[Footnote 22: Histoire de St. Louis, p. 39. Paris, 1668, p.
44. Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1761. The former of
these editions is precious for the observations of Ducange;
the latter for the pure and original text of Joinville. We
must have recourse to that text to discover, that the feu
Gregeois was shot with a pile or javelin, from an engine
that acted like a sling.]