait for the opposite, we shall place ourselves in this guard, which is shown below; that is to say, with the left foot forward in a half step, with the weight on the right leg, and with the sword across - then the point of is above our head with the fist at the level of the left shoulder and with the flat of the left hand wrapped in the cloak, and in the first strong point of the sword. |
[140.5] Per aspettare poi il contrario, si metteremo in questa guardia, che quì di sotto si vede; cioè; col piede manco avanti in mezo passo, col peso sopra la base diritta, & con la spada traversale; la punta della quale superi il nostro capo; col pugno à livello della spalla manca, & con la mano [141.1] manca piana, involta nella cappa, & nel forte primo della spada messa. | |
In this posture, the enemy’s sword is always held inwards; and when he pulls, whatever he wishes, to make a strong attack (be it by a cut or a point), he is stronger with his left foot alone: and when he extends that line, he attacks himself, helping the sword with the strength of his left hand. As this figure demonstrates. |
[141.2] In questa postura si terrà sempre la spada nemica dominata in dentro; & tirando egli qual si voglia forte di ferita (sia ò di taglio, ò di punta) solo col manco piede si crescerà in passo sforzato: & distendendo quella linea si ferirà, con l’aiutar la spada con la forza della mano manca. Come dimostra questa figura. | |
If, however, we allow the enemy to pass with a right hand, the respondent, taking advantage of this point of view will be able to make a mortal wound, leaving behind his cloak, which will close the way for the enemy’s sword. |
[142.1] CAso poi che si concedesse, che il contrario passasse à mno diritta, il rispondente seruendosi del punto della prospettiua haurà da ferire d’imbroccatta, lasciando la cappa; la qual chiuda il ritorno alla spada del nemico. | |
If, while we are in this posture, the enemy does not resolve to attack us, but, putting himself on guard, waits until we are the first to attack; and if he stands with his foot straight forward, and with his sword in front of him, we with the stringeremo[148] posture will hold him, wounding him with the same attack. |
[142.2] Se mentre, che noi si truoveremo in detta postura, il nemica non si risoluerà à ferircil; ma mettendosi an ch’egli in guardia aspettarà, che noi siamo I primi à ferire; & esso si truoverà col pie diritto avanti; & con la spada in presentia, noi con la medesima postura lo stringeremo, ferendolo sempre con l’istessa ferita. | |
If, however, he should try with his left foot to strike our sword with his cloak, we shall return with our left foot to the centre, and go out to the first of the four guards we have proposed; and with that fist we shall attack with the point or the cut, or above, passing the point and entering the face. |
[142.3] Ma se col manco piede posto avanti cercasse il contrario d’adombrarci la nostra spada con la sua cappa, noi all’hora ritornado col manco piede nel centro, usciremo nella prima nostra guardia, tra le quattro c’habbiamo proposte; & à quel pugno di punta, overo di taglio feriremo: ò per di sopra, passando con la punta entreremo nel viso. |
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Treatise on the Buckler Many people have used the buckler in the same way as a dagger, and they have used it as a parry, accompanying it with the sword. However, since it is difficult for a man to show what he is capable of by means of some instrument, if he does not first make known what it belongs to, it is necessary, in order not to be mistaken, for them to know the quality and properties of the very instrument with which he intends to represent that essence. Since, therefore, we have to deal with the defensive instrument (as I said), we will begin by discussing it in this way. |
[144.1] TRATTATO DEL BROCCHIERO. EStato da molti adoperato il brocchiero nella guisa, che si farebbe un pugnale; é con esso háno parato, accompagnandolo con la spada; ma perche difficilméte può l’huomo mostrar qual che facultà col mezo di qualche instrumento, se prima non si fà conoscere ciò appartenente, bosogna per ogni via, affine di non incorrere in errore, che essi conoschino la qualità, & pro prietà del medesimo instrumento, col quale s’intende di rappresentare quell’essetto. Havendosi dunque da trattare del brocchiero instrumento (come dissi) difensivo, cosi prenderemo il principio di trattarne. | |
The buckler is a spherical, dense and opaque body, and in order for it to do its work properly, its surface must be less than a foot in diameter, since most men are a foot and a half wide: And because the effect of the buckler is to resist the sword, so that it cannot injure our body; since with this sword man can form different and infinite lines, which by similarity we can resemble the rays of the sun (a spherical and luminous body). Therefore we must know that there are two opaque bodies, that is to say, transparent: as are air, water and fire. |
[144.2] Il brocchiero è corpo sferico, denso, & opaco: & affine ch’egli faccia bene l’offitio suo, sarà nella curua superficie difuori di diametro d’un piede: atteso che per il piú gli huomini sono larghi un piede, & mezo: & perche l’effetto del brocchiero è di risi- [145.1] stere alla spada, accioche non possa ferire il nostro corpo; poiche con essa spada l’huomo può formare diverse, & infinite linee: le quali per similitudine potiamo assomigliare à i raggi del Sole, corpo sferi co, & luminoso: perciò debbiamo sapere, che due sono i corpi opaco; cioè, trasparente: come sono l’aere, l’acqua, & il fuoco. | |
Therefore perspective, as we read in the fourth proposition of the first part of the common perspective, wants a spherical, dense, opaque and consequently shadowy body to be considered in three ways with respect to another spherical, luminous and resplendent body. |
[145.2] Onde i prospettivi, si come si legge nella vigefima quarta propositione della prima parte della prospettiva commune, vogliono, ch’un corpo sferico, denso, & opaco, & conseguentemente ombroso, in tre modi possa esser considerato, rispetto ad un’altro corpo sferico, luminoso, & risplendente. | |
In the first way it will be considered, when the shadowy body is greater than the luminous body,; for then they will desire and demand that the said shadowy body will cause and cast a shadow, which, the farther it extends, the more it will grow larger and larger, as is shown in the following figure, in which the luminous body is understood as A, the shadowy as B, and the shadowed as C. |
[145.3] Nel primo modo si considerarà, quando il corpo ombroso sarà maggiore del corpo luminoso: che all’hora vogliono, & pruovano, che il detto corpo ombroso verrà à causare, & mandare un’ombra, la quale quanto più lontano si distenderà, tanto più sempre s’allargherà, come se ne vede l’essempio nella seguente figura; nella quale il corpo luminoso sarà inteso per l’A, l’ombroso per il B, & l’ombra per il C. | |
In the second, it must be considered that the spherical shadowed body is of the same size as the luminous one, and that the shadowed body will always send out a shadow of equal width to its diameter, and that the shadow may extend as far as one wishes, as we can clearly see in the following figure. |
[146.1] Nel secondo s’haurà da considerare, che il corpo sferico ombroso sia della medesima grandezza, ch’è il luminoso: & all’hora ombroso manderà sempre l’ombra di ugual larghezza al suo diamentro: estendasi quanto si voglia in lungo l’ombra: come potiamo manifestamente vedere nella figura, che segue. | |
Lastly, in the third way, we may consider that the spherical shadowy body is smaller than the luminous one, and that the shadowy one is thus to cause and send a shadow, which, the longer it extends, the more it shrinks until it finally ends in sharpness and ends in a point from which a pyramidal figure emerges, the extreme point of which is called the Cone. This experience shows us the following figure. |
[146.2] Ultimamente nel terzo modo si può considerare, che il corpo sferico ombroso sia minore del luminoso: & che cosi l’ombroso sia per causare, & mandare un’ombra, la quale, quanto più s’estenderà in lungo, tanto più si anderà restringendo fino à tanto, che ultimamente ella finisca in acutezza, & termini in un punto, dal qual risulti una figura piramidale: la punta estrema della quale si chiama Cono. Questa esperienza ci mostra la seguente figura. | |
Of all these ways, the first is the one which we will use with the buckler: because it is a spherical, opaque body, greater than the spherical, luminous body, or greater than the fist of the hand; from which, like the rays of the sun, arise the proportions of the lines which man forms with the sword, we will oppose it in such a way that it will cast a shadow, by which we will be covered and defended. |
[146.3] Di tutti questi modi il primo è quello, del quale noi si seruiremo col Brocchiero: perche essendo egli cor- [147.1] po sferico, opaco, maggiore del corpo sferico luminoso, ò maggiore del pugno della mano; dal quale, à guisa de raggi del Sole, sorgono le proportioni delle linee, le quali forma l’huomo con la spada, opporremo quello in modo, che manderà un’ombra, dalla quale noi saremo coperti, & difesi. | |
However, we shall note that on this occasion the sword will have the opposite effect, specifically in a straight line or in power; i.e. in an oblique line. When it is in a straight line, we shall regard it as a single ray of the Sun, and we shall oppose it with the at the same point; but when it is oblique to our body, we shall oppose it using the buckler at the body of the fist at the origin of the ray, or of the line, so that we will be covered by the shadow of the opaque body of the buckler. |
[147.2] DIstingveremo nondimeno in questa occasione, che il contrario overò haurà la spada in atto nella linea retta; overo in potenza cioè; in linea obliqua: quádo l’haurà in linea retta, questa consideraremo, come un raggio solo del Sole: & à quello nel punto istesso opporremo il Brocchiero: ma quando l’haurà obliqua al nostro corpo, opporremo il Brocchiero al corpo del pugno, come ad origine del raggio. Overo della linea: che cosi saremo coperti dall’ombra del corpo opaco del Brocchiero. | |
And just as many straight lines, which come from a centre, the further they move away from that centre, the more they dilate among themselves: so, that if we use the buckler to oppose the sword, either the sword will get stuck in it, or it will cut it, so that it will move further away from its centre and from our body. |
[147.3] Et si come molte linee rette, le quali vengono tutte da un centro, quanto più si allontanano da esso cétro, tanto più dilatano fra se medesime: cosi opponendo noi il Brocchiero alla spada, ò quella in esso s’intopperà, ò quello segarà: ond’ella più si allontanarà dal suo centro, & dal nostro corpo. | |
It will therefore be held in the hand with the thumb resting on it: so that this part does not fall inwards: otherwise our body would be exposed and offended: and so that it will always operate as a blurred body, we will hold it with the arm outstretched: so that the greater shadow will be caused by its distance from our body. |
[147.4] Si terrà dunque in mano col deto pollice messo per [148.1] appoggio: accioche quella parte non ceda in dentro: ch’altramente facendosi il nostro corpo verrebbe discoperto, & offeso: & accioche sempre operi, come corpo sfecrio, lo terremo col braccio disteso: onde venga causata per l’allontananza d’esso dal nostro corpo l’ombra maggiore. | |
So that with this, as with all other kinds of defensive weapons, we shall operate by committing ourselves, without giving the enemy any intention of our will: distinguishing that the enemy will either be in motion or in a stationary state of mind. |
[148.2] Di modo, che con questo si come con tutte l’altre sorti d’arme difensive, operaremo accommettendo, senza date intentione al nemico della nostra volontà: distinguendo, che il nemico, overo sarà in moto, overo sarà in stato. | |
If the enemy is in motion, he will either use a slash or a thrust: we shall make the same parries and attacks to these slashes as we have said; but when we parry them with the buckler, we shall proceed with the accompanied arms; and we shall follow the centre of the fist and counterattack with the left foot. |
[148.3] Se sarà in moto, ò tirerà di taglio, ò di punta: alle quali percosse di taglio, faremo l’istesse parate, & ferite; come habbiamo detto; ma parandole col Brocchiero, procederemo con l’arme accompagnate; & seguitaremo il centro del pugno, & col manco piede contrapasseremo. | |
I leave it to say that we may injure before, during and after tempo in the same manner as we have said in the treatise on the sword and dagger, but we must always put the buckler behind the fist of our sword, stretching out the arm and body, and covering ourselves with it. |
[148.4] Lascio di dire, che potremo ferire avanti tempo, & nel tempo, & dopò il tempo, con gl’istessi modi: come habbiamo detto nel trattato di spada, & pugnale: ma avertiremo di mettere sempre il Brocchiero appresso il pugno nostro della spada, distendendo bene il braccio, & il corpo; & coprendoci sotto à questo medesimo. | |
If the opponent thrusts with the point, he can make the same attacks and parries that have already been said; but since things can easily be moved while they are in motion, the same defence can be made with the buckler as if it were a dagger. |
[148.5] Se il contrario tirasse di punta, potrassi fare l’istesse ferite, & parate, che già si sono dette: ma perche alle cose, mentre che sono in moto, facilmente s’ag- [149.1] giunge nuovo moto, però si potrà far col Brocchiero l’istessa difesa, come se fosse un pugnale. | |
When the enemy is stationary, he may have his sword in front of him or behind him; if he has it in front of him or parallel with the ground in a straight line or at an angle. |
[149.2] Quando poi il nemico si tuova in stato, ò haurà la spada avanti in presentia, ò adietro: se l’hautà avanti in presentia, ò la terra in linea retta, ò in obliqua. | |
We shall oppose the buckler at the extreme point of each line, which will be high, and we shall pierce it underneath with our greatest length and in the same stroke. |
[149.3] A tutte le proportioni di linee, che saranno alte, noi gli opporremo nel punto suo estremo il Brocchiero; & feriremo per di sotto, con la nostra maggior lunghezza, & in una istessa battuta. | |
We shall oppose all straight lines which are at the right of the centre of our body (as in the case of the third and fourth guards) with the buckler at the extremity of the line; and above we shall put our sword to attack in a straight line. |
[149.4] A tutte le linee rette in presentia, le quali si truovano al diritto del centro del nostro corpo (come quando sono in guardia terza, & quarta) si opporrà il Brocchiero nel suo estremo; & per di sopra metterassi la nostra spada nella ferita in linea retta. | |
If, on the other hand, he holds his sword at an angle to our body, he will place the scabbard against his fist; and with the same stroke he will attack the nearest place above.
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[149.5] Se il contrario terrà la spada in presentia obliqua al nostro corpo, si metterà il Brocchiero opposto al pugno; & con la medesima battuta si ferirà per di sopra al luoco più vicino. | |
If the opposite party holds the sword at an angle, the same offence will be carried out as if we had the dagger, helping the enemy’s sword to its inclination. |
[149.6] Caso, che il contrario tenesse la spada angolare, si farà l’istessa offesa, come se noi havessimo il pugnale, aiutando la spada del nemico alla sua inclinatione. | |
If we make the opposite move with the sword to the rear, we will seek out the enemy’s body in the aforesaid manner, and we will hold the buckler above our body in order to strike it, as if it were a dagger, thus necessitating the opposite sword to pass through it. |
[149.7] Mentre poiche truovaremo il contrario con la spada adietro, cercaremo il corpo nemico nel modo detto; & terremo il Brocchiero suori del nostro corpo per battere, come se fosse un pugnale, necessitando la spada contraria à passar per quello. | |
When we have stopped our opponent with our left foot in front and the buckler has been placed in front of us, we will, in our natural right hand, once we have arrived at a distance, and with our body in a dark position, seek out the enemy, moving away from his sword, and with our circles we will move the sword around the buckler, and then, arriving at the plane of our shoulder, we will throw our points upwards; and if he raises his buckler, we will do so below. |
[150.1] Tuttavolta, che col manco piede avanti si fermasse il nostro contrario; & c’havesse il Brocchiero avanti posto, di moto nostro diritto naturale, arrivati in distantia, & col corpo in scurzo, cercaremo il nemico, allontanandoci dalla sua spada, & co’circoli andaremo có la spada intorno al Brocchiero, é poi in arrivando al piano della nostra spalla, cacciaremo le punteper di sopra; & se quello alzarà il Brocchiero, per si sotto. | |
We may also place the point of our sword in the centre of the enemy’s scabbard, who may be certain to lower it in order to see the sword, and at the same time to wound himself by walking with the point in his face. |
[150.2] Potrassi anchora mettere la punta della nostra spada nel centro del Brocchiero del nemico, il quale si può tener certo, che vorrà abbassarlo, affine di veder detta spada: & in quel medesimo tempo si ferirà, caminandosi con quella punta nel viso. | |
For the sake of greater intelligence I have placed this figure here so that one may see the effect of the lines when they cut into the buckler. |
[150.3] Per maggior intelligenza hò messo quì questa figura accioche si vega l’essetto che fanno le linee quando segano il brocchiero. | |
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Treatise Against a Left-Handed Person[149] All the arguments of the single sword; of the sword and dagger; of the cloak; and of the buckler, serve the left-handed against the right-handed; as well as the right-handed against the left-handed. And the weapon of defence can serve no other purpose than to parry the blows, which are thrown from afar; & to close the line: because, when the right-handed man is fighting the left-handed man, both have their swords on one side and their bodies placed in such a way that all the points of their swords strike at an angle, so that they cannot be parried with a defensive weapon, and therefore they must be parried with the sword, since the weakness of the left-handed man’s sword will pass through the strength of the right-handed man’s sword. |
[151.1] TRATTATO CONTRA UN MANCINO. TUTTE le ragioni dette di spada sola; di spada é pugnale; di cappa; & di Brocchiero, seruono cosi al Mancino contra al diritto; come al diritto contra al Mancino: & dell’arme da difesa non potia mo seruirsi in altro, che in parare le botte, che di lontano sono tirate; & per chiudere il camino: perche venendo alla pugna il diritto contra al mancino tutti due hanno la spada da una parte, & il dcorpo posto in modo, che tutte le punte feriscono angolarmente: & perciò con l’arme difensiue non si possono parare, onde conuerrà, che con la spada si parino: atteso che il debole della spada del mancino passarà per il forte della spada del diritto. | |
Therefore, the right-handed sword should be held in such a way that it dominates the left-handed sword inwards; and with the body in profile and the good edge, it should drive the points to the nearest place to be attacked. |
[151.2] Terrà dunque la spada il diritto in stato, che domini la spada del mancino in dentro; & col corpo in profilo, & col filo buono si caccierà le punte al più prossimo luoco da ferire. | |
The right hand will never injure the left-hander from the inside; but if he is not in motion, he can be injured at that time. |
[152.3] Il diritto mai non ferirà per di dentro al mancino; saluo se egli non fosse in moto, che in tal tempo si potrà ferire. | |
The right-handed [person] must distinguish whether the left-handed person will hold his sword forward or backward; and will act against the left-handed person in the aforesaid manner; that is to say, dominating the sword when it moves forward, giving the left-handed person the power to attack in tempo; and when it moves backward, he will fight with his body ready to make the same attack, closing the way to the enemy’s sword with his defensive weapons. |
[152.1] Haurà da distinguere il diritto, se il mancino terrà la spada avanti, ò adietro; & operarà contra à quella col modo detto; cioè; dominando la spada, quando ella si truoverà avanti, dando il moto al mancino per ferire nel tempo; & quando si truoverà adietro, combatterà col corpo pronto à far l’istessa ferita, chiudendo il camino alla spada del nemico con l’arme difensive. | |
The right hand will allow all cuts to pass through, and will wound after the time of the slash; or it will help him to decline, and will attack backwards: it will also be able to parry covered, and will make all the same attacks, that we have said, that are made before the tempo. |
[152.2] A tutti i tagli il diritto lascierà passarli; & ferirà doppo il tempo di fendente; overo gli aiuterà alla declinatione, & ferirà di riverso: si potrà anchora parare coperto, & farà tutte l’istesse firite, che noi habbiamo detto, che si fanno avanti il tempo. |
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Treatise of a Fighter on Foot Against a Fighter on Horseback If a man on foot wishes to fight against a man fighting on horseback, he must act in accordance with the nature of the horse, which, being formed of a single body on four legs, has the natural movement of walking along the right side, and walking with any other kind of movement, that movement will be the centre of the legs in front of it. |
[172.2] TRATTATO D’UN COMBATTENTE A PIEDI CONTRA UNO A CAVALLO VOlendo l’huomo à piedi contrastare contro uno, che combatta á cavallo, conviene, ch’egli operi conforme alla natura del cavallo, il quale essendo formato di corpo lúgo sopra quattro basi, hà per moto naturale il caminare per il diritto: & caminando con ogn’altra sorte di moto, quel moto li sarà centro delle basi davanti. | |
It is therefore natural for all animals to flee from things which are harmful to their good being (since they are moved by the concupiscent power which nature grants them for this purpose), whence it follows that the horse, when struck in some part of its body, yields on the same side in order to escape from the offence: And if there be any offence in the flanks by the spurs, when, nevertheless, he is struck in another part of the body, which is nobler than the flanks, with greater offence than the spurs, he will yield on that side, in which he will receive greater offence. |
[172.3] Essendo dunque naturale di tutti gli animali il fuggir le cose, ch’apportano danno al ben’essere loro (percioche sono mossi dalla concupisceuole potenza, à [173.1] questo fine conceduta loro dalla natura) di quì nasce, che il Cavallo percosso in qualche parte del corpo, cede da quell’istessa banda per allontanarsi dall’offesa: & se neme sarà offesa ne’fiáchi da gli sproni, quando nondimeno egli sarà percosso in un’altra parte del corpo, che de’fianchi sia più nobile, con maggior offesa di quella, che fanno gli sproni, cederà da quella parte, nella quale riceverà maggior offesa. | |
The enemy, therefore, when he is on horseback, will try to strike the opposite side, putting the horse to flight; or he will try to take away the right hand of the horse in order to attack it with his sword. But he who fights on foot will seek to flee from that side with his own right hand, in order to get away from the enemy’s attack, and to approach the opposite side, as this figure shows. |
[173.2] Il nemico dunque poso à cavallo cercherà di urtare il contrario, mettendo il cavallo in fuga: overo cercherà di levare al medesimo la mano diritta, per poterlo ferire con la sua spada. Ma colui, che combatterà à piedi, chercherà di fuggir quella parte, col & dalla sua propria diritta, affine d’allontanarsi dalla ferita nemica, & approssimarsi al contrario: come dimostra questa figura. | |
In the same way, since the horse will never be able to strike us with its natural motion except by its right, we will always have to ride to the horse’s right: thus we will prevent the enemy from seeing us, who will be on horseback: and standing in mid-step, and united in strength, and placed with the sword outstretched, out of our body, and with the cloak drawn in the fist, so that, if we can deprive ourselves of it, we shall, as soon as the horse is at a distance, make a cut in the horse’s muzzle, or a thrust in the same place, passing from the right foot, followed by the left foot, to our right sides, and attacking the reins with a transverse blow. Then, placing ourselves in the middle of the circumference, which forms the horse in the state in which a circle is drawn around its body, we will stand here without more condemning the enemy, but continuously attacking either the horse or the man. |
[175.1] PArimente, perche il cavallo non potrà mai se non per il diritto urtarci di moto suo naturale, avertiremo di presentarci sempre al diritto del cavallo: che cosi impediremo la vista al nemico, il qual si truoverà à cavallo: & fermi in mezo passo, & uniti in forza, & posti có la spada distesa, fuori del nostro corpo, & có la cappa imbracciata nel pugno in modo, che bisognando se ne potiamo privare, subito, che il cavallo arriverà in distantia, tiraremo un taglio nel muso d’esso cavallo, overo una púta in quel medesimo tépo, passádo dal piede diritto, seguito dal manco alle nostre parti diritte, & ferendo d’un riverso traversale nelle redini. Poi mettédosi nel cétro della circonferenza, che forma il cavallo in stato, quádo có un circolo si firi il suo corpo, qui staremo séza più abbádonar il nemico, có ferir di cótinuo ò il cavallo, ò l’huomo. | |
It will also be possible to frighten the horse when it is at a distance with the cloak, or to pull it over the head, making the same passes and attacks. |
[175.2] Potrassi anchora in quel tempo, che il cavallo arriverà in distanza, spaventarlo có la cappa; overo tirarglie la sopra la testa, col far l’istesse passate, & ferite. | |
It will also be necessary to use the left hand on the bridle, or with the same hand to leverage his foot, and thus to dismount him. |
[175.3] S’avertirà ancho di dar della mano manca nella briglia; overo con la medesima mano dargli lieva sotto il suo piede; & cosi scavalcarlo. | |
And if the horse should pass against him, it will be necessary to make a cut in the bridle. |
[175.4] Et caso, che il cavallo contra passasse, se gli doverà all’hora tirare un taglio à i garetti. |
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Additional Resources
The following is a list of publications containing scans, transcriptions, and translations relevant to this article, as well as published peer-reviewed research.
- Anglo, Sydney (1994). "Sixteenth-century Italian drawings in Federico Ghisliero's Regole di molti cavagliereschi essercitii." Apollo 140(393): 29-36.
- Gotti, Roberto (2023). "The Dynamic Sphere: Thesis on the Third State of the Vitruvian Man." Martial Culture and Historical Martial Arts in Europe and Asia: 93-147. Ed. by Daniel Jaquet; Hing Chao; Loretta Kim. Springer.
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- ↑ Mentioned on p. +ⅱ of his dedication to Ranuccio and again on p. 94.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Anglo 1994, p. 30.
- ↑ See pp. 7-9. See also Gotti 2023, pp. 130-133.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cavagliereschi is Corsican for "chivalrous", while the Italian is "knightly".
- ↑ La gratia is Catalan for "grace".
- ↑ Ghisliero is telling his reader that he is a soldier not a civilian swordsman, so it will have a different perspective to others, hence his later comments on siege craft. [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ This and the previous paragraph are commending the work to the patron, justifying the work’s existence and its purpose, common in treatises of the period. [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ It was common to refer to “ancients” in the justification of the art of swordsmanship. [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ When ‘this art’ or ‘the art’ is referenced it means the art of fencing. [More expansively the ars militari (military arts) or for the more classical, the Arts of Mars, of which swordsmanship falls within.] [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ Further justification by demonstration of the benefits to those who practice the art in question, also common, especially referring to defense of the person and the realm. [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ The version dedicated to Antonino instead reads "...for the instruction of the Most Illustrious Lord Antonio Pio Bonello".
- ↑ Cavalier – cavaliere – knights – so indicating the noble nature of the art which he is presenting. [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ The Humours.
- ↑ Means sad.
- ↑ Means calm.
- ↑ Means optimistic.
- ↑ Means bad-tempered.
- ↑ Hot-tempered.
- ↑ Moti has a number of meanings in modern Italian aside from "motion", including "motorcycle, bike, watercraft, riot, scooter".
- ↑ The use of square brackets [] shows the insertion of the translator to aid in clarity of meaning throughout the document.
- ↑ Contextually, transportar is in modern Italian trasporto and has been translated such.
- ↑ Where the word operante which means the operator or the person taking action or more simply the will is used elsewhere, I translate it to fencer as operator has the wrong connotations in English for what Ghisliaro appears to wish to convey.
- ↑ This is an application of Aristotle’s Causes, in some ways more easily explained due to the application of the sword (though this could be my fencer’s brain), especially as it develops. Ghisliero uses seven rather than four as Aristotle does, or at least using the same method of explanation. [Henry Fox]
- ↑ The spelling of secóda is seconda in modern Italian. This shortening of words through the removal of ‘n’ is common in documents of the period.
- ↑ Public roads means the location is a public road.
- ↑ Of Vitruvius’ Ten Books on Architecture. [This same book is referenced in Thibault] [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ Or capacity.
- ↑ Flavius Vegetius Renatus' On Roman Military Matters is likely the text to which he is referring. Which was a fourth century commentary on the training of Roman legions harking back to older methods. [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ Onde is Catalan. It is dove in Italian. Both mean ‘where’ in English.
- ↑ A second century book written by a Roman in the Attica region which encompasses the city of Athens.
- ↑ Dodrans is a Latin contraction of de-quadrans which means “a whole unit less a quarter” or three-quarters.
- ↑ Referencing the ‘ancients’ for authority was commonly used by authors of the time to demonstrate their comprehensive knowledge of the subject. It is intended to add gravitas to the treatise.
- ↑ All’hora is Catalan. Modern Italian is al tempo.
- ↑ The Elder.
- ↑ Scriue is Catalan. Modern Italian is lui scrive.
- ↑ Scurzo, does not translate appropriately from Italian. As with a number of words in Ghisliero’s treatise, it is likely a Catalase word or a unique spelling. Analysis of other treaties such as Jarod Kirby’s Italian Rapier Combat (Kirby, 2004) shows the following two definitions, on page 14 of the text, of a similar sound word that is contextually a more likely approximation of what scurzo means; “Scanso, A voidance, any evasive manoeuvre that moves the body of the direct line” and “Scanso del pie dritto, A voidance made by moving the right foot slightly off the direct line while turning the body.” So for the purposes of this translation, scurzo will mean in this text the middle stance as shown in Figure 3, i.e. a partial voiding stance halfway between perspective and profile.
- ↑ "Perspective" means front facing forward.
- ↑ Also could be interpreted as "figure".
- ↑ George Silver’s theory of the time for the hand and foot from his 1599 text Paradoxes of Defense mirrors this framework. [note from Henry Fox] (Silver, 1599)
- ↑ Et is Latin for ‘and’ in English and e in Italian.
- ↑ This is not an exact translation – it is the best approximation based on context.
- ↑ Balancia translates into ‘balance’.
- ↑ Membro translates to ‘member’, but in English a better word is limb.
- ↑ ò á mano manca la fontanella directly translates to something like ‘the hand missing the fontanelle’. This made no contextual sense, so it has been translated to ‘from the fountain of the body’ as fonta can mean ‘source’ in modern Italian. In the it states that “Fontánella, a little fountaine. Also a fontanell or cauterie [something to cauterise wounds], or rowling [turning round about, whirling or turning round], used also for the chiefe vein of a man’s body.” (Florio, 1611)
- ↑ ‘Perspective’ is forward facing as can be seen in Figure 3.
- ↑ No good translation found, contextually translating spatio to ‘space’.
- ↑ Polykleitos's Doryphoros is an early example of this position called contrapposto. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polykleitos for examples of sculptures with this stance. (Wikipeadia, 2021)
- ↑ Polykleitos wrote a lost treatise called ‘Artistic canons of body proportions’ in 5th Century Greece which provided a reference for standard body proportions. For more information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistic_canons_of_body_proportions (Wikipeadia, 2021)
- ↑ The act or process of passing across, over, or through.
- ↑ Aristotle’s fifth book of the Physica, which considers how motion occurs. “Book V classifies four species of movement, depending on where the opposites are located. Movement categories include quantity (e.g. a change in dimensions, from great to small), quality (as for colours: from pale to dark), place (local movements generally go from up downwards and vice versa), or, more controversially, substance. In fact, substances do not have opposites, so it is inappropriate to say that something properly becomes, from not-man, man: generation and corruption are not kinesis in the full sense.” (Aristotle, Physica (Book 5), (384–322 BC) 2007) “Generally things which come to be, come to be in different ways: (1) by change of shape, as a statue; (2) by addition, as things which grow; (3) by taking away, as the Hermes from the stone; (4) by putting together, as a house; (5) by alteration, as things which ‘turn’ in respect of their material substance.” Book 1, Physica, Aristotle (Aristotle, Physica (Book 1), (384-322 BC) 2007)
- ↑ Change of shape.
- ↑ By addition or by growing.
- ↑ Also taking away or removing.
- ↑ Putting things together or building.
- ↑ Change of material substance or alteration of its substance.
- ↑ “Three kinds of motion - qualitative, quantitative, and local” Book 5, Physica, Aristotle (Aristotle, Physica (Book 5), (384–322 BC) 2007)
- ↑ This same concept is present in Chapter 5 ‘Of tempo’ in Ridolfo Capo Ferro da Cagli’s 1610 publication Gran Simulacro dell'Arte e dell'Uso della Scherma and can be translated into the actions of the fencer undertaking the correct movements - from ward (stillness) to attack or defence (movement) to ward (stillness) again. It propounds that the fencer should always end an action in a ward. The same concept is raised in Angelo Viggiani dal Montone’s 1551 (published 1575) text Lo Schermo d'Angelo Viggiani (Montone, 1575) and Antonio Manciolino’s 1531 Opera Nova (Manciolino, 1531).
- ↑ "Violence" in this instance means outside force or against nature. The same concepts of natural and violent actions are used in Iberian swordsmanship, and they take higher guards to take advantage of this principle. [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ Springimento is likely Springáre means ‘yarke, kicke or winze’ (Florio, 1611). Which likely means in context a preparation or a marshalling of position prior to deployment.
- ↑ Fighting at the barriers was a form of tournament bout usually performed by armoured combatants in which: a fence, a barrier, was imposed between fencers, combatants fought over the fence, and blows below the waist did not count as tournament points. [note by Henry Fox]
- ↑ Bases mean "legs". I have used "legs" wherever relevant in the translation.
- ↑ “Lacertoi, the arme from the elbow to the pitch of the shoulder. Also the brawne of sinnewes or muskles of a mans armes or legges. Also a Lizard. Also a Muskle because it is like a Lizard. Also a certain disease in a harse amongs the muskles and sinnuewes. Also a fish that grunteth as a Hog. Some have taken it also for a makrell fish.” (Florio, 1611) Thus lacertoi will be translated as the arm from the elbow to the shoulder joint.
- ↑ Keeping the elbow near the body.
- ↑ “Rascetta, the wrist of one’s hand. Also a kind of fine silke-rash.” (Florio, 1611)
- ↑ Direct translation is ‘good blade’.
- ↑ Costa “the back of a knife or weapon.” (Florio, 1611) There isn’t a common English equivalent which is a single word.
- ↑ This is consistent with Giacomo di Grassi’s treatise Ragione di adoprar sicuramente l'Arme (Grassi, 1570) which states that there is more power existing at the circumference of a circle than there is closer to the centre. [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ Debole refers to the half of the blade from tip of the blade to one third down towards the hilt.
- ↑ Forte refers to the first third of the blade from the hilt to towards the tip.
- ↑ Placing the edge over the debole like this is the basis of the Italian gaining stringere of the sword, or the Spanish atajo. It's used to close and control the line to prevent the opponent from hitting us. [Note by Táriq ibn Jelal ibn Ziyadatallah al-Naysábúrí]
- ↑ Here Ghisliero’s methods conforms to common Italian approaches of defence to: always counter an opponent’s attacks with consideration for returning the attack, always attack with concern for defence, and not attack unless secure against the opponent’s attack. [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ Justifications for use of the cut seem to be relatively rare in fencing treatise of the time. Ghisliero’s justifications may even be unique. [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ The same justification for the thrust is given for the thrust being used by the legionary with the gladius, remaining more covered and it being more deadly than the cut. [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ Fendente means vertical cut.
- ↑ Traversale – transversal or diagonal cut [sometimes squalembrato for downward or falso if rising] [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ Tondo – horizontal cut
- ↑ Dritti – straight/forward [forehand cut, or natural cut, sometimes called mandritta] [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ Roversi – reverse [backhand or cross-wise cut] [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ The division for the cuts on most diagrams usually go through the navel, or heart rather than the groin in most treatise of the period. [note from Henry Fox] Gérard Thibault d'Anvers’ 1630 treatise Academie de l'Espée ‘Book 1 – Tableau/Plate 2 – Comparing the ideal figure to a real Figure; Sword Scabbards’ shows the division at the naval (d'Anvers, Academie de l'Espée, 1630) – in the text it is found in the section that begins Pour venir à la Pratique de tout ce qui a efté discouru, or “To come to the Practice of all that has been discussed” (d'Anvers, Academie de l'Espée – Book 1 – Tableau/Plate 1 – Philosophical Discussion; Construction and Mathematics of the Circle; Concerning the Sword: Proper Length and Introduction explanation of the first plate., 1630). Salvator Fabris, in his 1606 text, Sienza e Pratica d’Arme also has an illustration in the section Discorso sopra laprima guardia formata nel cauare la spada del fodero or “Discourse in the first guard formed in pulling the sword from the scabbard” demonstrates the where cuts should be made and these also shows the division at the navel rather than the groin. (Fabris, 1606)
- ↑ Diritto ridoppiato literally means right redoubled or a falso traversale meaning a diagonal rising cut.
- ↑ Stramazzóne means a circular cut where the hand is the centre of rotation for the cut. [Note by Táriq ibn Jelal ibn Ziyadatallah al-Naysábúrí] Florio describes it as ‘Stramazzóne, a downe-right blow. Also a rap, a cuffe or wherret on the cheeke.” (Florio, 1611)
- ↑ ‘Molinello, or Molinelli means a circular cut. [Note by Táriq ibn Jelal ibn Ziyadatallah al-Naysábúrí] As an aside, the Molinello for flags described in Francesco Fernando Alfieri’s 1638 treatise La Bandiera “The molinello is delightful. To perform it comfortably, you should have the standard in your right hand. You complete a full turn above the head, then throw it up in the air, catching it around the middle of the standard as the figure shows. The molinello is then turned towards the rear foot. After several rotations, as the hand becomes fatigued, you should grip the butt of the flag with your other hand and repeat the same lesson, again throwing it in the air as described above.” (Alferi, 1638)
- ↑ ‘World’ is translated from the word Mondo which means “the world, the universe. Also, a Mound or Globe, as Princes hold in their hands. Also, cleane, cleansed, pure, neate, spotlesse, purged. Also, pared, pilled. Also, winnowed, &c. Also, as we say, a world, a multitude or great quantitie.’ (Florio, 1611)
- ↑ Fendente tondo means the upper half of the circle as shown in figure 6B. When speaking of the reverses, he is speaking of the lower half of the circle in figure 6B.
- ↑ ‘Segáre, to sawe. Also to part, to cut or devide through the middle.’ (Florio, 1611)
- ↑ ‘Riversa’ [singular] t de’roversi, which means ‘to turn around, a reversion, reverting, reverse or a backblow. A powering down or overwhelmed’ – in short the riversa is a back-hand. (Florio, 1611) Note how even the cut from the wrist is aided by motion of the body, no doubt using the feet to move the body as the cut is made as well, all in their correct motion, to affect the cut. [Note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ Imbroccata means a descending thrust. Stoccata, means a violent thrust ascending or rising. Punta riversa means a reverse thrust with the point of the sword.
- ↑ “Auentáta, a hurling, looke Auentáre.” (Florio, 1611) “Auentáre, to hurle, to fling, to dart or cast with violence. Also, to leape or seaze greedily upon, to souse downe as a hawke, also to fill or puff with winde.” (Florio 1611 Dictionary). Therefore imbroccata aventata or imbroccata aventate means to violently attack using a thrust of the rapier over the dagger.
- ↑ The first two lines on the page are printed, but the second two needed to be drawn in by the artist.
- ↑ Here the page numbers jump from 35 to 38, correcting the error of having two 32s and 33s
- ↑ This is the reason that the direct thrust from the shoulder in a straight line is the longest and most preferable and the reason to learn to thrust straight rather than aiming up toward the head. [Note by Henry Fox]
- ↑ 92.0 92.1 92.2 92.3 92.4 92.5 There is a gap in the text here for a circle to be drawn in.
- ↑ The effect of these causes is the fencer hitting their opponent using the technique. Poor technique means the fencer misses and/or dies.
- ↑ The material causes are the movements of the fencer’s body and sword.
- ↑ The formal cause is how the fencer uses the movements of the material cause.
- ↑ The factual cause is the fencer, with their measurements and proportions, and their ability to perform the material causes.
- ↑ The final cause is the actual technique the fencer is trying to achieve.
- ↑ Measure also often called distance. The measure of something is fluid due to the fencer’s, and their opponent’s, relative proportions in each combat and other considerations regarding weaponry. “The Spanish attempt to make it more certain by using proportionality, measuring against the length of the individual.” [note by Henry Fox] Gérard Thibault d'Anvers 1628 treatise Academie de l'Espée (d'Anvers, Academie de l'Espée, 1630) “…the Distances and Instances (i.e. steps in the process of fighting) to be observed in training (which are the basic foundations and support for all the following parts) proceed from the proportions of Man, therefore without this same awareness, they cannot be duly comprehended, nor practiced with confidence. And the same goes for the Steps and Approaches, short and long, required by the variety of positions in the performance of these Exercises. From which it is apparent that one must begin with a good knowledge of the proportion of limbs and body parts, that one may at least be able to make some reasonable judgement on the reach of each movement, proportionally to the limb, or limbs, on which the movement depends, and from which it must be continued, ended, turned, returned, released, bound, or changed in a thousand different ways.” (d'Anvers, Academie de l'Espée - – Book 1 – Tableau/Plate 1 –Philosophical Discussion; Construction and Mathematics of the Circle; Concerning the Sword: Proper Length and Introduction explanation of the first plate., 1630)
- ↑ Approximately 46 to 50 inches or 117cm to 127cm.
- ↑ Approximately 69 to 75 inches or 175cm to 191cm.
- ↑ Distance can be measured by Time, and Time measured by Distance so in effect one is the other, and every action toward or away from an opponent is measured in both Time and Distance; he seems to say much the same thing further along. [note by Henry Fox]
- ↑ Aristotelian motion is the consideration of “a stillness and motion” and is used by Capo Ferro as a method of reading the opponent in Chapter 5 ‘Of Tempo’ (Cagli’, 1610) [note by Henry Fox]
- ↑ Obligatory motion is the beginning of second intention. The fencer moves in a particular way so that the opponent has to do something in response, and then the fencer can follow on with their plan. [Note by Henry Fox]
- ↑ I will start using tempo from this point on instead of time when describing time as a measure of distance, to differentiate between it and the common use of the word time. Following Ghisliero’s explanation of tempo, it will be easier to use tempo to encapsulate this meaning.
- ↑ Sometimes extended to botta lunga, depending on the author [note by Henry Fox].
- ↑ “Attack into preparation” is what it is called in modern nomenclature, catching the opponent while they are preparing to act. [note by Henry Fox]
- ↑ An action in half-time, because the action is in motion, thus not completed, interrupted. [note by Henry Fox]
- ↑ This is an important note; the sword is extended and the fencer is covered by the extension of the sword in a straight line. [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ Strongest third of the blade from the hilt toward the middle.
- ↑ Strongest third of the blade from the hilt toward the middle.
- ↑ Note the positions of the weapons relative to one another. This is consistent with the Aristotelian and the Iberian approaches. [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ The position of the hand and blade position in this initial stage is vital to the techniques that will follow. [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ This appears to be discussing taking the line or stringeri.
- ↑ A “reversed thrust” in this instance.
- ↑ ‘in presentia’ means the sword is on the line of engagement. [Note by Táriq ibn Jelal ibn Ziyadatallah al-Naysábúrí]
- ↑ This explains the advantages of Ghisliero’s guard position, demonstrating that the guard is the foundation of a fencing system. [note by Henry Fox]
- ↑ Punta scavizzata means hollow point.
- ↑ Gobba means hump or hunchback.
- ↑ Puinta riversa is a spelling variation from punta riversa.
- ↑ Incapocchiato does not translate, it suggests the word incapacitate. Incapocchiársi means ‘to become a doult or logger-head, to take a foolish conceite’ (Florio 1611) It might also mean encompassing in modern Italian.
- ↑ Guardia di falcone means "falcon’s guard". This is what the Bolognese authors call guardia alta. [Note by Táriq ibn Jelal ibn Ziyadatallah al-Naysábúrí]
- ↑ Coda longa, & larga or coda lunga e larga means "long and broad tail guard".
- ↑ scanso del corpo means void the body. Basically, these are the body turns we use to take the body off the line of engagement. [Note by Táriq ibn Jelal ibn Ziyadatallah al-Naysábúrí]
- ↑ Inquartata means quartering step. It is a voiding action of the body which closes the inside line.
- ↑ “Long and high tail” guard.
- ↑ The sequence of the combatant should always be ward – blow – ward, or stillness – motion – stillness, it is a common and practical method in quite a few treatises. [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ Examine di Grassi’s (Grassi, 1570) diagram of the thrust and movement of the arm for an example of this motion. [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ Nature means their passions.
- ↑ Parate – parade – often later used, especially in smallsword in place of ‘parry’. [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ Mezzo mandritto means a half-leg cut.
- ↑ Mezzo riverso means a half-reversed cut.
- ↑ Garatusa is Spanish for thrust. In fencing it is a technique composed of nine movements, and the participation of two and three angles, that they make to [through, from] both parts [locations, sides], from the outside and from the inside, arrojando the sword with force to the sides, and from there they return to raise it [the sword] to wound with a thrust in the face or chest. It is not safe [sure]. (Ghost Sparrow Publications, 2021)
- ↑ Polykleitos's Doryphoros is an early example of this position called contrapposto. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polykleitos for examples of sculptures with this stance. (Wikipeadia, 2021)
- ↑ Pili (pilum or pila) was the javelin of which the Romans were armed with two along with their sword. [note by Henry Fox]
- ↑ Cortina means a long wall running level from one bulwark to another.
- ↑ A strada coperta is a close walk or passage made on the top of a counter-scarpe in which the besieged may cover themselves from the enemies (Florio 1610)
- ↑ Archibuseria likely is an alternative spelling of archibugiera, which are a wall with slits, in a fortress, through which a weapon can be fired.
- ↑ Riverso traversale means a transverse or diagonal blow during retreat. “It’s equivalent to a riversa squalembrato or falso manco, depending on whether ascending or descending.” [note from Henry Fox]
- ↑ Imbroccata aventata means a hurling or forceful thrust given over the dagger.
- ↑ Gabionate fortifications or fences made of Gabions – cages or baskets full of earth set with ordinance to hide and defend Cannoniers. (Florio 1611)
- ↑ Trincerone means a large, well-equipped trench.
- ↑ No translation of this word is available.
- ↑ Manca means missing, and probably means back or voided leg.
- ↑ This probably means that the sword has mechanical advantage in a thrusting position.
- ↑ Corda means rope or cord, but in this context means the diameter of the circle.
- ↑ ‘A reference to the ‘sword fist’ is made in Antonio Manciolino’s Opera Nova where it states “Of the narrow iron gate guard. The sixth guard is called “porta di ferro stretta”. In which the body must be arranged diagonally in such fashion that the right shoulder (as is said above) faces the enemy, but both the arms must be stretched out to encounter the enemy, so that the sword arm is extended straight down in the defense of the right knee, and so that the sword fist be near and centered on the aforesaid knee.” (Wiktenauer, 2022) It is then clear that ‘sword’s fist’ means the hand holding the hilt of the sword.
- ↑ Cappa means both cloak and cape (there is no differentiation in Italian). I will use cloak for the purpose of consistency. The Spanish cloak or cape is short compared with what we normally consider to be a cloak. It is usually worn anywhere from below the shoulder blade length to the hip.
- ↑ Stringeremo appears to mean the same as stringere or a drawing close posture. Most commonly used as stringere la spada where using the stronger part of the sword you engage with the weaker part of the opponent’s sword and take the line or advantage so the point of the opponent’s sword can no longer strike you.
- ↑ Ghisliero assumes all fencers are right hand dominant in this treatise and writes as such.
- ↑ Piombo means the part made of lead or can mean to plummet down.
- ↑ Cálce means, a ventplate of a tilting staffe or place to hold it by. (Florio 1611)
- ↑ Passeggio means a walk or turn in a walking.
- ↑ Scalzo means bare-footed or unshod. (Florio 1611)
- ↑ Render pane per focaccia is a proverb which means ‘give bread for cake’ or to render like for like. p105 (Macadam, 1924)
- ↑ Stocco, means a short or arming-sword, a tuck. Also a short bat or truncheon. (Florio 1611)
- ↑ Cétro means ‘a Scepter, a mace of dignity.’ (Florio 1611)
- ↑ I think he is describing a downward bind here and I also think ‘blow’ should be noted here as ‘beat’.
- ↑ The name of a march upon a drum and trumpet in a time of war.
- ↑ Conscia is Latin and means partner or accomplice, which in this case appears to mean the horse. (DictZone, 2022)
- ↑ It is uncertain how an Albanian, which might also be a Stratioti in this case, would hold the lance.
- ↑ Stradiotto means ‘the kind of soldiers that Venitians use, like our Carbines, Freebooters or bootie-halers.’ Stratioti ‘An estradiot was a fighter of the mercenary light cavalry units who fought on European battlefields during the first half of the sixteenth century.’ (https://educalingo.com/en/dic-fr/stradiot accessed 17/10/2021)