(1) In view of the range he ascribes to the culverin , some remarks on gun performances are in order.(2) A falcon shot a 2-to 3-pound projectile; a culverin fired a 15-to 22-pound projectile.(3) And whereas the Spanish had only 21 culverins (long-range iron guns), the English had 153; whereas the Spanish had 151 demi-culverins, the English had 344.(4) Their ship, Lady Edwina, mounts eight culverins and ten demi-culverins along with a prime crew of English seamen.(5) The culverins proved to be versatile and effective guns in the late medieval period.(6) She weighed five hundred tons and carried thirty-eight guns: twenty-two culverins and sixteen demi-culverins.
