SECTION 8 : SWORD VS. DAGGER
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With my dagger I know how to parry cuts and thrusts:
If one by one you come I have an infallible game:
And my scholar will prove it:
And he'll do it according to the picture.
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Proof is painted here: You can see
that I can hit you with no problem.
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Here, I win over the dagger with the sword,
In that I have turned and pushed you.
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If one wanted to hit my head with his sword,
I quickly would do this parry: I would turn him with
my left hand, And hit him on the back with the dagger.
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To avoid you hitting my back
I'll do this contrary without any problem.
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The game is dagger against sword:
I invite the dagger against the sword,
And I'll show through the scholar
Which way this game can be done.
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In this manner does the sword defend against
the dagger: I'll hit you with the sword:
the dagger can do nothing.
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This other one is a strange case:
The dagger invites against the sword:
The sword will do the game of the scholar
And will show that the dagger can do nothing.
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I'll hit your eye with the scabbard
And I won't stop hitting you with the sword.
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" A crowned master with a poleax in his hand,
who has thrown a rope tight to the cap of the poleax, which cap is
one pound or more heavy, around the legs of his opponent: and pulling the poleax,
he will pull the opponent to the ground."
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