(p.148/#3) (Porta di Ferro Larga as Patiente) If you are set against your enemy in porta di ferro larga with the right foot forward, you will stay alert; that if he should throw some attack to your upper parts, in that tempo, you will pass with the left foot forward defending yourself with the sword in guardia di testa, and with the left hand quickly taking his sword in whichever way will best enable you to strike him wherever you want.