Chapter 18, Item 53a
Harquebuse and other types of guns
The Harquebuse, or Harquebut, is the same to a caleever, of the same bore, but shorter in the Barrell. These are French termes.
A Coliver is a kind of Calever, but as I take it is lesser.
The Haque, is an hand gun of about three quarters of a yard long and of these there are the halfe or demy Haque.
The pockett pistall, is the least of fire Armes, the Barrell of such peeces being from 4 to 6 Inches long.
The Girdle, or belt pistall, is a degree longer in the barrell then the former; and is generally hung by the side; by a long peece of Iron screwed on the contrary side of the stock, to the lock. The barrells of such are from 7 to 9 or 10 Inches long.
The Troup, or Holster pistall, this is longer then the fore said by as much againe, the barrells of these being generall some 16, 18 or 20 Inches; all troupers haue two of these put into holsters fixed to their sadles, and brest plate of the horse on each side.
The Petronell, is a sort of pistall longer then the Holster pistall the barrell being longer then the foresaid by almost halfe the length. These were formerly horsemens pistalls and were (a case of them) hung on either side before the sadle. All these kind of pistalls are shott with one hand, the other holding the bridle to guide the horse.
If it haue a Lock that striketh fire, and so fireth off the Gun, then it ceaseth to be called a muskett, but hath the denomination of a Fire-lock.
The ship Muskett is a degree longer in the barrell, and something widder in the Bore, because they are not to march withall, but onely to fire from of the sides of the ship as of a wall.
The Bastard Muskett, is the shortest being about 5 foot, or more.
A cocking peece, or birding peece. The barrell of this is but short, and a small bore: and is the least of guns shott of with both hands, holding the Butt end (of this and the following guns) to the right shoulder, fireing it with the right hand, and supporting it with the left.
A Fowling peece, is of seuerall length in the barrell from a yard and quarter, to 7 foot, or two yards, and a half long. The bore is generally in these guns, less than a calever bore.
A carbine, is an horsmans gun about a yard or more long in the barrell; this is hung by the mans side, in a belt ouer his left shoulder, and vnder his right Arme: with a sweell, or sweeth vpon it, which by the help of a spring in it taks hold of a ring, on a side bar, or Iron rod screwd on the stock, the contrary side to the lock.
A crabut, is the least sort of a carbine.
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Chapter 18, Item 53b
Fire arm parts
The seuerall parts of a fire Armes.
By fire Armes, is ment all maner of Guns, which discharge vpon the enimy; but more peculiarly ment by those of the souldiery as pistalls, carbins, and musketts. Now the termes and names which belong to the greater Armes as the muskett the same belong to the other, therefore in giueing the termes for one, it is done for all: all haueing in them these three principall parts, the Barrell, the Stock, and the Lock, which againe haue seuerall parts in them of which in their order.
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Chapter 18, Item 53c
Gun barrel parts
The seuerall parts of the Barrell of a Muskett.
The Barrell.
The squares.
The mulletts.
The ---- the Button to aime at a mark with, set on the top of the Mussell.
The touch hole.
The sight.
The Mussell.
The Bore.
The Barrell Loopes, by which with pins throw the stock it is held in the stock.
The Breech.
The breech pin.
A screwed barrell, is when the bore is of six or eight squares, or thrids, all throughout.
A Turn off screwed barrell, is a barrell of two peeces, and screwed togather iust at the height of the charge: and the top part screwed into 6 or 8 thrids or quares.
Turn off vnscrewed, is when the barrell is in two peeces as foresaid and the top part bored round.
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Chapter 18, Item 53d
Gun stock parts
The seuerall parts of the stock of a Muskett.
The stock.
The Gard.
The Tricker.
The Tricker plate.
The side plate, throw which the screw pins to hold the lock, first passe.
The screw pins, to hold on he lock.
The Loopes for the rod.
The rod, or ramer, or scourer.
The Iron pins, as holds the barrell in the stock.
The Butt end of a Muskett.
The heele plate, for the butt end of a muskett or carbine.
The head plate, for a pistall head end of the stock.
The side bar and ring, for a carbine stock.
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Chapter 18, Item 53e
Fire lock parts
The seuerall parts of a Fire lock and a match lock, and wheele lock.
The plate.
The pan.
The Hammer.
The hammer spring and screw.
The cock.
The cock chaule.
The cock pin.
The halfe bent and screw pin.
The Tumbler.
The saer or dog.
The saer spring, or feather spring.
The maine spring.
The screw pins.
A Fire Lock. Se it figure ca.20. numb.63. [ now Ch. 19 no. 47]
A snaphaunch Lock is the generall name for all fire Locks.
A saer lock. This hath a runing saer within and some without the plate to put off the pan couer, the Ferris lying vpon it.
An halfe bent lock, haueing the stay for to hole the half bent cock within the lock.
An halfe round lock haueing the stay for the halfe bent within.
The lock.
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Chapter 18, Item 53f
Match lock parts
A Match Lock.
The Muskett match lock, or a match lock.
The match the Tumbler.
The saer.
The pan, in these kind of locks the pan is allwayes fixed to the muskett barrell.
The pan couer.
The plate, and screw pin to holde the couer on the pan.
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Chapter 18, Item 53g
Wheel lock parts
A wheel Lock se it figure ca.20. 65. [now Ch. 19 no. 49; this reference clearly belongs here rather than in its text position in item 53f.]
The Wheele lock.
The leg of the pan couer.
The wheele.
The Axel tree.
The chaine, with it links.
The cock &c. all the rest are named as in the fire Lock.
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Chapter 18, Item 53h
Head gun appurtenances
The appurtenances belonging to muskets, carbines, and pistalls.
Bullett moulds.
A Worme.
A scowrer.
A Sockett at the end of the rod.
A Rest.
A punch to cut out wadds for the gun, which is out of an old hat.
Bandelaroes, of two sorts, for the shoulders; and for the midle.
Match.
Flynt stons, to haue 3 or 4 at least, is a readynesse for a fire lock, for fear of breaking or looseing.
Fire stons for the wheele lock, to haue 3 or 4 ready.
The sweell and belt for a carbine.
A spanner for a wheelock.
A Flaske for priming powder.
A cartherage box for pistalls.
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Chapter 18, Item 54a
Great gun parts
The seuerall part of a Great Gun.
The trunke.
The mettle, is that of which the gun is made, whither brasse or Iron, yet often by gunners, vnder the terme mettle they mean the quantity of the mettle whereof it is made.
Well fortified peece, is when the gun hath much mettle in any part.
Ill fortified peece, when it hath too little mettle in it.
The dispert, or to dispert a peece, is to find out the difference of the diameters of the mettle, betwixt the breech and mouth of any peece of Ordinance, to know the thicknesse or thinnesse of it mettle.
The surface or superficiall part of the peece, is all the outside of it.
The mouth of the peece or muzzle of the gun.
The calibre is the diameter of the mouth.
The diameter of the mouth, is the height or breadth of the widnesse of the mouth.
The concave, or Cellinder or seal of the peece, is the Bore of a peece of ordinance. The vacant cylinder, from the charge to the small end.
The shaft, or chase of the gun, is the full length of it.
The gravity of the center, is the space betweene the trunions on the top of the gun.
The chamber of a peece, is counted so fare, or so much of the concave as doth containe the whole charge it hath of shot and powder. Others recon all from the trunions to the end of the Breech the chamber.
Equally bored, Camber bored, or chamber bored.
Taper bored. When it is wider at the mouth then at the touch hole.
Bell bored.
Honey combe bore, when it hath flaws or little holes in the concave of it.
The Frees, the muzzell ring, is the end ring of the gun.
The neck, is the space betweene the 2 muzzell and coronice rings.
The Astragall or coronice ring, is next below the neck.
The Reinforced ring, is that before the trunions.
The Trunions of the Gun, are those Knobs which come from the sides of the ordinance, and do beare them vp vpon the carriage.
The touch hole. The hole where the gun is fired at.
The sight is the nick in the base ring, by which aime is taken, and to see how to levell the gun to it marke.
The breach of the gun, from the touch all behind it. Of some called her coyl.
The carnooze or base ring at her breech.
The casca bell, or pumell, the vtmost extent or round end, at the breech of the gun, of some called cas cabell or deck.
The mold of the peece, se concave.
Others terme the Gun rings thus.
The greatest ring at her touch hole, the base ring: the next ring or circle, the Reinforced ring: the next, the Trunion rings: the next before the trunions is called the cornish ring: the furthermost next the muzzell is called, the Muzzell ring: and lastly all the rings, small circles, eminencies, or filletts each side of these large rings, either at the Muzzell, breech or else where are termed Frizes.
The Mainglions, the Dolphins, are 2 handle placed upon the top of the gun neer the Trunnions.
The Moscolo is a moveable chamber, which is ioyned to some Petrieroes. C. 20. n.9. [now Ch. 18 no. 70]
The Braga is a ring of Iron that holds fast the Moscolo to the cavity of the peece.
The vent is the space of the peece between the shot and the concave.
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Chapter 18, Item 54b
Great gun types
The names of all great Guns, and their weight of mettle and ball.
The Basillico or canon Royall. Carries a ball from 130 to 150 and 200 li. and is 24 or 30 diameters long.
The Canon or double canon.
The Cannon is 8000 pound weight; the Ball 63 pounds, and 46 pounds of powder goes to charge it.
The Cannon Pedrea.
The Demy Cannon, is 6000 pound, the ball 32 pound, and takes 24 pound of powder to charge it. They are of three sorts: the lowest, ordinary, and the great size demy cannon.
The Culvering or Culverin, is 5500 pounds, the ball 18 pound and 14 pound of powder to charge it. There are three sorts, the least size, the whole culverin, and the largest size. Anciently called dragon drakes.
The Demy Culvering is 4500 pound, the ball 9 pound, and 9 pound of powder is to charge it. There are three sorts the Lowest, the ordinary, and the oldest sort of saker.
The Minion, is 1500 pound, the ball 4 pound, and 4 pound of powder to charge it. There is an ordinary minion, and one of the largest size.
The Falcon, is 1100 pound weight, the ball 2 pound and a quarter and as much powder is to charge it.
The Falconet, is 500 weight, the ball 1 pound and quarter and so much powder to charge it.
The Rabbenett or Rabnett or smeriglio is 300 weight, the ball 1 pound and quarter, and 12 onz. powder.
The Base, is 200 weight, the ball 5 onz: and 8 ounces to charge it.
The Drake, or case of Drakes, because 4, 6 or 8, of them may be layd abrest vpon one carriage and fired all at a tyme.
The Chamber, guns hung in slings, to be turned any way to clear ship decks.
The Petrieroe, Mortar peece and Tribucchis, which offend by shott in a curved or crooked line: the Petard also is reconned amonst Artillery, though it offends not at a distance.
There are other peeces in use in England which are called Bastard peeces of which take also these perticulars.
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Chapter 18, Item 54c
Bastard ordinance
Bastard Ordinance.
These are sorts of great guns which are either shorter or longer then legitimate peeces, and they are called Bastard Guns, which are distinguished from the true or common Legitimate pieces thus.
The Legitimate pieces haue their due length of chace, and are proportioned according to the true height of their bore, as,
The Cannon is 12 foot long and the diameter 12 Inches and a halfe.
A Demy cannon 12 and 11 foot long, the diameter 6 Inches and halfe.
The quarter cannon, is 15 diameters long.
A Culverine, 10 or 12 foot, the diameter 5 Inches and quarter.
A Demy Culverine betweene 10, 11, or 12 foot. Diameter 4 Inches and halfe.
A Saker 9 or 10 foot long. The diameter 4 Inch and 3 Inch and three quarter.
A Minion, 8 foot long, the diameter 3 Inch and 2 and a halfe.
A Faucon, 7 foot, the diameter 2 Inch and halfe.
A Fauconet 6 foot, the bore 2 Inch and quarter.
A Rabnet, 5 foot long, the bore 1 Inch and one third of an Inch.
A Base, 4 Foot long and the bore 1 Inch and quarter or halfe.
Now Bastard peeces haue shorter chases than such as the proportion of their bore doth require; and are therefore cutts of the same nature of the piece they agree with in the bore: as those of a demy culverin bore, being not of it length, are called demi-culverin cutts. There are also pieces called extraordinary which are such whose chaces are longer then is usuall for that bore.
A Brasse Gun, is termed a cannon, (or culverin &c) fortified of Brasse, or a canon of Brasse metall. An Iron Gun is termed, a Canon (or culverin) Drake; or a Canon Perior, and a culvering drake, a demi-culvering drake and a saker drake &c. The Passavolante and the zabratana, are extraordinary Falcon being longer and carry 5 or 6 pound ball, but these are seldom cast. The Moyenne is longer then the Minion and lik the saker carryes 6 or 10 pound ball and is used only in Gallies, it is 26 diameters of the bore long. The Aspide is an ancient piece, carries 8 or 10 pound ball, is no longer then 20 or 22 calibres. The Musquet di Giuoco, a smal peece, used by the Venetians, carrys 1 pound ball, and is 28 or 30 calibres or diameter of the Bore long. The Saltamartino, a smal peece of the Venetians, 15 diameters long and carrieth 4 pound ball. It is turned about vpon all occasions and charged or loaded behind without drawing back the peece. The Petriero, is a long peece, haueing the lower part of the Bore chambered after the maner of a Morter peece. These shoot stons, sacks of stons, Barrells &c. The Chase Canon, Petrieroes, a Braga, and the Harquebus a croc, are small guns in Gallys and shot cross bar shott to cut sailes. They are all mounted on Iron pines haueing rings in which are placed the Trunions with a socket so that they are easily turned to any quarter.
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Chapter 18, Item 55a
Gun carriage parts
The seuerall parts of an Ordinance carriage for land service.
The Carriage is the whole compleatly furnished and made vp to receiue the gun vpon it.
The cheekes of the carriage, are the two side peeces, on which the cannon lieth with its trunnions. Some call them the Limbres.
The holes for the Trunions.
The cap-squares, are two broad peeces of Iron which belong to the cheekes, and lock ouer the holes for the trunnions of the Gun lying in the carriage, where they are made fast in an Iron pin, with a fore lock. The plates ouer the Trunions. The transomes, are the peeces of wood which hold the cheekes or Limbres togather. The Bolts or fore-lock bolts, which goe throw the cheeks and transomes.
The fore locks, the Iron made like flat pins which goe throw the eye of the bolt, and are driuen throw it ouer a ring to keep the bolt fast from starting back.
The Vpper plates, them as are on the edges of the cheeks before and below the trunion holes.
The nether plates, is that as runs answerable to the other; just vnder the cheeke edge vnder the axeltree.
The taile plates of the carriag, those that compasse the rounds of the lower parts of the cheeks, which stand on the ground.
The bolt holes, holes made in the cheekes for both to goe throw.
The Hookes for draught, both before and behind, thereby to draw the gun forward or backward with ropes to them.
The mortais for the Axeltree.
The Axeltree, on which the wheele turne.
The clowt, an Iron plate nailed on the axeltree.
The hole in the axeltree for the Linch pin.
The Linchpin and ring, to hold the wheele on the axeltree.
When drawne in a march then the carriage hath these further additions set to it, for that purpose.
The shafts, are the side of the thrill or thill.
The shaft bolts, which makes the shafts fast to the carriag sides aboue the round of the taile.
The fore locks, which holds the bolts in from falling out.
The Thill, the two side shafts make one Thill.
The thill bolts, are the two shaft bolts.
The fore locks of the thill bolts.
The thill hookes, to this is fastned the rudstay which goes ouer the horse back.
The thill plate, the cramp Iron and chaine, by which the thill is held vpon the bolt to draw the carriage.
The fore lock Key: that peece of timber as Hold the shafts of the thill togather, fastned in them with a Mortais and Tenent.
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Chapter 18, Item 55b
Gun carriage wheel parts
Termes about the wheeles.
The nave.
The bosse of Iron within the nave to keep it from galling or wearing.
The Iron hoopes, being foure in number which compasse the nave.
The spokes.
The fellowes.
The nayles which holds on the plates of the wheele.
The plates, for the shoing, or tire of the wheele to keep it from wearing.
The barrs ouer the fellowes, to strengthen them.
The Stirrops.
The dowledge of the wheele.
The great and little coins.
The rut of the wheele, is the distance betweene the two wheele fellowes as they turne on the ground.
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Chapter 18, Item 55c
Gunners instruments
Gunners Instruments and things used about Ordinances.
A Maister Gunner intending for service, ought most chiefly to be prepared with these Instruments.
Calabers, are compasses with bending points.
A paire of compasses.
An Height board.
A sight rule, to Levell and Traverse his Gun by, to hit the marke that the Gunner aimeth to shoot at.
A Gunners scale.
A Gunners quadrant.
A Geometricall square, for the makeing of Mountures, heights, Levels, Breadths, distances, and depths.
A small brass Levell.
An Iron Wyre or Spring.
A Transome, to dispart a peece of ordinance; It is a ----, and is made soe that it may goe vp and downe according to the diameter and thicknesse of the piece; and long enough to reach the base ring from the touch hole.
A Wodden Mallet to open powder barrells.
Leavers or Hand-spikes of wood.
Crow, Leaver, or Iron crows.
A Iron Goats foot, a kinde of crow with a cloven end.
A Hand screw, or screw engine: or Ghynne or Wynch.
Quoynes, are those things which gunners use vnder the breech of the Ordinance, for to mount them higher or lower: they are made broad but thinner at one end then the other, with a handle at the broad end, to draw it out and put it in.
A Tamkin or Tampion, is a small peece of wood, turned fitt for the mouth of a peece, which is put therein; to keep out rain, or sea water from washing in, when the peeces ly without boord.
A Worme, is an Iron turned round with a sharp point, being set at the end of a staffe, by it they draw out the shott of a peece if there be any occasion for it.
A Spunge.
An Apron of lead, or dryed sheeps skin to couer the Touch hole from raine.
A Ladle.
Baskets to carry shot to the piece.
Weights and scales to waygh powder for each gun shott.
A Rammer.
A Priming Irons.
A Carthrage, are bags made of canvas, paper or parchment, which hold as much powder as the Gun it is made for, requireth to it charge.
A Former is a round peece of wood to make them on.
Case or case shott, or case carthrage, is the same mad of tin or latine.
Shott for the Guns is of seuerall sorts as
Balls or bulletts, which are round shott.
Crosse bar shott, is a Bullett with an Iron barre through the midle.
Langrell, or chain shott, is a loose shot, which goe in with a shackle, to be shortned, when it is put into the peece, and to fly out at length when it is discharged. Two bulletts chained, or Linked togather.
The Linstock, is that which the Gunner fires his gun withall, being a short turned staffe with a hole at one end to put the match in and an Iron pin at the other end to stick it vp by. The Linstock is euer to be charged with Match, that is, to haue match rouled about the stock to be in readinesse.
A Budge Barrell, wherein powder is put to charge the gun with.
Barrells of powder, both corne powder, fine powder and priming powder.
Thongs to tie the Ladle and spung staves and Leavers togather.
Ropes to traverse, or draw and remoue a Gun backwards or forwards.
A Touch box, or Tinder box.
A screw and a Ghynne, for to mount or dismount a great Gun, to take it off or put it on the carriage.
A Pully or Truckle or Trucke to draw vp the guns, to place and displace them.
A Windlesse an Instrument by which Guns are hoysed vp into its carriage.
Roapes, for the pully's and windlesse.
Tackles for the pullies.
A Winche.
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Chapter 18, Item 55d
Gunners officers
Officers pertaineing to Artillary or great Ordinances.
The Genrall of the Ordinance.
The Lieutenant Generall of the Ordinance.
The Maister of the Ordinance.
The Quarter Maister of the Ordinance.
Enginer Generall.
Pioneers.
Gunner.
Gunners Assistants.
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Chapter 18, Item 55e
Gunners terms
Termes used by Gunners in charging and discharging and Leavelling their Ordinance.
Mount the Gun, is to lay it on the carriage.
Traverse the Gun, is the laying or remoueing of a peece of Ordinance till it come to lie with the marke, is termed traversing of the peece.
The gun is laye vnder-mettle, when the mouth is lower then the breech.
She lies ouer mettle, when the mouth is higher then the breech.
She lies right with her mettle, that is she lies point blank, or streight.
Quartering, is when a peece of Ordinance lies so, and may be so traversed, that it will shoot in the same line, or on the same point of the compasse, as the quarter beares.
Loade or Lade a gun, is to put powder and ball into it, they say charge a Muskett, but Lade a Gun.
Cloyd, is when a Gun is fowle through often shooting, or fireing it or when any thing is got into the touch hole, or breech of the peece so that the priming will not giue fire to the rest, then the peece is cloyd.
The charge of powder, for all great Guns, whither Brass or Iron, haue for euery 100 weight of Metall, 3 ounces, or 3 and a half of powder: which wilbe durable in tyme of service, and keep the peece to hold out, without danger to the Guner, or standers by.
Rigging a peece, is to haue it fitted with all thing necessary for service.
Plant a peece, is to order it for it discharging that it may do service or execution.
Platforme of a gun, the place where it is set for service, and to recoyle.
Stick vp your Linstock, is to stick it vpon the cannon stock, to the Leeward of you.
Cleere the peece, and Touch hole.
Rame downe the Wad, to the powder: also to the bullett.
A wisp or wad, is either hay or straw to put in after the powder.
Prime the gun, is to fill it with powder from his powder horne.
The revers, or recoyle of a peece.
Artillery, or traine of Artillery, is all the Great Guns usefull in an Army or for a sieg. Long Guns for Battery.
Levell shott, is when the peece lyeth in a direct line with the mark shott at, or lieth Parallel to the Horizon.
A Bad shott, when it is either ouer, vnder, or wide of the marke, and a good shot, when it hits the marke.
A Right range of shott, is as fare as the Gun shooteth Levell or the right line of shott.
A Random shott, is a shott beyond the right line of the pieces reach: this is when the Muzzell of the Gun is mounted vp. This way of shooting is also termed at Range. A curved or crooked Rang, is a digression or different flying of a shott contrary to it naturall motion, also it is taken for the descent of a shott, when it is made at randome, haueing lost it force hath a mixt or crooked range like the arch or a quadrant in the falling.
A dead Range, or a compound Range, is the whole distance from the platforme where the shott was made to the place of the bulletts first grazeing.
The Graze of a shott, is the place where the bullett first toucheth the ground in it shooting out of a Gun.
The natural motion of a shott, is the perpendicular descending of a Bullett, after its force is gone.
The first, second, or third degree of Mounture: is the elevation or raising vp the Muzzell of the Gun aboue its right Levell, by such and such degrees in the Guners quadrant.
The Vtmost randome of a shott, is as fare as euer it can shoot or cast a bullett: which by all our best Gunners is accounted to be ten tymes as fare, as the distance of the right range of any Peece.
The Imbase, the mouth or Muzzle of a Peece, is to advance the britch and so the mouth will ly vnder the line of Levell.
A Tampion of Cork, is a round peece of cork cut fitt for the bore of the gun, and ramed downe after the wade. Either in a Gun or a Morter peece, some make these Tampions or Tampkins of soft wood.
A Fidd or wooden Cylender, it is made round, just the roundnesse of the bore of the peece, and ramed stiffe downe next the powder, after it a wad of Oakam. Thus the Gun is charged when they shoot red hot Bulletts.
Point blank shot, se Right Range.
Mean shot, all the space the shot flyeth in a curved or crooked line, se crooked range.
Batteries tire, or Cameretta, is a discharging all the peeces of Battery against the selfe same marke.
Right angle shot, is to shoot at a thing streight before.
Oblique angle shot, is to strick cros ways, or rebounding like a tennis ball.
Elevations, are the Gunners regulating of the Gun, by his quadrant or Guners square either to lay it higher or lower.
To point a peece, or lay a peece to pass, is to level it directly against the marke.
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Chapter 18, Item 58a
Mortar piece parts
Parts of the Morter peece and carriage.
The mouth and mussel Rings and frizes.
The Trunnions.
The chamber.
The touch hole.
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Chapter 18, Item 58b
Mortar firing
Of charging and discharging a Morter peece.
Mount the morter, is to turne it in the carriage with the mouth vpwards.
Charge the Morter, is to fill the chamberfull of powder.
Wadd the Morter, is to stop the chamber wit a wadd of straw or Oakam.
Put in the Tampkin, is a round peece of soft wood put into the mouth of the chamber, which togather with the powder and wad fills the whole chamber, soe that there be no vacuity betweene the charge and the shott or ball.
Wadd after the Tampkin, this is either Oakam or a sod of earth which is ramed hard into the Morter to secure the fire in the fussee from fireing the charge in the morter.
Put in the Granado.
Mounture the Morter, elevate the mouth of it from a streight to such a degree of height as is necessary for the slinging or casting out of the granado to the distance or place required.
Fire the Fusse.
Discharge or fire the Morter: which will send the Granado merrily away with fire in its britch..
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Chapter 18, Item 60a
Flask parts
The parts of a Flaske.
The top of the charg, with its handle and spring to couer the mouth.
The charg, a long thin Iron pipe.
The stop of the charg, with the pin it turns vpon, and spring.
The body of the flask, made either of Horn or wood.
The Rings and eyes to which they were fastned and strings by which it is hung.
The garnish, Iron plats and roses fixt to the edges of the wood, to keep the ioynts together.
The string and tassells by which it is hung to the souldiers side.
Priming Flasks
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Chapter 18, Item 60b
Priming flask
Priming flasks are little ones which hold only small or brused powder to prim the pan of the fire Arms.
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Chapter 18, Item 61a
Bandalero parts
The seuerall parts in a set of Bandelaroes.
The soulder belt, or midle belt at which the Bandalaroes hang.
The charge, and it cap and couer.
The primer.
The lap or flap on the shoulder for the musket to rest vpon.
The pouch in which bullets and flynt is kept.
The strings and rings by which they are hung to the belt.
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