Wonders of bodily strength and skill, in all ages and countries (1885)
Depping, Guillaume, 1829-1901, Russell, Charles, tr · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 290
regularlypractised with the long bow. If the kings and queens of England used this weaponwith such wonderful ardour, we must look to more thanmere personal taste to explain the reason, which was, no OTHER ENGLISH ARCHERS. 287 doubt, their desire to encourage this taste among the people.The dynasty… … English Archer of the Middle Ages. (From a MS. in the British MuseuBB.) ability in the use of the bow. Giraldus Cambrensis, awriter of the 12th century, says that their arrows piercedoaken doors four fingers in thickness. He mentions alsothe case of a knight pinned to his saddle by two Welsharrows,…
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