Soldier carrying his spear almost horizontally above his right shoulder (no. 9), c. 1600, A soldier, full-length, to the right, carrying a spear (lance) almost horizontally above his right shoulder (no. 9), c. 1600. His hands far apart around the spear. This is the second act of raising the spear to the shoulder and carrying it horizontally. Plate 9 in the instructions for handling the spear: Enseignement brief; et succint sur les portraitz figurez, touchant l'usage, de tout ce qu'un Soldat doibt faire au maniement de la Pique. Part of the illustrations in a French edition of J. de Gheyn's

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