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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22011	Toxophilus the schole of shootinge contayned in tvvo bookes. To all gentlemen and yomen of Englande, pleasaunte for theyr pastyme to rede, and profitable for theyr use to folow, both in war and peace ...	Ascham, Roger, 1515-1568.	1545 (1545)	STC 837; ESTC S104391	106,118	194

daye all the nobilite of Fraunce onlye wyth hys archers Such lyke battel also fought y● noble black prince Edward beside Poeters where Iohn y● french king with hys sonne in a maner al y● peres of Fraūce were taken beside .xxx. M. which that daye were ●layue verie few Englyshe men by reason of theyr bowes Kynge Henrie the fifte a prince pereles and moste vyctoriouse conqueroure of all that euer dyed yet in this parte of the world at the battel of Dagin court with .vii. M. fyghtynge men and yet many of them sycke beynge suche Archers as the Cronycle sayeth that mooste parte of them drewe a yarde slewe all the Cheualrie of Fraunce to the nomber of XL. M. and moo and lost not paste .xxvi. Englysshe men The bloudye Ciuil warre of England betwixt the house of Yorke and Lancaster where shaftes flewe of bothe 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 it and yet maye we hyghelye prayse GOD in the remembraunce of it seynge he of hys prouydence hathe so knytte to gether those .ii. noble houses with so noble and pleasunte a flowre The excellent prince Thomas Hawarde nowe Duke of Northfolk for whose good prosperite with al his noble familie al English hertes dayly doth pray with bowmē of England slew kyng Iamie with many a noble Scot euē brāt agēst Flodō hil in which battel y● stoute archers of Cheshire Lanchasshire for one day bestowed to y● death for their price coūtry sake hath gotten immortall name and prayse for euer The feare onely of Englysh Archers hathe done more wonderfull thinges than euer I redde in anye historye greke or latin and moost wonderfull of all now of late beside Carlile betwixt Eske and Leuen at Sandy sikes where the hoole nobilite of Scotlande for fere of the Archers of Englonde next the stroke of God as both Englysh men and Scotyshe men that were present hath toulde me were drowened and taken prisoners Nor that noble acte also whyche althoughe it be almost iost by tyme commeth not behynd in worthinesse whyc●e my synguler good frende and Master Sir William ●algraue and Sir George Somerset dyd with a few Archers to y● number as it is sayd of .xvi. at the Turne pike besyde Hāmes where they turned with so fewe Archers so many Frenchemen to flight and turned so many oute of theyr Iackes whych turne turned all fraunce to shame reproche and those .ii. noble Knightes to perpetuall prayse fame And thus you se Philologe in al contries Asia Aphrike and Europe in Inde Aethiop Aegypt Iurie Parthia Persia Grece and Italie Schythia Turkey and Englande from the begynninge of the world euen to thys daye that shotynge hath had the cheife stroke in warre PHI. These examples surelye apte for the prayse of shotynge I not feyned by poetes but proued by trewe histories distinct by tyme and order hath delyted me excedyng muche but yet me thynke that all thys prayse belongeth to stronge shootynge and drawynge of myghtye bowes not to prickyng and nere shotinge for which cause you and many other bothe loue vse shootyng TOX. Euer more Philologe you wyl haue some ouertwhart reson to drawe forthe more communication with all but neuerthelesse you shall perceaue if you wyl that vse of prickyng and desyre of nere shootynge at home are the onelye causes of stronge shootyng in warre and why for you se that the strongest men do not drawe alwayes the strongest shoote whiche thyng prouethe that drawinge stronge liethe not so muche in the strength of man as in the vse of shotyng And experience teacheth the same in other thynges for you shal se a weake smithe whiche wyl wyth a lipe and turnyng of his arme take vp a barre of yron y● another man thrise as stronge can not stirre And a strong man not vsed to shote hath his armes breste and shoulders and other partes wherwith he shuld drawe stronglye one hindering and stoppinge an other euen as a dosen stronge horses not vsed to the carte lettes troubles one another And so the more stronge man not vsed to shoote shootes moost vnhāsumlye but yet if a strong man with vse of shooting coulde applye all the partes of hys bodye togyther to theyr moost strengthe than should he both drawe stronger than other and also shoote better than other But nowe a stronge man not vsed to shoote at a girde can heue vp plucke in sūder many a good bowe as wild horses at a brunte doth race pluck in peces many a stronge carte And thus strong mē without vse can do nothynge in shoting to any purpose neither in warre nor peace but if they happen to shoote yet they haue done within a shoote or two when a weake man that is vsed to shoote shal serue for all tymes and purposes and shall shoote .x. shaftes agaynst the others .iiii. drawe them vp to the poynte euerye tyme and shoote them to the mooste aduauntage drawyng and withdrawing his shafte when he list marky ●ge at one man yet let driuyng at an other man whiche thynges in a set battayle although a man shal not alwayes vse yet in bickerynges and at ouerthwarte meatinges when fewe archers be togyther they do moste good of all Agayne he that is not vsed to shoote shall euermore with vntowardnesse of houldynge his bowe nockynge his shafte not lookyng to his stryng betyme put his bowe alwayes in ieoperdy of breakynge than he were better to be at home moreouer he shal shoote very fewe shaftes and those full vnhandsum lye some not halfe drawen some to hygh and some to lowe nor he can not driue a shoote at a tyme nor stoppe a shoote at a neede but oute muste it and verye ofte to euel profe PHI. And that is best I trow in war to let it go and not to stoppe it TOX. No not so but somtyme to houlde a shafte at the heade whyche if they be but few archers doth more good with the feare of it than it shoulde do if it were shot with the stroke of it PHI. That is a wonder to me y● the feare of a displeasure shoulde do more harme than the displeasure it selfe TOX. Yes ye knowe that a man whiche fereth to be banyshed out of hys cuntrye can neyther be mery eate drynke nor sleape for feare yet when he is banished in dede he slepeth and eateth as well as any other And many menne doubtyng and fearyng whether they shoulde dye or no euen for verye feare of deathe preuenteth them selfe with a more bytter deathe then the other death shoulde haue bene in deade And thus feare is euer worse than the thynge feared ●irl p●d 3. as is pratelye proued by the communication of Cyrus and Tigranes the kynges sunne of Armenie in Xenophou PHI. I grante Toxophile that vse of shotyng maketh a man drawe strong to shoote at most aduauntage to

❧ Reioyse Englande be gladde and merie TROTHE ouercōmmeth thyne enemyes all The Scot the Frencheman the Pope and heresie OVERCOMMED by Trothe haue had a fall Sticke to the Trothe and euermore thou shall Through Christ King Henry the Boke and the Bowe All maner of enemies quite ouerthrowe Gualterus Haddonus Cantabrigien Mittere qui celeres summa uelit arte sagittas Ars erit ex isto summa profecta libro Quicquid habent arcus rigidi neruique rotundi Sumere fi libet hoc sumere fonte licet Aschamus est author magnū quē fecit Apollo Arte sua magnum Pallas arte sua Docta manꝰ dedit hūc dedit hūc mēs doct a libellū Quae ui det Ars Vsus uisa parata facit Optimus haec author quia tradidit optima scripta Conuenit bec uobis optima uelle sequi To the moste graciouse and our most drad Soueraigne lord Kyng Henrie the .viii. by the grace of God kyng of Englande Fraunce and Irelande Defender of the faythe and of the churche of Englande also of Irelande in earth supreme head next vnder Christ be al health victorie and felicitie WHAT tyme as moste gracious Prince your highnes this last year past tooke that your moost honorable and victorious iourney into Fraunce accompanied vvith such a porte of the Nobilitie and yeomanrie of Englande as neyther hath bene lyke knovven by experience nor yet red of in Historie accompanied also vvith the daylie prayers good hartes and vvilles of all and euery one your graces subiectes lefte behinde you here at home in Englande the same tyme I beinge at my booke in Cambrige sorie that my litle habilitie could stretche out no better to helpe forvvard so noble an enterprice yet vvith my good vvylle prayer and harte nothinge behynde hym that vvas formoste of all conceyued a vvonderful desire bi the praier vvishing talking communicatiō that vvas in euery mās mouth for your Graces moost victoriouse retourne to offer vp sumthinge at your home cumming to your Highnesse vvhich shuld both be a token of mi loue and deutie tovvard your Maiestie also a signe of my good minde and zeale tovvarde mi countrie This occasion geuen to me at that time caused me to take in hand againe this litle purpose of shoting begon of me before yet not ended thā for other studies more mete for that trade of liuinge vvhiche God and mi frendes had set me vnto But vvhen your Graces moste ioifull happie victorie preuēted mi dailie and spedie diligencie to performe this matter I vvas compelled to vvaite an other time to prepare offer vp this litle boke vnto your Maiestie And vvhan it hath pleased youre Highenesse of your infinit goodnesse also your most honorable Counsel to knovv and pervse ouer the contentes some parte of this boke and so to alovv it that other mē might rede it throughe the furderaunce and setting forthe of the right vvorshipfull and mi Singuler good Master sir Vvilliam Pagette Knight moost vvorthie Secretarie to your highnes most open redie succoure to al poore honest learned mēs sutes I moost humblie beseche your Grace to take in good vvorthe this litle treatise purposed begō and ended of me onelie for this intent that Labour Honest pastime Vertu might recouer againe that place and right that Idlenesse Vnthriftie gamning and Vice hath put them fro And althoughe to haue vvritten this boke either in latin or Greke vvhich thing I vvold be verie glad yet to do if I might surelie knovv your Graces pleasure there in had bene more easier fit for mi trade in study yet neuerthelesse I supposinge it no point of honestie that mi commodite should stop hinder ani parte either of the pleasure or profite of manie haue vvritten this Englishe matter in the Englishe tongue for Englishe men vvhere in this I trust that your Grace if it shall please your Highnesse to rede it shal perceaue it to be a thinge Honeste for me to vvrite pleasaunt for some to rede and profitable for manie to folow conte ning a pastime honest for the minde holsome for the body fit for eueri man vile for no man vsing the day opēplace for Honestie to rule it not lurking in corners for misorder to abuse it Therfore I trust it shal apere to be bothe a sure token of my zeele to set forvvarde shootinge and some signe of my minde tovvardes honestie and learninge Thus I vvil trouble your crace no longer but vvith my daylie praier I vvil beseche God to preserue your Grace in al health and felicitie to the feare and ouerthrovve of all your ennemies to the pleasure ioyfulnesse and succour of al your subiectes to the vtter destruction of papistrie and heresie to the continuall setting forth of Goddes vvorde and his glorye Your Graces most bounden Scholer Roger Ascham ❧ TO ALL GENTLE MEN AND YOMEN OF ENGLANDE BIas the wyse man came to Cresus the ryche kyng on a tyme when he was makynge newe shyppes purposyng to haue subdued by water the out yles lying betwixt Grece and Asia minor What newes now in Grece saith the king to Bias None other newes but these sayeth Bias that the yles of Grece haue prepared a wonderful companye of horsemen to ouerrun Lydia withall There is nothyng vnder heauen sayth the kynge that I woulde so soone wisshe as that they durst be so bolde to mete vs on the lande with horse And thinke you sayeth Bias that there is anye thyng which they wolde sooner wysshe then that you shulde be so fonde to mete them on the water with shyppes And so Cresus hearyng not the true newes but perceyuyng the wise mannes mynde and counsell both gaue then ouer makyng of his shyppes and left also behynde him a wonderful example for all commune wealthes to folowe that is euermore to regarde and set most by that thing whervnto nature hath made them moost apt and vse hath made them moost fitte By this matter I meane the shotyng in the long bowe for English men which thyng with all my hert I do wysh and if I were of authoritie I wolde counsel all the gentlemen and yomen of Englande not to chaunge it with any other thyng how good soeuer it seme to be but that styll accordyng 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 of the kinges Maiestie his counsel prouydes to be had are not ordeyned to take away shotyng but that both not compared togither whether shuld be better then the other but so ioyned togither that the one shoulde be alwayes an ayde and helpe for the other myght so strengthen the Realme on all sydes that no kynde of enemy in any kynde of weapon myght passe and go beyonde vs. For this purpose I partelye prouoked by the