een you and your Adversary, which must be
cautiously and exactly observed when he is Thrusting at you; so that you
may be without his measure or reach, and that taking the Advantage of
this, it may be so, that when you Thrust your Thrusts may be home.

_To break Measure._

Observe here, just as your Adversary is Thrusting at you, at his full
Elonge, he may come short of you, because you are, or escape out of his
Measure, or reach, and so break his Measure, of which I shall say
somewhat more hereafter.

_To Elonge._

This is to Streach forward your Right Arm and Leg, and keep a close
Left-foot; and this you do when you give in a Thrust, and when you do
it, you are said to make an Elonge.

_Respost._

This is when you give in a Thrust before you recover your Body,
receiving a Thrust after your Adversary hath Paried your Sword. Then is
it said to be a Thrust on the Respost or back of the Parade, which is
the surest and safest you can give.

_Feinting or Falsifying._

This is a dodging or deceiving your Adversary, making him believe you
give back in earnest, and make an offer to Thrust in one place when you
really design to do it in another.

_Beating._

This is no other than striking the Feeble of your Adversaries Sword with
the Edg and Fort of yours, either with your Right-hand only, or the help
of your Left, joyned to the Blade, about a foot from the Hilt; and so
you will cause the Beat to have the greater Spring or Force.

_Battery._

The difference from Beating in this, is only Striking with the Edg of
the Feeble, upon the Edg of the Feeble of your Adversaries Sword, though
Beating secures his Sword a great deal better than Battery.

_Binding._

This method is taken to secure your Adversaries Sword, with eight or ten
Inches of yours upon five or six Inches of his.

_Caveating or Disengaging._

Here you must, if you can, flip your Adversaries Sword, when you
perceive him about to bind or secure yours.

_To take Time._

In taking Time, you must observe never to Thrust, but when you see a
fair Opportunity, or otherwise it is the Thrusting at your Adversary
when he is making the Feint, or the flipping of him, when you perceive
him about to Bind or Bear your Sword.

_Counter Temps._

This is when you Thrust without a good Opportunity, or when you Thrust,
at the same time your Adversary do's the like.

_Quarting on the Strait Line._

This is done by carrying your Head and