Soldier on guard with a musket bringing his match to his mouth to blow it clean (no. 39), ca. 1600

A soldier on guard, full-length, facing right, holding a arquebus (a specific type of firearm) in his left hand (no. 39), ca. 1600. With his right hand he brings a burning match to his mouth to blow it clean. This is the same position as the one shown on the sixth print of the series. Plate 39 in the instructions for handling the arquebus: Corte onderwysinghe op de figuerliicke afbeeldinghe, belanghende t'rechte ghebruyck des Roers. Part of the illustrations in: J. de Gheyn, Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende spiessen, 's-Gravenhage, 1607. Military affairs around 1600.