a little, and as the Adversary is going to parry with the Feeble, you must pass your Point quickly over his, pushing in _Tierce_, with your Fort to his Feeble. Though all Thrusts have the same following Ones; the Cut has them more easy; it's Motion from above to below, disposing it better than the Disengagements, if the Thrust be from the Outside to the Inside, and that the Adversary parrys with his Fort to your Feeble: Besides the Recovery in Guard, which is common after all Thrusts, you must, upon a Parade with the Fort, if it be without stirring the Foot, or in advancing, join: And if the Adversary makes this Parade in retiring, he gives you an Opportunity of cutting in _Quart_ under the Wrist, and on his parrying with the Feeble, you must return in _Seconde_, bringing forward the Left-foot a little, in order to procure a Reprise or second Lunge. These two Reprises are to be made before you are acquainted with your Adversary's Manner of parrying; but when you have discovered it, if it be with his Fort, you must cut over and under the Wrist in _Quart_, and if with his Feeble, return in _Tierce_, that is to say, make an entire Circle. These Cuts are to be made in one or two Motions; in the first you are not to stop, but in the other, you make a short Interval by a little Beat with the Foot. The Thrusts following the Cut from the Inside to the Outside, before you know your Adversary's Parade, are made thus: If 'tis with the Fort, you must return with a Cut in _Seconde_, under the Sword, advancing the Left-foot a little; I
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