Soldier raising rudder with both hands (no. 10), c. 1600, A soldier, full-length, to the right, holding a rudder (a particular type of firearm) with both hands and raising it diagonally (no. 10), c. 1600. Plate 10 in the instructions for handling the helm: Shortest instruction upon the contrefaictinges, touching the right use of calivers. Part of the illustrations in an English edition of J. de Gheyn's Wapenhandelinghe: J. de Gheyn, The exercise of armes for calivres, muskettes and pikes after the ordre of Maurits Prince of Orange, The Hague 1608. Martial arts circa 1600., print maker: Jacob

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