She lowered the crossbow, her gaze going from the guardsman to him.
He steers it towards a shelf of rock, called in Russ's time Tell's Platte, springs on shore, shoots the bailiff dead with his crossbow, and goes back to Uri, where he stirs up the great strife which ended in the battle of Morgarten.
The woman emerged carrying a crossbow.
He harried the Limousin and laid siege to the castle of Chalus; while directing an assault he was wounded in the shoulder by a crossbow bolt, and, the wound mortifying from unskilful treatment or his own want of care, he died on the 6th of April 1199.
For interested parties a full hunting expedition can be arranged Archery Choose between the traditional longbow and the more powerful crossbow.