Soldier who wears his skewer on his right shoulder, the point aimed at the ground (no. 11), ca. 1600. A soldier, full-length, to the right, which wears a skewer (lance) on his right shoulder, the point oblique To the ground aimed (no. 11), ca. 1600. His right hand to the skew. Plate 11 In the instructions for handling the skewer: Letter Instruction Upon The Contrefixinges, Concerning The Right Use, or All What a Souldier Needeth to Know in Handling or the Pike. Part of the illustrations in an English edition of J. de Gheyns Arms Handhe: J. de Gheyn, The Exercise of Armes for Calivres, Muskette


Soldier who wears his skewer on his right shoulder, the point aimed at the ground (no. 11), ca. 1600. A soldier, full-length, to the right, which wears a skewer (lance) on his right shoulder, the point oblique To the ground aimed (no. 11), ca. 1600. His right hand to the skew. Plate 11 In the instructions for handling the skewer: Letter Instruction Upon The Contrefixinges, Concerning The Right Use, or All What a Souldier Needeth to Know in Handling or the Pike. Part of the illustrations in an English edition of J. de Gheyns Arms Handhe: J. de Gheyn, The Exercise of Armes for Calivres, Muskettes and Pikes After The Ordre of Maurits Prince of Orange, The Hague 1608. Marriens around 1600.


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