Second hit in Third against Third

There follows the second wound, which is a Third that has wounded another Third. It may have been caused because the one who wounded, being on the inside, made a feint in a straight line (finta in retta linea), and the other, wishing to parry it, dropped low because he had not found the enemy sword (non hauere trouata la nimica). The striker then disengaged (sia stata cauata) in the very time that the other wished to parry, and went to wound in a straight line on the outside through that angle which is naturally formed by the hand when it stands in Third. The other could not drive it away, because the striker had already come so far on with the strong that the sword remained, as it were, nailed into the arm (la spada sia restata inchiauata nel braccio).

It may also be that, both being in that same Third on the inside, the striker went to find the other's sword, and the other wished to disengage, approaching with the right foot; and that in this time the striker pushed himself forward and wounded before the disengagement and the motion of the foot were finished (prima, che fosse finita la cauatione & il moto del piede), so that the point was closed on the outside before it could return into presenza. For one sees reasonably enough that the time of him who disengages from one side to the other is longer, because it is a greater motion, than that of him who remains in the middle and goes straight. Therefore one may say that the former arrived before the latter had finished the disengagement, and in this way shut him out on the outside, as the figure shows.