Posta di Donna

— guard of the lady

Fiore's high guard, the Italian counterpart to Vom Tag — carried on the right shoulder, ready to fall as a fendente.

Posta di Donna is reached here as a detour out of the German tradition: from the Schielhau, by carrying the cut through to the right shoulder, you arrive in the same posture Fiore depicts on this folio. The lead foot is back, the sword waits on the shoulder, and the next action is a fendente — a great descending cut that, Fiore writes, breaks every guard below.