in the other Parades.

If the Adversary makes a Thrust, with shortning or drawing back his
Arm, or leaving his Body open; you must defend with the Left Hand, and
lunge strait on him, unless you had rather parry with the Sword, making
use of the Opposition of the Hand, and closing the Measure, as I just
now observed.

You may also parry in disengaging,[2] drawing back the Body to the Left,
in order to give the Hand Time and Facility to make the Parade.

There are several other Parades, of which I shall treat in their proper
Places, confining myself now to the most essential.

[Illustration: 4th. Plate. A Lunge in Tierce.]

[Illustration: Tierce Parryed.]

CHAP. V.

_Of pushing_ Tierce _without_, or _on the Outside of the Sword_.

In order to push _Tierce_ well, the Hand being gone first, taking the
Feeble with the Fort, turning down the Nails, and the Wrist a little
outwards, not too high or low; in order not to give Light above or
below, the Body must bend more forward and inward than in _Quart_; the
Left Hand should extend itself in _Tierce_, because it ought, in all
Cases, to be conformable with the Right, except that it is lower. When
you push _Tierce_, you should look within your Sword: As to the Feet,
they must be, in every Lunge, on the same Line, and at the same
Distance.

The Rules I have laid down for recovering in _Quart_, will serve also in
_Tierce_, but of the contrary Side.

_Parade_ of Tierce.

To parry a Thrust made with the Fort to the Feeble, you must turn the
whole Hand, carrying it a little outwards, raising the Point, in order
to avoid the Adversary's taking your Feeble, and at the same time take
His. _See the 4th_ Plate.

If a Thrust be made on the Middle, or Fort of your Sword, you need only
turn the Hand, carrying all the Blade equally outwards. Some Masters
teach to parry this Thrust with the Hand in _Quart_, which is very
dangerous if the Enemy pushes _Quart_ over the Arm in the Fort, or
_Quart_ within, in the Feeble, there being an Opening in one, as well as
the other Case; besides the Point is too far from the Line, to make a
quick Return.

To avoid the Return of a Thrust when you have pushed _Tierce_, and that
the Adversary, in parrying, has gained to your Feeble; you must, by
raising and opposing with the Fort, bring the Pommel of your Sword on
high; so that the Point be downwards; whereby his Point will be near
your Left Shoulder, and you, not only avoid being hit