Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 439
no greatsize, has such a number, how many must there be alto-gether, considering that on the banks of this river thereare more than sixteen provinces and more than 200 greatcities, besides towns and villages, all possessing vessels ?Messer Marco Polo aforesaid tells us that he heardfrom the officer… … CATAPULTS, MANGONELS, AND OTHER ANCIENT MACHINESFROM ILLUSTRATIONS burning stuff to corrupt the air was sometimesthrown into a city by the besiegers who usedthese machines. The machines used by theSaracens were called trebuchets; and that is aname sometimes applied to the mangonel. The…
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