Play #371
Created: 1/24/2026
(p.161/#2)(Coda Lunga Larga with the Left Foot Forward vs. Sword in Presence) Your enemy being with the right foot forward, and with the sword in presence, and you will be set in coda lunga larga with the left foot forward; and there you will make a rising falso to the sword hand with the greatest speed, making the sword go to guardia sopra braccio; and if he should respond with some attack you will in that tempo without moving the feet strike his sword hand with a roverso that descends into coda lunga larga; then you will feint a rising falso to the aforementioned sword hand, and nonetheless you will pass with the right foot forward, pushing a thrust to the right side of his face; but in the case he defends you will, in one tempo, turn a mezzo mandritto across his left temple; and if by chance he should defend this mandritto with the true edge of his sword, in the manner of guardia di intrare, you will be able to presently pass with the left foot forward making a half turn of the fist, and push a thrust to the left side of his face, or to his chest; maybe in the same tempo you might be able to make now, without disconcerting yourself, a presa of your left hand to his sword or his sword arm.