Passing Fourth against turned Fourth

Now if these two that follow are in the guard of Third on the outside, and the striker has gone to find the enemy blade by turning the hand into Second, the other disengages, turning body and hand into Fourth in order to wound in that time on the inside beneath the enemy hilt. But the striker, turning in that same point from Second into Fourth, passes beyond with the left foot, placing the point of the sword under the enemy hilt, carrying the arm inward and the strong toward the enemy weak, and by also turning the point of that left foot outward makes a sfuggita di vita, so that the flank remains entirely defended.

It is a safer thing in this case to follow with the right foot forward than to return backward. Nor could such a wound be hindered, even if the swords were equal in the matter of strength, because the position of the one who turns is much weaker than that of the one who passes in the above form, whose sword will always overcome that of the one who turns, given equal opportunity.