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 belongs to a class of its own. Thus the hafted weapon of which the sole office was to strike, with an extended blow, must be distinguished from those we have referred to under the heading of the pole-hammer and -axe.

(a) Italian (Venetian), early XVIIth century. Wallace Collection (Laking Catalogue, No. 740).

(b) Made probably in Italy for François de Bourbon, Duc de Montmorency, 1539-1592. Wallace Collection (Laking Catalogue, No. 733).

Let us briefly deal first with the glaive. It has been argued that the glaive had its origin in Wales, and that it remained a national weapon until the end of the XVth century. Grose mentions a warrant (Harleian MS., No. 433), issued to Nicholas Spicer, dated the first year of Richard III's reign, 1483, for