[112] In Coleridge’s “Dict. of the Oldest Words in the English Language.” [113] State Papers, Dom. Series, iii. 353. [114] See Table II. [115] E. Pears, “Fall of Constantinople,” 1885, p. 211. [116] “Hist of Greece,” iii. 492. [117] “Voyages,” &c. Trans. par Baratier, 1734, _c._ 6, p. 50. [118] “Struphnos ... turned into money not only the bolts and anchors of the ships but their sails and rigging, and left the navy without a single large ship” (ὁ Στρυφνός ... δεινότατος ὢν μὴ μόνον γόμφους καὶ ἀγκύραις χρυσίου ἀλλάξασθαι ἀλλὰ καὶ λαίφεσιν ἐπιθέσθαι καὶ ἐξαργυρίσαι πρότονα, ἀπαξάπαντος πλοίου μικροῦ τὰ νεώρια Ῥωμαίων ἐκένωσε). _Nicetæ Hist._, “De Alex. Isaac. Ang. Fr.,” _l._ iii. p. 716. Sea-fire is not actually mentioned, but the man who made away with the fittings of the ships was not likely to spare the ammunition, if saleable. [119] Ville-Hardouin, _La Conquête de Constantinople_, ed. Bouchon, 1891, p. 111. [120] See p. 14. [121] Οἴονται δέ τινες καὶ τηλεβόλους καὶ τηλεβολίσκους ὑπὸ Γερμανῶν ἀρχὴν αποδεδειγμένους κ.τ.λ. Chalcocondyles, _Corp. Script. Hist. Byzant._, ed. Niehbuhr, Bonn, 1843, _l._ ii. p. 72. The tradition was widespread. Ariosto (1474-1533) says:— “La macchina infernal ... Prima portata fu tra gli Alamanni.” —_Orlando Furioso_, xi. 23. [122] Δεινὸν γάρ τοι ὁ τηλεβολίσκος καὶ οὐδὲν τῶν ὅπλων ἀντέχει ὥστε μὴ διαχωρεῖν διὰ πάντων καθικνούμενος. Ib., _l._ vii. p. 346. [123] Herodotus, viii. 52, in his description of the taking of Athens during the invasion of Xerxes, 480 B.C. [124] Μετὰ βροντῆς καὶ καπνοῦ. Leo’s “Tactics,” xix. 51. See p. 38, and Jähns, 515. [125] “Dans notre opinion, les diverses compositions incendiares employées par les Arabes et par les Grecs, antérieurement à l’année 1225, ne contiennent pas de salpêtre.”—Reinaud and Favé, _Journal Asiatique_, Oct. 1849, p. 282. [126] Paris MSS. 7156 and 7158, which may be dated 1300. [127] These lines are attached by Berthelot to No. 6. [128] I have inserted these two words from the Nürnberg MS. (Romocki, i. 124), instead of the unmeaning “horatactinæ.” [129] Berthelot reads “primo.” [130] “Take” is here “accipe” instead of the “recipe” used in the nine preceding recipes. [131] Berthelot reads, “lauri.” [132] Better, “in scrophulis contra lapides,” Berthelot’s reading. [133] This is the reading of the Paris MS. 7156. Ptolemy is here spelt as Chaucer spells it, _Tholome_; “Boece,” ii. 7. [134] Probably a scribe’s blunder for _cynoglossi_. [135] There seems to have been some _lacuna_ in a previous recipe. [136] There is no Index to the original. The above has been made for the convenience of the reader. [137] i. _c._ 4. There is a marked similarity between certain numerals to be found in Kyeser’s “Bellifortis,” 1405, and those used in the Nürnberg MS. Romocki, i. 124, 150. [138] See p. 16. He was born near Malaga. [139] Berthelot, iii. 2. [140] “Golden Prairies,” Paris ed., viii. 177. [141] i. 128-132.