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... whyche thing I haue laboured onlye in this booke , shewynge howe fit shootyng is for all kyndes of men , howe honest a pastyme for the mynde , howe holsome an excercise for the bodye , not vile for great men to vse , not costlye for ...
... whyche thing I haue laboured onlye in this booke , shewynge howe fit shootyng is for all kyndes of men , howe honest a pastyme for the mynde , howe holsome an excercise for the bodye , not vile for great men to vse , not costlye for ...
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... whyche shulde encourage yong stomakes , to attempte manlye matters . Nowe whether these balades & roundes , these galiardes , pauanes and daunces , so nicelye fingered , so swetely tuned , be lyker the Musike of the Lydians or the ...
... whyche shulde encourage yong stomakes , to attempte manlye matters . Nowe whether these balades & roundes , these galiardes , pauanes and daunces , so nicelye fingered , so swetely tuned , be lyker the Musike of the Lydians or the ...
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... whyche standeth by fine and quicke fingeringe , be cōdemned of Aristotle , as not to be brought in & vsed amonge them , whiche studie for learning and vertue . Aristot . pol . 8. 6 . Pallas when she had inuented a pipe , cast it away ...
... whyche standeth by fine and quicke fingeringe , be cōdemned of Aristotle , as not to be brought in & vsed amonge them , whiche studie for learning and vertue . Aristot . pol . 8. 6 . Pallas when she had inuented a pipe , cast it away ...
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... whyche thinge if you do sayth Cresus ( as he dyd in dede ) you shall se them quickelye of men , made women . And thus lutinge and singinge take awaye a manlye stomake , whiche shulde enter & pearce depe and harde studye . Euen suche an ...
... whyche thinge if you do sayth Cresus ( as he dyd in dede ) you shall se them quickelye of men , made women . And thus lutinge and singinge take awaye a manlye stomake , whiche shulde enter & pearce depe and harde studye . Euen suche an ...
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... whyche .. keepe shooting from euyl companye , and suffers it not to haue to much swinge , but euermore kepes it ... whyche lurketh in holes and corners , the other called Night an vngratiouse couer of noughtynesse , whyche two thynges be ...
... whyche .. keepe shooting from euyl companye , and suffers it not to haue to much swinge , but euermore kepes it ... whyche lurketh in holes and corners , the other called Night an vngratiouse couer of noughtynesse , whyche two thynges be ...
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