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 292
agration as well asdeath wherever they went If we drew a comparisckn between the archers of themiddle ages and those f{ modern times, we should be OTHER ENGLISH ARCHERS. 289 Struck with the vast superiority of the former, and betempted to suspect that the historians have much exag-gerated their… … Fire Arrows. (From J. Smiths Art of Gunnery/ Ixmdrai, t04>.» of Henry VIII. commanding young men of twenty-oneyears of age who practised shooting at a target to do soat 1 o distance less than 220 yards. Among archers of thepresent time such practice is quite unknown, for when weshoot at a target…
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