British And Foreign Arms & Armour
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Upon his head he wears a leather skull-cap strengthened apparently by iron bands, under which appears a linen or soft leather coif. A representation of a similar I 130 ARMS AND ARMOUR skull-cap of leather (Fig. 159), ornamented with a strengthen- ing device in iron which is prolonged into a nasal, is shown upon one of the figures in the Painted Chamber, Westminster.
The pile of the cross-bow bolt is shown to be quite distinct from the barbed head of the arrow. In Fig. 109, p. 94, the eross-boAv...man is represented as heavily armed in a pot-helm and hauberk of mail. The supersession of the cross-bow in England by the loner-bow was Fig. 159 Nasal. ° •' n , , Painted Chamber, duc to natural causcs. It was found that Westminster. ^^ ^j^^ loug-bow underwent improvements it outclassed the cross-bow in more ways than one. A powerful and skilful bowman could discharge half-a- dozen or more arrows during the time necessitated for winding up the cross-bow for a second shot ; also the dis- tance covered by the arrow, together with its penetrative force, were quite equal to that of the quarrel, and is generally considered to have been superior.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Upon his head he wears a leather skull-cap strengthened apparently by iron bands, under which appears a linen or soft leather coif. A representation of a similar I 130 ARMS AND ARMOUR skull-cap of leather (Fig. 159), ornamented with a strengthen- ing device in iron which is prolonged into a nasal, is shown upon one of the figures in the Painted Chamber, Westminster.
The pile of the cross-bow bolt is shown to be quite distinct from the barbed head of the arrow. In Fig. 109, p. 94, the eross-boAv...man is represented as heavily armed in a pot-helm and hauberk of mail. The supersession of the cross-bow in England by the loner-bow was Fig. 159 Nasal. ° •' n , , Painted Chamber, duc to natural causcs. It was found that Westminster. ^^ ^j^^ loug-bow underwent improvements it outclassed the cross-bow in more ways than one. A powerful and skilful bowman could discharge half-a- dozen or more arrows during the time necessitated for winding up the cross-bow for a second shot ; also the dis- tance covered by the arrow, together with its penetrative force, were quite equal to that of the quarrel, and is generally considered to have been superior.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Ashdown, Charles Henry to read onlineMoreLess
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