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AKWỤKWỌ KWESỊRỊ NA EGWU

ewezuga n'okwu ndị anyị na-ahụ na ọ dị mkpa ime ntụnyere.  N'ime
Ụlọ elu London na na Windsor Castle ụdị uwe ndị a bụ maka mmadụ niile
ụmụ akwụkwọ agha ndị chọrọ inyocha ha.  Anyị ga-akọwa uwe ndị a
ma kwurịta ajụjụ nke ndị nwere ike ime ha, ma anyị ga-atụ anya igosi
na njiri mara ha sitere na nwe ndị eze na ndị isi nke oge ahụ
enwere ike ịnakwere n'ozuzu dị ka ezi.
Tupu mgbe ahụ, anyị na-ezo aka na uwe ọ bụla na Windsor Castle, maka ebe ahụ
enwere ọtụtụ ebe a ga-edekọ, ka anyị buru ụzọ gbalịa chọpụta ihe kpatara ya
ha nọ ugbu a na Windsor ọ bụghị n'ebe a na-edebe ngwá agha nke mba anyị, Ụlọ elu nke
London.  Na-agbalị na-aza ajụjụ n'ihi na eziokwu na akụkụ nke otu suut
A ga-ahụ ya ma n'ụlọ elu nke London Armory na na Windsor
Castle, anyị nwere mgbe anyị chere na ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ihe agha niile dị mkpa ịbụ
A hụrụ taa na Windsor Castle ka e si n'ụlọ elu London bute ebe ahụ
banyere afọ 1830, icho mma na Nche Chamber, ụdi
mweghachi nke ukwuu nke Sir Jeffrey Wyatville mere.  Enweghị ndekọ, Otú ọ dị,
dị na akwụkwọ agha Armory Issue nke ezigara ya
Windsor banyere oge ahụ;  ya mere anyị ga-agbali iji dozie ajụjụ a na ụfọdụ
ụzọ ọzọ.  Na-ewepụ echiche, mgbe ahụ, ndị nkịtị ara- na
akwa azụ, okpu agha, pikes, muskets, bandoleers, na egbe, ahaziri na
trophies, dị ka a ga-ahụ taa na Hampton Court, na dị ka, anyị
mara, gara aga na nhazigharị izugbe na Windsor, chọọ mgbidi ahụ mma
nke Ụlọ Nche ochie na Round Tower, na Ụlọ Nche nke Eze
na Castle n'onwe ya, ka anyị gbalịsie ike ịchọpụta ihe dabara adaba n'ezie
Castle gara aga ka izugbe mweghachi nke 1824. Nkọwa nke mbụ
nke ime ime Windsor Castle, na ihe ndị dị n'ime ya, na
nwere mmetụta ọ bụla na ajụjụ ahụ, na-eweghachi anyị azụ n'etiti XVIIIth
narị afọ, ihe dị ka oge - 1742 - George Bickham, junior, wepụtara nke ya
Deliciae Britannia;  ma ọ bụ ọchịchọ ịmata nke Hampton Court na Windsor
Castle delinerated, olu nke ọ na-akọwa ogologo foto ndị a,
agba agba agba, wdg, mana nke nwere naanị ntụaka abụọ maka ihe agha.  Nke
aha mbụ banyere ya na-eme na akaụntụ nke Ụlọ Nche nke Gburugburu
Ụlọ elu, ebe, mgbe o kwuchara banyere trophies nke pikes, musket, drum, wdg.
ọ gara n'ihu ịsị: "... n'elu ọnụ ụzọ na-aga Ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ bụ abụọ
uwe agha, nke bụbu nke ndị isi abụọ nwere agha (ma ndị nọ na
akpan akpan enweghị m ike ikwu) inlaid with gold;  na ihe agha inyinya, gauntlets, na
nkọwa ndị ọzọ
Ụlọ Nche Eze, nke bụ nke a: "Ụlọ ahụ na-achọ mma niile
gburugburu na ọnụ ọgụgụ buru ibu nke pikes, carbines, na ngwa ndị ọzọ nke
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