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User:Kendra Brown/Florius/English MS Latin 11269 20v

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Latin 20v

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Inijceret quicumque mihi sub(?)[1] vertice spatam /
Tecturam hanc facerem cubitum prendendo sinistra.
Atque manu propria ludentis terga rotarem.
Inde suos renes dagam penetrante ferirem.


Optimus iste modus ludendi et cautus in arte.
Meque tegam feriamque simul nudando mucronem.

Italian

If someone were to attack me with a sword to my head, 
I would make this cover with a quick catch;
I would turn him with the left hand
And then I would strike with a dagger in his back.

[35a-d] Si uno me trasese cum la spada per la'testa
Aquesta coverta faria cum la presa presta
Cum la man stancha io lo voltaria
E cum la daga in la schena lo feriria

This is another odd match:
The sword makes an invitation against the dagger.
The sword will make the play of the Scholar
And will demonstrate that the dagger can do nothing.

[35b-d] Questo e un altro stranio partito
La daga contra spada si fa invito
La spada fara el çogho del scholar
E mostrara che daga nient po'far

English 20v

 
✅ If someone were to throw a sword [spata] below the crown of my head,
I would make this covering by catching the elbow with the left [hand].
And with my own hand, I rotate you to the back for the play.
Thence I will strike the dagger to penetrate your kidneys.

✅ Your best method and caution in the art will have been played.
And I would cover myself[2], and I would simultaneously strike the tip at the opening.[3]


Note: the lower Latin verse does not seem to translate the Italian well at all. Italian copies have a second part to this play with a two-line verse, but it is also not a good match.

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  1. ↑ Added later: "scilicet si".
  2. ↑ All of the other images of this sequence show the sword sheathed.
  3. ↑ The initial of this line is ambiguous and could be M or N. We believe it is most likely an M, but if it were an N it could be read "I do not cover and I strike the point simultaneously at what will become an opening."
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