Soldier carrying his spear with both hands by his right side, the point raised diagonally (no. 15), c. 1600, A soldier, full-length, carrying a spear (lance) with both hands by his right side, the point raised diagonally (no. 15), c. 1600. This is the first act for placing the spear on the ground. Plate 15 in the instructions for handling the skewer: 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 illustrations in a French edition of J. de Gheyn's Wapenhandelinghe: J. de Gheyn, Maniement d'

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