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The first fire-arms—Valturius's war-chariot—Chaucer's mention of "gonne"—Barbour's instances—Early cannon—Field Artillery—Bombards—"Mons Meg"—Monster cannon—Orgues des bombards—Battering rams—Classification of cannon—Early mortars—Breech-loading cannon—Ship cannon—Petards—Miscellaneous early fire-arms