Fourth against Second

This wound, which is a Fourth that has wounded a Second, happens because, with both in Third on the inside, the wounded man goes to find the enemy blade, and the other wishes to turn from Third into Second and lower himself under the sword in the very time when the enemy point is going out of presence. Seeing that intention, the striker does not finish going to the blade (non hà finito di andare alla spada), but directs his point to the body, and carries the hilt to the place where he had planned to put the point (portato il finimento, ove hauea disegnato mettere la punta), turning the body and the right foot while carrying it forward, and leaving the hand against the enemy weak. In this manner he remains defended and meets the enemy while he bends low and comes on.

Likewise it may be that the wounded man was in Second on the inside, and the striker went to find his blade; and that the wounded man then wished to disengage from that Second in order to wound on the outside above the sword. In that case the striker also disengages and carries the hilt to the place where he had wished to place the point, and, with the said turn of body, foot, and hand, wounds in the very instant the other believed he would wound. The core lesson is that the movement to find the blade may be converted into the direct wound by carrying the hilt where the point had been intended.