Learning Fiore De Liberi

Eleventh Play

This play is called Exchange of Thrust and he does it in this way namely; when one draws a thrust at you immediately accrease your foot that is in front out of the way and with the other foot pass tot he side also out of the way crossing his sword with your arms low and with th point of your sword high in his face or his chest as is drawn.
Twelfth Play

From the Exchange of Thrusts that is before me, they come to this play, that is immediately so that the Student this is before me does not put the point to the face of the Player and not letting it be placed neither in the face nor in the chest, and wherefore the player was armored, immediately the scholar has to pass forwward with the left foot and heas to grab in this way. And his sword can strike well because the Player has caught his sword and he cannot flee.
Thirteenth Play

This is another defense that you can do against a thrust, namely when one draws a thrust at you, as I said to you in the Exchange of Thrusts in the second play that is before me, you have to accrease and step out of the way. In the same way you do this play but the Exchanging of thrusts goes with a thrust with the arms low and with the point of the sword high as is said before. But this is called Breaking the Thrust because the Scholar goes with the arms high and makes a fendente with an accrease stepping out of the way and strikes across the thrust near to the middle of the sword to beat it ot he ground. And then immediately comes to the close.
Fourteenth Play

The Scholar who is before me has beaten the sword of the player to the ground, and I complete his play in this way. Having beaten his sword to the ground I put my right foot with force over his sword. So that I can break it, or I can grab it in such a way that he cannot do any actions any more. And this is not enough for me, so immediately when I place my foot over his sword, I strike with the false of my sword under the beard into the neck. And immediatley I return with a fendente with my sword through his arms or the hands as is depicted.