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King's wardrobe, to which department the arms and munitions of war belonged, states that 912 lbs. of saltpetre and 846 lbs. of sulphur were provided for the use of the army in France; later in the year, before Calais, he obtained a further supply. That fire-arms were used by the English at Crecy in 1346 is a well-ascertained fact. In 1347 the words "gunnis" and "bombarde" first appear in the