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''Wie der Mannlich Held Theurdanck mit einem anderen Ritter einem Thurnier zu Fusz thät und Ihne überwand.'' (From the Theuerdank, woodcut No. 102, by H. Schauffelin, showing the rondel dagger)

Early XVth century. Found in Old Swan Lane in 1867 Guildhall Museum

of Sir Edward Cerne, in Draycot Cerne Church, Wiltshire, of 1393 (Fig. 761), illustrates a dagger attached to the knightly belt with a well developed rondel guard fitting locket-wise over the top of the scabbard, but with a pommel of cone-like formation. Again, the brass of John Cressy, Esquire, of about 1414, in Dodford Church, Northamptonshire (Fig. 762), shows the rondel type of guard; but the pommel on the dagger is of wheel formation such as was common on the sword hilts of the time, and is placed vertically upon the grip in the ordinary manner. Next, on the brass of Ystase de Seron