406 THE CENTURY, 



A graphical sketch of the soldier accompanies these 

 remarks (as in the facsimile annexed), which appears 

 almost a caricature, but it must have been seriously 

 approved as a good illustration, by our author, the 

 u Souldier of Berwick-upon-Tweed.&quot; 



Mr. Hewett gives the following table in his &quot; Ancient 

 Armour and Weapons,&quot; page 715. 



62. 



A way for a Harquebufs, a Crock, 

 or Ship-musquet, fix upon a Carri 

 age, ihooting with fuch expedition, 

 as 1 without danger one may charge, 

 level, and difcharge 2 them fixty times 

 in a minute of an hour, two or three 

 together. 



1 as that. 2 level and discharge omitted. 



[A way for a Harquebus, a Crock. ] Arquebuse, cor 

 rupted to Harquebus a firearm requiring a forked rest 

 placed in the ground, on which to steady the heavy 

 barrel, which carried a ball of 2 ounces, or for fortresses 

 83- ounces. 



Arquebuse & croc a small piece of ordnance placed 

 on a stock or club, fired by a match. We find among 

 the records of the State Paper Office the following 

 notice in the Calendars, viz. : John the Almain* writes 



* Almain engineers seem to have been in much repute. 



