Soldier blowing powder from his musket (no. 20), c. 1600, A soldier, full-length, holding a musket (a certain type of firearm) near his mouth with both hands and blowing on it, to get off any powder that may have fallen outside the pan (the powder reservoir) (no. 20), c. 1600. In his left hand, in addition to the barrel of the musket, a furket (musket fork) and a burning wick. Plate 20 in the instructions for handling the musket: Brief enseignement, sur les pourtraitz figurez, touchant le droit maniement du Mousquet. Part of the illustrations in a French edition of J. de Gheyn's

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