"They come to tell their tale at the point of a sword." Fencing master Joseph Swetnam, 1617.
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this is the basic tenet of swordsmanship: that a man is always in motion and never at rest…-
— “Döbringer” manuscript, 1389
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Anders Linnard on the virtues of being a fencer
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The history of the sword is the history of humanity.
— Sir Richard F. Burton, 1884
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