Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 372
er. You will at once see thegreat advantage the arbalist gave to huntsmen who used it instead of the long-bow; for he couldshoot from any tangled thicket where a long-bow-man eould not use his weapon at all. Then, too,it required years of patient practice before a mancould shoot well enough with a… … THE MODERN BOY WITH HIS CROSS-BOW. engravings as a strong, heavy-limbed man, wear-ing a helmet and a coat of chain mail, or of quiltedsilk and thongs of raw-hide, and a loose, shirt-likegarment over all, belted at the waist. He standsin the attitude of aiming, with his feet plantedfirmly on the…
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