| Matchlock
Musket Drill, XVII C. Polish (c) 2001 Rick Orli Szczepan Twardoch provided the Polish Drill, based on ????? (As you can see, this page is under construction!) Illustration (c)2001 Szczepan Twardoch |
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| English | Polish | Phonetic Polish |
| Audio File Recorded by Radek | ||
| Lay down your muskets | Polozcie muszkiety na ziemii! | powoojcyeah mooshkyety ne zyamyy |
| Do you have enough priming powder? | Macie dosc prochu na panewkach?" | {Micya dosich prohoo ne penavkah? |
| Put six balls in your mouths | Szesc kul w gebe wlozyc | Shesc kool v gawba vwozycs! |
| Light your match | Zapalaj lonty | Zapalay lonti |
| Take up your muskets | Wezcie muszkiety | Vazcye mooshkyeety |
| Clean the barrel (with farthing-stick, implying a coin on the end of a scouring-stick) | przechedozcie rure grajcarami | pjehadoozcya roora graycaramy (Don’t smile during this step, even though old Polish word "che,dozyc" means "to f—‘ as well as "to clean") |
| Musket on the rest (fork) | muszkiet na widelec | moosh-kyet ne vidalace |
| Clean your pan (prick your piece/vent) | przekluc zapal | pjakwooc zapew |
| Prime your piece | podsypuj | podsypooy |
| Shut your pan | zaprzyj panewke | zapjyi penewka |
| Cast about your piece (to left side) | muszkiet do nabijania na lewy bok | mushkyet do nebyianya ne levi bok |
| Charge your piece | (not complete, yet) | |
| Remove scouring stick | ||
| Ram home your charge | ||
| Return scouring stick | ||
| Shot your piece, | ||
| Remove scouring stick, | ||
| Ram home shot, | ||
| Return scouring stick. | ||
| Cock your match | lonty do kurek | lonti do kurek |
| Open your pan | ||
| Aim | mierzaj | miesz-i |
| Fire! | pal | pal |
| Field
commands (short, for
battlefield use): 1) make ready your piece .. Gotow? 2) present "mierzaj" 3) give fire "pal!" |
| nr | English | Turkish | Polish |
| Fig. 1. | bow | yai | luk |
| I | back | zahr | grzbiet |
| II | belly | baghyr | brzusiec |
| 1 | tips, ears | bash | (1+2) rogi |
| 2 | (1+2) siyah | kasan | |
| 3 | arm, limb | sal | ramie |
| 4 | grip, handle | kabza | majdan |
| 5 | nock | gez | zaczep |
| 6 | bridge | wspornik | |
| 7, Fig. 2. | (bow)string | kiris (kirisz) |
cieciwa |
| 1 | loop | tundj | petla |
| 2 | knot | dügüm | wezel |
| 3 | string serving | meidanlyk | owijka |
| Fig. 3. | arrow | puta, gezi, pishrev |
strzala |
| 1 | arrowhead | grot, ploszczyk | |
| 2 | shaft | promien, drzewce, brzechwa |
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| 3 | fletshing | opierzenie, lotki | |
| 4 | arrownock | nasadka | |
| x | quiver | tirkesh | kolczan, tul |
| x | bowcase | sadak | lubie, sajdak |
| x | thumb ring | zyghyr | zekier |