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noilles pour traire en une boine ville quand elle soit assisse; liquels Pieres fu 
mandes et li commanda lidis consauls qu’il en feist j et se il le faisoit bien et que 
on sen loast il en feroit pluiseurs. Liquels Pieres en fists j et depuis aucun 
doudit consel vaurent savoir comment on sent poroit aidier et dirent audit Pieron 
qu’il le voloient faire esprover. Liquels Pieres porta sen engien dehor Moriel porte 
as cans et mist j quariel ens auquel avoit ou bout devant une piece de ploncli pesant 
ij lb. u environ et fist cestuy engien traire et la porta pour jeter quant j huis et j 
muret. Liquels engiens fist si cruel noise et si grant que li quariaus vint par 
dedens le ville, et ny eust personne qui la fu, ne le dit Pieron, neant que le dit 
quariet veust ne ne peuist pierchevoir et passa les ij murs de le ville, jusques en le 
plache devant le moustier S. Brisse et la atainst j homme appielle Jakemon de 
Eaisse foulon ou kief et le jeta mort. Lyquels Pieres pour le doubte de la loy de le 
ville se traist en saint lieu quant on li raporta le nouvielle. Sour con li consauls de 
le ville par grant deliberation ent avis sour che e boin consel, considerant que on 
avoit commande audit Pieron a faire ledit engien et que di celui lidis consauls lavoit 
fait traire pour exprouver comment il se porteroit, comment il avoit pris se visee de 
traire cont le dit huis et muret et que liayne aucune lidis Pieres navoit audit Jak 
qu’on seoist et comment li quariaus sans viser sa dreta de-dans le ville; qu’il ne 
veoient cose aucune pour quoy li dis Pieres ne deuist estre de ceste cose purs 
innocens et sans coupes de le mort le dit Jak et que ce que li dis Pieres en fist 
fu cas de meskance et de pitey, pour quoy audict Pieron il perdonnerent 90 U que par 
meskeance il lenestoit. Ce fu fait ou mois de septembre lan de grace mil iiic et 
xlvi .” 1 2 
To this the registrar appended a foot note u Ce canon etait carre, on le 
chargeait d’un dez de fer. Il fut emporte par les Pran§ais au dernier siege 
de 1745/” If the registrar speaks correctly, this was a square cannon, 
breech loading. 
In the same year, 1346, Hugues, Seigneur of Cardailhac and Bioule, 
under whose direction in 1339 were constructed the ten cannon for the 
defence of Cainbray, drew up directions for the defence of Montauban; and 
in 1347, for the defence of the castle of Bioule. 3 In the first of these 
documents we find among the ammunition great abundance of sulphur, of salt¬ 
petre, of camphor, and of glass, and of everything necessary to make 
gunpowder, or to cast fire on the “ chateaux ” or “ chattes ” of the besiegers. 
After the detail of other descriptions of warlike engines, such as cross-bows 
of different natures, &c., we come to “ great abundance of stones, of cannons, 
and of lead ” so that apparently these cannon threw both leaden and stone 
shot. 
In the list of warlike stores for the defence of the castle of Bioule, dated 
1347, we find, following cross-bows &c., 22 cannons. These were worked by 
11 men, though there were but 7 0 in the whole garrison, so that evidently 
great importance was attached to them. But the chief interest of ijhis 
document lies in its proving that the cross-bows were actually superior to the 
cannon; for, the defenders of the large tower are directed not to embarrass 
each other, but, as the enemy appears, to use first the “ arbaletes a tour, 
which carry furthest,” and then the “ arbaletes de deux pieds,” stones, and 
cannons : so that throwing stones, and firing cannon are classed together. 
1 This piece has been published in many places; amongst others, in the Etudes &c. of Emperor 
Napoleon, vol. i, p. 357* 
2 Published at length in the Etudes, &c. vol. 4, Appendix I and 2, 
