An antique Greek drawing of the time of Theseus has been already referred to, whereon is an Amazon with a drawn bow, the arrow-head being barbed. Agathias, writing in the seventh century, says that the Franks did not use this weapon in war, but it is mentioned in the capitularies of Charlemagne, and there is evidence that it was not uncommon among both Anglo-Saxons and Danes. It was pre-eminently an English weapon of war, though used also in the chase in that and other countries, and was remarkable for range and sureness of aim, as well as for penetrative force. The Germanic nations applied it mainly in the chase, the Saxons especially using a short bow. An illustration occurs in a MS. in the Cotton Library.[41] The English archer became justly famous under the Norman kings, and it was first under them that the bow assumed great importance as a weapon of war. Bowmen in England at this time wore a leathern jacket, which was afterwards adopted by the French and called a “jacque d’Anglois.” On the Bayeux tapestry only one single bowman appears among the Saxon array, while there are several shown among the Norman ranks; these bows are short and thick, and arrows with barbed tips. Harold’s eye was pierced by an arrow, and but for this the Normans would hardly have won the battle. Richard I. was himself an adept in the use of the longbow, and it was the leading weapon of our armies at Creçy and Agincourt; and indeed continued to be so well into the “renaissance.” It will be remembered that at Flodden the Scottish king was killed by an arrow, and this battle may be said to have been the latest won mainly by the longbow.