[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.