Bref instructions upon my Paradoxes of defence (MS 1086)

Bref instructions upon my Paradoxes of defence
MS 1086, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Leuven, Belgium
Hagedorn Leng —
Wierschin — Hils —
Type	Fencing manual
Date	ca. 1801-1940
Language(s)	English
Author(s)	George Silver
Material	Paper
Size	69 folia (327 mm x 207 mm)
Format	Single-sided; one column
Treatise scans	Digital scans

Bref instructions upon my Paradoxes of defence ("Brief Instructions upon my Paradoxes of Defense", MS 1086) is a 19th century copy on an English fencing manual written in ca. 1605 by George Silver. The original currently rests in the holdings of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Leuven, Belgium. This is the second volume of Silver's work, and seeks to elucidate the correct principles of fencing (in contrast to his Paradoxes of Defence, which primarily seeks to highlight the problems inherent in all other contemporary styles). Unfortunately and for unknown reasons, Brief Instructions was never published in Silver's lifetime and was only brought to print in the 1898 compilation of his works by Cyril G. R. Matthey.

Contents

	Admonitions to the Gentlemen and Brave Gallants of Great Britain against Quarrels and Brawls
	The true handling of all Manner of Weapons
	General Rules to be Observed for Weapons Usage
	Declaration of 4 General Fights
	Of the short single sword fight against the like weapon
	Of Diverse Advantages that you may take by Striking from your Ward
	The manner of certain grips & closes
	Of the short sword & dagger fight against the like weapon
	Of the short sword & dagger fight against the long sword & dagger
	Of the sword & buckler fight
	Of the two hand sword fight against the like weapon
	Of the Short Staff Fight
	Of the Short Staff Fight against the Long Staff
	Of the Fight of the Forest Bill against the like Weapon
	Of the Fight of the Morris Pike against the like Weapon
	Of the Single Dagger Fight against the like Weapon

Additional Resources

• di Grasso, Giacomo; Saviolo, Vincentio; Silver, George. Three Elizabethan Fencing Manuals. Ed. James Louis Jackson. Scholars Facsimilies & Reprint, 1972. ISBN 978-0820111070
• Silver, George. The Works of George Silver. Ed. Cyril G. R. Matthey. London: George Bell and Sons, 1898.
• Wagner, Paul. Master Of Defence: The Works of George Silver. Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1581607239

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