Soldier pushing powder and bullet into the barrel of his rudder with his ramrod (no. 26), c. 1600, A soldier, full-length, to the right, holding a rudder (a certain type of firearm) with his left hand near his left thigh and bringing his ramrod into the barrel with his right hand, to push powder and bullet on (no. 26), c. 1600. Plate 26 in the instructions for handling the rudder: Shortest instruction upon the contrefaictinges, touching the right use of calivers. Part of the illustrations in an English edition of J. de Gheyn's Wapenhandelinghe: J. de Gheyn, The exercise of armes for calivres

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