E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Montan’to.
Signior Montanto. A master of fence rather than a soldier; a tongue-doughty knight. It is a word of fence, and hence Ben Jonson says, “Your punto, your reverso, your stoccata, your imbrocata, your passada, your montanto.” (Every Man in his Humour.)
