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OLD SWORD-PLAY
BY
ALFRED HUTTON
LATE CAPT. KING'S DRAGOON GUARDS
Author of “Cold steel,” “Fixed Bayonets,” “The Swordsman,” etc.
CONTAINING
FIFTY-SEVEN PLATES OF TYPICAL EXAMPLES
AFTER MAROZZO, DI GRASSI, THIBAULT, ALFIERI, DE LA TOUCHE, DE LIANCOUR, ANGELO, WIMSCHNER, ETC.
AND A
PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR
Originally Published by
LONDON: H. GREVEL & CO.
NEW YORK: B. WESTERMANN & CO.
1892
A Note on this Transcription
This transcription into digital form attempts to remain true to the original edition while
reformatting the text and images into a more modern and readable format that is more suitable for
digital representation. The artwork within has been scanned at 600dpi and digitally manipulated
for maximum readability and clarity. The text was scanned and transcribe first using OCR
technology and finally by a human editor. Every attempt has been made to ensure the text reads
like the original. There are some minor format changes, especially to the tables contained within,
to make them more readable and easier to represent in a digital document.
Why the Transcription?
Originally, I thought to transcribe a number of the ancient Fencing Masters works and to
publish them commercially, making them available to scholars of the sword throughout the world.
But upon reflection, "information wants to be free", these are not my intellectual property, and the
comparatively minor effort that I have put into the transcription, pales when compared to the
original authors efforts (considering their lack of word processors, spell checkers, printers, etc…).
As a result, I am releasing this work in its electronic form for scholars of the sword to use
throughout the world.
If you feel the need to Remunerate…
If you enjoy this work, and feel that by making this work available in freely distributable form
has been of benefit to you, you can support my transcription habit by sending a donation to:
Peter R Valentine
4146 Calle Encina
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635, USA
Or just send me a note at
valentinepeter@hotmail.com
and let me know you
enjoyed it.
Transcription Copyright 1998, Peter R. Valentine
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION.
......................................................................................................................1
CHAPTER II - THE TWO-HAND SWORD......................................................................................................3
TO SALUTE....................................................................................................................................................3
GUARDS. ........................................................................................................................................................4
THE CUTS. .....................................................................................................................................................4
THE MOULINETS. .........................................................................................................................................4
THE PARRIES.................................................................................................................................................6
COMBINATIONS. ..........................................................................................................................................6
CHAPTER III - RAPIER AND DAGGER......................................................................................................... 17
THE GUARDS............................................................................................................................................... 18
THE THRUSTS. ............................................................................................................................................ 22
FEINTS. ........................................................................................................................................................ 22
THE PARRIES............................................................................................................................................... 22
COMBINATIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 22
M
ASTER
.......................................................................................................................................................... 23
CHAPTER IV - BROADSWORD AND BUCKLER......................................................................................... 29
THE GUARD................................................................................................................................................. 29
THE PROGRESSIONS OF MAROZZO. ........................................................................................................ 32
THE ATTACK,.............................................................................................................................................. 46
PARRIES. ...................................................................................................................................................... 46
COMBINATIONS. ........................................................................................................................................ 47
CHAPTER V - RAPIER AND CLOAK.
............................................................................................................ 48
THROWING THE CLOAK............................................................................................................................ 48
CHAPTER VI -
DAGGER AND CLOAK.
.......................................................................................................... 52
CHAPTER VII - THE CASE OF RAPIERS. ................................................................................................... 55
THE PARRIES............................................................................................................................................... 55
CHAPTER VIII -
THE TRANSITION PERIOD.
............................................................................................... 62
SEIZURE OF BOTH SWORD AND PERSON............................................................................................... 66
CHAPTER IX -
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
............................................................................................. 72
THE DISARMS BY SEIZING THE SWORD. ...............................................................................................74
I
PREFACE.
THE ensuing lessons on “Old Sword-Play” have been compiled from the
works of various author of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth
centuries; and it has been my intention so to arrange them as to make
the antique methods accessible to the student without the labour of
searching the pages of books in various languages, many of which are
very difficult to procure, and much more so to understand. There are
those who affect to ridicule the study of obsolete weapons, alleging that
it is of no practical use ; everything, however, is useful to the Art of
Fence which tends to create an interest in it, and certain it is that such
contests as “Rapier and Dagger,” “Two hand Sword,” or “Broadsword
and Handbuckler,” are a very great embellishment to the somewhat
monotonous proceedings of the ordinary “assault of arms.”
The Combinations will be found extremely useful as forms of “set play”
for combats on the dramatic stage.
I presuppose that, before turning his attention to the swordsmanship of
bygone centuries, our student will have made himself reasonably
proficient in the use of the modern arms-the foil and the sabre-under the
tuition of some competent master.
ALFRED HUTTON.
II
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OLD SWORD-PLAY
BY
ALFRED HUTTON
LATE CAPT. KING'S DRAGOON GUARDS
Author of “Cold steel,” “Fixed Bayonets,” “The Swordsman,” etc.
CONTAINING
FIFTY-SEVEN PLATES OF TYPICAL EXAMPLES
AFTER MAROZZO, DI GRASSI, THIBAULT, ALFIERI, DE LA TOUCHE, DE LIANCOUR, ANGELO, WIMSCHNER, ETC.
AND A
PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR
Originally Published by
LONDON: H. GREVEL & CO.
NEW YORK: B. WESTERMANN & CO.
1892
A Note on this Transcription
This transcription into digital form attempts to remain true to the original edition while
reformatting the text and images into a more modern and readable format that is more suitable for
digital representation. The artwork within has been scanned at 600dpi and digitally manipulated
for maximum readability and clarity. The text was scanned and transcribe first using OCR
technology and finally by a human editor. Every attempt has been made to ensure the text reads
like the original. There are some minor format changes, especially to the tables contained within,
to make them more readable and easier to represent in a digital document.
Why the Transcription?
Originally, I thought to transcribe a number of the ancient Fencing Masters works and to
publish them commercially, making them available to scholars of the sword throughout the world.
But upon reflection, "information wants to be free", these are not my intellectual property, and the
comparatively minor effort that I have put into the transcription, pales when compared to the
original authors efforts (considering their lack of word processors, spell checkers, printers, etc…).
As a result, I am releasing this work in its electronic form for scholars of the sword to use
throughout the world.
If you feel the need to Remunerate…
If you enjoy this work, and feel that by making this work available in freely distributable form
has been of benefit to you, you can support my transcription habit by sending a donation to:
Peter R Valentine
4146 Calle Encina
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635, USA
Or just send me a note at
valentinepeter@hotmail.com
and let me know you
enjoyed it.
Transcription Copyright 1998, Peter R. Valentine
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION.
......................................................................................................................1
CHAPTER II - THE TWO-HAND SWORD......................................................................................................3
TO SALUTE....................................................................................................................................................3
GUARDS. ........................................................................................................................................................4
THE CUTS. .....................................................................................................................................................4
THE MOULINETS. .........................................................................................................................................4
THE PARRIES.................................................................................................................................................6
COMBINATIONS. ..........................................................................................................................................6
CHAPTER III - RAPIER AND DAGGER......................................................................................................... 17
THE GUARDS............................................................................................................................................... 18
THE THRUSTS. ............................................................................................................................................ 22
FEINTS. ........................................................................................................................................................ 22
THE PARRIES............................................................................................................................................... 22
COMBINATIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 22
M
ASTER
.......................................................................................................................................................... 23
CHAPTER IV - BROADSWORD AND BUCKLER......................................................................................... 29
THE GUARD................................................................................................................................................. 29
THE PROGRESSIONS OF MAROZZO. ........................................................................................................ 32
THE ATTACK,.............................................................................................................................................. 46
PARRIES. ...................................................................................................................................................... 46
COMBINATIONS. ........................................................................................................................................ 47
CHAPTER V - RAPIER AND CLOAK.
............................................................................................................ 48
THROWING THE CLOAK............................................................................................................................ 48
CHAPTER VI -
DAGGER AND CLOAK.
.......................................................................................................... 52
CHAPTER VII - THE CASE OF RAPIERS. ................................................................................................... 55
THE PARRIES............................................................................................................................................... 55
CHAPTER VIII -
THE TRANSITION PERIOD.
............................................................................................... 62
SEIZURE OF BOTH SWORD AND PERSON............................................................................................... 66
CHAPTER IX -
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
............................................................................................. 72
THE DISARMS BY SEIZING THE SWORD. ...............................................................................................74
I
PREFACE.
THE ensuing lessons on “Old Sword-Play” have been compiled from the
works of various author of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth
centuries; and it has been my intention so to arrange them as to make
the antique methods accessible to the student without the labour of
searching the pages of books in various languages, many of which are
very difficult to procure, and much more so to understand. There are
those who affect to ridicule the study of obsolete weapons, alleging that
it is of no practical use ; everything, however, is useful to the Art of
Fence which tends to create an interest in it, and certain it is that such
contests as “Rapier and Dagger,” “Two hand Sword,” or “Broadsword
and Handbuckler,” are a very great embellishment to the somewhat
monotonous proceedings of the ordinary “assault of arms.”
The Combinations will be found extremely useful as forms of “set play”
for combats on the dramatic stage.
I presuppose that, before turning his attention to the swordsmanship of
bygone centuries, our student will have made himself reasonably
proficient in the use of the modern arms-the foil and the sabre-under the
tuition of some competent master.
ALFRED HUTTON.
II
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