A Large Spanish Cup Hilt

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by ulfberth

Casey,

congratulations with this fine pierced cup hilt rapier !

Acometa quien quiera, el fuerte espera is a proverb written by César Oudin in 1609.

https://resdiachronicae.files.wordpr...pablo_luis.pdf

Proverbe en espagnol : « Acometa quien quiera, el fuerte espera. »
Traduction française : « Attaque qui voudra, le brave l'attendra. »

So free translated it means , Attack whoever wants, the brave are waiting !

I can only imagine what the owner must have felt holding this rapier in his hands while these lyrics went trough his mind ...

Kind Regards

Ulfberth

Outstanding entry noting the source for this quote and the translation!!
What a beautiful cup hilt!
Thank you for adding that on the translation Ulfberth