Soldier raising his spear forward by transferring his right hand from the point to the foot of the weapon (No. 23), c. 1600, A soldier, full-length, to the right, raising his spear (lance) forward by transferring his right hand from the point to the foot of the weapon (No. 23), c. 1600. Plate 23 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 armes for

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