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Map of Antangil
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died of illness, to return them, or restore them to the proprietors, or else if it displeases said Lords to feed such horses, by donating one hundred francs for each horse to these poor Gentlemen, they are exempted from feeding them. This ordered they are placed by Dizaines & Centaines in all the Provinces, also only the most capable of the best quality among the Dizaines. As for the Captains, Lieutenants, Ensigns & Quartermasters, they are people of authority sent by the King & his Council each year. Their arms are headgear adorned with plumes of the color of the Captains, Cuirass,[1] tasseled armbands[2] knee-guards,[3] shin guards, & very light gauntlets,[4] the swords of medium length, like three feet, strong, wide & very sharp: the pair of reinforced pistols & large caliber; a carbine in sling: The horse covered with a chamfrein & a creniere with blades attached near the saddle tree, from which hang from both sides of the mail which covers the neck & the throat attached underneath with cords: the rump, the chest & the flanks are also covered with bardings of boiled leather cottoned from underneath, in such a way that they |
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1. Cuirass, a piece of armor consisting of breastplate & backplate fastened together.
2. Brassarts, 3. Genouilleres, 4. Gauntlets, armored gloves. |