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ARQUEBUS (also called harquebus, hackbut, &c.)

ARQUEBUS (also called harquebus, hackbut, &c.) , a firearm of the 16th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, the immediate predecessor of the See also:

MUSKET (Fr. mousquet, Ger. Muskete, &c.)

musket. The word itself is certainly to be derived from the See also:

German Hakenbiihse (mod. Hakenbflchse, cf. Eng. hackbut and hackbush), " See also:

hook See also:

gun." The " hook " is often supposed to refer to the See also:

bent shape of the See also:

butt, which differentiated it from the straight-stocked See also:

hand gun, but it has also been suggested that the See also:

ORIGINAL

original arquebus had a See also:

metal hook near the muzzle, which was used to grip the See also:

wall (or other fixed See also:

OBJECT

object) so as to steady the aim and take up the force of recoil, that from this 1I the name Hakenbiihse spread till it became the generic name for small arms, and that the original See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the weapon then took the name of arquebus a trot. The See also:

French form arquebuse and See also:

ITALIAN

Italian arcobugio, archibugio, often and wrongly supposed to indicate the hackbut's See also:

affinity with the crossbow (" hollow See also:

BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow " or " mouthed bow "), are popular corruptions, the Italian being apparently the earlier of the two and supplanting the first and purest French formhaquebut. Previous to the French See also:

WARS

wars in See also:

Italy, hand-gun men and even arbalisters seem to have been called arquebusiers, but in the course of these wars the arquebus or hackbut came into prominence as a distinct type of weapon. The See also:

SPANISH

Spanish arquebusiers, who used it with the greatest effect in the Italian wars, notably at Bicocca (1522) and See also:

PAVIA (anc. Ticinum, q.v.)

Pavia (1525), are the originators of See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

INFANTRY

infantry See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire See also:

ACTION

action. Filippo See also:

STROZZI

Strozzi made many improvements in the arquebus about 1530, and his weapons were effective up to four and five See also:

HUNDRED

hundred paces. He also standardized the calibres of the arquebuses of the French See also:

army, and from this characteristic feature of the improved weapon arose the See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

TERM

term " See also:

CALIVER

caliver. In the latter See also:

PART

part of the 16th century (c. 1570) the arquebus began to be displaced by the musket. ARQUES-LA-BATAILLE, a See also:

VILLAGE

village of See also:

France, in the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

Seine-Inferieure, 4 m.

S.E. of See also:

DIEPPE

Dieppe by the Western railway. Pop. (1906) 1250. Arques is situated near the confluence of the See also:

rivers Varenne and See also:

Bethune; the See also:

FOREST

forest of Arques stretches to the See also:

north-See also:

east. The See also:

INTEREST

interest of the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place. centres in the See also:

castle dominating the See also:

TOWN

town, which was built in the 11th century by See also:

William of Arques; his See also:

NEPHEW

nephew, William the Conqueror, regarding it as a menace to his own See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, besieged and occupied it. After frequently changing hands, it came into the See also:

possession of the English, who were expelled in 1449 after an occupation of See also:

THIRTY

thirty years. In 1589 its See also:

CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

cannon decided the See also:

BATTLE

battle of Arques in favour of See also:

Henry IV. Since 1869 the castle has been See also:

state See also:

PROPERTY

property. The first See also:

LINE

line of fortification was the See also:

WORK

work of See also:

Francis I.; the second line and the See also:

DONJON (from a Late Lat. accusative form domnionem, connected with domnus or dominus, a lord)

donjon date back to the 11th century. The See also:

church of Arques, a See also:

BUILDING

building of the 16th century, preserves a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

stone See also:

ROOD (O.E. rod, a stick, another form of " rod, O.E. rodd, possibly cognate with Lat. rudis, a staff)

rood See also:

SCREEN (usually, but very doubtfully, connected with Lat. scrinium, a box for holding books, from scribere, to write; a connexion with Ger. Schranke, barrier, has been suggested)

screen, statuary, stained See also:

glass and other See also:

RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics of the See also:

RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance See also:

period.

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