DISCVRSO QVINZE.

NONO PREDICAMENTO, Situs, ò Situacion

FIFTEENTH DISCOURSE.

NINTH PREDICAMENT, Situs, or Position

Gilberto, dilatandoſe en la explicacion deſta Categoria, por eſſencial deſcripcion, entendiò ſe propriamente la Situacion, poſicion corporal, ſegun el todo, y partes del ſugeto, que en eſta Ciencia ſe llama Poſtura.

Gilbert, in his extensive explanation of this Category, understood Position essentially as the bodily position, according to the whole, and parts of the subject, which in this Science is called Posture.

De eſte difinicion ſe reconoce, què modo de ſituacion, ò poſtura es la que ſe elige, para conſeguir aptitud para defenderſe, y ofender al contrario, de cuyas eſpecies ſe tratarà en el ſegundo Libro, conſiderando aqui Logicamente, que eſte Predicamento es diſtinto de los antecedentes, porque ſe bien la potencia operativa puede ſer qualidad, es ſeparada de aquella, que ſe reduce à ſituacion, ò poſtura del Dieſtro, ò no Dieſtro, con Eſpada para combatir contra ſu opueſto; y eſta poſicion, ò ſituacion en eſta Ciencia, ſe entiende en dos maneras. Vna por la eſſencia, que ſe conſidera en el todo, y partes del combatiente, y en eſte modo la eſpecial atencion es à la poſtura. En otra manera es la ſituacion, no ſolo reſpecto à la poſtura, ò poſturas, ſino reſpecto, à los lugares, y formas en que ſe và ſituando para conſeguir mas perfectamente la operacion, que puede llamarſe ordinacion corporal ſitual, para executar las Tretas.

From this definition, we can recognize what kind of position or posture is chosen to achieve readiness for defense and offense against the adversary, whose kinds will be discussed in the second book. Logically considering here that this predicament is different from the previous ones, because although the operative power can be a quality, it is separate from that which is reduced to position or posture of the swordsman, or non-swordsman, with a sword to fight against his opposite. This position or situation in this Science is understood in two ways. One is in essence, which is considered in the whole and parts of the combatant, and in this mode the special attention is to the posture. In another way, the situation is not only with respect to the posture or postures, but also with respect to the places and forms in which he positions himself to achieve the operation more perfectly, which can be called bodily situational ordination to execute the Maneuvers.

Eſta poſtura Predicamentalmente es diſtinta del adverbio Vbi, y ſus derivativos, porque no ſe incluye En donde, Por donde, y Adonde, ſino es que es otra eſpecie de accidente, que mira à la ſituacion, y poſicion del cuerpo, braço, y Eſpada, para hallarſe en el combate prevenido, eſperando, ò acometiendo con la perfeccion, que el Dieſtro debe tener, aſsi en las poſturas, como en la formacion de las propoficiones percibidas por ente real, y executadas por ente Mathematico, haſta executar herida, quedando defendido al tiempo que ofende.

This Predicament posturing is distinct from the adverb Where, and its derivatives, because it does not include Where, Through where, and To where, but is another kind of accident, that looks at the situation and position of the body, arm, and sword, to find oneself in the combat prepared, waiting, or attacking with the perfection that the swordsman must have, both in the postures, as in the formation of the perceived propositions by real being, and executed by mathematical being, until executing a wound, staying defended at the time he offends.

Eſte Predicamento es tan comprehenſico, que abraça lo mas eſſencial deſta Ciencia, aſsi en lo Theorico, y Logico, qual en lo Practico, de que ſe forman demonſtraciones en el ſegundo Libro, donde ſe enſeña en arte por preceptos, y reglas lo que aqui ſe raciocina por diſurſo, y ciencia, de que ſe ſaca el conociemiento, que debe preceder à la operacion, y Tretas, que incluyen las poſturas de eſperar, y acometer, con los medios que han de concurrir de proporcion, y proporcionados, en orden à la defenſa, y ofenſa, con los requiſitos, y circunſtancias que ſe han de obſervar en qualquiera poſtura, mocion, y acto, en que ſe ſituare el Dieſtro en el todo, y partes, con las perfecciones que puede aquirir por naturaleza, y arte, que ſe infinua en el Schema ſiguiente.

This Predicament is so comprehensive, that it embraces the most essential of this Science, both in the Theoretical and Logical, as in the Practical, from which demonstrations are formed in the second book, where it is taught in art by precepts and rules what is here reasoned by discourse and science, from which is derived the knowledge that must precede the operation, and Maneuvers, that include the postures of waiting, and attacking, with the means that must concur proportionally and proportioned, in order to the defense and offense, with the requisites and circumstances that must be observed in any posture, motion, and act, in which the swordsman will situate himself in the whole, and parts, with the perfections that he can acquire by nature and art, which is insinuated in the following Schema.

SCHEMA DE LA SITVACION

Situaciõ
- Quanto à la Poſicion Corporal
  - Afirmado Recto, ò en otra forma
  - En Defenſa, ò en ofenſa
  - O complicando defenderſe, y ofender.
- Quanto al Exercicio, y operaciones
  - Eſperando
  - Acometiendo
  - Generando
  - Corrompiendo
  - Formando
  - Divirtiendo
  - Executando

SCHEMA OF THE POSITION

Position
- As for the Bodily Position
  - Standing upright, or in another form
  - In Defense, or in offense
  - Or complicated defending and offending.
- As for the Exercise, and operations
  - Waiting
  - Attacking
  - Generating
  - Corrupting
  - Forming
  - Distracting
  - Executing