>
>--- samclau_at_....br wrote:
>
>> Jane:
>> > Trouble is, the saucepans would make a nice
>> dramatic
>> > CLANG but wouldn't do a lot else. The armour would
>> > certainly slow him down while you used your
>> "Cobb's
>> > Traverse" ability, though. (Go on, Google it. It's
>> a
>> > documented bit of 1600s footwork, I'll tell you
>> that
>> > much.)
>>
>> Oh yeah? I don't have a "Cobb's Traverse" ability.
>
>I bet you do. You may not call it anything so exalted,
>but I bet you've got it.
>
>Here you are: George Silver in his Paradoxes of
>Defence, 1599.
>"This Cob was a great quarreler, and did delight in
>great bravery to give foul words to his betters, and
>would not refuse to go into the field to fight with
>any man, and when he came to the field, would draw his
>sword to fight, for he was sure by the cunning of his
>traverse, not to be hurt by any man. For at any time
>finding himself overmatched would suddenly turn his
>back and run away with such swiftness, that it was
>thought a good horse would scarce take him. And this
>when I was a young man, was very much spoken of by
>many gentlemen of the Inns of the Court, and was
>called Cob's Traverse and those that had seen any go
>back too fast in his fight, would say, he did tread
>Cob's Traverse."
>
>Should you wish to read the rest of what Mr. Silver
>has to say, there's an on-line copy here:
>http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/paradoxes.html
>
>> I do, though, have a mother of a soapstone pan, my
>> favourite possession.
>> http://www.fantes.com/soapstone.htm
>
>Ooohh.... wants.... but not as a weapon, thank you.
>Come to think of it, that's probably one of the few
>Silver doesn't discuss.
Mornington Cresecent!
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