Fourth against a fallen Third after riverso

The wound in Fourth that follows against a fallen Third arose because the striker went to find the enemy sword while both were in Third on the inside, and because the adversary, taking that time, turned a riverso at the head, which, being launched from too far away, did not arrive. Thereupon the other, who well knew that such a cut could not wound, let the enemy sword pass without parrying; and by lowering the point a little so that the enemy blade should not touch it, as soon as that had passed, he went to wound in Fourth, being defended on the other side, that is, in the place where the riverso, after falling, usually goes to wound, especially when it has fallen without effect.

In that time the striker's point reached the body at the very point at which the riverso finished falling, so that the one who made the cut could not save himself because he had been carried away by his own blow, and thus gave the other more convenience to wound him. Had the arm been straighter and more exact, he would have defended himself better. This is the effect of a sword that finds no opposition: as Fabris says elsewhere, it always carries either too far or too little; and a cut thrown with the wrist leaves one more covered.