Fourth against a fallen Third after riverso

This wound in Fourth against a fallen Third arises because the striker goes to find the enemy blade while both are in Third on the inside, and the adversary, taking that time, turns a riverso to the head. But because he is far away, the cut does not arrive. The striker, knowing well that such a cut cannot wound, lets the enemy sword pass without parrying; and, lowering the point a little so that the enemy blade does not touch it, as soon as that blade has passed he goes to wound in Fourth, being defended on the side where the riverso, after it has fallen, usually tends to strike, especially when it has fallen without effect. In that same instant his point reaches the body just as the riverso finishes falling.

The cutter cannot save himself because he has been carried forward by his own blow (trasportata dal proprio colpo), and therefore has given the other more convenience to wound him. If the arm had been straighter and in greater correctness, he would have defended himself better. This is the effect of a sword that finds nothing to oppose it: as Fabris says elsewhere, it is always carried either too much or too little. A cut made with the wrist alone remains more covered.