_Of_ Flanconnade.
This Thrust is to be made only in engaging or _risposting_ when the
Adversary carries his Wrist too far inward, or drops the Feeble of his
Sword, then you must press a little within, and with your Feeble on his,
in order to lower it, and by that means get an Opening in his Flank.
The Body, in this Thrust, is not so strait as in _Quart_ within, tho'
the Arms are. _See the 8th_ Plate.
It is necessary to oppose with the Left hand, in order to avoid a low
Thrust on your engaging, pushing or _risposting_. This is the last
Thrust of the Five which are to be made in our Art. The first us _Quart_
within the Sword, the second _Tierce_ without the Sword, the third
_Seconde_ under the Sword, the fourth _Quart_ under the Sword, and the
fifth, _Flanconnade_; and there is not any Attack, Thrust, Feint, Time
or Rispost in this extensive Art, but what depends on one of these.
The Recovery from _Flanconnade_, should be the same as from _Quart_
within the Sword.
Flanconnade is generally avoided by taking the Time in _Seconde_ with
the Body low; the Hand must oppose to shun the Thrust, and hit the
Adversary at the same time. Instead of pushing at the Flank, you should
push within the Body. _See the 8th_ Plate.
Besides the taking Time in _Seconde_, there is another very good Parade,
very little practised in Schools; either because few Masters know it, or
because it is more difficult to execute it justly. This Parade is made
by lowering the Adversary's Sword, bringing it under your's to the
Inside, and parrying a little lower on the Feeble of his Sword, you make
your _Rispost_ where he intended his Thrust, that is to say in the
Flank.