* 'THE auN-.4'"r mm3 and abeoai> • 
writtea hy ViHicw .k i'4i3thiWU hi 1325, anil preserved' 
iibrary of iiHrM* Gltar^ihi in.k ,* Us. xlJ.»8tratio.a shows a pot y(0i\ 
Xiarrow t/^dc,. lOiMk-d fedt; it Bos oi) a trestle t5ib)f%;j" 
hr dirc'Cted a d I® applying a light to the toiath 
hy n matdi hdd Bs A ''^ earliest known iilustTat|t‘^[r^ 
‘A. 
j.i W\‘ 
ll-.att'' -ly-.V^v 
•■l ifv.Hw'/ , ; ' 
ft 
Archtleacoit of Aberdeen, who vn--: 
die. Scots in 1327 by Edwan." 
,fi m '■ ’ ■ % ti'i.e Englfsh, weftposia which the Swr 
J&efi I; ».•' - >-ry po«.s.lbie that this traditioa was corre: ^ ,. 
■>".'■%’■■?? ■■■;'.i''‘H of jjj?m was brought froiu Flanders with ’ 
, Hhoii ur:ikA Uad.tHVi-tft raiscil for the expedition; Towards 
c^nti-»ry l/u^iyvde,dgv of ;,>v^rv{^'was sufSciently genewl' 
* • i.,*0'i)ACt‘f ro :-ri’!; ta die h:-Vi,.hii*tfyc-d wmiie' swift as m 
wrrow f‘*oxn a Law '* the nov; oiie ■ ■'' 
' ‘ Swift us a piJjct out of a gonao 
Wher* fue is in jbe ponder yronne.’* • 
.XXX aTAJq 
Fjohi 1340 the mentjcii of. gf.«ns l.n wai* graduaHy b^icojtitep more freqijs^i 
ItFlod t fllvBb? r^, § 
nbe'^iaMigisiBtaxIliM ob i^lkW 
it ;s Impossible to say what length o| time 
to borne into ase had the ' demaml for such weapons been for sporting ' 
purposes only. Their deYelopment was due to war^ The next stage, afte..- 
the pot was tliat of a straight iube of iron with a proioiigation to the tea 
servi ng as a vStock. The shooter applied by hand a light/ to the touch -hoi r- 
rl h'h 'vaa on the top of the bai-rel. The earliest firearms were, in fact 
fi lator, a wooden si ook, altev;- me fashion of -that of the cr0m-_ 
I-,. ' r<* oed to oBahl.? «t to be directed afw 
?-w ’ ' . ' ■“ ‘ !••'"> 'iuTAo' 'bo". Kiben by the hands holding; it;', 
. ;■>■ A. • ;',i ■ 4|s^ 5?yve,.tF?;;iF. w'lre oi very rough workman . 
Fat ■■ i ' were uaderstooif 
Hkhled t t ^ ^ •wodach4 and mounting. 
Imrr^ strong sixe and weight, 'witF 
adsKS.ir.«b>e < hr ^iv ' the cult of the Tong *bo>' 
byi!a; Jsnkhi^b oUh? fatt? FuiV'di centuries, was almost entii'Cv.. 
dcTeloped ’.-p "Sn^'‘. the prodnctiori of .hrearme'h^-v 
Bpo-s.'tmg purp.'A'sr-i- , ,t;.r?<;fe;3d h»g.g'>dF^i-hind until comparalivelyrecenttlm?"^^;,,. 
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