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A11541	Vincentio Sauiolo his practise In two bookes. The first intreating of the vse of the rapier and dagger. The second, of honor and honorable quarrels. Both interlaced with sundrie pleasant discourses, not vnfit for all gentlemen and captaines that professe armes.	Saviolo, Vincentio.; Muzio, Girolamo, 1496-1576. Duello. English.	1595 (1595)	STC 21789; ESTC S110859	158,622	305

vnder him they may as his ministers and officers gouerne vs his humble flocke how that nothing beeing more gratefull and acceptable vnto God then good gouernment among men who assembled together and liuing vnder the same lawes beare themselues orderly gouerning their liues and manners aright we are not so much bound in dutie towardes any as towards them that are as it were lieutenantes vnto almightie God in earth for so I call our princes and gouernors and towards that assemblie congregation of mankind vnder whose lawes we are borne and bred I meane our Countrie and how that no greter wickednes can be committed than for a man to rebel against him whom God hath ordained Lord and gouernor ouer him or to wrong him vnto whome he hath giuen his faith or to betray that citie vnto which hee is both for his liuing bringing vp many benefits besides infinitly beholding In respecte whereof I saie each Gentleman hauing considered and weighed all this ought as a publique plague and not as a particular enemie to persecute him that committeth any of these odious excesses calling him to the triall of the swoorde confidentlye hoping and trusting with assured faith that God will chastice and punish him that hath so greeuouslye offended both him and his people violating his sacred ordinances and constitutions And for the same reason if some man haue committed murder hee that will combate with him must not doe it to this ende onely to wreake the death of him that is murdered in respect that he was his freend or kinseman but he ought to call to minde what a noble and excellent creature man is who being taken away and brought to naught by murder or slaughter the fairest and notablest woorke which almightie God hath framed is marred and spoiled Insomuch that whosoeuer committeth murder dooth dissolue and breake the most perfect peece of woorke that the creator of heauen and earth hath made and defaceth the image and likenes of God And for that God in his sacred law ordeined that man-slayers should be carryed from his alter and put to death the partie that will combate knowing how greatly his diuine maiestie is offended with this sinne ought not to vndertake the combate because he would kill him but because hee might be as it were the minister to execute Gods deuine pleasure and most holy commaundement By these examples maye a Gentleman perceiue what ought to be doone in all other cases so that it shall be needles for men to seeke examples for eache offence troubling both my selfe and the Reader In the meane time take this by the way that whatsoeuer I haue heere saide of the Challenger is also in the same manner to be vnderstoode of the Defendant insomuch that both the one and the other ought to regarde the preseruation of their honour and innocencie by iust meanes the one neuer challenging but with iust cause and vpright meaning and the other neuer accepting any challenge vnlesse hee know himselfe to be guiltles and in such sorte that he may take it with a good conscience as to doe or performe any action that concerneth his honor to liue and dye in defence thereof For as it is shamefull to doe any dishonorable act so is it more shamefull and opprobrious to maintain the same and stand in defence of it And againe a man finding himselfe innocent and wrongfully dishonored ought not to feare any danger but to venter his life at all times for the righting either of priuate or publique wronges in all things considerations and circumstances hauing a speciall regarde vnto iustice For God giueth right vnto him that is iust and ouerthroweth the vniust whosoeuer therefore shall take armes for iustice to repell vniust iniuries may be assured to preuaile and with an vndismaied courage goe about what he vndertaketh OF INIVRIE OF the Charge and of the shame WHereas I haue before sufficientlye intreated vppon the qualitie of Lyes and shewed the nature of them to bee to returne iniuries peraduenture some wyll meruaile why I should againe speak thereof in this place seeing that the iniurie must needes be before any returne which though I confesse bee out of order to reduce it vnder this title yet in diuerse respects I haue bene moued thereunto as namely for that I finde a verie ill custome generally followed in quarrelles where by contempt of right course and law it selfe Gentlemen are rashly carryed to take weapons in hand not considering first if it bee a lawful quarrell or such as may deserue a Combat nor doo they euer desire to bee directed by an orderly proceeding But Gentlemen of discretion ought first before they enter into armes rightly to examine the quality of their quarel if it be worthie the proofe by weapons and by this meanes make a right introduction to the truth so as men bee not rashly lead on to the slaughter Again the ground of all quarrels betwixte Gentlemen is this that they thinke themselues iniuried or charged whereof my purpose is chiefly to intreate so farre forth as I shall thinke it needfull To beginne then with iniurie Iniury it is nothing else but a thing done without reason as as we vse to say wrongfully Charge And Charge is no other but an inforceing of a man to returne or to prooue or reproue anie thing alledged which is so tearmed by this name because that the lawiers affirme that the charge of prouing resteth on the Challenger He that is charged Whereby it appeareth that the man charged ought to be the Challenger and touching these two wordes it is to be vnderstood that sometime both iniurie and charge are at one time done and sometime charge without iniurie and a man maye also iniurie and not charge Touching the first thus it is I am charged by one with an offence I neuer committed wherin he doth me iniurie Iniury charge because hee doth vnlawfully seeke to defame me and then laieth the charge on me in that he forceth mee to seeke to returne the iniurie and make answere to his opprobrious wordes vnlesse I would suffer my selfe to be shamed Charge without iniurie Whereupon I giue him the lie and so discharge my selfe and come to charge him which setteth me free bindeth him to maintaine his wordes which is as much as to vrge him to challenge Wherefrom we are to note that I onely charge him without iniuring because my answere is but reasonable and so the charge resteth on him as I sayd before Iniurie without charge is of two sortes viz. of wordes and of deedes Of wordes thus if one man should speak anie thing of another which were manifestly knowen to bee false to this he should not bee bound to aunswere because the first without anie returne woulde bee accounted a false accuser and a lyer and in mine opinion it is a more honourable reputation for a man to bee silent in such a case than by aunswering to seeme to make any account of

from the first warde into the third to assault the left hand then the lefte hand shall carrie his lefte foote after his right so lying with the right foote fowarde in good ward and the right hande lie in the third warde with his lefte foot forward and so shall neither the one or the other haue a iote of aduantage except that which he can giue by true obseruation of time and measure and his better knowledge so that if the lefte hand be well instructed finding his aduersarie with his right foote forward and with his owne right foote forward chargd toward the right side in good warde then shall he haue the aduantage vpon the right handed and be able to make him selfe maister of his enemies armes But if the right hand bee well knowledged and bee acquainted with the turnings and windings of the body and be quick and readie with the rapier and dagger he maie auoide these hazards and endanger the left handed man And this is one of the speciall points which either the one or the other can learne This which I haue tolde you especiallie if either of thē haue to deale with one that is ignorant will giue him the aduantage against his aduersarie Furthermore if you shall lye in the first warde with your right foote formost bearing your selfe somewhat towards the right side of your enemie and hee offer a mandritta at your head be you readie with your dagger bearing the pointe high and turning your bodie vpon your left side for so you shall giue him a stoccata or imbroccata or punta riuersa in the belly or face according as you shal finde your best aduantage your enemie most discouered you may also standing stedfast in good warde giue him a riuersa at the legges But if you should offer to auoide it by turning of your bodie and be not quick therein your aduersarie might giue you a mandritta vpon the face or head for there are many who in auoiding with their bodies lose their daggers and put themselues in great danger also the escape which you make with your bodie vpon the lefte side is clean contrary to that which you vse against the right handed man because that when the right handed maketh a mandritta at your head you do not raise the point of your dagger much and turne your bodie vpon your right side but dealing with the left handed you turne your bodie vpon your lefte side also when he giueth you a riuersa you shall turne your bodie vpon the right side Moreouer if you shall haue occasion to make a mezza incartata you shal do it in a sorte clean contrarie to that which you make dealing with a right handed man for you make your mezza incartata to the right handed man giuing him a stoccata but to the lefte handed by an imbroccata playing well with your bodie if you be well skilled in your weapon exercising your selfe in the first second and third wards you shall do many thinges more then I speake of Likewise the left handed if he practise well these foresaid wardes shall be able to defend himselfe and to deal against any other ward And for this time I wil not discourse to you any farther onely I aduise you to exercise your selfe in all these points I haue set down vnto you because besides the knowledge you shall make your practise absolute in such sorte that when occasion shall serue to speake of such matters you maie be able to giue a sufficient reason therof also defend your selfe against such as will offer you iniurie for the worlde is nowe subiect to many wronges and insolencies But you shal therby make your selfe most perfect and know far more in this behalfe then I haue vttered vnto you for it is not possible in this art to expresse all by words which by your own experience and diuersitie of occurrences you shall finde But for this time enough let vs pray to God to defend vs frō all mishaps L. Amen saye I thanking you hartilye for your curtesie and fauour shewed me in these matters and I will not faile heereafter to visite you nowe and then that our friendshippe maie dailie grow greater offering at all times my small power to doo you seruice in acknowledgement of this your goodnes V. And I also thanke you for your kindnesse and louing offers Adio L. Adio The end of the first Booke OF HONOR AND HONORABLE Quarrels The second Booke LONDON Printed by IOHN WOLFE 1594. THE PREFACE FOrasmuch as diuers and sundrie persons haue heretofore treated of the matter of single combats whereof I haue also framed this present discourse and haue not only grounded their opinions vppan deep iudgment and exact consideratition of the subiect they were to handle but also with all furniture of wit and wordes commended the same vnto the view of the world I might iustly doubt as being inwardly guiltie of mine owne weaknes and insufficiencie to go forward with the enterprise I haue presently taken in hande But for that my purpose heerein is rather to discharge my duetie and zeale to the Nobilitie Gentrie of England and by publishing of this Treatise to yeelde a testimonie of my thankefull minde for their manifolde fauors than by froth of speech to make my matter saleable or to purchase either credit to my selfe or acceptance of the Reader my hope is that such persons to whose ranke it belongeth to manage Armes and to know the vse of their weapon will no lesse fauorably conceiue of my indeuors and with their curtesies supplie my defectes then I haue bin redy by my painful liberal diligence to deserue their likings do now present my labors in the most humble degree of reuerence A DISCOVRSE OF SINGLE COMBATS WITH SOME NECESsarie considerations of the causes for which they are vnder-taken WHen I enter into due examination of the first original ground and occasions of this kinde of encounter and with-all consider the corruption of mans nature thorough whose ambitious and insolent humors these violent trials haue beene often practised I cannot but allowe of the iust complaints framed against man by Philosophers and wise men of former times as that beeing by his industrie and knowledgeable to search out and attaine vnto the amplitude of the aire the hidden secrets of the earth and the reuolutions of the heauens yet is so disguised and masked in the iudgement of him selfe so retchles in his own affayres as that he neuer effectually considereth of his own proper nature and inclination much lesse endeuoureth to reforme what by the eye of reason hee might finde controllable and blame-worthie in his disordered affections For if as euerye man is by nature capable of reason and vnderstanding so he would dispose and order the conueigh of his life as he might be reported no euil speaker no lyer no deceiuer no quarreller no traitor to his freend or iniurious to his neighbour they which haue written of this subiect might