Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 470
neanother,— and yet those were called the days ofchivalry, of courtesy, and of courage ! War is always brutal, always terrible; but thereseems something almost cowardly in the custom OLD TIME ARMS AND ARMOR. 939 of those knights of old in thus crawling for safety cloth-yard shaft might not be able… … BUBCONET I1U THE TOWER = HAROUEBUSIERS 165Q- CASQUETEL. of a crossbow, hasbrought many a mail-clad knight to grief, asWilliam, the Red Kingof England, and Richard,called the Lion-heart,found to their cost. Forfive centuries, the cross-bow, or arbalist, was a favorite weapon in warand in the chase,…
Children's literature
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 470](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial132dodg-470-394.webp)
