Gelli treats the Villamont translation of 1609 as evidence for underlying Italian works by Geronimo Cavalcabò of Bologna and Patenostrier of Rome, and adds biographical discussion about the Cavalcabò family and the later French court career of Cesare Cavalcabò.
Gelli's later French bibliography entry revisits the 1609 Villamont translation as a rare witness, stressing the four guards, the preference for the third in attack and the fourth in defence, and the early distinction between dedans and dehors.
Gelli records a 1629 witness for the Cavalcabo discourse and points to later related family states.
Castle also records the Rouen 1609 French Cavalcabò/Patenostrier translation by the seigneur de Villamont.
Vigeant 1882 revisits the 1609 Rouen Villamont translation and confirms the dedication to the marechal comte de Brissac.