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heavy arrow, which was discharged from a large cross-bow. 
The form of this weapon is familiar to us under the name of 
the broad arrow. 
101. This is a remarkable and uncommon example. It is probably 
the head of a dart projected from a balista, for which its 
trilateral head would peculiarly adapt it. Thus propelled it 
must have been capable of piercing any kind of defensive 
armour. 
A similar exemple is in Mr. E. T. Stevens’s collection, No. 279, 
Case A A. 
102. Dagger blade, found at Old Sarum. 
103. Spear-head of very powerful make. 
See also other spear-heads in Mr. E. T. Stevens’s Case L L, 
Nos. 13 and 14, 
104. Dagger sheath and hilt. 
105. Buckle. 
106. Circular gun-lock. 
107. Grun-lock. 
108. Horse bit. 
109 and 110. Fragment of chain armour. 
The use of chain armour for the hauberk or coat of mail was 
the general defensive armour at the time of the Crusades ; at first 
it reached only to the knees, but extended at last to the enveloping 
the whole body, including the extremities of the feet and hands, 
and forming round the head a kind of hood. This description of 
armour admitted of no artistic ornamentation; its beauty consisted 
only in the fineness and good construction of the links of iron. A 
good illustration of a complete equipment of chain armour and 
surcoat may be seen in the fine effigy of Wiilian Longuespee, Earl 
of Salisbury, in the Cathedral of this city. The present examples 
are probably of a later date, and were used in conjunction with 
plate armour. 
Ill and 112. Metal frames of pouches. 
113 to 127. Fragments of chain, barbed nails, &c. 
128. Small metal tap. 
129 to 139. Fragments of wire chain, nails, &c. 
140. Miniature horse shoe. 
141. Metal badge, probably the White Hart. 
142 to 146. Fish hooks, miniature axe-head, and nails. 
Spoons. 
A considerable number are collected ; they are of the usual type, 
and mostly of latten or lead. Several of them are stamped with 
the maker’s initials; in one instance the fleur-de-lys is stamped 
along the handle. They range in date from about 1570 to 1770. 
The form of the spoon, in England, at least, seems to have 
continued the same from the middle of the fifteenth century to the 
