Gelocen boge
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(Edlǣded of Ȝelocen boȝe)
Gelocen boge (on Nīwum Englisce hāteþ crossbow) is scēotende wǣpen þe on bogan þe sitt on bēame and scīett boltas stent.
Ǣr, æfter þǣm 4. hundredgēare, wæs se gelocena boge hefig on beadwum on Europelande and Asian, and ǣr þissum yldum fuhton Rōmānisce fēðan mid swylcum boge (se is manuballista on Lǣdne). Nū oftost brȳcþ man gelocenne bogan tō gamene, tō bȳsne on huntoðe and mearcscēotunge.
