Soldier holding his stir with his left hand oriented (no. 12), ca. 1600. A soldier, full, to the right, which holds a stir (a certain type of firearm) with his left hand, after it has fired, The loop aimed upwards to prevent him from injured a companion (no. 12), approx. 1600. In his left hand except the stir also a burning wick. Plate 12 in the instructions for handling the stir: Shorte Instruction Upon The Contrefixinges, Touching The Right Use of Calivers. Part of the illustrations in an English edition of J. de Gheyns Arms Handhe: J. de Gheyn, The Exercise of Armes for Calivres, Muskettes


Soldier holding his stir with his left hand oriented (no. 12), ca. 1600. A soldier, full, to the right, which holds a stir (a certain type of firearm) with his left hand, after it has fired, The loop aimed upwards to prevent him from injured a companion (no. 12), approx. 1600. In his left hand except the stir also a burning wick. Plate 12 in the instructions for handling the stir: Shorte Instruction Upon The Contrefixinges, Touching The Right Use of Calivers. Part of the illustrations in an English edition of J. de Gheyns Arms Handhe: J. de Gheyn, The Exercise of Armes for Calivres, Muskettes and Pikes After The Ordre of Maurits Prince of Orange, The Hague 1608. Marriens around 1600.


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