Soldier raising the tip of his spear forward with his right hand and grasping the shaft with his left (no. 22), c. 1600, A soldier, full-length, to the right, raising the tip of his spear (lance) forward with his right hand and grasping the shaft with his left (no. 22), c. 1600. Plate 22 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 calivres

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