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'''[14] A throw from the upper weak point'''
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'''[14] A throw from the upper weak point'''*
  
 
Do as follows in this technique: step with your left leg behind his right and grab the opponent with your left hand under his chin, and with your right hand well above his shoulder. If he then wants to resist your throw, and grabs you with both his arms inside your arms, then just press him down with forcefully with your left hand by his neck, and he will not be able to withstand, then throw him backwards over your left leg.
 
Do as follows in this technique: step with your left leg behind his right and grab the opponent with your left hand under his chin, and with your right hand well above his shoulder. If he then wants to resist your throw, and grabs you with both his arms inside your arms, then just press him down with forcefully with your left hand by his neck, and he will not be able to withstand, then throw him backwards over your left leg.
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'''[71] A throw from the struck out hip'''
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'''[71] A throw from the struck out hip'''*
  
 
Do as follows in this device: when you enter in front of your opponent, then take a long step forward with your left foot, and with your right hand grab his left armpit, and with your left reach our behind his back and around his waist to support your right, and pull him to you. If he has you in this grip, and pulls you to him, then grab hold with your left hand in his left leg and lift it up high, and with your right hand reach around his neck and take hold of his right shoulder and pull him onto your right hip. Then, straighten yourself up again, and you may either carry him away or throw him over.
 
Do as follows in this device: when you enter in front of your opponent, then take a long step forward with your left foot, and with your right hand grab his left armpit, and with your left reach our behind his back and around his waist to support your right, and pull him to you. If he has you in this grip, and pulls you to him, then grab hold with your left hand in his left leg and lift it up high, and with your right hand reach around his neck and take hold of his right shoulder and pull him onto your right hip. Then, straighten yourself up again, and you may either carry him away or throw him over.
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'''[103] A head first topple'''*
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'''[103] A head first topple'''<ref>A technique for putting the opponent down head first with his feet in the air.</ref>
  
 
When you come before the opponent then make sure to grab hold with your left hand in the back of his neck in his collar or in the jacket he is wearing. Then stoop down stretch the arm away from you so that he cannot take hold around you, and when he then tries to get away from you, then push him with above mentioned arm as if you were to throw him on his face. When he then extends his arms towards the ground in order to take the fall, do not let go of his collar but hold him firmly. Then reach through between his both legs with your right hand and take hold of his right hand and swing him over one foot, and you will topple him over head first.
 
When you come before the opponent then make sure to grab hold with your left hand in the back of his neck in his collar or in the jacket he is wearing. Then stoop down stretch the arm away from you so that he cannot take hold around you, and when he then tries to get away from you, then push him with above mentioned arm as if you were to throw him on his face. When he then extends his arms towards the ground in order to take the fall, do not let go of his collar but hold him firmly. Then reach through between his both legs with your right hand and take hold of his right hand and swing him over one foot, and you will topple him over head first.
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{{*}} A technique for putting the opponent down head first with his feet in the air.
 
 
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'''[107] '''
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'''[107] A Grip From Which A Throw Follows'''
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When you come together to fight then stand with your left foot forward and grab hold of his right arm with your right hand. If your opponent has taken hold of you this way, then step inside with your right foot in front of his left and follow quickly with your left foot and grab hold of the bend of his knee and lift up high, then you will be able to throw him.
 
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'''[108] '''
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'''[108] A Wrestling Device From The Scales'''
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Do as follows in this device step forward in side of him with your feet well joined together between both his feet and grab hold with your right arm under his left arm around his waist and with with your left arm above around his neck on the right side. Now pull him up firmly and stoop down into the scales and you will throw him to the ground.
 
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'''[109] '''
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'''[109] A Carry-Off'''
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Do as follows in this device: if he stands upright in front of you then step with your right foot towards him and take firm hold of him with your left hand in his right hand, and go through underneath him. And at the same time swing his right arm over your left shoulder and direct your right arm back well below on his waist. Heave him up, and you may carry him wherever you want.
 
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'''[110] '''
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'''[110] An Upper And Lower Hold'''
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In this device, do as follows: step with your right foot outside behind his left foot and quickly grab hold with your right hand outside the back of his knee and pull firmly towards you, and reach with your left hand at his right shoulder and push away from you with your upper grip and you may throw him. If he has taken hold of you thus, then step with your right foot in front of his left, that way you will have equal advantage as him.
 
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'''[111] A Hold With A Kick To The Groin'''
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Do thus in this device: step forward with both feet toward him and take hold on his arms with both hands above and below. If he has taken hold of you thus, then tread quickly with your right foot in his groin and take hold over his arms with both hands, and enter the scales, that way you will throw him up high.
 
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'''[112] '''
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'''[112] A Grip With Closed Arms'''
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Behave thus in this engagement: step forward with your left foot inside his left and reach with your right arm in front of him around his waist and with your left arm towards his right side, push the hands firmly together, and pull him towards you. If he has taken hold of you thus, then step with your left foot inside in front of his left foot, put both hands on his upper weak-point and push hard away from you and at the same time wrap your left leg around his left leg and pull hard towards you, and you will throw him over.
 
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'''[113] '''
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'''[113] A Hold In Front And In The Back'''
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Do as follows in this device: step forward with your right foot on the inside in front of his right leg and grab hold with your right hand up front in the opponent's left hand and push upwards well. If your opponent has taken hold of you thus then at the same time quickly step with your right foot on the inside in front of his right and reach out with your right hand in front of his chest and grab hold of his left hand and pull as hard as you can towards you and step with your left foot behind his right foot and you will throw him over.
 
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'''[114] '''
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'''[114] A Carry-Off'''
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Do as follows in this device: stand with both feet together in front of him and enter the upper scales, ie. Stand straight. If your opponent stands thus in front of you, then stoop down well in to the scales with the foremost part of your body and run your head in between his legs and grab hold of the back of his knees, and then quickly rush in with all your body and and lift up, and you will carry him away.
 
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'''[115] '''
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'''[115] An Armbreak With A Throw'''
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Do thus in this device: step with your right foot behind his right foot and grab with your right hand in front and with your left behind around his waist. If he has taken hold of you thus, then step with your right foot behind his right and quickly take hold with your right hand below behind his elbow and with your left in front of his right hand, and you will break his arm or throw him over.
 
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'''[116] '''
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'''[116] A Kick Against A Swift Grab'''
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Do as follows in this device: step up towards the opponent and kick him with your left foot in the groin. If your opponent comes at you thus, then quickly take hold of his left foot with with your right hand and push up with all your might, and then take hold with your left hand in his left elbow, push upwards and you will throw him over.
 
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'''[117] '''
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'''[117] A Press-Down Against The Scales'''
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Go towards your opponent thus: enter down into the scales and step with your left foot behind his right and grab hold with your right in front on his groin below, and with your left above in the back of his neck, and then lift him up with all your might. If he holds you thus, then grab firmly with both hands onto his neck and press him down, and step with left foot between his legs, and you will be free of his throw.
 
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'''[118] '''
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'''[118] A Running In From Both Sides'''
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Do thus: step with your left foot inside in front of his right foot and grab with your right in front in his shoulder and with your left behind his right elbow, and push him up and away from you, and then wrap your left foot around his right leg in his knee joint, and pull at the same time towards you. If your opponent has taken hold of you in this manner, then step with your left foot behind his left and grab hold with both hands as shown in the picture, that way you may throw him as well as he you.
 
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'''[119] '''
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'''[119] A Skip Against A Closed Hold'''
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Do as follows in this engagement: step with your right outside behind his left foot and grab with your right hand behind in his left armpit or shoulder. If he comes at you thus, then take hold with your left hand in his right elbow, and lift up firmly, and then quickly take hold with your right hand in the back of his knee and pull him up, that way you will easily throw him.
 
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'''[120] '''
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'''[120] A Free Entering'''
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Do as follows in this engagement: step forwards with your left foot and raise your right hand high against your opponent. Meanwhile step with your right in front of his left foot and close your right hand over his left elbow and with your left hand grab hold in front of his chest. If your opponent has taken hold of you thus, then put your left foot towards him and take hold with your right hand in his right shoulder or armpit, step with your right before his left and take hold with your left hand under his right shoulder, and lift up well, that way you will throw him over.
 
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'''[121] A Throw From The Bar Guard'''(sic)
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Do as follows in this device: step with your left foot on the inside in front of your opponent's right foot and grab hold with your right and left hand around his waist, and pull him firmly onto you. If your opponent holds you fast in this manner, then stand with your right foot behind his left and take hold with your right arm over his right arm and grab with your left hand in his right elbow. Then, pull firmly onto you and you will throw him over your right foot.
 
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'''[122] A Turned Around Throw/A Throw From The Roundturner'''
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Do as follows in this device: if he stands in this manner before you and puts the left foot forward and stands upright before you, and takes hold with his left hand in front of your chest, and gets down into the weak point, then quickly step with your right foot on the inside in front of his left and take hold with your left hand in his left hand, pull towards you as hard as you can and then grab hold behind his (left) elbow. That way you will break his left arm and throw him over your right foot.
 
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'''[123] A Grip With A Roundturner'''
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Do as follows: step forward with your left foot on the inside in front of his left, and swiftly grab hold with your left hand in the back of his left knee and lift up high. If he has taken hold of you thus, then reach through with your left arm under his left and grab him in his right hand. Pull firmly towards you, and reach with your right hand in front around his neck, that way you will break free of the throw.
 
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Do as follows in this device: step with your right foot inside if his right and grab hold with your right arm behind his neck on his left side and put the hand behind his elbow and push down with the whole arm. If he has taken hold of you thus, then stand with your right foot forward and press down as well. Then quickly grab him with your right hand below in the back of his right knee, and at the same time push him up firmly, and grab with your left hand onto his right arm and thrust your head in his back and both of you will fall.
 
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'''[125] A Swift Grab from Plunging of the Opponent'''
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Do as follows in this device: stand with both feet together and fall towards him with all of your body with both arms around his neck on both sides and presh down at the same time. If your opponent holds you from above thus, then grab hold with your right hand around his neck and step towards him with your right foot. If he runs towards you thus, then step back and push him down by his head.
 
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'''[126] An Embrace'''
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Execute the following device in this manner: step forward with your right foot on the inside in front of his left and grab with your right hand below under his left hip and with your left hand take hold of his right hip, and then pull him firmly towards you. If your opponent holds you thus, then step with your right foot on the inside in front of his left, take hold with your left hand on the back of his right knee and reach around with your right hand around his neck. If your opponent holds you thus, then let go with your right hand from his shoulder and put it under his knee, that way you will be able to throw him.
 
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'''[127] A Grip On Both Weak-points'''
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Execute this device as follows: stand with your left foot forward and grab him swiftly below by the groin, and above by the neck. If he holds you thus, then stand with your right foot forward, and reach with both hands down and around his right arm and close them well together. Then lift up firmly, and step back, and thus you will be free of both weak-points.
 
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'''[128] A Throw With A Turning, Or A Turned Throw'''
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Do thus in this device: when your opponent is about to take hold of you then quickly turn around with your back to his chest and take hold with both hands from behind around his head. Pull him in the meantime forcefully towards you and push below away from you. If your opponent has taken hold of you from behind as described, then take hold of his middle weak point with both hands and step with left foot behind his right and bow down your head, that way you will force him down under you.
 
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'''[129] A Turning With An Armbreak'''
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Do as follows in this technique: stand with your left behind his right foot and reach with your left hand in front of him and take hold of his neck. Then pull him as hard as you can toward you, that way you can throw him over. If your opponent has taken hold of you thus, then put your right hand on his left elbow and push it away from of you. Step with your left foot in front of his right, and reach out with your left hand in front of his neck, thus you will be able to throw him.
 
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'''[130] A Free Wrestling Hold'''
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Execute this device as follows: stand with your left foot forward and cross your left arm over your right, fist clenched with the thumb inside. Then, swiftly step with your right foot in front of his left, enter the scales, and grab him with your right hand in the back of his left knee and with your left take hold of right hand. Pull the left leg to you and push away from you above, and you will throw him over. If he holds you thus below and above, then enter the scales and you will be able to counter him both above and below.
 
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Revision as of 01:46, 17 April 2014

Paulus Hector Mair

"Mair", Cod.icon. 312b f 64r
Born 1517
Augsburg, Germany
Died 10 Dec 1579 (age 62)
Augsburg, Germany
Occupation
  • Civil servant
  • Historian
Nationality German
Movement
Influences
Genres
Language
Notable work(s) Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica
Manuscript(s)
First printed
english edition		 Knight and Hunt, 2008
Concordance by Michael Chidester
Translations Traduction française
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Paulus Hector Mair (1517 – 1579) was a 16th century German civil servant and fencing enthusiast. He was born in Augsburg in 1517 to a wealthy and influential family in the German middle class (Bürger). In his youth, he likely received training in fencing and grappling from the masters of Augsburg fencing guild, and early on developed a deep fascination with fencing manuals. He began his civil service as a secretary to the Augsburg City Council; by 1541, Mair was the Augsburg City Treasurer, and in 1545 he also took on the duty of Master of Rations.

Mair lead a lavish lifestyle and maintained his political influence with expensive parties and other entertainments for the burghers and city officials of Augsburg. Despite his personal wealth and ample income, Mair spent decades living far beyond his means and taking money from the Augsburg city coffers to cover his expenses. This embezzlement was not discovered until 1579, when a disgruntled assistant reported him to the Augsburg City Council and provoked an audit of his books. Mair was arrested and tried for his crimes, and hanged as a thief at the age of 62.

While Mair is not known to have ever certified as a fencing master, he was an avid collector of fencing manuals and other literature on military history, and some portion of his embezzlement was used to fund this hobby. Perhaps most significant of all of his acquisitions was the partially-completed manual of Antonius Rast, a Master of the Longsword and one-time captain of the Marxbrüder fencing guild. The venerable master died in 1549 without completing it, and Mair ultimately was able to produce the Reichsstadt "Schätze" Nr. 82 based on his notes. In sum, he purchased over a dozen fencing manuscripts over the course of his life, many of them from fellow collector David Lienhart Sollinger (a Freifechter who lived in Augsburg for many years). After Mair's death, this collection was sold at auction as part of an attempt to recoup some of the funds Mair had appropriated.

Already in Mair's lifetime some of his people's Medieval martial arts were being forgotten; this was tragic to Mair, who viewed the arts of fencing as a civilizing and character-building influence on men. In order to preserve as much of the art as possible, Mair commissioned a massive fencing compendium titled Opus Amplissimum de Arte Athletica ("The Greatest Work on the Athletic Arts"), and in it he compiled all of the fencing lore that he could access. He retained famed Augsburg painter Jörg Breu the Younger to create the art for the text, and according to Hils Mair also hired two fencing masters to pose for the illustrations.[citation needed] This project was extraordinarily expensive and took at least four years to complete. Ultimately, three copies of the massive fencing manual—six volumes in all—were produced, the first entirely in Early New High German, another entirely in New Latin, and a third including both languages.

Whether viewed as a noble scholar who made the ultimate sacrifice for his art or an ignoble thief who robbed the city that trusted him, Mair remains one of the most influential figures in the history of Kunst des Fechtens. By completing the fencing manual of Antonius Rast, Mair gave us valuable insight into the Nuremberg fencing tradition, and his extensive commentary on the uncaptioned treatises in his collection serves to make useful training aids out of what would otherwise be mere curiosities. Finally, while his collection of manuscripts was dispersed after his death, most been preserved to this day instead of disappearing as did so many others, significantly expanding the corpus of historical European martial arts literature.

Mair's Collection

The following are the fencing manuals that Mair is known to have owned during his life:

Manuscripts

Books

Treatise

Additional Resources

  • Hunt, Brian. "Paulus Hector Mair: Peasant Staff and Flail." Masters of Medieval and Renaissance Martial Arts. Ed. Jeffrey Hull. Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-58160-668-3
  • Knight, David James, and Hunt, Brian. The Polearms of Paulus Hector Mair. Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-58160-644-7

References

  1. ↑ 'Long edge' is not listed in ty.
  2. ↑ sic : beide
  3. ↑ Marginalie unleserlich
  4. ↑ ”streck dein leyb und deine armen wol”
  5. ↑ sic : seinem ?
  6. ↑ The words are marked with numbers above. Probably it is to keep track of word order.
  7. ↑ sic : hinndersich
  8. ↑ sic : widerumb
  9. ↑ sic : seinem
  10. ↑ sic : schniten
  11. ↑ sic : seinnen ?
  12. ↑ 21r
  13. ↑ Literally: put
  14. ↑ Literally: pull back the left foot
  15. ↑ German: his
  16. ↑ German: grab with your left hand from below outside over his right arm
  17. ↑ rechten
  18. ↑ Barred, or bolted.
  19. ↑ Pliers, or fire-tongs.
  20. ↑ Wrestlers wear a leather collar? Hmmm...
  21. ↑ Comb, carder?
  22. ↑ A variant on the o-goshi in judo.
  23. ↑ sic : Im mit
  24. ↑ »sst« oberhalb der Zeile korrigiert aus »fft«
  25. ↑ A technique for putting the opponent down head first with his feet in the air.
  26. ↑ Dagger pommel?! I have actually no idea what he is thinking here. My only guess is that it was late on Friday afternoon, and must have mistaken ”kopff” with ”knopff”.
  27. ↑ Which is what?
  28. ↑ Note: Change of grip required, or the illustration does not match.
  29. ↑ Dagger transfer necessary at this point.
  30. ↑ Note: person on left side starts with the dagger in the left hand according to the illustration.
  31. ↑ Note: push down, not out
  32. ↑ Arbait - technical term: work, force, struggle
  33. ↑ Vienna and Munich MS Latin: right.
  34. ↑ read: locitur
  35. ↑ Latin: snatch up.
  36. ↑ Note: the illustration shows ice-pick grip.
  37. ↑ "You will lick it!" Not pleasant if the dagger is lying on it. Especially in cold weather.
  38. ↑ May not represent the changing though described.
  39. ↑ Note illustration shows ice-pick grip.
  40. ↑ Note: left is corrected from a right. Left is correct.
  41. ↑ This seems to imply both parallel action and simultaneity.
  42. ↑ Reib - strong twisting, bending, rotating motion.
  43. ↑ Image shows left.
  44. ↑ From the inner side.
  45. ↑ From the Latin text
  46. ↑ Correct from underich.
  47. ↑ Could also mean immediately
  48. ↑ Only in the Latin.
  49. ↑ Inn - unclear whether directional or locational.
  50. ↑ The one in the left hand?
  51. ↑ Only in the Latin.
  52. ↑ Possible abbreviation of gegen – geg.
  53. ↑ Odd squiggle in the middle—f from previous line?
  54. ↑ Scribal error for pungito?
  55. ↑ Strange squiggle above the c.
  56. ↑ Squiggle – looks like the Munich MS symbol for us?
  57. ↑ Error for interim?
  58. ↑ Written as “in Clinando”
  59. ↑ NB, likely scribal error for “laevam”
  60. ↑ Second u has three dots almost like ǜ.
  61. ↑ Error for dextrum?
  62. ↑ sic : verborgnen
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