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: Brief instruction upon the contrefaictinges, concerning the right use, of all what a Souldier needeth to know in handling of the Pike. Part of the illustrations in an English edition of J. de Gheyns

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