Soldier waiting with a musket that his wick brings to his mouth to blow him clean (no. 40), ca. 1600. A soldier waiting, for full, to the right, which is a musket (a certain type of firearm) with His left hand holds at the fork of the Furket (musket fork) where the loop supports (no. 40), approx. 1600. With his right hand, he brings a burning wick to his mouth to blow him clean. Plate 40 in the instructions for handling the musket: Letter Enseignement, Sur Les Pourtraitz Figurez, touchant Le Droit Maniement du Mousquet. Part of the illustrations in a French edition of J. de Gheyns Wapenhande:
Soldier waiting with a musket that his wick brings to his mouth to blow him clean (no. 40), ca. 1600. A soldier waiting, for full, to the right, which is a musket (a certain type of firearm) with His left hand holds at the fork of the Furket (musket fork) where the loop supports (no. 40), approx. 1600. With his right hand, he brings a burning wick to his mouth to blow him clean. Plate 40 in the instructions for handling the musket: Letter Enseignement, Sur Les Pourtraitz Figurez, touchant Le Droit Maniement du Mousquet. Part of the illustrations in a French edition of J. de Gheyns Wapenhande: J. de Gheyn, Maniement d'Armes, d'Arquebuses, Mousquetz et Piques: and conformité de l'Ordre de Mour Le Prince Maurice, Prince d'Orange, Amsterdam 1608. Marriens around 1600.
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