Swetnam's Foundations. Apologies for the pictures of text. Unfortunately I've been unable to find a good OCR for frakture typefaces, especially with questionable quality scans (or the fact that early printing technology wasn't particularly good and 400 years of aging can result in some loss of clarity)
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Good Guard- This is self-explanatory. Get the sword in the right place for a quick response.
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The first is to learn a good and sure guard for the defence of thy body, as when you come to the use of weapons, as here presently after shall follow, and when thou hast thy guard it is not enough to know it, but to keep it so long as thou art within reach or danger of thy enemy Page 111
True Observing of distance
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Know the Place
Take Time
Keep Space
Patience
Often Practice.