we are running a PHMair curriculum and the plan is to make a video diary of all his plays. we started with Staff and there are 22 plays, none of them is really hard to solve, but plate 17 is a complete mess. so therefore we would appreciate every help and input you can give to us.
many thx in advance
harry
text (german) of play 17
[size=24pt]Zwen ober stoß zu der Brust von irer linggen seitten[/size]
Item, schick dich also mit disem zufechten. Trit mit dainem linggen fuß zu im hinein, und stoß im mit deiner stangen von deiner linggen seitten zu seiner linggen brust zwischen seinen armen hinein. Steet er dann gegen dir auch in dem obern stoß von seiner lingken seitten, und hat seinen linggen fuß furgesetzt, und stost dir auch also nach deiner prust, so laß dein lingge hand von deiner stangen, und greiff damit in sein stangen bey seinem ort. In des wind im mit deiner rechten hand deinen ort under sein lingge uchsen, und trit mit deinem rechten fuß zu im hinein, wend dich damit auff dein rechte seitten mit kreutzweisen armen mit baiden stangen. So sperst du in, das er zu kainer arbait kann komen.
Hat er dich also beschlossen, das du mit deiner stangen zu kainer arbait komen kanst, so laß die stang behend fallen, setz deinen linggen fuß außwendig hinder seinen rechten, und greiff mit deiner rechten hand nach seiner rechten kniebug, und mit deiner linggen under sein rechte uchsen wol umb den leib hinumb, so würfst du in, das er dir kainen schaden kan zufuegen.
text (english)
[size=24pt]Two high jabs to the chest from your left sides[/size]
Item, conduct yourself with this technique as follows. Step in to him with your left foot, and jab your
staff from your left side in between his arms to the left side of his chest. If he stands against you also
in the high jab from his left side, with his left foot forward, and also jabs to your chest, then release
your left hand from your staff, and grasp his staff at the tip. Instantly wind your point under his left
armpit with your right hand, and step in to him with your right foot, then turn yourself to your right
side with crossed arms with both staves. Thus you bar him so that he cannot manage any work.
If he has locked you this way, so that you cannot manage any work with your staff, then quickly drop
your staff, set your left foot outside behind his right, and grasp with your right hand for the crook of
his right knee, and with your left under his right armpit well around his body, thus throwing him, so
that he can do you no harm.
text latin
[quote][size=24pt]Duo superni impulsus contra pectus formati de latere utriusque sinistro[/size]
In eum habitum hoc modo te compones, contra hostem pede sinistro procede, et hastam de latere tuo
dextro versus pectus ex parte ejusdem sinistra inter ejus brachium utrumque injicito. Sin autem is
vicissim contra te constiterit in habitu impulsus superni de latere suo levo, pedem sinistrum
preponens, pectusque tuum eodem modo adgreditur, tum ab hasta tua manum sinistram removebis, et
hastam adversarii juxta mucronem eadem adprehende, mucronem haste tue manu dextra inflectes sub
ejus axillam sinistram, contra adversarium pede dextro procedes, et brachiis cancellatis si in latus
dextrum deflexeris hasta utraque correpta, ita eum concludes, ut prorsus nihil adversus te possit
moliri.
Verum si te eadem ratione circumdederit, hastam abjicere memineris, pedem sinistrum exterius
adversarii dextro postpones, manu dextra ejus poplitem dextrum arripe, manum vero sinistram sub
ipsius axillam dextram circum corpus hostis regendo adplicabis, atque eo modo eum prosternes
absque tui corporis detrimento.