Lance
55. He beareth a Speare betweene a Launce, Armed, and a Launce furnished with its cronel. These are all Instruments of
warre for the offending of an enimy, which though set here togather, it is for no other cause then to giue you the true figures of them.
First for the Launce, which as it is armed and furnished, for warre, hath at the end of it a strong sharp pointed head like vnto a speare, as the figure sheweth. These are called horsmens speares.
Tilt spear or pike
Second for the speare, or pike; this is a footmans Armes; it is armed with a strong sharp pointed head without which let the shaft be neuer so strong, and long, yet it hath noe force: the head being apt and ready to peerce the enimy.
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Third is the Launce furnished of tilts, Justs, and Turnements. It hath seuerall denomminations, as a Tilt Launce, a Tilt Speare, a Tilt Staffe, which being thus fenced, persons may exercise themselues, in that noble and kinglike sport of tilting without danger: which exercise is the schoole of chivalry and horsmanship without the Knowledg whereof, horsmen in the warrs can do but little good service.
Related text(s) Pike parts Tilt lance parts
Broken lances
56. He beareth a shiuered Lance ... and in cheife a copped helmett.
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Spearhead
57. He beareth a spear head ... As concerning the quantity or weight of spear heads, we find of them in all ages answerable to the strength of the person that were to manage them.
Cronell
58. He beareth a cronell ... called by the French Fer de Rochet. This is the forme of the head of a Tilt, or Tournament speare,
or Launce of which se more in numb.55, the points of priked ends or the top of the cronell, some terme Mournes, which are
generally 6 or 8 in number; see ca.18 numb.9. 10.
Another kinde. Some are made with a blunt, or button heads at the end of the Tilting staffe.
Vamplate
He beareth a Vamplett or vamplate of a tilt Launce and a sufflue or rest, for a Justing speare ...The sufflue is drawne after the old maner.
Sufflue
Sufflue
He beareth azure a sufflue or rest for a tilt speare. This is the forme of a sufflue as now they are drawne, though aunciently I find
them otherwise shaped, as the following figures doth manyfest.
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Sufflue
61, 62, 63, 64 are all sufflues or rests for Tilting Launces, as I finde them aunciently made by our fore fathers.
Sufflue
Sufflue
Sufflue
Bow stock
65. He beareth the stock of a Bow, or the stock of a Tiller, or crosse-bow.
In the sinister side, is an Instrument, or dart like engine with a barbed head, and crosse barred double, on the shaft, in place of feathers; which I can terme no better then a dart double barred or crossed in the feather place.
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Steel bow or cross bow
66. He beareth a crosse-bow, or a steele bow. This is termed also a Tiller or a Foresters Bow.
Barbed arrow
In the dexter Base, is a barbed Arrow head, a thing much used in warre, when the Artillary, viz: Bowes, Arrowes, and darts were in use.
Blunted arrowhead
In the sinister Base, is an other forme of Barbed head haueing the barbes thereof rebated, that is blunted, or cut off.
Cross bow and arrow
67. He beareth a crosse-bowe, strung, or bent, and charged with an Arrow. This Military Instrument was first deuised by the Cretians, and was in the former ages called by the Latins scorpio; for out of these they used to shoot stones.
Broad arrowhead
In the dexter base is the Barbed head of a Broade Arrow which in the shanke or socked is much
longer then deare, or warre Arrowes.
Pheon
In the sinister base, is a Pheon (or Pheon head, as some call it). It is an Instrument of the Missile sort
which we call a dart; the same being a long and light staffe headed some tyme after this maner, with
broade barbes; otheres without barbes, as cha.18 numb.20.
[and] se no.74, haueing a thong or place made
for the finger fastned about the midle of it, for the more strong and sleighty casting of it against the enimy,
to keep (or annoy him) afarre off. It pierceth speedily and maketh a large wound by reason of the spreading barbes thereof.
Indian bow and arrow
68. He beareth an Indian bow charged with an Arrow to shoot downwards ...
Bow string rolled up
In the dexter base is a Bow string rowled vp in a ring, or Knott, as all such strings are before they be used.
The Bowstrings belong to the Bowstring makers, as a part of their auncient crest ... It is some tyme a peece of wisedome to haue two string for a Bow that if one faile the other may hold.
Pheon
In the sinister base, is an other kind of Pheon aunciently made betweene which in numb.67 there is a difference though but little noted, the first haueing two indents some tyme according to it proportion may haue 3. Or 4. Or more, but this hath neuer more then One, and is termed a Barbed Pheon.
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