The Art of Fencing; Or, The Use of the Small Sword

Translated from the FRENCH of the late celebrated
Master of that ART at the Academy of TOULOUSE.
By ANDREW MAHON, Professor of the SMALL SWORD in DUBLIN.
DUBLIN :
Printed by JAMES HORT, at the Sign of Mercury in Skinner-Row , 1734.

sue for. I shall omit saying any Thing, My Lord, of the shining Qualities, which seem Hereditary in Your Lordship's Family, as well as of the Dignity and Importance of the Charge with which His Majesty has been pleased to entrust Your Lordship's Most Noble Father. Neither will I presume to trouble Your Lordship with those Encomiums, which are most deservedly due to the Vertues, whereby Your Lordship has gained the Admiration and Esteem of the Polite and Ingenious Persons of this Nation. Be pleased then, My Lord, to permit me to have the Honour of subscribing myself,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's
Most devoted, and
Most humble
Servant,