Rapier

[1] Rapier Fencing

First of all, there are seven cuts in the rapier. Namely the first one is a High Cut, the second is a Shoulder Cut, the third a Hip Cut, the fourth a Thigh Cut, the fifth a Foot Cut, the sixth a Joint Cut, the seventh a Forearm Cut, and yet the four remain as taught in the Dussack only the names of the limbs increase the number of the cuts.

[2] The seven thrusts

Namely the face thrust, the second is the heart thrust, third is the throat thrust, the fourth is the groin thrust, the fifth is the joint thrust, the sixth is a double thrust and the seventh is armpit thrust.

[3] Of the Openings

In rapier fencing, special attention is to be paid to the four parts of the man. Namely to the left and right, lower and upper, the belt (line) and the two (openings) above the belt line known as the Ox, and the other two below the belt line are known as the Plow, whose thrusts therefore should be used. In Zufechten pay attention to which part he has his weapon, below or above, or from which opening he brings his strikes or thrusts.

Next, pay attention to which openings you may conveniently attack to, so note an example, if the opponent has his weapon in his upper right opening, then work to his lower left openings with cuts or thrusts, with this you compel him to either work or defend, so then thrust to his upper right opening.

[4] Item: If he has his weapon in his upper left opening, then thrust him to the right, as soon as he parries, then wind under and through to the left opening from where he has just come from, furthermore, if one holds his weapon in a guard to the upper or lower openings, then cut or thrust him straight from above to the face so that he must defend, as soon as he drives out to parry, then wind underneath and through, and thrust at once from below to his body or hip.

[5] Item: If one thrusts at you, then step with the right foot well to his right and take Indes with the left then slice down from above between you and him towards your right side step out and thrust him above his weapon to the chest or cut him from below his weapon to the foot.

[6] When you are thus positioned in Ox, and one thrusts at you, to your left, then spring out from his thrust out to his left side, and thrust in with him at the same time, wind your long edge against his weapon upwards to your left side, as soon as he pulls back with his weapon, then cut with the short edge from below through his right and thrust him with the whole thrust.

[7] Item: If one thrusts at your face or breast, then take him out with the half edge from your upper right between you and him to your left side so that in this parrying, the point hangs downwards to the ground..... Indes allow the hand to run up to a face thrust, then take out the thrust between you and him through the hanging like before and then thrust. ?????

[8] Item: If one cuts at your feet, then sink the point down towards the ground and bar him with the flat, displacing through the Bastion and then thrust him overhand to the face.

[9] Item: Pay attention to when he thrusts low at you, and when he stretches his hand out before his face, cut him through the hand and then stab him in the face.

[10] Will the opponent not attack at you

Note when one confronts you in the left Changer and you are positioned in Ox, then cut from your lower right through his left to the face, so that your weapon runs around into left Ox Indes take out with the half edge downwards through to your right side so that your weapon runs around into the right Ox and then thrust him to the face.

[11] Item: Step to him with your left foot and thrust forth, fall through from outside your left thigh, so that your weapon comes into left Ox, take out with the half edge going through to your right side, so that your weapon again comes into the right Ox and thrust to the face and cut him outside to the right thigh.

[12] Item: If you stand in left Ox and one thrusts at your right, then step with your left foot well out from his thrust to his right and follow with your right foot, thrusting in at the same time as him, to his face, protect yourself further with the Iron Door or heave your hilt above you and grab with your blade over his and turn his blade from your right in a wrenching to your left, Indes step to his left and cut through to his face beside your left, and thrust him again overhand to his face.

[13] Note when one thrusts low at you, then step with your left foot to his right side and take away his thrust with the Bastion from your left through to your right from above between you and him and thrust him to the face from under his weapon.

[14] Additionally, if one thrusts low at you, and you are positioned in the Ox, then step with your left foot well in to his right like before, set off his thrust underneath from your left to your right, thus you stand in the right Plow, thrust him from the Plow upwards to his face, so that he must parry this, then step and thrust him with reversed hand under his arm to the hip, pull your hilt back to you and cut a Defensive Strike from your left through to his right shoulder.

[15] Item: If one thrusts at your face or breast, then strongly take out the thrust from below and beside your left with the short edge through his right, so that your weapon runs around again above your head, and cut him outside to his right shoulder, if he bars this cut, then thrust him quickly overhand to the face, if he does not bar, then come through into the right changer, if he thrusts further at you then turn your hilt upwards and take out his thrust with your flat through the hanging and thrust him overhand to the face.

[16] At first if one thrusts at you, then drive down through, and turn his thrust away from your left to your right and step with the right well to his right and thrust in from outside and over his weapon.

[17] Note when one thrusts above at you, turn your hilt upwards above your left shoulder and set off his thrust upwards, then as soon as it clashes, thrust him slightly to the face, Indes allow your point to sink towards the ground, your blade running through to your left, thrust overhand to the face, pull your hilt above you so that the blade runs off beside your right and cut outside from your left through his right shoulder, thus you stand in right Changer.

[18] Item: Set off his thrust as has already been taught, remain in the bind on his blade, and turn your blade upward against his; wrench out to your left side, instantly heave your hilt upwards and cut from your right inside through his right thigh, thus you come into the left Changer, if he thrusts further at you, then spring with your left foot well to his right side and thrust in from the Changer at the same time as him, work further at him with the Iron Gate.

[19] Item: Parry his thrust as before, heave your hilt upwards into the left Ox, and take out with the half edge from your lower left up through his right, so that your weapon flies above your head into the right Ox, Indes strike quickly with a Middle Cut down through his feet from your right through his left, so that your weapon shoots into the left Ox, take it with the half edge downwards from the left Ox, so that your weapon shoots through in a running off back into the right Ox, quickly let the right Ox run through with taking out beside your left, and thrust through a double taking out overhand; come into the Iron Gate.

[20] However, if he will not thrust, and you stand in the right Plow, then step to him with your left foot and thrust through outside of your left thigh, so that your weapon comes into the left Ox, step with your right well to his right, and thrust in outside his right arm, pull around your head and cut through his face, thus you come into the left Changer, from there take out with the half edge.

[20] Three good thrusts from the left Plow which flow into each other from one side

Thus, if someone confronts you in the Iron Gate or also in the left Plow, then thrust the first straight in from the Plow outside his right arm, so that your point runs off to his right side beside your left through into the left Ox, thrust quickly through your left Ox inside to the chest, Indes allow your point to run off again downwards through beside your left, and thrust the third from your left overhand to his face, these three thrusts flow as one into each other from one side.

[21] If one thrusts high at you, turn his thrust away upwards toward your right into the Ox, step and thrust in outside over his right arm at his face, and in the thrust drive with your left hand up from below, how it is depicted here.

[22] Take out the strike of his blade on your left arm and simultaneously pull back up with your weapon and thrust him from below to his face, how it is depicted here, if he pulls back then protect yourself with hanging.

[23] Item: When you stand in left Plow and he has his weapon in the Iron Gate or in another guard at your left, then thrust in at him or threaten the thrust in at his right shoulder overhand from above, pay attention to when he wishes to travel after this and set it off, then allow your point to sink down beside his right arm, change under through and thrust in from below his right arm to his head, if he wards this off, then heave your hilt upwards and thrust him to his right foot, and then a Defensive Strike from your left through to his right.

[24] Item: Displace his thrust from the left Plow with the hilt upwards to your right, and cut at once with a Middle Cut through his feet from your right so that your weapon comes into the left Ox, Indes take him out with a double running off from your left and right and thrust overhand with a step to using the left, this is a deception in Rapier.

[25] Item: If you stand in Plow and he is in the Iron Gate or rather in a guard to the left, then thrust him upwards to the face from below and outside on his weapon, if he defends this thrust, turn your blade downwards and to his right and thrust in at him with reversed hand below to his body, Indes cut from your left, a Defensive Strike to his right.

[26] Item: If you stand in left Plow, and one cuts or thrusts high at you, then displace upwards so that you come into right Ox, transform the Ox down into right Plow and thrust him from below to his grip or his hand, however if he instantly takes care of the hands to protect them, then thrust him overhand to the face.

[27] Note when one thrusts at your left, then lift your point upwards to where he holds his thrust, and step with the left behind the right, cut strongly edgewise up to the strong of his blade, Indes thrust quickly forth to his face.

[28] Item: However, if one thrusts at you outside to the right arm, then step with the left well to his right side and suppress from above how its previously taught, step and thrust on his blade up to his face, if he wards your thrust, and drives up high with his parrying, then thrust in below his right, if he displaces the thrust again, then pull your hilt upwards and thrust in overhand from above and over his parry then cut him to the right leg.

[29] Cutting Off

Item: Suppress his incoming thrust like before, however, in suppressing allow your blade edgewise* to rush off of his beside you in a flight, thrust or cut in again from the same side.

[30] Item: If you stand in the Iron Gate, and one thrusts at you from outside to your right arm, then take this out with half edge, down towards your right side, so that your blade runs off simultaneously into the right Ox, Indes take out his next cut also through a running off from your right to your left, and thrust with him at the same time quickly overhand together with a step to, this Stuck goes to both sides.

[31] Item: If one approaches you in Iron Gate and allows you to bind on, then run in and thrust on his weapon upwards to the face, Indes allow your weapon to run over to your left and then grasp your blade in the middle with the left hand, and thrust to his belly how its shown.

[32] Changing and transmuting the thrust

If you stand in the Iron Gate and your opponent also, then thrust in outside over his right arm overhand, and in the thrust lift your hilt well in the air, as soon as he slips after the thrust to ward it off, allow your point to sink downwards overhand and thrust quickly under the arm to his hip, but if he wards this off again then thrust back again over the arm to his face, thus turn the high thrust into a low thrust, and the low into a high. You can change into a cut when you wish.

[33] Thrusting the Ox and Plow together

Item: If one approaches you in the Iron Gate, then thrust at him from the right Plow inside his blade from below up to his face, Indes heave your hilt upwards and transmute the low into a high thrust, cut to the nearest opening while stepping back.

[34] A Deceiving

Note: Allow yourself to bind onto the furthermost part of his blade from your right, then thrust up from below inside to his face, so that your Rappier runs around beside your right, like a Looping make like you will thrust in to his right shoulder but don’t do it, but thrust back inside to his body.

[35] Taking out the thrust with your hand

Take heed when your opponent holds his point up high in the Onset, and act as if you meant to bind on him, as soon as your point touches, then step and go under his blade with your left arm, thus turn out his thrust upwards from you and thrust him to the groin, but if he pulls his blade, then protect yourself with hanging parry and work to him overhand or with taking out and cutting after.

[36] Simultaneous thrusting in Chasing after

Item: When you both stand in the Iron Gate, take heed as soon as he goes out from his guard to thrust, then step out from his thrust and quickly follow after to the opening from where he has gone out, and thrust in at the same time as him.

[37] Chasing after

This is a convenient and quick work in the Rappier, then as often as he has his weapon a little beside right, as soon as he moves away with his hilt, then stab him to the very opening from which he comes off.

[38] Cut after from below

If you stand in the Iron Gate and he thrusts to your left, then suppress him from above how it is taught previously, Indes heave your hilt upwards into the left Ox and cut quickly with the short edge from below to his right, thereafter thrust through with a Middle Cut overhand.

[39] Item: If one thrusts to your right, then suppress from your left to his right, thus you come into the right Plow, thrust him upwards from the Plow to his face, so that he must defend, quickly cut Indes a Low Cut from your right through his left and thrust him overhand to the face.

[40] Side Guard

The Side Guard is done thusly: stand with the right foot forward, hold your weapon by your left hip so that the point appears to the rear for the strike.

[41] Whacker in Rappier

If one approaches you in the Iron Gate, and is positioned strongly to suppress you or set you off, then throw your short edge against his short edge, remain hard on his blade Indes turn your hilt upwards into the right Ox, then thrust in on his blade how it is depicted here, this must go quickly, if he turns your thrust and drives you up high, then change through under his arm to the right hip and set on him.

[42] Note: Hold the weapon in the Side Guard, if one cuts or thrusts at you, then take this out strongly with your flat from your left to the right, so that your weapon runs around over your head, cut Indes a Middle Cut through his feet from your right, thrust quickly overhand to the face.

[43] Item: If one thrusts at your chest, then cut from below with the long edge [...] to his left side, turn your weapon up into the air and thrust a Slinger to him, by your right from below to his groin, the thrust should fly in quickly in this throwing from above to below.

[44] A good Driving with two cuts

In the Onset position yourself in the Side Guard, once you are positioned to reach the opponent, then cut the first with a Defensive Strike from your left and above with the long edge through his weapon, second, cut a Low Cut up through his left, the third cut again like the first, the fourth is like the second, then always cut these double cuts together with each other, and once you see your opportunity, then thrust or cut him to the next opening whether below or above.

[45] If you stand in the Changer and one thrusts at your face or chest, then take this out with the half edge upwards from your left, pull around your head and cut outside to his right thigh, if he thrusts forth however, then take this out upwards from your right with the flat through the hanging and cut him inside to the thigh.

[46] Item: Take out like its taught here, upward from the left to the right Indes cut quickly from your right inside and through his thigh so that your weapon flies around your left into the left Ox, and thrust him from outside to the face with an overhand and a step to his right side, quickly pull again around your head and cut with a step out from your right to his left through to the head so that you come into the left Ox.

[47] Item: Take out from your left strongly up from below and turn your weapon in the air beside your left into the Ox, instantly step with your left foot around his right side and throw a thrust from below through the Plow to his right hip.

[48] Item: Take out his incoming thrust upwards with the half edge from the Change with strength, so that your weapon flies around in the air into the right Ox and instantly cast a thrust from below through the right Plow to his groin or forward thigh.

[49] Item: Stand in the Change and if one thrusts or cuts at you, go up and parry with the long edge up from below with a spring forward on your left foot well under his blade, Indes grasp with your left reversed hand under your blade onto his hilt or pommel and jerk downwards on your left side, but if he holds strong, then push with your pommel on his wrist, close by the hand, thus you take his weapon out of his hand.

[50] A face thrust with a Spring to the opponent

Item: Stand with your right foot forward, hold your rapier in the right Ox, Indes lift your left foot and when your foot is suspended in the air, then thrust through from above down by your right thigh, Indes step and spring in to him with the same foot [left] and in this spring thrust from your left, overhand to his face, that one shall do without the opponent knowing it.

Item: In the springing face thrust you may also transmute it into a Defensive Strike.

[51] A thrust to the groin by springing

Item: In Zufechten, when you are three steps from him, then come with the right foot forward, have your weapon in the left Plow, Indes lift up your left foot and make a start with this from two shoe lengths before the right foot to drive, and in your momentum, transmute the Plow into Ox and while driving in at him with the left foot and while still in the air, mutate the Ox back into the right Plow and thrust while springing in, from below to his groin. So I have often reached one, from one Klaffter* away, and overtook him without him knowing it.

[52] From the Stepping

Item: If you stand on the line which is lettered A, and the opponent also appears on the same, as the figure shows, and he gives you a cut from his left to your right, and then thrusts straight at your arm, then thrust in likewise with him and Indes step with your left foot on the B line to the left, thus your point meets and his fails.

[53] Item: If you both stand on Line A as previously mentioned and he cuts at your right and then thrusts straight at you, then thrust in likewise with him and step with your left behind your right on the B line to the right and follow further with your right foot to the C line to the right, thus his thrust fails and yours meets. However, if he also steps like you are stepping, then both thrusts parry each other.

[54] So it is also with the simultaneous cutting which the other transfers, the cut goes on.??? However with stepping, the experience and practice is a better teacher than one can write.

[55] Bastion is a Low Guard for the feet the same as the hanging. So, hold your weapon before you with extended arm, so that the point hangs downwards to the ground, with this you bar his weapon so that he may not come through, how one shall use them is previously taught.

[56] Hanging is thus, hold the weapon extended before your face so that the point hangs downwards at the ground, the Bastion and the Hanging are similar, except that the Bastion protects the lower, while the Hanging is a protection before the face.

[57] Item: In the rapier and dagger is to fence namely with the dagger on whatever kinds of thrust or blow come to you, so that you can catch them and take them away from you, whether overhand or underhand.

[58] Next, you shall note when you take him out with the dagger then work quickly with the rapier with deception, if you take out with the rapier, then see where you can come with the dagger to an opening or capture his blade quickly with the dagger, bar him there or cut to his opening. If you stand in the Iron Gate in Rappier and dagger.

[59] Firstly if one thrusts at you from the left Plow, then displace with your dagger down from you and thrust to his left shoulder, as soon as he slips after with his dagger to parry, then change through with your point by his left arm and thrust him down to the plow, if he parries further, then drive out with the rapier and thrust in from above between both his arms, with a wrench through and thrust him then overhand to the face, remain Indes with the dagger before the face, beware with this namely your left plow and ox, that is the left side below and above.

[60] If one thrusts or cuts at you from the left Ox, then drive down with your dagger and thrust him below his left arm through to his right opening, cut at once from your left below your arm to his forward leg, protect your upper body with the dagger Indes thrust in from above quickly with a ripping at his face, as it’s taught.

[61] Item: If one cuts or thrusts at you from right Ox, then set his cut or thrust off with your blade. Instantly drive quickly with your dagger under his blade and turn it out to your left side and then throw a Low Cut from your right to his left hand with which he holds his dagger. Instantly allow your blade to run off again by your right and cut in to his face between both his weapons.

[62] Item: Position yourself in the Cross Guard how the figure shows and step around the opponent with rear steps in a triangle to both sides,, mislead him with the steps, once you see an opening whether below or above, then cut through to the same, and drive with the dagger straight forth at his face, transfer and cut quickly against to the other side, note if you come onto his blade with your rappers blade, then catch with your dagger on his Rappier’s blade and remain there as long as you can, and thrust then quickly to the next opening.

[63] Item: In stepping so come with your right foot forward and cut up through his hand from below your left arm so that your weapon flies upwards in the air, cut him then quickly from your right through the feet so that you come again into the Cross Guard how you are taught previously, if he strikes at you, then cut it away from you with a Defensive Strike, and drive forth with the dagger, once you have caught his weapon with your dagger then thrust him to the next opening, and note if you thrust him to an upper opening and he will parry that with his dagger, then pull quickly back through the Rose and thrust him to the lower opening, this is done likewise if your low thrust is displaced, then pull and thrust to upper opening.

[64] Item: If he extends out his dagger to parry, then cut him straight down from above to the same hand, once he jerks his hand upwards to the parry, then pull back and thrust him down between both his weapons, if he parries this, then allow your rapier to run off overhand and cut him from above to the face.

[65] Note a Rule, when you cut under your dagger to the foot from your right, then pull the next quickly back from your left through his foot, the same when you cut from your left under your arm to his foot, so cut quickly back from your right, when you cut through his face from your right above your left arm, or dagger, then cut quickly back from your left above your arm also through his face.

[66] Item: But if you cut above your left arm or dagger through his face, then you should strike back from your right under your left arm at his forward most foot, and in all this, whenever you find an opening to stab, you should thrust nimbly and defend yourself with a Defensive Strike to hold him off.

[67] Item: See that when you have stepped around him in the triangle to his right, then let your left arm sink and strike over your dagger from your left to his right to his right strongly through his foot, Indes drive quickly out with your dagger and thrust from your right and down between his two arms with a threimer? (Driving Thrust) or wrench upwards through. But if you do not see any opening to thrust, then cut him from your right through to the thigh under your arm, thus you stand in the Cross Guard, from there take him out with the half edge before your dagger so that your weapon runs around into the right Ox and thrust him then to the face or chest with a step to or to your opportunity.

[68] In the Zufechten always come with the right foot forward, lead the dagger high before the face, cut Indes in front of the dagger over half way to his right foot, from outside, pull or draw the cut quickly back into a thrust, and thrust over hand from your left to his face, Indes pull the thrust back again and cut him to his forward most leg, to which you have first threatened, the deception goes to both sides.

[69] Note when you should defend yourself, and have taken a dagger then send yourself in the Iron Gate, if he cuts at you from above, then parry the strike up from below on your dagger’s blade and in the parry, spring well in underneath his strike and seize his right hand with your left hand reversed nearby his joint or grasp his weapon on the hilt, then jerk his weapon out to your left side upwards from and work around him with your dagger to the opening or stab him to his right arm, so he must leave the weapon.

[70] If one thrusts at you from below, parry him down from above and spring in at him, quickly grab his arm, wherein he has the weapon or seize his weapon by the crossguard and work him to the face or throat according to the opportunity.

[71] However, if you don't threaten him with an approach as now described, and you have to defend yourself or suffer harm, then grasp your dagger to throw and throw it into his face or where you threaten to go, and follow quickly after the throw with a spring, and see that you overtake him by his head and right hand.

[72] Note when you have thrown your dagger at his face, and afterwards have run in at him, then position both your hands crosswise to each other, the right over the left and catch his hilt between both your hands and hold firmly, while turning out to the right side and jerk to you, punch on his elbow with your left.

[73] Item: If he is strong and you cannot take his weapon, then grab onto the ring, use that to your advantage so you overtake him, grab him by the throat or jab a thumb in his eye, or drive up under his nose, or punch him with your thumb under his chin.

[74] The First Rule

Item: If one angrily runs over you with a High Cut, then cut his strike away from you with a diagonal Wrath Cut, close to his Strong, with it you break his grip on his weapon and hand, so that you can then easily cut to another opening before he regains the grip on his weapon, note however in this strike you must step well after once you find that you have weakened his weapon and quickly cut after, pull quickly above you to displace, so that it can't get any better and thrust from you. Then if one strikes at you with a Wrath or Middle Cut, then jump well out from his strike and cut him with a strong Suppressing Cut from above and also on his Strong, quickly jerk your hilt above you, and strike to the next opening, if he cuts at you from below then cut thereafter likewise from above, and once it clashes and he jerks his hilt back upwards to strike, then cut after instantly from below or follow him from below with a thrust to the opening.

[75] The Second Rule

Item: When one will not cut at the same time as you, but waits after for your strikes, and with ease he follows after with cutting or thrusting, so do to him thus, see in which parry he waits, in the high or Low Guard he holds his weapon, if in the high then cut him diagonally from below strongly upwards, then next cut a Middle Cut from the other side through his face, the third strongly from above, so that you cut through these three cuts skillfully and strongly one after the other, if you will be displaced with his efforts, so then you go over his cut with a slice or parry, then snap with the point quickly around and thrust to the right opening or remain with your weapon on his, and once he pulls off, then thrust after or go in at him and grasp with your left to his hilt which to you can be first.

[76] Item: If one will wait on your strike, which has just been mentioned, then position yourself with comportment as if you would furiously strike from above to his left, once you note that he will slip after then pull back and cut up to his lower right opening diagonally, from this way you may pull the cuts from one opening to another and with this, thrust after to your opportunity and your pleasure.

[77] The Third Rule

If he holds his weapon too high in the parry, then cut him quickly through the foot and note as soon as he sinks after with his hand to your cut or too the opening, then quickly cut him over his weapon to the face or when he sinks with his hand after your strike, then thrust him over his arm to his face.

[78] Item: If one holds his hand down, then cut with a Middle Cut from the right through his face, as soon as he slips upwards, then cut again from the left down through his foot, the third again diagonally to the head.

[79] Item: Cut him inside from above through to the hand, the second outside to his foot or arm.

[80] Item: Cut him outside to the arm, as soon as he slips after your cut, then drive down through and thrust him to the body.

[81] Item: Cut him from your right through to the feet and threaten to thrust overhand from outside and over his right arm, but pull cut him outside to the thigh, this goes to both sides.

[82] Note so you must defend yourself, if one runs over you with a Knebelspiess and you only have a Rappier or other single hand weapon, then hold your weapon horizontally in front of you with the point towards the ground before your left foot, if he strikes powerfully at you, then drive above with your weapon and spring in well under his strike, bend down while springing in and keep your hand out from his strike and allow his strike to glance off on your weapon then hastily grab onto his staff with your left hand, Indes cut quickly to his hand.

[83] Item: If one thrusts at you and you have your weapon under his as has just been taught, so drive against and set off his thrust upwards above your head, if he instantly pulls off your parry and thrusts again, so turn his other thrust away from above the Ox towards your left side with a big jump and seize his staff like before, in this way you can defend yourself against a long pike, then in sportive use this is not such a good thing to do, but rather against those whom the pulling is reported, especially where one strikes furiously at you, such things are good and go well.

[84] Item: You may also send yourself in the Ox in a hurry, and turn them away through the hanging, note however that you shall rush nimbly to him or under his weapon the higher in the air he is in the distance from you, the less you ???? him, but if he jumps and thrusts at you, then cut away his thrust with a diagonal Wrath Cut, if he strikes then spring to him out from his strike.

[85] A short and good rapier lesson which I have extracted as a core from the summarized fencing I have taught here up to now.

In this Rapier fencing there are depicted four guards, namely Ox, Iron Gate, Changer to the left together with the right Changer, which also the right Side Guard is otherwise known as.

[86] Item: 2 cuts namely a diagonal Wrath Cut, which is the Watch Strike and will be shifted three ways, firstly through the face, then through the middle of the opponent, the third through the feet. The second cut is the Middle Cut or athwart cut and also has three thrusts through which it is cut, namely through the face, through the middle and through the feet like the diagonal.

[87] Item: It will also be reported; (there are) two thrusts, the first a face thrust, the second a breast thrust, the two guards however which are done in this Rappier fencing, are both Changers, that one should learn together the drivings with Double Changers as it is taught in the Dussack as the Changer Drivings on page 47.

[88] The next Change is done thusly: stand with the right foot forward hold your weapon by your right with the point at the ground, from there cut a Defensive Strike through his right shoulder, so you come again like before by your right, instantly turn your weapon so that the half edge is facing to the rear, flick a Middle Cut through his face, thus you come again to your left, instantly turn your weapon so that the half edge faces out behind you, from there cut a Defensive Strike through his right from your left, these three cuts shall go or be driven quickly into each other, this goes to both sides. The second Change is when you are standing in left Change then take him out with the flat so that your weapon runs around your head and cut him through his right, thus you come into the right Changer, from there take out again with the flat, and cut him through his left, thus you come again into the left Changer, that is the second Change Cut.

[89] The third Change Cut is done thusly, stand in right Change and cut him from the right through his face that your weapon comes into the left Side Guard, from there cut a Middle Cut through his feet, so the weapon comes to your right side, from there quickly cut a diagonal through his face.

[90] Item: Stand in the previously mentioned Changer and cut the first through his feet from your right, the second a Middle Cut through his face from your left and the third again from your right diagonally through his face. These Change Cuts go from both sides.

[91] Changer to the right or the right Side Guard

Note when you stand in the Changer to your right, and he thrusts or cuts from above then take out with the flat with straight arm so that your point remains before his face, thus your weapon comes into the left Ox, then allow your point to sink downwards and drive with the point under his arm from inside through to his body, instantly heave your hilt upwards and allow the point to sink downwards and with that jerk your hilt and weapon out to your left side, from there cut a Defensive Strike through his right thus you come again into the right Changer.

[92] Item: Take out like before and cut him to the inside of his forward most leg, thus you come in the left Changer, if he thrusts then set it off with the long edge, and turn his thrust overhand to his face and quickly wind again around on his blade and thrust him to the hip, reverse and jerk out to your left side and cut a Defensive Strike through his right, thus you come again in the right Changer, from there take out further with hanging and thrust overhand to the face, cut into the Iron Gate.

[93] Item: Take out as described above and thrust overhand to his face.

[94] Item: Take out and threaten him with an overhand thrust, but pull and cut him from outside through his right leg and then cut a Defensive Strike quickly through his left from your right.

[95] Changer to the left

Note when you stand in left Changer, then take out with the flat so that the weapon shoots around above your head, threaten him with a hand thrust, pull and cut from your right through his forward most leg and thrust him from the left Ox overhand to his face.

[96] Item: Take out and from your head outside to his right leg, thus you come to the right side, from there take out through the hanging and thrust him inside to his face, do not forget the step.

[97] Item: Take out with the half edge strongly upwards and cut from above inside through to his hand, and thrust him overhand to the face.

[98] Iron Gate

From the Iron Gate fight with the Change Cuts how they are previously taught, deliver the thrusts to your opportunity or attack with a Defensive Strike, thus you come at once in the previously written Stuck.

[99] Item: If he allows you to bind on the forward most part of his blade from the right, then wrench out to your left side, so that you come into the left Ox, thrust him at once under his arm inside to the chest, turn with the hilt to your left side and cut a Defensive Strike through his right, how all things in the Stuck with the ??? are listed.

[100] Ox or High Guard

Item: If you stand in the Iron Gate then change upwards into the right Ox, if he thrusts, then take out through the hanging and thrust to his face, but if he thrusts simultaneously that you transmute in Ox, then cut him through his hand from above that you come into the left Changer, from there take out and thrust after.

[101] Item: If you stand in Ox or Iron Gate so that your blade is to your left side, then drive under and through, thrust him outside and over his right arm an inside thrust to the face, then turn it and cut through the belly, so that your weapon comes into the left Changer, instantly thrust from below inside to his body.

[102] Item: If you have your blade to his right side, then drive through below and thrust inside to his waist, turn with the hilt to your left and cut him from outside over his right arm so that your weapons again comes into the left Changer and thrust below and inside to his body with a step out.

[103] Item: If you stand in the Iron Gate, and he thrusts from his right to your left, then set off and cut a Defensive Strike inside through his face thus you come into the right Changer, from there take out with hanging.

[104] These Stuck, along with the Change Cuts, should be changed from one Stuck to another and from one cut to another, and also varied with the thrusts. The man who wants to defend himself with the rapier, should diligently study this book.