Soldier placing his spear against his right foot with his left hand and drawing his sword with his right (no. 25), c. 1600, A soldier, full-length, to the right, placing his spear (lance) against his right foot with his left hand and drawing his sword with his right (no. 25), c. 1600. Plate 25 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'

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