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Shakespeare and Fencing

Answer retaliation
Battle army
Bilbo a spanish blade of peculiar excellence
Bill a bill-hook - a weapon
Bodkin dagger - long pin for the hair
Brush rude assault
Burgonet a kind of helmet
Cavalero a cavalier/gentleman
Curtal-axe cutlass
Defence art of defence
Foin thrust
Fox a cant (slang) word for a sword
Hay a thrust in fencing
Halberd battle-axe fastened to a long pole
Half Sword within half the length of a sword
Hardiment defiance, brave deeds
Hox hamstring
Iron clad in armour
Lot a prize
Meet match
Opposition combat
Pantaloon the Italian
Partisan pike
Pay to beat, to hit
Sallet helmet
Swinge-bucklers rakes/rioters
Utterance a phrase in combat
Vambrace armour for the arm
Venew a bout in fencing
Venies hits in fencing
Yerk to jerk, to thrust with a quick motion
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Take Part!

June 26th at 1pm - 4.00pm

The SRS will be at the Manor Gym with the other community groups – who use the gym regularly – to give people a chance the have a go, as part of the Brighton and Hove initiative "Take Part".