火绳枪

Twelve men all equipped, having each his rest and his matchlock.

十二个人，全副装备， 每人都配了枪架和火绳枪。

While underneath, in a corner, were fowling piece, musket, and matchlock.

下面， 角落里， 堆着鸟枪， 步枪， 和火绳枪。

Twelve men all equipped, having each his rest and his matchlock.

十二个人，全副装备，每人都配了枪架和火绳枪。

If bad weather is pernicious to firearms, it is no less so to bows. Rain makes bowstrings slacks, and after a march in the wet arrow-feathers flake off.

如果说坏天气对火绳枪不利，对于弓也好不到哪里去。下雨可以让弓弦松弛，在雨天行军以后，箭羽往往会脱落。

The arquebus is a very heavy weapon compared with the bow, and tires out soldiers on the march; their aims grow unsteady after half an hour´s rapid firing.

火绳枪是很笨重的武器，使士兵在行军途中很容易疲劳，而且他们的射击精度很不稳定，纵使只经过了半个小时。