Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 900
lathes of steel. The long-bowniL-n of Kngland cordially hatedthe .arbalisters, especially when it came to shootinggame in the green woods. The good yeomen whohad spent years of unremitting practice to becomeproficient with the famous Norman long-bow, couldnot bear to see lazy fellows, who had never… … of England passed stringent laws against the arbal-ist, and the weapon became somewhat dishonored.But in France and Spain it held the supreipacyover all the weapons of the chase. Even to thisday in Spain a hunter is called ballastcro, whichmeans cross-bowman or arbalister. Uc Espinar, a Spanish…
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