(p.240/#4) (Sword and Targa) (Any vs. Sword in Presence; as Patiente) If your enemy is set with the sword in presence and you in whatever guard you wish; you will be mindful, that whether you fight with a sharp sword or a blunt sword, that if the enemy throws a stoccata or imbrocatta at you, then in that same tempo, you will be able to drive your targa into the enemy's thrust, striking him at the same time however you wish ; and note this is particularly effective against sharp swords, because you can easily bind his sword in your targa such that he will not have it to use again; but if by chance the same should happen to you, such that find your sword bound in the enemy's targa, you will be able to immediately step forward striking your targa into the enemy's targa and in the same tempo having pulled your sword back, withdrawing it from the enemy's targa, you will perhaps find this no less gallant an action than the first.