He carried a crossbow and a sword, like those of Murphy's fleet-footed guards.
"Sjambak"
John Holbrook Vance
Whether death or disability comes by Belgian ball or Spencer bullet, by the stone of a Balearic slinger, by a bolt from a crossbow, is a matter of detail which need not trouble the philosophic mind, and the ancients showed their sense in ascribing fear to divine inspiration.
"The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915"
Basil L. Gildersleeve
But the soldiers were in no great haste; so when matters were going too far, I stepped into the breach myself, called down to tell them my name, and also showed my crossbow with an arrow on the string.
"In The Fire Of The Forge, Volume 7."
Georg Ebers