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one at the end of the trail.* The length of the cheeks was 1| times 
the length of the gun, their thickness was 1 calibre, and they were made of 
“ elme or other planke that is not apt to split and cleave. 5 ’—(Norton). 
The transoms were called, from the point of the trail forwards, the 
“ tayle transum,” the “ coyne transum,” the bed transom, and the fore 
transom. The fore transom was 2>\ calibres long, so that \ a calibre being 
mortised into either cheek there remained a distance of calibres between 
the cheeks at the breast of the carriage. The “ tayle 55 transom was 5 
calibres long, which in like manner gave a space of 4 calibres between the 
brackets at the end of the trail. The transoms were 1| calibres broad and 
one calibre thick, except the tail transom which was 2 calibres broad and 
pierced with a hole shod with iron “ to passe thorow the pin of the avail- 
trine (avant-train) or fore carriage. 55 The axle-tree, a square body with 
circular arms, was 6 ft. long, to allow a space of 5 ft. between the wheels. 
Its section at the centre was a square of If calibres in side, “and at the 
place where it pierceth the lymbers or sides of the carriage it must be 
calibres in breadth and If calibres in height.The armes thereof 
shall be in the thickest place one calibre, and at the end thereof | of a 
calibre in thicknesse. 55 The bed in the cheeks for the axletree body was 
cut immediately below the bed transom, about midway between the shoulder 
and the breast of the carriage. The axletrees were made of wood until 
* See Figs. 1 and 2. In Fig. 2 the brackets are shown as parallel bv some mistake. I am not 
responsible for either the accuracy or perspective of the sketches, as I have merely copied those 
givon by Norton. 
