. The birds of Shakespeare; critically examined, explained, and illustrated. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Birds. 242 THE CALIVER. A contemporary military writer, Sir John Smythe, gives his opinion that the term was derived from " the height of the bullet"— the bore. He says, " The caliver is only a harquebuse ; savinge, that it is of greater circuite, or bullet, than the other is of; wherefore the Frenchman doth call it a piece de calibre, which is as much as to sale, a piece of bigger circuite.* I would that all harquebuses throughout the field should be of one caliver
. The birds of Shakespeare; critically examined, explained, and illustrated. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Birds. 242 THE CALIVER. A contemporary military writer, Sir John Smythe, gives his opinion that the term was derived from " the height of the bullet"— the bore. He says, " The caliver is only a harquebuse ; savinge, that it is of greater circuite, or bullet, than the other is of; wherefore the Frenchman doth call it a piece de calibre, which is as much as to sale, a piece of bigger circuite.* I would that all harquebuses throughout the field should be of one caliver and height, to the intent that every soldier on the lack of bullets might use his fellows' ; There are two specimens in the Tower Collection, of a caliver and a musket of the sixteenth century, from Penshurst Place, Kent. The length of the former (here figured) is 4 ft, 10 in., the latter 5 ft. 5^ Notwithstanding the " bigger circuite," the musket was considered twice as efficient in its effects, and Sir Roger Williams corroborates the fact, admitting the advantage possessed by the caliver of being more rapidly discharged. " The calivers may say they will discharge two shot for one, but cannot denie that one musket-shot doth more hurt than two calivers' ; % ' "An Answer to the Opinion of Captain ; (Harl. MSS., No. 4,685.) t Their numbers, in Mv. Hewitt's official Tower Catalogue, are || and '2 J " brief Disconrse of W'.ir, ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harting, James Edmund, 1841-1928. London, John Van Voorst
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