Soldier on guard holding his helm with his right hand angled upward, dropping the barrel into his left hand (no. 35), c. 1600, A soldier on guard, full-length, to the right, holding a helm (a particular type of firearm) with his right hand, the barrel angled upward (no. 35), c. 1600. He drops the barrel right into his left hand, which also contains a lit fuse. Plate 35 in the instructions for handling the helm: Shortest instruction upon the contrefaictinges, touching the right use of calivers. Part of the illustrations in an English edition of J. de Gheyns Wapenhandelinghe: J. de Gheyn, The

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