THE CALIVER. 243 
In the Lancashire Lieutenancy is preserved the price of 
the caliver and its appendages, and the equipment of the 
bearer, in 1574 :—‘Everie caliti his peece, flaxe & touche- 
box xiiij®; his morion vij* viij4, sworde & dagger vijs, his 
hose viijs, his showes ijs, his shirtt iiijs, his dublett iiijs, his 
coate xij iiij4, money in his purse xxvj* viij4.” 
For some unexplained reason, the price of a caliver, 
which, with flask and touch-box, was charged only 14s. in 
1574, in 1576 cost 245. :— 
“Itmacallii . ; F F ’ Xxiiijs.” 
In 1581, we find the charges for “A Shoot :—Caliu, 
flaxe, tuche box & scorier xvj;” and in a “Schedule of 
such rates of money as armor may be provided for at the 
Cyttie of Chester, for such souldiors as shall repaire 
thither out of the county of Lancaster,” the caliver fur- 
nished with flask, and touch-box, laces and moulds, 
xiijs vj* 
In 1620, a caliver, with bandoleers,t is valued at 14s. 
1od.t According to a passage in Brantéme,} it would 
appear that the Spaniards originated this improvement in 
fire-arms, “la facon et l'usage des belles harquebuzes de 
calibre ;” and that it was introduced by Phillippe Strozzi 
into the French infantry, under Charles IX., but it was 
* Peck's ‘‘ Desid. Cur.” 
+ Bandoleers consisted of a belt of leather worn over the left shoulder, on which 
were suspended little metal, wooden, leather, or horn cylinders, each containing 
one charge. Examples are preserved in the Tower of London. 
j Harl. MSS., No. 5,109. 
§ Brantéme, ‘' CEuvres,”’ tom. vil. pp. 425-429. 
