Soldier on guard that his musket holds up diagonally upwards with his left hand at his right-hand side, while his right hand decreases his hat (no. 38), approx. 1600. A soldier on guard, for the feet, to the right, which a musket (a certain type of firearm) at its right side, his left hand to the fork of the Furket (musket fork) on which the loop, tilted up, rest (no. 38), approx. 1600. In his left hand, also a burning wick. With his right hand, the soldier decreases his hat. Plate 38 in the instructions for handling the musket: Letter Enseignement, Sur Les Pourtraitz Figurez, Touchant Le Droi

Soldier on guard that his musket holds up diagonally upwards with his left hand at his right-hand side, while his right hand decreases his hat (no. 38), approx. 1600. A soldier on guard, for the feet, to the right, which a musket (a certain type of firearm) at its right side, his left hand to the fork of the Furket (musket fork) on which the loop, tilted up, rest (no. 38), approx. 1600. In his left hand, also a burning wick. With his right hand, the soldier decreases his hat. Plate 38 in the instructions for handling the musket: Letter Enseignement, Sur Les Pourtraitz Figurez, Touchant Le Droit Maniement du Mousquet. Part of the illustrations in a French edition of J. de Gheyns Wapenhande: J. de Gheyn, Maniement d'Armes, d'Arquebuses, Mousquetz et Piques: and conformité de l'Ordre de Mour Le Prince Maurice, Prince d'Orange, Amsterdam 1608. Marriens around 1600.

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