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Written by George Silver and published in 1599.
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Paradoxes of Defence, by George Silver (1599) For information about other primary sources for early fencing, please see: http www.musketeer.org/online.html Also see this Introduction and review of Silver's 2 manuals. A more general webpage giving primary sources for fighting manuals is at: http www.aemma.org/onlineResources/library_H.htm This is version...A 1594 fencing manual by Vincentio Saviolo.
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~hudson/saviolo/
16th century Italian fencing manual. Includes woodcut images.
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wew/fencing/lovino.html
Listing of Historical Fencing Manuals purchasable from Patri J. Pugliese.
http://www.latourdulac.com/fencing/patri.html
A 1594 fencing manual by Vincentio Saviolo. The sequel to His Practise.
http://www.musketeer.org/manuals/saviolo/second.index.html
A fencing manual by di Grasse, a definitive work in its time.
http://www.kismeta.com/diGrasse/index.htm
Text of the book by Sir Richard Burton.
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JNC: Burton's Sentiment of the Sword Contents Sword is comparatively rare. For example, it was not listed in Fawn Brodie's bibliography of Burton's works and the Library of Congress does not list it in its online catalogue. Therefore it has been reprinted here almost in its entirety...