after the loss of Calais that England should never recover
the store of ordinance there left and lost, that same is at this time
proved false, sith even some of the same persons do now confess that this
land was never better furnished with these things in any king's days that
reigned since the Conquest.

The names of our greatest ordnance are commonly these: _Brobonet_, whose
weight is two hundred pounds, and it hath one inch and a quarter within
the mouth; _Falconet_, weigheth five hundred pounds, and his wideness is
two inches within the mouth; _Falcon_, hath eight hundred pounds, and two
inches and a half within the mouth; _Minion_, poiseth eleven hundred
pounds, and hath three inches and a quarter within the mouth; _Sacre_,
hath fifteen hundred pounds, and is three inches and a half wide in the
mouth; _Demi-Culverin_, weigheth three thousand pounds, and hath four
inches and a half within the mouth; _Culverin_, hath four thousand pounds,
and five inches and a half within the mouth; _Demi-Cannon_, six thousand
pounds, and six inches and a half within the mouth; _Cannon_, seven
thousand pounds, and seven inches within the mouth; _E. Cannon_, eight
thousand pounds, and seven inches within the mouth; _Basilisk_, nine
thousand pounds, eight inches and three-quarters within the mouth. By
which proportions also it is easy to come by the weight of every shot, how
many scores it doth flee at point-blank, and how much powder is to be had
to the same, and finally how many inches in height each bullet ought to
carry:

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The names of the | Weight of | Scores of| Pounds of| Height of
greatest ordnance.| the shot. | carriage.| powder. | bullet.
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Robinet | 1 lb. | 0 | 0-1/2 | 1
Falconet | 2 lb. | 14 | 2 | 1-1/4
Falcon | 2-1/2 lb.| 16 | 2-1/2 | 2-1/4
Minion | 4-1/2 lb.| 17 | 4-1/2 | 3
Sacre | 5 lb. | 18 | 5 | 3-1/4
Demi-Culverin | 9 lb. | 20 | 9 | 4
Culverin | 18 lb. | 25 | 18 | 5-1/4
Demi-Cannon | 30 lb. | 38 | 28 | 6-3/4
Cannon | 60 lb. | 20 | 44 | 7-3/4
E. Cannon | 42 lb. | 20 | 20 | 6-3/4
Basilisk | 60 lb. | 21 | 60 |