The Art of Archery: Published, with Notes, from a Manuscript of the 15th Century |
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15TH CENTURY arce archers Arrows for butt Art of War book of King bottom edge bow hand bow strings BREAM'S BUILDINGS butt and target butt shooting called The Art chapitre CHAPTER clochettes Collé Dextre doit estre Doue draw facon flight arrows flight shooting follows the string formerly seen front foot Gallice informs GLUED ARROW grain HAND BOWS harder hemp hold HORACE COX horn nocking HORNS FOR BOWS hundred paces iron heads l'Art ladite larc Lart Darcherie les arce loop loose Lost Book maniere Michel Le Noir NATURE OF WOOD piez Portuguese yew printed Prologue PUTTING A STRING round bows screen seshuz Sexmodus SHAFT sheaf arrow shooting for three silk speak square and round stiffer Tacle target shooting Tarquin three feathers three fingers three steps tirer tiver toille doit trait TRANSLATOR treatise upper limb Waxed arrows whitethorn WINDSOR HOUSE wing feather wish to shoot
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Page 14 - To shoot with two steps, a backward step must be taken with the hindermost foot, so that on bringing the front foot down, sufficient impetus is given to effect the loose.
Page 7 - Dareherie. 7 that yew is only useful for making bows and crossbows, and that there are two sorts of it, the white and the red. The white is called Portuguese yew, and it is usually soft and of open grain.
Page 11 - And if you would know what is a sheaf arrow, according to the English, every glued and iron-headed shaft, whether big or little, is called sheaf arrow.