[415] Sloane MSS., 335, 795; and Freind’s “Hist. of Physick,” 1758, ii. 325.
[416] “Bombardes, basilics, jettans boullets de fer, de plomb, de bronze.”—Rabelais (d. 1553), iv., c. 61.
[417] Recipe 13. Extracts from Arderne’s MSS. given by Hewitt, “Ancient Armour,” ii. 284, leave little doubt that Arderne was acquainted with the Liber Ignium of Marcus Græcus.
[418] In the Peninsular War, our men could fire over 100 rounds, the French only 50, without washing out the barrels of their muskets. Marquis de Chambray, Œuvres, v. 293-4.
[419] Fol. 33.
[420] “Certain Discourses ... concerning Divers Weapons,” p. 20.
[421] Sir H. Nicolas, “Hist. of Royal Navy,” ii. 479.
[422] “Pro tribus petris cere ... ad cerandum canubium ad arificiendum pulveris bumbardorum in castro de Edinburgh,” &c. “Chronicles of Scotland,” published by the Deputy Clerk-Register, vi. 495-97. In these documents a cross-bow is called, “arcus cum circulo.”
[423] “Acts of (English) Privy Council,” N.S., xvii. 392.
[424] “Seaman’s Dictionary,” under “Powder.”