Soldier carrying his spear almost horizontally above his right shoulder (no. 9), c. 1600, A soldier, full-length, to the right, carrying a spear (lance) almost horizontally above his right shoulder (no. 9), c. 1600. His hands far apart around the spear. This is the second act of raising the spear to the shoulder and carrying it horizontally. Plate 9 in the instructions for handling the spear: Corte onderwysinghe op de figuerliicke afbeeldinghe belanghende trechte gebruck, van alle t'ghene een Soldaet int handelen vande Spies noodich is. Part of the illustrations in: J. de Gheyn

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