This play is part of Diogo Gomes de Figueyredo's Memorial / Of the Practice of the Montante.

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All the composed rules are counterpoint to the simple, and these the basis of the composed. And thus, planting the body with the left foot forward, you will give a talho from low to high, which will be accompanied forward by the right foot, stopping with the montante in font of the face. Then you will let fall the montante to the right to give an altibaxo putting in the left foot, and from where the montante comes to a stop you will give a talho from low to high accompanied by the right foot which you will move forward, stopping with the montante in front of the face. And then you will give a revez from low to high accompanied by the left foot which you will move forward, stopping with the montante in front of the face. Then you will let fall the montante to the left crossing the right arm over the left, and you will give an altibaxo revez moving the right foot forward, and from where the montante comes to a stop you will give a revez from low to high accompanied by the left foot which you will move forward, and stop with the montante in front of the face. Next, you will undo this rule with the same blows, actions, and steps, retreating backward until you place your body as it began the rule.

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