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Crossbowmen.jpg Slings of WarfareMiniaturesA store of crossbow bolts, shafts and headsSlings of WarfareMiniaturesA store of crossbow bolts, shafts and headsSlings of WarfareMiniaturesA store of crossbow bolts, shafts and headsSlings of WarfareMiniaturesA store of crossbow bolts, shafts and headsSlings of WarfareMiniaturesA store of crossbow bolts, shafts and heads
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The centre figure is winding up his windlass crossbow behind the shelter of a shield.
From Manuscript, Froissarts ' Chronicles.'

The larger shields, which were carried before the knights (by their pages) when on the march, and which were propped up in front of them as a protection from arrows in a battle or a siege, were known as pavises or mantlets.

Auteur
The Book of the Crossbow
By Ralph Payne-Gallwey
Published in 1903, 1995
Available from Internet Archive
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