(p.64/#1) (Porta di Ferro Stretta vs. Porta di Ferro Stretta) If your enemy is set in porta di ferro stretta with the right foot forward, you will be opposite him in the same guard; there you will feint a thrust to his body, but thoughtfully, for you will be provoking him to make some movement of his sword; and as he moves it you will beat it with the false edge of your sword his towards his left side; subsequently you will pass the left foot towards his right side pushing a thrust to his face; you will then pull the sword into cinghiara porta di ferro stretta; now if he has defended against your thrust and now thinks to wound your upper parts, you will defend against the incoming attack with the true edge of your sword immediately passing the right foot forward hurling an imbrocatta to his face; and if he wants to defend himself from this imbrocatta, you will subsequently turn a mandritto traversato to his sword hand; or instead you can throw the mandritto traversato to his front leg and then turn a rising mezzo mandritto to his sword hand; or instead if these mandritti do not please you, feint a mandritto that will ruin his head, giving him nevertheless a rising falso in the manner of a montante to his sword hand that stops in guardia di faccia, and then going at him immediately with a stoccata trivillata to his face, and as he makes to defend himself from the stoccata trivillata, without delay you will pass the left foot in a great pass towards his right 33 turning a roverso fendente onto his head or onto his sword hand, your right leg to following behind the left and the sword going into coda lunga stretta.