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As to Chris' question about archers carrying shields and other weapons, I do know that English archers in the Hundred Years War used, along with their enormous bows, long steel swords, and things known as ballock knives, long daggers, essentially. I think that they also had small shields, whose name I can't remember but will check up on. They were strapped to the arm, rather than hand held, so perhaps this is the way a slinger could have a shield. And for a slinger it is very advisable to have other weapons in war time, because a sling is no use in close combat, and in the case of ambushes, they would be useless as soldiers. Unlike English archers, who, in the final stages of the battle of Agincourt, drew their swords and jumped into the melee with French knights (and won, incidentally). So other weapons and shields do not seem unlikely. As to the question of whether bags or cloaks are better, I have no idea; I always use my pockets or a small pouch, and have no idea about the advantages of a cloak.
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