Rapier and withall shal strike at the teacher at which time the teacher must remooue with his right foote a little aside followed with his lefte and shifting a little with his bodie shall beate outwarde the thrust or stoccata of his scholler and shall deliuer an imbroccata to his scholler as I haue tolde you before in the beginning L. I praie you therefore tell me if there be any other points in this ward V. With all my heart and therefore I must tell you of an imbroccata in manner of a stoccata which is verie good and excellent as well for practise of plaie as for fight but they must be most readie both with hand and foot that vse it therefore when the scholler shall find his masters Rapier in this ward that it bee helde vpright or toward his face then the scholler shall winne ground a little with his right foote beeing mooued somewhat aside and withall let him remoue with his left foot that it be toward the right foot of the teacher and that your right foot be against the middest of his left as I haue said before and in remouing let him turne his Rapier hand that the pointe bee conueighed vnder his masters weapon which being done promptly and readily his point will be towards the belly of his master which must bee followed with the left hand let the scholler lift vp his hand to the ward that his fist be somewhat high and let him take heed that he loose not his point because the teacher may giue him a stoccata or thrust in the belly or face for that he hath lost his time L. But I pray you cannot the teacher then defende himselfe V. He may do the self same which I told you before when I spake of the imbroccata deliuered aboue the Rapier and certainly this is a verie good play when it is performed with good measure and great agilitie and readines But besides this I will now shew you the man-riuersa in this ward Therfore when the scloer shal find his teacher with his point somewhat at length that it is not towards his face but towardes his belly then must the scholler with his left hand beat aside his masters rapier not at the point but in the strength and middest of the weapon and withall must remooue with his lefte foot both which must be done at once and let the same foot be against the right foot of the master as he did before in the foine or imbroccata deliuered aboue and vnder the rapier and the teacher at the same time must doo the like remoouing with his right foote as I haue sayd before And as the scholler remoues and beates aside the weapon let his left hand be sodainly vppon the ward of his teacher and in giuing the say de riuersa or crosse blowe let the scholler skilfully turne his Rapier hand that the knuckle or ioynt may be toward the head of the teacher for otherwise he may giue him a slicing or cutting blow which we call Stramazone therefore let him performe those things skilfully and at once and especially let him beware that he doo not beate aside his teachers weapon toward the point because he shoulde be in danger to receiue a thrust or stoccata either in the face or belly Besides the scholler so that he find his teacher in the same ward that his Rapier bee somewhat at length not directly vpon the face may strike the said riuersa or crosse blowe at his legs but beating aside the Rapier with his hande must bee done readily and hee must remoue with his hande in such sorte that his Rapier when the lefte hand beates it by may be betweene his owne hand and his teachers weapon and with this readinesse must hee strike this riuerso but withall his lefte hand must bee vppon the warde of his teacher L. But tell mee I praie you is it not all one if I take hold of the arme of my teacher or aduersarie in sted of laying my hande vppon his warde V. No in deede for if your enemie were skilfull in this art whilest you catch him by the hand or arme hee might with his lefte hand seize vpon his weapon put you in danger of your life So that you must take heed to haue all aduantage of your enemie that hee may not in anie sort do you anie harme in dooing of which you shall alwaies be to good for him L. But tell me of friendship if you take this ward to be good as well for the field as the schoole V. This ward which I haue shewed you in my opinion is verie profitable to bee taught because it breeds a iudgement of the time and a readinesse and nimblenesse as well of the hand as the foote together with the body and from this you come prepared to learne other wards with more facilitie and to haue a greater insight and vnderstanding in many things so that for many respects it is verie commodious good necessarie Now also for fight this ward is verie good to bee vnderstood and to bee fullye had and learned with beeing much practised therein and made verie readie as well wyth the hand as the foote without loosing anie time and so much the rather for that we see many Nations vse this ward in fight verie much especially with the single rapier both Italians French-men Spaniards Almanes Wherfore I aduise euery one to seeke to vnderstand it learne it and acquaint himselfe with it that hee may come to that readinesse and knowledge to doo all at once without making anie fault or false point in the said ward by reason of many inconueniences which haue chaunced and which daily chance which I will speake of when time serueth but in the meane while we will go forward with this second ward in which the scholler shall learne to giue the stoccata and imbroccata L. I thinke my selfe very fortunate that it is my hap to finde you at this time in so pleasant and conuenient a place where we may passe the time in some discourse vnder the shade of these delightfull trees and therefore according to your promise I praye shewe me your second ward which I shall be attentiue to marke V. M. Luke if all men were louers of vertue as your selfe is these things would be helde in greater account but thorough the loue of vices wherewith men are caried away they are little regarded wherefore I wil doo my best endeuour to instruct you and all other that are louers of vertue imparting vnto then that knowledge which God hath giuen me Therefore for your better vnderstanding I will first shew you how this warde is good either to offend or defend and cheefelye with the single Swoorde and the gloue which is most in vse among Gentlemen and therefore I aduise you and all other to learne to break the thrustes with the left hand both stoccataes and imbroccates as I purpose to shewe you L. But I praye you tell me is
his times proportions and to know howe with skill to shifte and moue his bodie to be readie and nimble as well with his foot as hand otherwise by his owne meanes he may be wounded or slaine so that he had need to bee verie cunning and perfect in these matters wherevpon many good masters do practise their schollers in these assalts to make them readie But I will let them passe and will satisfie you concerning the skil of this ward which you haue required to know Therefore I saie when you shal stand vpon this ward and that you be assailed and sette vpon keep your point short that your enemie may not finde it with his and look that you be readie with your hand and if he make such a false proffer as I spake of before you being in the same ward in proportion may with great readines put a stoccata to his face shifting sodainly with your left foot being a little folowed with the right and that sodainly your Rapier hand be drawen backe But if he shoulde giue a stoccata to your face with ful force from your rapier side outward you may a litle shrink with your bodie beat his point with your hand outward from your right side toward your weapon withall you may strike a riuersa Furthermore if he should pul his rapier within at the same instant to be more sure you must carrie your right foot a little aside toward his left hand and with great readines of countertime you must put a thrust or stoccata to his face turning your hand most nimbly So also in such like assalts if your enemie shuld come to strike down right blows or riuersi do as I haue told you before in mouing your hand with great readinesse and finding your time and proportion Wherefore I hold this Ward to bee verie good as well to assaile as for to tarrie and watch for an aduauntage And you must especially take heede that you put not your selfe in danger because if your enemy should finde you without your sword at length beeing nimble strong striking vpon your weapon he might make a passage with greate espeede and make himselfe master as well of you as of your weapon and put you in daunger of your life Whereas contrary-wise when you doo holde your Rapier shorte as I haue tolde you and that your pointe is towardes his face you make him afraide especially when hee comes forward with his hand and bodie to finde your weapon with his he must needes come so farre that you maye easily hurt him without being hurt Besides all this if your enemy should come to deliuer a stoccata imbroccata mandritta or riuersa you haue great aduauntage for hee cannot so readily strike nor with such suretie as you may L. But I pray you tel me this if mine enemie should charge me with his weapon at length as putting forth halfe his weapon in his ward must I answere him with the like V. This warde truely is verie good against all other wards in my opinion especially if you knewe howe to charge your enemy to find time proportiō to strike knowing how to turne and shift your bodie as well on the one side as the other and vnderstanding the skill of fight and beeing most nimble you may aunswere him with it But yet I would haue you to marke and consider well in what sorte your enemie behaueth himselfe and howe hee holdeth the pointe of his weapon if that you finde him holding his pointe alofte that it bee aboue yours when that you holde it right against his face you must seeke to winne grounde a little wyth your right foote before you remooue and your hande must be nimble and readie at that verie instant make three times with your feet at once mouing a little with your right foot a little with your left and againe a little with your right But this must proceed from very great skill and knowledge for if your left foot tarrie behind he may giue you a pricke in the face or in the belly or a cut vpon the legges Wherefore you must so come forward with your right foote at once that you may haue the weapon of your enemie with your hand and your point towards his belly So that as you see many verie many things may be performed by this ward if as I haue sayd one be skilfull and nimble But this I would aduise you when you would make these passages or put your weapon vnder your enemies that you doe them not in vaine nor without some aduauntage There are many which oftentimes by chance and hap doe many things in fight of which if a man shoulde aske them a reason they themselues know not how they haue done them And sometimes men verie sufficient and skilfull at their weapon are hurt either by their euill fortune that they suffer themselues to bee carried awaie and ouermastered too much with choler and rage or else for that they make no account of their enemie Wherefore as well in this ward as in the other take heede that you suffer not your selfe to bee blinded and carried awaie with rage and furie L. I perceiue verie well that the secrets of this noble arte are verie great that with great trauell and paines a man must come to the knowledge and skill both to rightly vnderstande and practise it for otherwise I see that by verie small errour a man comes in daunger of his life But I praie you instruct me somwhat farther as if at this present I were to vndertake a combat with some valiaunt man in defence of my credite and my lyfe V. In truth the secretes which are in like fightes are such that vnlesse one haue a skilfull man in this science to instruct him and that loues him he shall neuer come to the right vnderstanding of them There are manye which will thinke they knowe inough but most commonly are deceiued and others there are which the master or teacher loues and shewes them faithfullie all that he can and yet they can neuer come to anie greate matter in this science but they who are framed of nature as it were both in respect of abilities of bodie and minde fit to learne this arte if they vse the help of a skilfull teacher come to great perfection And these abilities are the gifts of God and nature wherefore as in others so in this worthie arte you shall finde some more apt than others and especiallie to giue a right thrust or stoccata which is the chiefest matter of all For all the skil of this art in effect is nothing but a stoccata wherefore if you shall haue occasion to fight I could wish you to practise this short ward and to stand sure vpon it to seckey our aduauntage with time which when you haue found giue the stoccata withall somewhat moouing your right foot and at the same instant draw back your left let your rapier with your
right foote bee without side of his right foote and when hee giues the foresaide thrust take heed you strike neither with your Rapier nor Dagger if you meane to enter vpon him with a passata because hee hauing once gained of you both opportunitie of time and measure of grounde you endaunger your selfe verie much but you shall onelye turne your Rapier hande inwarde passing speedelie with your lefte foot to his right foote placing the middest of your right foote iust at the heele of your lefte foote holding your bodie on the left side As for your Dagger that must bee helde vp with the pointe alofte to the ende that it maie bee master of his Rapier and so shall hurte him either vnder or aboue his Dagger But you must beware and take greate heede not to passe directlie right vppon him when you make your passata with your lefte foote towarde his right foote for if that he bee anie thing skilfull hee maie giue you a stoccata or imbroccata Wherfore wheÌ„ you make towards him see you throw your selfe wholie on the lefte side accompanying your left foot with your right in the manner aforesaid Furthermore if your perceiue your enemies Rapier pointe to bee borne towardes your right side hauing gotten vppon him with your right foote passe with your lefte foote verie speedilie and quicklie to his right foote and carrying your Dagger as in the manner aforesaid and giue him an imbroccata vpon his Rapier But if you finde his Rapier point born vpon your bodie you shall turne your bodie on your lefte side and with great celeritie drawe your point vnder his Rapier that the point thereof be vpon his bellie and your left foote by the right your dagger being readie with the point vpward to command his rapier resting your bodie on your right side Furthermore if you perceiue his Rapier to be long and the point thereof borne somewhat high you shall neuerthelesse answere him in this ward now not holding your Rapier hand on the inside of your knee but carrying your dagger straight out and winding your bodie on your lefte side you shall make semblaunce to beate by his weapon with your dagger and with great quicknesse you shall draw the point of your dagger vnder his Rapier readily turning your bodie vppon your right side and carrying your right foote together with your left somewhat towards his lefte side c. But beware how you vse this passata vnlesse you bee well practised in it and see you holde stiffe your dagger hande for if you suffer your hand to swarue anie thing downward your enemie maie giue you an imbroccata in the face Moreouer in your passata lift not your dagger too high because if he bee skilfull with whome you fight whilest you lifte vp your dagger or holde your Rapier and Dagger too open and not inough closed hee maie retire a little and so giue you a stoccata or imbroccata insomuch that you must haue an especiall care of all or or else you cannot auoide daunger of death Againe when you make this passata see that you remaine not with your lefte foote he cause he may giue you a mandritta vppon the legge or else a stoccata in the bellie Also in the same passata see that your bodie rest not wholie vppon your lefte side because that so dooing you shall your selfe beare your enemies Rapier pointe vpon your face Besides this when you lie in this warde and make vppon your enemie towardes his right side if you perceiue that hee holde his Rapier hande somewhat high and farre off from his bodie followe you well in this warde and getting sufficient grounde of him you maie giue him a stoccata in the bellie and in giuing it see that the pointe of your Rapier enter vnder the middest of his being your selfe readie to winde awaie with your bodie Furthermore in charging him if you finde that his pointe bee carried to the ground-ward turne steadfastly vppon your lefte side and holde your dagger out in length towards his right side and if you can beate the middest of his Rapier with your Dagger at the same instant giue him a stoccata You maie also in the same warde make a passata with your lefte foote But if perhappes your enemie when you lie in this warde should make semblaunce to thrust you not meaning so to do but onelie for vauntage so you bee in equall measure answere him and loose not that time but if you be not in equall reach thrust not earnestly nor make a passata vppon him for so you shoulde endaunger your lyfe but in aunswering him make but a short thrust at him to the ende that if your enemie or aduersarie afterwarde make a true thrust or else come forwarde with his lefte foote to make a passata vppon you you maie sodainly turne your bodie on your lefte side and place your Dagger-hand right with your right knee And so you maie giue him a stoccata in the bâ—llie or else a riuersa vpon the legge and become maister of his weapon and by howe much the more strongly hee thrusteth and the more furiouslie hee entereth with the passata by so much the more easilie may you hurt him but haue a great and speciall regarde to doo it with much nimblenesse and dexteritie both of bodie and hand Furthermore if you finde his Rapier long in charging him you maie strike the middle of his Rapier with yours and sodainely giue him the punta riuersa but it must be done with great quicknesse of the hand beeing readie with your right foote to steppe towardes your enemies right side or else to recoile somewhat with your bodie backwardes as swiftly as you canne for else if your enemie at that instant shoulde enter with a passata something fiercelye your lyfe were in greate hazarde and especiallye if you shoulde make your thrust straight carrying your foote right towards his as manie doo but if you steppe with your right foote aside you maie verie easilye auoide the daunger Againe if you finde his Rapier point out at length you maie strike his Rapier with yours and giue him a greate mandritta or riuersa at the head but with greate swiftenesse of hand and bodie Also lying in the same warde towardes the right side of your enemie you may giue a false stoccata at his bellie and if your enemie doo happe to strike it backe with his Rapier you shall sodainely put the pointe of your Rapier ouer his and giue him a stoccata or punta riuersa vpon his face or his bellie if hee shoulde too much hang downe his hand at which time you must beare your right foote aside towardes his right side You maie also offer a false thrust at his face and if hee go about to strike it by with his Rapier you maie put your pointe vnder his Rapier and carrying your right foote side-waie giue him a stoccata in the bellie or in both these false thrusts when he beateth them by with his
beware that in breaking his point you put not downe his dagger arme but hold it firme neither draw it in least your enemie hit you on the face or giue you an imbrocata aboue your dagger but bearing your dagger firme and straight if your enemie should answere your stoccata he might be in daunger to receiue a thrust If your enemie carrie his sword short in an open ward you maie come straight on him and giue him a puntariuersa either in the belly or face with such readines that your sword be halfe within his dagger before hee can breake it turning nimblye your hand toward your left side so that in offering to breake he shall make himselfe be hit either in the face or in the belly and forget not to retire an halfe pace with the right foot accompanied with the left Moreouer if your enimie lie with his sword alofte and the point downwards you maie charge him foure waies first on the right side closing your weapons in a lowe gard and your right foot within the right foot of your enimie toward his left side and then being within distance giue him a stoccata sudenly drawing home your point againe or you may play with your bodie but hold your dagger firm marking as it were with one eye the motion of your aduersarie and with the other the aduantage of thrusting Secondly you may make a stoccata to his bellye not resolutely but to cause him to answere you and then you must playe with your bodye toward your lefte side and bearing the thrust on your right side passe a little on his right side and make a riuersa aboue his sworde Thirdly you may come vpon his point with your dagger closing well your weapons and then beating away his point with your dagger in the same instant put a stoccata either to his face or bellye but in anye case stirre not your dagger arme least hee falsifie and giue you an imbroccata aboue the dagger therefore remember to beare your arme straite and only your wrist higher or lower Fourthly you may charge him on the right side in the same warde but contrariwise for where before you bent your body on the right side you must now turne on the left so that his pointe may still be without your body and hold your dagger at length then being within measure you may suddenly passe with your left foot carrying the point of your dagger vpward and turne your point vnder his Rapier that it goe directly to his belly in manner of an imbroccata in doing whereof you must turne your body well lifting vp your sworde hand and with your Rapier and Dagger assure your selfe of his otherwise your weapons lying open if your enemye bee skilfull and know how to turn his hand hee might hit you either in the bellye or face with a riuersa or cut you on the head for euery disorder endangereth a mans life Furthermore if your enemy carry his sword low charge him directly turning your body on the right side with your dagger at length the pointe hanging something toward the ground and then as you finde his dagger so make your thrust if high to his belly if lowe to his face if his head be aboue put a stoccata to his face by a trauersa as it were vnder his dagger and forget not to retire withall with your right foot and if hee hold out his sword with the the pointe vpward when you are toward his right side you shall put your self in the ward aforesaid bending your body on your lefte side and so gaining ground make a stoccata vnder his sworde so that your dagger be vnder his rapier and keepe it without your bodye from your left side and your point in his belly and remember alwaies that in taking your enemies pointe you stir not your dagger arme because hee may then endanger you as I haue before said Moreouer if your enemie put himselfe in the same gard with his rapier at length and you in your gard with your right foot formost and your point held short so that your right foot be opposite to his you shall little and little steale ground with your right foote and followe with the left till you are within distance and then with agilitie thrust either to his belly or face and this is a notable thing if it bee well vnderstoode for beside the knowledg it requireth practise that you learne not to approche neerer to your enemy then you may saue your self otherwise you may charge him on the right side bending your body to the left side and then hauing gotten the aduantage you must suddenly passe with your left foote turning withall your pointe vnder his sworde that it ascend to his bellye and clap your dagger as neere as you can to the hiltes of his swoorde all which together with the motion of the body must be done at one instant I shall not need to discourse much of your enemies holding of his dagger but as your enemy carrieth it either high or low so I say you must with discretion thrust either to his face or belly but you must bee verye well exercised in these passataes for perfourming them with quicknes of the bodye albeit you happen to faile of your purpose yet your enemie shal be able to take no aduantage therof but you shal be ready to anoy him stil either aboue or beneath wherein you must followe him in mouing his body so shall you stil holde your aduantage and hit him where you will if he thrust again you shall break toward your right side and reply with a riuersa to the face Againe if your enemie beare his rapier long and straight you may charge him and beating away his sworde with your owne sudenly turn in your point to his face or belly which is a verie good thrust being done with great agilitie If you perceiue your enemies rapier farre out that he go about to falsifie vpon you either aboue or vnderneath your dagger then put your selfe in your ward with your weapons close together and as low as you may holding firme your dagger hande and whatsoeuer falsifieng he maketh neuer moue awaie your Dagger hande neither lifte it high or lowe to get your enemies Rapier and if you lye belowe in the ward when he falsifieth remaine so without styrring any higher for otherwise hee might at that time finde fit opportunitie to hit you if he be skilfull in wepons but follow him close for if he once thrust resolutely be it aboue or beneath he must needs lose his whole Rapier and you may easily hit him and in your thrusting stand firme with your body and dagger Also if he holde his dagger straight vpward and that the point of his rapier be at the hiltes of his dagger as you shall finde occasion so doe that is if his dagger hand be high thrust a stoccata to him vnder his dagger if lowe make a stoccata to his face either close by the
hath no bones and yet it breaketh the backe ill tunges are occasions of much debate But to returne from whence I haue digressed you must neuer be too rash in fight account of your enemye yet feare him not and seeke all meanes to become victor and so you shall maintaine your reputation and not endanger your selfe in vnaduised hastines L. I haue taken great pleasure in these discourses which in my opinion importe very much the knowledge of Gentlemen and truely the Spaniards were iustly punished for their pride in scorning other nations you shall see manye of that humour that will blame other nations who deserue to be reiected out of all ciuile company for if one man haue a faulte his whole countrie is not straight to bee condemned thereof But shew me I beseech you how I must behaue my selfe when I am to fight you haue alreadye taught mee the time measure and motion of my body and now I would learne something of resolution V. Hauing taken weapons in hand you must shewe boldnes and resolution against your enimy and be sure to put yourselfe well in gard seeking the aduantage of your enemie and leape not vp and downe And beware in charging your enemie you goe not leaping if you be farre off but when you approch gard your selfe well for euerie little disorder giueth aduantage to your aduersarie therefore learne to knowe aduantages and thrust not at your enemie vntill you bee sure to hit and when you haue giuen measure note when it is time to thrust then finding your enemie out of garde make a stoccata resolutely or else not at all for although you be in time and measure and yet your enemie bee well garded he may verie easily hurt you though his skill be but small As may be seene in many which altogether ignorant in the vse of weapons will naturally put them selues in some gard so that if one looke not well about him he shal be much endangered by such a one not because he knoweth what he doth but by reason that not foreseeing the danger hee followeth his purpose wyth resolution without being able to yeelde a cause for that he hath done Therefore I saie you must seeke to gain not measure onely but time and opportunitie as wel to saue your selfe as anie your enemie if you will do well then if it happen not well vnto you thinke that God doth punish you for your sinnes for wee see often that at some one time a man will doo excellent well yet afterward he shall seeme as though he had neuer taken weapons in hand And to make it the more apparant There was a souldier in Prouence for his valor in many exploites before shewed generally reputed a verie gallant man who on a time being in a town besieged was so suddenlye stricken with the terrour of the batterie and dismaide therewith that hee could no longer refraine from seeking some caue to hide himselfe who afterward taking hart agresse came foorth againe and beeing demaunded of the Captaines where hee had been who told them the truth of the whole matter and afterward behaued himselfe very valiantly In like sorte Marco Querini a gentleman of Venice Captaine of the Gallies belonging to the signorye of Venice in the sea Adriaticum liuing delicatelye in all carelessenes suffered the Turkes to run ouer the gulfe spoyling and robbing at their pleasure not daring to make resistance which the Generall of the Signory vnderstanding repaired thither with all expedition thretning Querini Captaine of the gulfe if hee perfourmed his office no better the whole shipping should bee taken from him he sent home to Venice on foot The shame whereof moued him so farre that afterward hee became famous for his exploites Moreouer in the time of the Venecians warres with the Turke the Generall of the Turkish forces beeing come into the Sea Adriaticke neere vnto Schiauonia Allibassa Carracossa who afterward died in the battaile of Pautou would needs inuade the Isle Cursolla with some forces and batter a towne there where the men disinaied with the soddainnes of the attempt betooke themselues to flight and left the place to the desence of the women who quitted thēselues with such vndaunted courage that one of them betaking her self to a peece of artillerie plaied the gunner so artificiallie that she directed a shot cleane through the ship where Allibassa was much spoyling the same which hee perceiuing presently commaunded the ancker to be waied and hoising vp sailes retired all his forces by which meanes the women saued the cittie so that heerin we see the difference of mens dispositions in courage at diuers times and yet I commend it not in any man to want valour at any time But to come to the purpose albeit one be not so well disposed to the managing of weapons at one time as at some other yet hauing the practise and vnderstanding thereof he shall euer be sufficient to maintaine his parte L. It may well be that you haue saide and I thinke that hee that hath the perfect vse of his weapons may very well defend himselfe against any man though hee finde his body but ill disposed but seeing you haue begun to discourse of time I pray you teach mee something concerning the difference of time V. You know what I haue saide concerning the same in my discourse of the single Rapier and in like sorte I must instruct with Rapier and dagger therefore you must at the first charge your enemye and hauing gotten aduantage of ground on the lefte side you must make a stoccata vnder his dagger if he hold it too high retiring immediately a little with your lefte foote accompanied with your right but finding his dagger low you must make a fincture vnderneath and thrust aboue his dagger that is the iust time in doing whereof you must remember to carry your right foote a little aside following with the left toward the left part of your aduersary and if he offer you either stocata or imbrocata you may answer him with a half incartata turning your hands as in doing the stoccata or otherwise if hee beare his dagger low you may thrust to his face which is les danger for you because euerye little blowe in the face staieth the furie of a man more than anie other place of his body for being through the bodie it happeneth often times that the same man killeth his enimy notwithstanding in the furie of his resolution but the bloud that runneth about the face dismaieth a man either by stopping his breath or hindering his fight and he shall oftner find aduantage to hit in the face than in the belly if he lie open with his weapons but marke wel how he carrieth his rapier if long straight with his Dagger aloft you must charge him lowe on your right foot and hauing gained measure beate downe the pointe of his sword with your dagger and make a stoccata vnder his dagger without retiring but