[43] Encyclopædia Britannica, under “Fire.”

[44] Others in the author’s collection are stated to have been used by the Town Guard of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

[45] See Proceedings of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Society of Antiquaries, vol. ix., in a paper by the writer.

[46] Rénard, Liège.

[47] Johnes’s Froissart, vol. i., p. 145.

[48] Johnes’s Froissart, vol. i., p. 190.

[49] Vol. i., p. 278.

[50] This occurs in a part taken from two MSS. in the Hafod Library, “not in any of the printed copies.”

[51] Meyrick.

[52] The rough projectiles of this period would doubtless soon cause damage to the interior of cannon, necessitating its frequent renewal.