Soldier holding his musket diagonally upward with his left hand, while drawing his fork from under the barrel (no. 13), ca. 1600
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A soldier, full-length, facing right, holding a musket (a specific type of firearm) with his left hand, after having fired, the barrel pointing diagonally upwards to prevent accidentally wounding a comrade (no. 13), ca. 1600. In his left hand, besides the caliver, he holds a lit match. With his right hand he pulls the fork (the musket fork) from under the barrel. Plate 13 in the instructions for handling the musket: Shorte instruction for the figures, so much concerneth the right use of muskett. Part of the illustrations in an English edition of J. de Gheyn's Wapenhandelinghe: J. de Gheyn, The exercise of armes for calivres, muskettes and pikes after the ordre of Maurits Prince of Orange, 's-Gravenhage 1608. Military affairs around 1600.
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