Soldier carrying his spear with both hands far apart above his right shoulder, the point directed obliquely to the ground (no. 12), c. 1600, A soldier, full-length, carrying a spear (lance) above his right shoulder, the point directed obliquely to the ground (no. 12), c. 1600. His hands far apart around the spear. This is the first act of lowering the spear to pass under a crosier. Plate 12 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

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