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... to the oulde wont of England , youth shulde vse it for the moost honest pastyme in peace , that men myght handle it as a mooste sure weapon in warre . Other stronge weapons whiche bothe experience doth proue to be good , and the wysdom.
... to the oulde wont of England , youth shulde vse it for the moost honest pastyme in peace , that men myght handle it as a mooste sure weapon in warre . Other stronge weapons whiche bothe experience doth proue to be good , and the wysdom.
Page 46
... England : For whome al England dayly doth praye , yt he passing his Tutour in learnyng & know- ledge , folowynge his father in wisedome & felicitie , accordyng to yt example which is set afore his eyes , may so set out and mayntayne ...
... England : For whome al England dayly doth praye , yt he passing his Tutour in learnyng & know- ledge , folowynge his father in wisedome & felicitie , accordyng to yt example which is set afore his eyes , may so set out and mayntayne ...
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... England farre excedeth all other realmes : but yet one thing I doubt & longe haue surely in that point doubted , whe , or by whom , shotyng was first brought in to Englande , & for the same purpose as I was ones in companye wyth syr ...
... England farre excedeth all other realmes : but yet one thing I doubt & longe haue surely in that point doubted , whe , or by whom , shotyng was first brought in to Englande , & for the same purpose as I was ones in companye wyth syr ...
Page 54
... England betwixt the house of Yorke and Lancaster , where shaftes slewe of both sydes to the destruction of mannye a yoman of Englande , whome foreine battell coulde neuer haue subdewed bothe I wyll passe ouer for the pyttyefulnesse of ...
... England betwixt the house of Yorke and Lancaster , where shaftes slewe of both sydes to the destruction of mannye a yoman of Englande , whome foreine battell coulde neuer haue subdewed bothe I wyll passe ouer for the pyttyefulnesse of ...
Page 58
... taught and learned how to shote , the Archers of England shuld not be only a great deale raker , and mo then they be : but also a good deale bygger and stronger Archers then they be . This comoditie 58 Toxophilus . A.
... taught and learned how to shote , the Archers of England shuld not be only a great deale raker , and mo then they be : but also a good deale bygger and stronger Archers then they be . This comoditie 58 Toxophilus . A.
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