Soldier carrying his spear with his right hand by his right side, the point raised diagonally and near his belly (no. 21), c. 1600, A soldier, full-length, to the right, carrying his spear (lance) with his right hand by his right side, the point raised diagonally and near his belly (no. 21), c. 1600. Plate 21 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 Wapenhandelinghe: J. de Gheyn, The exercise of

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