 Such rests received the name of swines, or Swedish feathers. The sword was too much for the early culveriner, for he had already too many encumbrances. Grose says that "he had, in addition to the unwieldy weapon itself, his coarse powder, for loading,...  The Gun and Its Development - Page 58by William Wellington Greener - 1907 - 786 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Greener - 1858 - 510 pages
...powder for loading in a flask, his fine powder for priming in a touch-box, his bullets in a leathern bag, with strings to draw to get at them, whilst in...his hand were his musket-rest and his burning match ; and when he had discharged his piece, he had to draw his sword in order to defend himself. Hence... | |
 | Aubrey William O. Saunders - 1861 - 162 pages
...coarse powder for loading in a flask, fine powder for priming in a touch-box, his bullets in a leathern bag, with strings to draw to get at them, whilst in...his hand were his musket-rest and his burning match, and when he had discharged his piece, he had to draw his sword to defend himself. Hence it became a... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1895 - 634 pages
...his coarse Cirder, for loading, in a flask ; his fine powder, for priming, in a touch-box ; his llets in a leather bag, with strings to draw to get at them; whilst in his hand were bis musket-rest and his burning match.' I couch I couch a part of my selfe close vnder jour girdle,... | |
 | Daniel Thomson - 1909 - 280 pages
...powder, for loading, in a flask ; his fine powder, for priming, in a touchbox ; his bullets in a leathern bag, with strings to draw to get at them ; whilst in his hand were his musket rest and his burningmatch." From this early firearm came the arquebus, then the hagbut, hackbutt,... | |
 | William Wellington Greener - 1910 - 900 pages
...been so increased in weight that the horses could barely sustain their burden. THE HARQUEliUSlERS. The harquebusier or culveriner — the man who carried...these encumbrances, it is not surprising to find that the bow was for many years considered a superior weapon. The culveriner was generally accompanied by... | |
 | Louis A. Barbé - 1912 - 392 pages
...powder, for loading, in a flask; his fine powder, for priming, in a touch-box ; his bullets in a leathern bag, with strings to draw to get at them ; whilst in his hand were his musket rest and his burning match". The hagbut was a smaller and improved culverin. At their first... | |
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