Rules of Defence to be Observedin OpenFight,&c. SILVER . -Paradoxe of Defence, wherein is proved the true ground of fight to be in the short ancientweapons, and that the Short Swordhaththeadvantageof thelongswordorlong rapier, and the weaknesse and imperfection of the rapier fight displayed. Together with an admonition to the noble, ancient, victorious, valiant, andmostbravenationofEnglishmen, to beware offalseteachersofdefence,andhowtheyforsaketheirown naturall fights; with abriefcommendation ofthenoble scienceor exercising ofarms
1599
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Source pages: 313. Bracketed notes: ["SILVER", "MS.; 17thcentury. Apparentlybythesameauthor. Onechapteris entitled 66SundryKindsofPlayorFight. Thornborow.\"", "Woodcuts in the text. One chapter is entitled “SundryKindsofPlayor Fight.\" “Savioloseems tohaveremainedunconquered. Hewas theheroofthesilk button. Thecuttingofan adversary'sdoubletpoints on his bodyin unruffled sequence, preparatory to sending him to his account, was his speciality. Silverrecords thefeatgrudgingly,yetindetail,inhisaccount ofSaviolo'sfightwithanotherverytallmanofhishands,MasterBartholomewBramble, swordsman in Coventry, which encounter was the resultof Bramble'shastybehaviourinemptyingablackjackfullofOctober overthe airifiedforeigner. Thecuriousmayfindthisaccount,whichisveryquaint but long-winded, in Silver's 'Paradoxe of Defence, published as a counterblast to Saviolo's 'Practice, in two bookes,thefirst intreating of Rapier and Dagger, thesecond ofHonourandHonourable Quarrels,' in the same year,namely, 1599.”—Castle (E.), \"The Story of Swordsmanship.\" (\"TheNationalReview,\"May1891.)"]
