Joseph Tinguely wrote his Manual of Contre Pointe Fencing  when the sabre, a thug's weapon, was being introduced into the academic discipline of fencing. Foreword by Julien Garry of De Taille et d’Estoc.

Episode from the History of Sorcerors  provides a brief biography of the rise and downfall of André des Bordes, French fencing master under successive dukes of Lorraine including his trial on charges of witchcraft. 

Found in a famous collection of 19th century ​folklore, The Strange Story of the Solicitous Phantom Cavalier who Fought a Duel is one of the more bizarre example of the genre of 17th century tracts against dueling.

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A transcription from facsimile of  Marc de la Beraudiere's Le Combat de Seul a Seul en Camp Clos 1608 which, although it argues against the practice, lists who can and cannot undertake a duel and the rules by which they must abide. (French)