Vadi: Spear: 1st Guard (Fol 28r)

1st Guard (Fol 28r)

System: Interpreting Filippo Vadi

Section: Spear

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Source Text and Image

With the shortened lance I'll wait in this way,

I invite you to come with long and short.

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Key Resources

• Facsimile: The Spada Press facsimile of De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi

• The Companion Volume to the Facsimile

• The Philippo Vadi Longsword Course

• The Philippo Vadi Dagger Course

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Source: Biblioteca Nazionale di Roma, Fondo Vittorio Emanuele, Codice 1324 Translation: Dr. Guy Windsor