Soldier holding his spear with both hands upright in front of him high above the ground (No. 3), c. 1600, A soldier, full-length, holding a spear (lance) with both hands upright in front of him high above the ground (No. 3), c. 1600. This is the second act for raising the spear upright. Plate 3 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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