Crossbows load too slowly, longbows do too much damage, and melee weapons often do too little damage.

FORBES: A Question of Balance

Of the military finds, Capt Page is most struck by the longbows on board - measuring "in the order of 6ft".

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Mr Mortimer nonetheless luxuriates in what he has: grants to chantries and hospitals, rewards for service, reports from ambassadors, requests for provisioning (all those thousands of longbows, arrows, barrels of beer, sides of beef) and the ceaseless pawning of a large part of Henry's treasure to pay for his whim of a war.

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