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A20894	Here begynneth the table of the rubryshys of the boke of the fayt of armes and of chyualrye whiche sayd boke is departyd in to foure partyes ...; Faits d'armes et de chevalerie. English	Christine, de Pisan, ca. 1364-ca. 1431.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.; Vegetius Renatus, Flavius. De re militari.; Bonet, Honoré, fl. 1378-1398. Arbre des batailles.	1489 (1489)	STC 7269; ESTC S106571	183,535	276

lifte hand to drawe the corde with the right and with grete strengthe vnto there eerys that the herte the eyen they shud see that thing that they wold shote at that ententyfly shulde take theire marke with gode hede in this arte namely englishmen are lerned from theire yong age wherfor cōtynuīgly they passe al othre archers vegece saith that this manere of arte wyl be continued and ofte excercised namely to the goode maistres that the ham●tyng continuaūce therof be nedefull cathon saith in his boke of armes that gode archers ben moche profytable in a bataille this testifieth claudius that saith that by the archers they that were taught in the manere of castyng of dartes ouercome Alexandres enemyes in dyuerse batailles with a lityl quātite of his people this witenesseth also the noble warryer scipion of affrica also he taught hem to cast stones to bere sheldis the manere to couere with the same to caste speris the wayes to do al suche othre thīg as thauctours sayen dyuers propre maystres were that by the phizonomye of the yongmen by the body they knowe whiche were moost able and more propre to the discypline and teching of armes as were they of whom the eyen spirites were open moeuable that had a streyght hede a large brest grete sholders wel shapen armes long bygge wel made long hādes of grete bones small bely the reynes wel formed bygge thyes leggis streyght wel shapen full of synewis drye brode fete streyght but as for the height of the body made noo force and aboue al other thyng toke hede to the vigour and courage and to the swiftnes of the body and to suche yongmen putte theyr mastres they re besy cure deligence to teche them the said arte connyng of armes and as they saw hem with they re ablenes of body of gode wyse vndrestāding they had hem myche dere and taught shewed vnto them al thinges that behouen to the chief captayns of armes with al this they lerned hem for to swīme in ryuers or in see And saith vegece that this arte of swīmyng is right couenable to almanere men of armes as somtyme it is nedefull to them whan strengthe chasseth them to passe ouer watres ryuers for to eschewe parell or for to shorte they re wayes or for som othre nede as may be for to com at a certeyn owre there as they wold be or for to take or com̄ by thees wayes vpon they re enemyes vnbeware and so dide dryue thaūcyent they re bagage harneys fardels aftre theym by subtyl craft as vpon pecis of timbre vpon drye thornes cast in the watre which they ladd al swīmyng aftre them And by this arte of swīmyng may a man of armes eschew the parel of deth dyuers wayes as it is writon of iulius cesar that for to waraūt his owne lyf sauf dide swīme in the see iij c passes also the right worthy preu baitailler cena the romain escaped al alone sore wounded from the grete multitude of his enemyes by his swīmyīg ouer a gret ryuer and thurghe thees waye of swīmīg were the peple of a castell that was besegid holpē that vitailles by they re frendes that swīmed ouer with all by nyght vnto them not knowyng they re enemys of the same and in especyal by this art thaūciens ledde theyr bestis horses and for to assoyle the rayson of them that myght say that suche thingis as aboue ben said are light to the sayeng but harde to the lernyng oure auctour saith that how be it al thinges seme dyfficyle to the dysciple or sooler er he can hem yf the maistre be tending diligent of teching ther is noon so harde a connyng but that hit wylbe light by long contynuaciō of hauntyng of the same And yet in contynuyng the manieres that the romayns kept suche an vse a monge othre they had that the noble men bare a garment vnlyke to them that were vnnoble and with this was theire robes of Ioye robes of sorowe whiche they wered aftre the fall of theire good eure or euyll fortune that is to wite yf they had lost eny grete bataille or that som lande were rebel vnto them or som grete Iniure doon ayenst hem that requyred vēgence then they toke wered the robes of sorowe without othre garmēt vpon hem vnto tyme they cam to they re aboue were auēged thēne they toke agayn they re robes of ioye ¶ Here deuysed the proprietes that men of armes ought to haue in whiche they ought to be taught ¶ Capio· xjo· WE haue deuysed al ynoughe the maners and introduccions of fayttes of armes that thaūcyēt gaff to they re children the whiche for an ensāple are gode to be kept in mynde and so behoueth vs to retourne to that that is said afore that is to wite in what thynges the gode wyse captayn or his lieutenaūt shal aplie hym self first he shal as it is said afore drawe vnto him al the best moost chosen men of armes and shal cherysshe hem And syth it cometh to speke of gode men of armes vegece recounteth of the propryetees that behouen vnto theym and saith that with hardynes without whyche he may not be ought must be taught be maystre in helping of him self in his harneys to be in at his ease to th ende he may lightly assaylle his enemye and to be able to lepe lightly ouer a dyche and to clymme yf nede be vpon that that may lette him to entree the lodgis of the aduersaryes ouer hedgis ouer tentꝭ yf he seeth his tyme to bowe asyde forto voyde the strokis by delyuernes of body and to enuahisshe leping vpon his enemyes yf the manere of the bataylle requyreth And saith that suche maner of appertyses abasshen the courages of the aduersaryes putte hem in a fere and so hath thaduantage ouer hem And thus it hath be full often that one hath had the bettre vpon a stronger man than̄ hym self and sooner wounded hym that nought was appareilled for to deffende hym self And of suche touches sayth he vsed the grete pompee whan he faught And yf ye demaunded of me where shal the best men of armes be taken I say for an ansuere what so euer it is said that the men that be in the hote countrees nyghe the sonne how wyse that they be subtil malicioꝰ are not moche hardy by cause thay haue not foyson of blode for cause of the grete hete that there haboundeth also to the contrary they saye that they of that cold coūtrees are hardy not wyse thus cosequently none of bothe ought not be taken but they of that lande whiche is betwix bothe tēperate ought to be taken but as to me I hold that in this none othre rewle ought to be kept but for to chese tho o