Soldier, seen from behind, holding his spear with his right hand upright (no. 7), c. 1600, A soldier, full-length, seen from behind, holding a spear (lance) with his right hand upright (no. 7), c. 1600. This is the third action for bringing the spear to the ground upright. Plate 7 in the instructions for handling the spear: Enseignement brief; et succint sur les portraitz figurez, touchant l'usage, de tout ce qu'un Soldat doibt faire au maniement de la Pique. Part of the illustrations in a French edition of J. de Gheyn's Wapenhandelinghe: J. de Gheyn, Maniement d'armes, d'arquebuses, mousquetz

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