This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...Dedicated "To the right honnorable my verie good lord Robert, Earle of Essex and Ewe, Earl Marshall of England," &c, &c. Small 4. 1599. MS. 47 pages. With "Epistle Dedeeatorie ff. 4-6) to Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. Probably the actual presentation copy, having Essex's coat-of-arms at/. 3 b, and that of Knotty ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...Dedicated "To the right honnorable my verie good lord Robert, Earle of Essex and Ewe, Earl Marshall of England," &c, &c. Small 4. 1599. MS. 47 pages. With "Epistle Dedeeatorie ff. 4-6) to Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. Probably the actual presentation copy, having Essex's coat-of-arms at/. 3 b, and that of Knotty (Lctticc, daughter of Sir Francis Knollys, was mother to Lord Essex) at f. 7 b, both in colours. There is also a pen-and-ink drawing of a fencer with sword and dagger at f. 23. Printed at London, 1599; the last part (ff. 42-46 b) entitled, "A breife note of three Italian teachers of offence." Reprinted in the " Antiquarian Repertory," VoL I. (1801), p. 165. In the British Museum. 34,192.--Other works on Fencing by the same author are in Sloane MSS. 376./. 1, 5 b, 32 b. Paper; ff. 46. A.d. 1599.) (--).--Brefe Instructions upon my Paradoxes of Defence for the true handlynge of all manner of weapons, together with the fower growndes and the fower governors, which governours are left out in my Paradoxes, without the knowledge of which no man can fight safe. Folio. MS.; 17th century. (In the British Museum. Pol. 5 b. SI. 376.) SILUER (george) SILVER.--Rules of Defence to be Observed in Open Eight, &c. MS.; 17th century. Apparently by the same author. One chapter is entitled ' Sundry Kinds of Play or Fight. Thornborow." (In the Britisli Museum. Fol. 32 b. SI 376.) SILVER (george).--Paradoxe of Defence, wherein is proved the true ground of fight to be in the short ancient weapons, and that the Short Sword hath the advantage of the long sword or long rapier, and the weaknesse and imperfection of the rapier fight displayed. Together with an admonition to the noble, ancient, victorious, valiant, and mo...
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