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Truthe of the Sworde (MS Harley 4206)

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Truthe of the Sworde
MS Harley 4206, British Library
London, United Kingdom
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Type Fencing manual
Date 1676
Place of origin Newcastle, England
Language(s) English
Author(s) Henry Cavendish of Newcastle
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Truthe of the Sworde (MS Harley 4206) is an English fencing manual written in 1676 by Henry Cavendish, Marquis of Newcastle.[1] The original currently rests in the holdings of the British Library in London, United Kingdom. This treatise includes illustrations inspired by those of Spanish master Luis Pacheco de Narvaez. A fragment of the chapter entitled "Mathematical Demonstration of the Sorde" was lost from the main text but survives as the MS Harley 5219.

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  1. Sydney Anglo. The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2000. p329 #82.