THE CALIVER. 
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In the Lancashire Lieutenancy is preserved the price of 
the caliver and its appendages, and the equipment of the 
bearer, in 1574 :—“Everie caliu his peece, flaxe & touche- 
box xiiij s ; his morion vij s viij d , sworde & dagger vij s , his 
hose viij s , his showes ij s , his shirtt iiij s , his dublett iiij s , his 
coate xij s iiij d , money in his purse xxvj s viij d .” 
For some unexplained reason, the price of a caliver, 
which, with flask and touch-box, was charged only 14^. in 
1574, in 1576 cost 24 
“ Itm a calliu ..... xxiiij 8 .” 
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, 
xiij s vj d * 
In 1620, a caliver, with bandoleers,t is valued at 14^. 
10 d.\ According to a passage in Brantome,§ it would 
appear that the Spaniards originated this improvement in 
fire-arms, “ la fagon 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.” 
t 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. 
| Harl. MSS., No. 5,109. 
§ Brantome, “ CEuvres,” tom. vii. pp. 425-429. 
