The Cross-bowmen were of several kinds, some mounted, some on foot. The mounted balistarii in King John's time were those possessing one horse, those having two horses (_ad duos equos_[278]), and others having three horses[279]. In 1205 the king sends to the sheriff of Salop, "Peter, a balister of three horses, and nine two-horse balisters," who are to be paid 10_s._ 4_d._ per day (the whole ten). The usual pay at this time was: to the cross-bowman with two horses, 15_d._ per diem; with one horse, 7-1/2_d._ per day; and to the foot-balister, 3_d._ per day. The quarrels for the crossbows were carried after the army in carts. Thus Guillaume Guiart:-- "Arbaletriers vont quarriaux prendre, A pointes agues et netes, Qui la furent _en trois charrettes_ Venues par mesire Oudart."--_Année_ 1303, p. 291. The bows themselves, with other weapons and defences, were also carted after the host, and termed the "artillery" of the expedition:-- "Artillerie est le charroi Qui par duc, par comte ou par roi Ou par aucun seigneur de terre Est charchié (chargé) de quarriaux en guerre, D'arbaletes, de dars, de lances, Et de targes d'une semblance."--_Guiart_, an. 1304. Notwithstanding the services rendered in the front of the battle by the cross-bowmen, and the other foot-troops; whose post was the more perilous from their being but slightly provided with defensive equipment; the knightly body of their own party made no scruple to ride them down whenever they stood in the way of the glory or ambition of the equestrian order. At Courtray in 1302, the French foot having gallantly repulsed the Flemings, Messire de Valepayelle cried to the Count of Artois,-- "Sire, cil vilain tant feront Que l'onneur en emporteront."--_Guiart_, pt. ii. v. 6132. And forthwith the men-at-arms "Parmi les pietons se flatissent, Qu'a force de destriers entr'ouvrent: Des leurs meismes le champ queuvrent, Et merveilleux nombre en estraignent." This is confirmed by the _Grandes Chroniques_: "Nos gens de pie savancent, si auront la victoire et nous ny aurons point d'onneur[280]." All our readers will remember the similar fate of the Genoese cross-bowmen at Cressy: "Or tôt, tuez toute cette ribaudaille, qui nous empêche la voie sans raison[281]."