Career
Some of his earlier works were compendiums of Carranza"s work while his later works were less derivative. He may be the most prolific fencing author in history. He was the fencing master of King Philip IV of Spain.
Quevedo took off Pacheco"s hat in the first encounter.
In Quevedo"s picaresque novel El Buscón, this duel was parodied with a fencer relying on mathematical calculations having to run away from a duel with an experienced soldier. His two major original works are The Book of the Grandeur of the Sword (1600) and The New Science (1632).