Making and Knowing
A minimal edition of BnF Ms Fr 640

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G mortar with handles placed with its rod.

H knife—like saws to cut, if needed, a portcullis.

J the big iron rods that cross and tie the mortar.

K are like iron rods, all round and covered with cloths, like all the rest, so as to make the big iron rods, pierced close to the button, turn.

L axes that one must always carry to chop and to break, in the fortuitous case that the mortar has left anything entirely.

M a large wood mallet for knocking down what was begun and weakened by the axes and birons.

N are big wheelwright augers and birons for easily cutting a door or window by making large holes close to one another.

O crutches as tall as a man that must be carried to put under a portcullis immediately after the canon has been shot and to prevent the portcullis from falling.

P are small iron pincers for putting any low mortar against the bolt of a door.