The School of Recreation (1696 edition) - Or a Guide to the Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, - Riding, Racing, Fireworks, Military Discipline, The Science - of Defence by Robert Howlett
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page 77 of 189 (40%)
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The difference from Beating in this, is only Striking with the Edg of
the Feeble, upon the Edg of the Feeble of your Adversaries Sword, though Beating secures his Sword a great deal better than Battery. _Binding._ This method is taken to secure your Adversaries Sword, with eight or ten Inches of yours upon five or six Inches of his. _Caveating or Disengaging._ Here you must, if you can, flip your Adversaries Sword, when you perceive him about to bind or secure yours. _To take Time._ In taking Time, you must observe never to Thrust, but when you see a fair Opportunity, or otherwise it is the Thrusting at your Adversary when he is making the Feint, or the flipping of him, when you perceive him about to Bind or Bear your Sword. _Counter Temps._ This is when you Thrust without a good Opportunity, or when you Thrust, at the same time your Adversary do's the like. |
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