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mentions them.” Does Mr. Oman seriously intend us to infer that the 
writers of these Chronicles had never heard of the guns, because they 
do not happen to mention them ? He himself has not mentioned the 
“Istorie Pistolesi ” and “ Froissart” in connection with the question. 
Are we to infer from his silence that he never heard of these works ? 
The Chronicles referred to were written, in almost all cases, by monks 
immured in English monasteries, and their silence is but a straw in 
the balance when weighed against the clear and positive evidence of 
two perfectly independent writers of so high a rank as Villani and 
Froissart, supported by two writers of a lower rank, the authors of the 
“ Grandes Chroniques de St. Denis ” and the “ Istorie Pistolesi.” 
That we used guns at Cressy is just as certain as that the Black Prince 
won his spurs there. 
