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Two members of the Sealed Knot demonstrate matchlock firing as used by musketeers, for example, during the English Civil War (1642-51). The priming charge has fired but not yet the main charge. At Fernhurst Furnace, West Sussex, England.
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Charlesdrakew. (2021, December 01). Matchlock Musketeers. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14940/matchlock-musketeers/
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Charlesdrakew. "Matchlock Musketeers." World History Encyclopedia, December 01, 2021. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14940/matchlock-musketeers/.
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