Sword and cloak versus sword and lantern, defensive guard of small and broad swords, and weapons, breastplate, mask, glove. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from the Escrime fencing section of Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779.

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