| Title: | Copy Extract On An Harquebus From Jacques Charron'S History Of The Universe, In French And English |
|---|---|
| Dating: | undated |
| Ref: | 8/39/1A-2B: 1B, 2A-B BLANK |
| Notes: | Another copy at 63/1. |
[8/39/1A]
Vne Arquebus faite par un ouvrier de Louviers, fut presentee au Roy, de laquelle on tiroit (comme j'ay veu et esprouve mesme) sans aide de poudre, ny ressort quelconque; ains avec du vent vent seulement, qu'on enfermoit dans le but d'icelle[altered], comme dans un [batton?]: Et eust peu tuer un homme de la longuer de vingt ou trente pas sans faire bruit quelconque, combien que la balle ne fust poussée qu'avec le vent. Mais le Roy deffendit à l'ouvrier d'en plus faire d'autant que par ce moyen on eust peu facilement tuer un homme, sans jamais s'appercevoir, de quel coste fut venu le coup.
Iacq. Charron. Histoire Vnivers.
p. 1326.
A Harquebuse made by a Workman of Louviers, was presented to the King, which was discharged (as i my selfe have seene et tryed) without the helpe of pouder or any other thing save onely the wind shut up in the end of it as in a [Balloone? altered]: And it was able to kill a man 20 or 30 paces off without making any noise, but as a ball driven onely by the winde. But the King charged the workman to make no more of them because by[altered] this meanes one might easily kill a man, without being at all perceived which way the[altered] blow came.
Jacques Charron in his vniversall History
in French. pag. 1326.