<!DOCTYPE ETS PUBLIC "-//UMDLPS//DTD EEBOPROOF 2.0//EN">
<ETS>
<TEMPHEAD>
<REVDESCR>
<CHANGE>
<DATE>2014-03-31</DATE>
<RESPSTMT>
<NAME>Olivia Bottum</NAME>
<RESP>MURP</RESP>
</RESPSTMT>
<ITEM>Proofed text and corrected markup.</ITEM>
</CHANGE>
</REVDESCR>
</TEMPHEAD>
<EEBO>
<IDG S="marc" R="UM" ID="B14921">
<STC T="S">18416</STC>
<STC T="C">S113129</STC>
<BIBNO T="umi">99848368</BIBNO>
<VID>13458</VID>
</IDG>
<TEXT LANG="eng">
<FRONT>
<DIV1 TYPE="title page">
<PB REF="1">
<PB REF="1" MS="y">
<P>The Double-armed Man, <HI>By the New Inuention:</HI> Briefly &s;hewing &s;ome famous Exploits atchieued by our <HI>Britti&s;h</HI> Bowmen: <HI>With &s;euerall Portraitures proper for the Pike and Bow.</HI></P>
<P>By <HI>W. N.</HI> Archer.</P>
<P>Printed for <HI>I. Gri&s;mand,</HI> at the &s;igne of the Gun in <HI>Pauls Alley,</HI> 1625.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="dedication">
<PB REF="2">
<PB REF="2">
<HEAD>TO THE MOST HIGH AND MIGHTY MONARCH <HI>CHARLES,</HI> By the Grace of GOD, of <HI>Great Bri|taine, France</HI> and <HI>Jreland</HI> KING, Defender of the Faith, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Mo&s;t dread Soveraigne:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_MAY it plea&s;e your <HI>Maie&s;ty,</HI> to call to your remembrance, how, that &s;ome twelue months &s;ince I pre&s;e~ted vnto You the Copy of the&s;e few lines following in approbation of Bowes &amp; Arrowes:</P>
<PB REF="3">
<P> <HI>Bowes and Arrowes heretofore haue beene famous weapons of warre, both of|fen&s;iue and defen&s;iue again&s;t the enemies of the&s;e Kingdomes: and thereby victori|ous battels and famous conque&s;ts haue bin gotten, though now they are imployed to no v&s;e but for Recreation and &s;port; but J by practice, with an Jnuention haue attained to this perfection, that a Souldier with his Cor&s;let and Pike may v&s;e his Long-Bow and Arrowes, with great agilitie, more force and aduantage again&s;t the Enemy, then euer heretofore, not hindring the v&s;e of Gunnes or other weapons, nor incum|brance to the Pike or any martiall Di&s;ci|pline, &amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>After which, vpon your Maie&s;ties order giuen for the &s;ight thereof, I per|formed it before you by a Souldier in your Maie&s;ties Parke at <HI>S. Iames's:</HI> and after that, I petitioned vnto your Ma|ie&s;tie,
<PB REF="3">that You would bee plea&s;ed to giue order that it might be practi&s;ed in the two Schooles of <HI>martiall Di&s;cipline,</HI> the two <HI>Gardens</HI> of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter</HI> (vnto which two I gaue vnto each a Pike and a Bow placed vnto it, and a &s;heafe of Arrowes) and your Maie&s;ties An&s;wer vnto my Petition (as I was informed) was, That it were meeter for them to practi&s;e it of their owne accord. Vpon which An&s;wer from your Maie&s;ty, I &s;olicited tho&s;e Societies for the practice and exerci&s;e of the Bow with the Pike: and accor|dingly that worthy Societie in the <HI>Ar|tillery Garden</HI> in <HI>London</HI> hath practi&s;ed it euer &s;ince. But becau&s;e many of that worthy Society haue not heretofore exerci&s;ed &s;hooting, it doth not take that perfection as yet, which I hope time and practice will bring it vnto:
<PB REF="4">for it is the exerci&s;e of &s;hooting that mu&s;t make men perfect therein: &s;o that if Statute-Lawes were in force for the exerci&s;e of Shooting, as in former times they haue beene, then would this In|vention of mine be perfitted, and the Britti&s;h Bowmen grow famous againe as in former ages they were.</P>
<P><HI>Mo&s;t Gratious Soueraigne:</HI></P>
<P>I haue endeuored my &s;elfe vnto the vtmo&s;t of my &s;mall abilitie, for the &s;et|ting forth of this Exerci&s;e, and &s;pent my time and meanes for the accom|pli&s;hment of my de&s;ires therin: which is, to make tho&s;e worthy Societies perfect therein, and &s;o generally throughout the Land: &amp; hauing nei|ther &s;upportation, nor countenance, from any (but God alone) I cannot wholly imploy my &s;elfe thereunto, be|ing con&s;trained for the maintenance of
<PB REF="4">my poore e&s;tate and family, to wre&s;tle in the world, neyther haue I literature &s;ufficient, for illu&s;tration of &s;o worthy a thing, as is this Inuention, if it were perfect: yet that it may not die in obli|uion, I haue here pre&s;ented vnto your Maie&s;ty this vnpoli&s;hed Di&s;cour&s;e, &s;hewing herein the antiquitie of the Bow, with part of the famous exploits which were atchieued by the &s;eruice of our Britti&s;h Bowmen, &amp; the Com|mon-wealths good in the time of the v&s;e thereof. Al&s;o, &s;ome directions for the practice of the Pike and Bow in Rankes and Fyles, by this Inuention; with &s;ome Portraitures of the proper po&s;tures belonging thereunto, and the proper words of command for the ex|erci&s;e thereof: Humbly be&s;eeching your &s;acred Maie&s;tie, not to reiect it for the rudene&s;&s;e thereof, for although
<PB REF="5">the tongue be faultering like <HI>Mo&s;es,</HI> and the hand be rough like <HI>E&s;awes,</HI> yet the heart is perfect and con&s;tant like <HI>Hu&s;hai</HI> vnto <HI>Dauid:</HI> Vouch&s;afe there|fore, gracious Soueraigne, to grace it with your gracious acceptance; and if it grow to perfection, let God haue the honor, your Soueraigne Maie&s;tie the patronage, and this Common-wealth the benefit.</P>
<P>Meane while I will euer pray vnto the Almighty for your Maie&s;ties hap|pie Reigne, pro&s;perity, and pre&s;erua|tion, both here and hereafter.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Your Maie&s;ties mo&s;t dutifull and loyall Subiect,</HI> WILLIAM NEADE, Archer.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="dedication">
<PB REF="5">
<HEAD>TO THE MOST HIGH COVRT OF PAR|liament, in both Hou&s;es a&s;&s;embled.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Right Honourable and graue Senators:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_IT is recorded by diuers Hi&s;torians, that many renowned Emperors, Kings, and great Potentates, haue exerci&s;ed &s;hooting for their recreations; and likewi&s;e reuerend and religious Bi&s;hops after their painfull &s;tudie; and al&s;o graue and wor|thy Senators, after their &s;erious imployments, would &s;ometimes for their recreations take their Bowes and Arrowes and exerci&s;e Archery: And &s;till it was maintained, and al&s;o by Authority com|manded to be exerci&s;ed by all degrees both of old and young, and by Statute-Lawes there were pe|nalties inflicted vpon all tho&s;e that neglected the &s;ame: The chiefe and principall cau&s;es were, there|by to make men apt and fit for &s;eruice in time of wars, &amp; for re&s;traint of vnlawful games &amp; exerci&s;es.</P>
<PB REF="6">
<P> But now, by rea&s;on the Bow is not v&s;ed in the warres, this Exerci&s;e is neglected, for which cau&s;e, (Right Honourable and graue Senators) my &s;elfe being an Archer, (and knowing well, that in the hands of our Britti&s;h Nation the Bow and Ar|rowes is a mo&s;t famous weapon, and worthy to be preferred before any other weapon what&s;oeuer) haue by my indu&s;try and practice, with an Inuen|tion, ioyned the Bow and Pike together, whereby euery practitioner may bee a <HI>Double-armed man,</HI> and &s;o v&s;e them ioyntly or &s;euerally for his aduan|tage: Which inuention, if it were authorized and practi&s;ed effectually, (as I haue with my great char|ges and indu&s;try Inuented it carefully) I doubt not but God will ble&s;&s;e and pro&s;per our warres by it, like as in times pa&s;t when the Bow was in v&s;e; and our Britti&s;h Bowmen (as formerly they were) will bee a terror vnto all their enemies, bringing home with them victory and conque&s;t; which that it may be effected accordingly, I will euer pray vn|to the Almighty, who is the giuer of victories; and euer re&s;t</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your Honours mo&s;t deuoted in all &s;ubmi&s;&s;iue duty, <HI>William Neade</HI> Archer.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="to the reader">
<PB REF="6">
<HEAD>To the Reader.</HEAD>
<P>_COurteous Reader, it is ingrafted in|to all men by the in&s;tinct of Na|ture, to loue their owne Countrie be&s;t, and to endeauor in all lawfull (and laudable) meanes for the pro&s;peritie thereof: We know what great paines and perill, our worthy Generals, Captains, and Souldiers vndergoe in their mar&s;hall affaires a|broad, whiles we recreate our &s;elues with ea&s;e and plea|&s;ure at home: But hee that may take plea&s;ure in &s;uch recreations, which may redound to the honour and welfare of his Countrie, and will neglect it, &s;uch are no louers but rather enemies to their Countrie: And &s;o much I &s;ay in approbation of that laudable exerci&s;e of Shooting, which [exerci&s;e] is now (in this late &s;e|cure age) altogether neglected, but onely in this Ho|nourable City of <HI>London,</HI> where it is countenanced and maintained: And therefore I may not omit to &s;et downe in honour thereof, that once euerie yeare for the incouragement and maintenance of Archery, the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, doth by Procla|mation giue notice vnto all Archers, of certaine &s;il|ner
<PB REF="7">games, which they freely doe be&s;tow vpon the be&s;t de&s;eruers: And this is maintained as a cu&s;tome vnto this day: And out of tho&s;e famous Archers were wont to be cho&s;en the chiefe&s;t and mo&s;t fitte&s;t, to bee of the Kings Yeomen of his Guard; which incouraged many in hope of &s;uch preferments, to exerci&s;e &s;hooting, and thereby to be very expert Bowmen: and by the&s;e and &s;uch like meanes, the be&s;t de&s;eruers were preferred, and the King well furni&s;hed with all Bowmen, and the whole Land likewi&s;e was inuincible by the multi|tude of Bowmen.</P>
<P>And now (courteous Reader) to make thy recrea|tion to redound to thy honour and thy Countries wel|fare, I pre&s;ent vnto thee a new Inuention (which is practi&s;ed and approued of) whereby thou mai&s;t bring that famous weapon, the Bow and Arrowes, into the field againe, to doe &s;eruice for thy Prince and Coun|try: Now if thou wilt endeanor to practi&s;e it, as I haue endeauored to inuent it for thee, and &s;o make thy &s;elfe perfect therein by practice, (which thou mai&s;t do with little difficulty) then &s;halt thou againe illumi|nate the glorious &s;plendor of our Britti&s;h Nation, (which formerly was obtained by the &s;eruice of the Bowmen) and as thy Predece&s;&s;ors haue done, bring home into thy Country Trophees of Victories and Ho|nour: In hope whereof I euer &s;hall re&s;t</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Thine a&s;&s;ured,</HI> W.N. <HI>Archer.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
</FRONT>
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="objections answered">
<PB REF="7">
<PB REF="8">
<HEAD>Obiections again&s;t the v&s;e of the Bow with the Pike: And the An&s;wers thereunto.</HEAD>
<P><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="Obiect."> <HI>The Bow is an incumbrance vnto the Pike, in</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Weight,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tangling,</HI></ITEM>
</LIST> <HI>for</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Clo&s;e order,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Counter-marching,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Wheeling.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>FFr&s;t, <MILESTONE UNIT="An&s;wer."> The weight of the Bow, as it is placed, is of no moment; as is explained in the Booke intituled <HI>The double armed man.</HI> Secondly, for Intangling, either in Clo&s;e order, in Counter-marching, or in Wheeling: In all which, the Pikeman doth cary his Pike aduanced, and then is the bow directly ouer his head: &s;o that the Bow can be no more incumbrance then his owne body, either to his leader, his follower, his right hand man, or his left hand man.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="Obiect."> <HI>The Bow will be trouble&s;ome when you cheeke or trayle your Pike.</HI> </P>
<P><MILESTONE UNIT="An&s;wer."> The Bow is &s;o placed vpon the Pike with the Engine, that if any &s;uch &s;eruice be required, (which is very &s;eldome) then may the Bow very readily be &s;lipped off the Pike, and &s;o trailed therewith; and with as great readine&s;&s;e &s;lipt on againe: And al&s;o cheeking may be done with great agility.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="Obiect."> <HI>What v&s;e is for the Bow, when you come to clo&s;e order.</HI></P>
<P><MILESTONE UNIT="An&s;wer."> It is ob&s;eruable, that when you draw to clo&s;e order, it is to receiue the enemy at the pu&s;h of Pike, which when you &s;o clo&s;e your rankes, yet in file you allow &s;o much di&s;tance one from the other, which may giue your armes liberty for to pu&s;h with your Pike; which the bow doth no way hinder, for it is placed &s;o fa&s;t vnto the Pike, that no trouble is therewith. Be&s;ides, when your front &s;tands &s;o charged, your middle men, and your reere, may doe good &s;eruice with their arrowes vpon many occa&s;ions, for in &s;uch clo&s;e order, you may v&s;e your bow either again&s;t hor&s;e or foot.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="Obiect."> <HI>Men are not now of that &s;trength to mannage the bow, as heretofore they were, and therefore they cannot now doe exe|cution as formerly they did.</HI></P>
<P><MILESTONE UNIT="An&s;wer."> What we want in &s;trength of our predece&s;&s;ors, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">e good by our ingeniou&s;ne&s;&s;e: For fir&s;t, wee haue the helpe of the Pike, which &s;erueth for a Re&s;t for the bow arme, wherby we draw a very &s;trong bow, as the Booke formerly no|ted doth &s;pecific. Secondly, we haue now more exact skill in making both bowes and arrowes, and thereby we can
<PB REF="9">again&s;t: <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 span"> may be done with great aginity.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="Obiect."> <HI>What v&s;e is for the Bow, when you come to clo&s;e order.</HI></P>
<P><MILESTONE UNIT="An&s;wer."> It is ob&s;eruable, that when you draw to clo&s;e order, it is to receiue the enemy at the pu&s;h of Pike, which when you &s;o clo&s;e your rankes, yet in file you allow &s;o much di&s;tance one from the other, which may giue your armes liberty for to pu&s;h with your Pike; which the bow doth no way hinder, for it is placed &s;o fa&s;t vnto the Pike, that no trouble is therewith. Be&s;ides, when your front &s;tands &s;o charged, your middle men, and your reere, may doe good &s;eruice with their arrowes vpon many occa&s;ions, for in &s;uch clo&s;e order, you may v&s;e your bow either again&s;t hor&s;e or foot.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="4" UNIT="Obiect."> <HI>Men are not now of that &s;trength to mannage the bow, as heretofore they were, and therefore they cannot now doe exe|cution as formerly they did.</HI></P>
<P><MILESTONE UNIT="An&s;wer."> What we want in &s;trength of our predece&s;&s;ors, we make good by our ingeniou&s;ne&s;&s;e: For fir&s;t, wee haue the helpe of the Pike, which &s;erueth for a Re&s;t for the bow arme, wherby we draw a very &s;trong bow, as the Booke formerly no|ted doth &s;pecifie. Secondly, we haue now more exact skill in making both bowes and arrowes; and thereby we can &s;hoot further, and more piercing, by rea&s;on of the aduantage that we haue in our arrowes, which are both nimble and flighty; whereby we are enabled to doe execution at the di&s;tance of 16.18. or 20. &s;core yards off. Thirdly, wee doe hereby double &s;eruice, both with the Pike and with the Bow al&s;o, whereas without the Bow, the pikeman &s;tands but as a marke for the muskettiers and hor&s;emen, as is explained in the booke formerly named.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="5" UNIT="Obiect."> <HI>What hurt can the arrowes doe again&s;t armed men?</HI> </P>
<P><MILESTONE UNIT="An&s;wer."> There is neither man nor hor&s;e that can be &s;o armed, as to free him&s;elfe from the &s;howers of arrowes, for euery bow|man may haue two or three arrowes &s;till flying, and therefore no part of the body is free from the arrow; for in the de|&s;cending, it mu&s;t hit either the head, face, armes, body, thighes, legs, or feet, both of the leaders and followers, and &s;o both the middle and the reere of the enemies battell are &s;ubiect to the arrowes, as well as the front; and likewi&s;e both Hor&s;emen, Pikemen, Muskettiers, and al&s;o Cannoniers, euen all and euery of the&s;e will be &s;o terrified with the obiect, as wel as with the hurt of the &s;howers of arrowes, that the enemy thereby will be made vncapable of doing any &s;eruice.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="6" UNIT="Obiect."> <HI>There are not now &s;et battels fought, as formerly were, and therefore the Bow is not &s;eruiceable as heretofore it was.</HI></P>
<P><MILESTONE UNIT="An&s;wer."> Where&s;oeuer the Pike or the Musket are &s;eruiceable, there will the Bow be &s;eruiceable al&s;o. Be&s;ides, in raine or moi&s;t weather the Bow is v&s;efull: Al&s;o with our &s;howers of arrowes we can &s;hoot into any Towne, Ca&s;tle, Fort, or Trench; as likewi&s;e to &s;hoot fire-workes, as the afore&s;aid Booke mentioneth.</P>
<P>And now to cleare all other difficulties which may be obiected again&s;t the v&s;e of the Bow in &s;eruice by this inuen|tion; and al&s;o to giue further &s;atisfaction vnto this Honourable A&s;&s;embly, If it may &s;eeme requi&s;ite vnto this Honou|rable Hou&s;e, to giue order that a &s;elected company of Archers may be admitted to performe &s;uch &s;eruice as hath beene &s;pecified, and al&s;o time and place conuenient for &s;uch &s;pectators, as your wi&s;edomes &s;hall thinke meet for cen&s;ure thereof, we doubt not, by Gods a&s;&s;i&s;tance, but to giue &s;uch ample &s;atisfaction, that all honourable Commanders and worthy Captaines and Souldiers &s;hall approue thereo.</P>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="instructions">
<PB REF="10">
<PB REF="10">
<HEAD>THE DOVBLE-ARMED MAN.</HEAD>
<P>_GOD Almighty, who is the author of al good vnto Man, putteth into his minde good motions, inuen|tions, and actions, for his helpe and pre&s;eruation.</P>
<P>As he did vnto <HI>Noah</HI> when he built the Arke, whereby both hee and his family were pre&s;erued from the Flood.</P>
<P>At which time al&s;o, the Lord made his Coue|nant with them, for their comfort, and &s;et his Bow in the Cloud for confirmation thereof: and after|ward, it plea&s;ed God to in&s;pire into man &s;uch wi&s;|dome, and policy, to imitate and make materiall Bowes, for their v&s;e and defence, again&s;t the wilde bea&s;ts of the field, which otherwi&s;e might haue deuoured them: and likewi&s;e when enuie and &s;trife grew betwixt man and man, it &s;erued for a chiefe weapon among&s;t them, to maintaine their rights, and to defend them&s;elues one again&s;t the other, &amp; &s;o
<PB REF="11">by v&s;e the Bow became the be&s;t weapon of all others vnto &s;ucceeding ages.</P>
<P>And after this began the name of Archer; for it is &s;aid of <HI>I&s;mael,</HI> the &s;onne of <HI>Abraham,</HI> that God was with him, and he dwelt in the wilderne&s;&s;e, and was an Archer.</P>
<P>So likewi&s;e were the two &s;onnes of <HI>Izhac,</HI> for <HI>E&s;au</HI> was an Archer, and he v&s;ed his Bow for Hun|ting.</P>
<P>But <HI>Iacob</HI> v&s;ed it for Warres, for hee &s;aith vn|to his &s;onne <HI>Io&s;eph,</HI> I haue giuen thee one porti|on of ground, which I got from the Amorite with my Sword, and with my Bow.</P>
<P>And &s;o &s;ucce&s;&s;iuely it was v&s;ed among&s;t the I&s;|raelites, and of great e&s;timation, for King <HI>Dauid</HI> he &s;aith, that the Lord he teacheth the v&s;e thereof, and likewi&s;e inableth a man therevnto in the&s;e words, The Lord, &s;aith he, teacheth my hands to Warre, &s;o that a Bow of Steele is broken by mee: and all King <HI>Dauids</HI> Worthies and chiefe men of Ware, were armed with Bowes and Arrowes.</P>
<P>King <HI>David</HI> al&s;o, hee commanded that the chil|dren &s;hould be taught to &s;hoot, &amp; to learne the v&s;e of the Bow, &amp; &s;o to &s;ucceeding ages it continued, and was accounted of among&s;t all the famous Nati|ons in the world, to be the be&s;t Weapon.</P>
<P>It is recorded in holy Writ, that the A&s;&s;yrians they v&s;ed the Bow and Arrowes, in all their warres again&s;t the I&s;raelites.</P>
<P>The Per&s;ians; their Kings were admirable Bow|men,
<PB REF="11">and they accounted of it as their be&s;t weapon for warres, and &s;till it is in v&s;e with them.</P>
<P>And likewi&s;e the Romanes in all their conque&s;ts, they e&s;teemed of the Bowmen to bee the be&s;t and &s;ure&s;t &s;ouldiers.</P>
<P>The Parthians with their Bowes and Arrowes, vanqui&s;hed the famous Romane Captaine, <HI>Cra&s;&s;us,</HI> with all his Legions (which came into their coun|trey to conquer it) and &s;lew them all.</P>
<P>The Turkes, they haue v&s;ed this weapon in all their conque&s;ts, and doe &s;till v&s;e it, &s;o that by their continuall v&s;e and perfect skill therein, together with their innumerable multitude of Arrowes fly|ing in the &s;ight of their enemies, when they goe to warres, they are a terrour vnto all their Chri&s;tian neighbours that inhabit about them, and what King or Potentate is of that force and power, as is the Turke now at this day.</P>
<P>But of all the Nations in the world, our Britti&s;h Nation were mo&s;t excellent and famous, in this weapon the long Bow and Arrowes, before wee were &s;o variable in neglecting the v&s;e thereof.</P>
<P>And certainly, if we of all other Nations, being &s;o expert in the v&s;e thereof; and al&s;o by agilitie &s;o inabled, I &s;ay if we had exerci&s;ed and v&s;ed the long Bow and Arrowes in the Warres, as heretofore our Predece&s;&s;ors haue done, we had been famous thereby as they were.</P>
<P>For then our Britti&s;h Nation were accounted the ab&s;olute be&s;t warriours in the world, and got
<PB REF="12">by the v&s;e of the Bow, victorious battailes, and conque&s;ts, to their immortall fame and honour, as in our Chronicle-Hi&s;tories it is recorded, whereof I will &s;et downe &s;ome few, omitting many more for brevitie.</P>
<P>I will fir&s;t begin with King <HI>William</HI> the Conque|ror, for he conquered this Land by the v&s;e of the Bow, as is recorded by Sr <HI>Iohn Haward,</HI> in his book of the Hi&s;tory of the three fir&s;t <HI>Norman</HI> Kings.</P>
<P>Al&s;o King <HI>Edward</HI> the third, who hauing title to the Crowne of <HI>France,</HI> inuaded it, and in a &s;et bat|tell at <HI>Cre&s;&s;e,</HI> he &s;ubdued the French, &s;o that mo&s;t of the Nobilitie were either &s;lain, or taken; and al&s;o conquered the &s;trong towne of <HI>Callis,</HI> all which was accompli&s;hed by the &s;eruice of the Bowmen.</P>
<P>After that, his &s;onne the famous Prince <HI>Edward</HI> called the Blacke Prince, hee in a &s;et battell at <HI>Poy|tiers,</HI> tooke the French King pri&s;oner, and withall mo&s;t of the Nobilitie were either &s;laine or taken: and all the&s;e battels and Victories were gotten by the Bowmens &s;eruice.</P>
<P>So likewi&s;e King <HI>Henry</HI> the fift, in the battaile at <HI>Agincourt,</HI> obtained a glorious Victory: In which battaile, as the &s;tory &s;aith, were taken and &s;laine, the flower of all the Nobilitie of <HI>France,</HI> notwith|&s;tanding the vnequalitie of the number in all the&s;e battels, for it is Recorded, that the French excee|ded the Brittons in number ten for one, and this was atchieued by the &s;eruice of the Bowmen.</P>
<P>After this, in the time of King <HI>Henry</HI> the &s;ixt,
<PB REF="12">what famous battels were gotten vnder the leading of the Duke of <HI>Bedford,</HI> then Regent in <HI>France,</HI> by his valiant Bowmen.</P>
<P>I will forbeare to &s;peake of the ciuill Warres here in our owne Land, for they were vnnaturall warres, therefore let them die in obliuion.</P>
<P>But after this, King <HI>Edward</HI> the fourth made a iourney into France with his Bowmen, where hee obtained of the French King, a Peace according to his de&s;ire.</P>
<P>Likewi&s;e when King <HI>Henry</HI> the &s;eventh came in again&s;t <HI>Richard</HI> the murderous v&s;urper, &amp; &s;ubdued him: in all which Warres, the Bow and Arrowes were altogether their chiefe&s;t and be&s;t weapons.</P>
<P>And likewi&s;e King <HI>Henry</HI> the eight, when hee made his journeys into France, &amp; like a conqueror won the Cities of <HI>Turwin,</HI> and of <HI>Tourney,</HI> and af|terward of <HI>Bullen;</HI> in all which journeys, hee was furni&s;hed with his valiant Bowmen, which &s;till were a terrour vnto their enemies, the &s;howers of Arrowes which they &s;hot, did euen darken the skies, and did &s;o amaze the enemy, that the very ob|ject thereof, was as grieuous vnto them, as death it &s;elfe, for they are vnauoidable, as did appeare by the many wounds which they gaue vnto all either hor&s;e, or foot, for no part of the body, the very eye is not free from the Arrow.</P>
<P>And this is certaine, that if either man or hor&s;e be wounded with a &s;heafe Arrow, with a Barb'd head thereon, let it be in what part of the body &s;o euer,
<PB REF="13">if it doth not deadly execution, it makes him vnca|pable of doing any &s;eruice, for either they mu&s;t pull out the Arrow, and &s;o mortifie and rend the fle&s;h, veynes, &amp; &s;inews, and &s;ometimes in &s;o pulling of the Arrow out, to leaue the head behind, or el&s;e cut out the piece, in what place &s;o euer it &s;ticketh.</P>
<P>But e&s;pecially for hor&s;e it is acknowledged by all Commanders, that it is the ab&s;olute be&s;t weapon of all others, for no hor&s;e will endure the hurt of an Arrow, but with the &s;mart thereof hee will di&s;|order all tho&s;e about him, and both &s;poile him&s;elfe and his Rider.</P>
<P>But now, by new Inuentions and Stratagems, the old Militarie di&s;cipline in the Warres is altered; and therefore the Bow is ca&s;t by as altogether vn|&s;eruiceable in the&s;e times.</P>
<P>True it is, that many are the Inuentions of man, and haue been from the beginning, &s;ome good and well-plea&s;ing to God, and &s;ome againe wicked and offen&s;iue both to God, and all good men.</P>
<P>Among&s;t all which, <HI>Bartholdus Swart</HI> the Fran|ci&s;can Fryer, with his mo&s;t diuelli&s;h Inuention of Gunpowder, is the mo&s;t damnable, and from hell it &s;elfe inuented.</P>
<P>But it is now of that e&s;timation, that many other both Inuentions and Weapons, formerly in great account, are quite laid a&s;ide as altogether vnnece&s;|&s;ary, e&s;pecially with vs, this ancient famous wea|pon, the Bow and Arrowes is quite extingui&s;hed.</P>
<P>Other Nations notwith&s;tanding they make v&s;e
<PB REF="13">of new Inuentions; yet doe they not leaue off the&s;e famous ancient Weapons the Bow and Arrowes, as we haue done the&s;e many yeares.</P>
<P>And becau&s;e now in the&s;e later variable times, &s;ince the&s;e &s;ulphurious Inuentions haue beene di&s;|couered, and thereby the v&s;e of Hand-guns and Muskets haue been in reque&s;t, the Bow and Ar|rowes haue been altogether neglected by our Na|tion, as is afore&s;aid, becau&s;e they are thought to be vneffectuall, and not of force to do that execution which the fiery weapons doe.</P>
<P>Yet notwith&s;tanding, if the Premi&s;es before &s;po|ken of be well con&s;idered, <HI>(viz.)</HI> the number of Arrowes &s;till flying, (for euery Archer may &s;hoot &s;ixe Arrowes within the time of the charging, and di&s;charging of one Musket) and the number of Bowmen &s;til &s;hooting, (for how many &s;o euer they be, they may all &s;hoot together) al&s;o the many wounds which the Arrowes doe giue, (for few of them fly in vaine among&s;t a multitude) together with the terrour of the Obiect, and &s;ight of &s;o ma|ny voleys of Arrowes &s;till flying vpon the enemy: It cannot bee denied but it mu&s;t needs di&s;order them, whether they be hor&s;e or foot.</P>
<P>Be&s;ides, in the raine or moi&s;t weather, the Bow and Arrowes are &s;eruiceable, vpon all advantages, when the fiery weapons cannot be v&s;ed.</P>
<P>But there is an Obiection to bee made, that it would bee double charges to maintaine Bow|men in the Warres, and the effects that may be
<PB REF="14">done thereby, will not counteruaile it.</P>
<P>Be&s;ides, to haue Bowmen with others in the Warres, according to the Martiall di&s;cipline now v&s;ed,
<NOTE PLACE="marg">This obiection is an&s;wered by the chiefe &s;ub|iect of this Di&s;cour&s;e, which &s;hewes that the Pike|man now is made a Bow|man al&s;o by this new In|vention pra|cti&s;ed.</NOTE> they would be trouble&s;ome vnto the re&s;t, and cannot be placed to doe &s;eruice, as in former times they haue done, by rea&s;on there are not in the&s;e times, &s;et battailes fought in the field, as in former times haue been: and in tho&s;e &s;et battels the Bow|men were placed and barricadoed in, whereby the hor&s;emen could not breake in vpon them; and be|ing &s;o conueniently placed, to &s;hoot their voleys of Arrowes, thereby to gall and wound the hor&s;e, and therewithall to di&s;order them, and this is &s;aid to be the mo&s;t materiall &s;eruice that the Bowmen did.</P>
<P>I will not now further dilate vpon the many good &s;eruices, which the Bowmen haue done in former times, ancient Hi&s;tories relate &s;uffi|ciently thereof, as before I haue &s;hewed. But it is apparent by Record, that it was a conquering weapon: for I finde in tho&s;e battels formerly &s;po|ken of, that the Bowmen did &s;o wound &amp; anoy the enemy with Arrows, that they could neither fight nor fly, and that the Engli&s;h like conquerors, did kill and take pri&s;oners whom they li&s;ted; &s;o that euery Engli&s;h &s;ouldier had two, three, or foure pri&s;oners; and I thinke I may &s;ay without offence, that it is a weapon well plea&s;ing to God: But &s;ure I am, it is the cheape&s;t weapon of all others, and the ea&s;ie&s;t both to be had, and to be practi&s;ed.</P>
<PB REF="14">
<P> Be&s;ides, it was a good Common-wealths handy Trade, and employed many thou&s;ands at worke, which liued well thereby; for in euery City and Towne in euery Shire throughout the Land, yea in euery Country Pari&s;h, there were of Bowyers, Fletchers, String-makers, and Arrow-head makers, or &s;ome others thereunto depending, that liued by their imployment therein. And for recreation and exerci&s;e it exceedeth all, it makes vs apt and fit to doe our Prince &s;eruice vpon all &s;udden occa&s;ions, it encrea&s;eth &s;trength and agility, it maintaines health, and expels di&s;ea&s;es, It procures a &s;tomack, and cau&s;eth good dige&s;ture, and being moderate|ly v&s;ed, the exerci&s;e thereof is maintained with ve|rie &s;mall charges,</P>
<P>Much more be&s;ides may be &s;poken of this lau|dable Exerci&s;e of Shooting, for the exerci&s;e there|of expels drunkenne&s;&s;e, &s;wearing, dicing, carding, quoyting, cat-playing, be&s;ides many other vaine and vngodly vices.</P>
<P>Be&s;ides, the Sabbath day was not &s;o prophaned when this exerci&s;e was v&s;ed, for then the country Famers and Yeomen, with others likewi&s;e, with their &s;onnes and men &s;eruants, notwith&s;tanding they dwelt farre from their Pari&s;h Churches, yet would they take their Bowes and Arrowes for their recreation and exerci&s;e, and &s;o &s;hoot to their Pari&s;h Churches and goe to diuine Seruice, both morning and euening; whereas now, there are many that &s;pend their time much wor&s;e vpon the
<PB REF="15">Sabbath day, either in &s;ome of the&s;e vnlawfull games or vices before &s;poken of, or &s;ome others as bad, or el&s;e &s;itting in the Alehou&s;e drinking, &s;wearing, &s;ucking Tobacco, and &s;o &s;pending their time and patrimony al&s;o, and &s;carce go to Church, e&s;pecially to euening Prayer once in a quarter of a yeare.</P>
<P>All the&s;e premi&s;es con&s;idered, (obliged mee) both for the honour of God, my bounden duty and allegiance vnto my gracious Soueraigne, with my naturall loue to my country, for the honour and pre&s;eruation of the &s;ame, both to &s;tudy and practi&s;e how I might be &s;eruiceable thereunto.</P>
<P>And thereupon, being an Archer, I practi&s;ed how to bring that famous ancient weapon, the Long-bow and Arrowes into the field againe, to doe &s;eruice for my Prince and Country, as in for|mer times they haue done.</P>
<P>To this end and purpo&s;e I endeauored my &s;elfe many yeares, practi&s;ing with many inuentions, vntill at la&s;t it plea&s;ed God to perfect me therein: So that now I doe con&s;tantly affirme, not onely by my owne perfect experience and practice, but by the practice of the worthy Society of the traind Band, in the Artillerie Garden in <HI>London,</HI> it being practi&s;ed there this twelue months, and approued of, not onely by that worthy Society, and the an|cient experienced Captaine thereof, Captaine <HI>Bingham;</HI> but by the approbation of many other honourable Commanders,</P>
<PB REF="15">
<P> That the Souldier with his Cor&s;let and his Pike may be a Bowman al&s;o, with great ea&s;e and readi|ne&s;&s;e, with great &s;trength and aduantage, and with|out incumbrance, and therewith to encounter his enemy in the open field, with the Muskettiers and others; whereas without the Bow the Pikemen are but as a marke for the Muskettiers and Hor&s;emen to play vpon, doing no &s;eruice vntill they come to the pu&s;h or charge.</P>
<P>But now being armed with the Bow,
<NOTE PLACE="marg">The former Obiection an|&s;wered.</NOTE> they are ready to come on vpon all aduantages, his Pike be|ing his barricadoe, and with his Arrowes he &s;hall offend his enemy from 18 or 20 &s;core yards, vnto &s;ixe &s;core yards, as well as the Muskettiers, whe|ther his enemy be hor&s;e or foot, vntill they come to clo&s;e, which they will hardly do, as many Com|manders doe verifie, if the&s;e weapons were well exerci&s;ed and practi&s;ed together, and men made perfect therein, according as is requi&s;ite in all other weapons.</P>
<P>But &s;ome haue obiected, that the weight of the Bow and Arrowes will be too much for the Pike|man to carie.</P>
<P>But it is ea&s;ily an&s;wered, for it is very probable, that the weight is of no moment, for the Bow be|ing fa&s;tned vnto the Pike in the place where they &s;houlder the Pike, it is thereby caried with great ea&s;e: And likewi&s;e the Pike is a Re&s;t for the Bow|arme for drawing of his Bow, being made fa&s;t in the place afore&s;aid with the Engin; for he chargeth
<PB REF="16">not his Bow-arme with any &s;trength by drawing, but onely to guide his Arrow towards his marke, by which helpe, he may draw a Bow much &s;tron|ger then otherwi&s;e he could doe.</P>
<P>I reade al&s;o, that in former times when Bow|men had continued long in the Field, by rea&s;on of their lying on the ground, or by &s;ome other incon|ueniences, that thereby they grew weake, &s;o that they were not able to draw their Bowes.</P>
<P>But now by this Inuention, with the helpe of the Pike, being a Re&s;t for the Bow-arme, as is afore|&s;aid, the Bowman is inabled to v&s;e his Bow, and to &s;hoot, notwith&s;tanding the&s;e inconueniences.</P>
<P>For it is probable, that any Archer may draw his Bow with his right arme, which is his drawing arme, when hee cannot beare it out with his left arme, which is his holding-out, or Bow-arme.</P>
<P>I haue had conference with &s;ome Commanders, debating vpon &s;eruices which may bee done with the Bow and Arrowes, and &s;ome are opinioned, that they wil be &s;eruiceable for to &s;hoot fire-works vpon &s;ome occa&s;ion; and I know by experience, that an Archer may &s;hoot an ounce of fire-worke vpon an Arrow twelue &s;core yards.</P>
<P>But they all doe approue, that the Pikemen be|ing armed with Bowes and Arrowes, according to this Inuention practi&s;ed, they are thereby enabled to doe very materiall &s;eruice, for the guard of con|uoyes, which for the mo&s;t part are a&s;&s;aulted by the hor&s;e.</P>
<PB REF="16">
<P> And although now in the&s;e times, there are many &s;tratagems v&s;ed in the Warres, which in former times were not; yet notwith&s;tanding I pre&s;ume, that Bowes and Arrowes v&s;ed by this Inuention, will be found very &s;eruiceable many wayes as yet vndi&s;couered.</P>
<P>And therefore I conclude, that by this Inuenti|on, the Bow man may performe that &s;eruice many wayes, which in former times hee could not doe, being armed with his Cor&s;let, and barrocadoed with his Pike, and thereby imboldened to come on, as is afore&s;aid, or if occa&s;ion be, vpon any &s;er|uice, he may take his Bow from his Pike, and &s;o be a Bowman, or Pikeman alone.</P>
<P>Now the perfection of this exerci&s;e if they haue been Bowmen, may be attained vnto by practice without any great difficultie, and thereby hee is a <HI>Double-Armed man:</HI> And for the order and po|&s;tures belonging to the Pike and Bow, for the true v&s;e thereof, is as followeth.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, the whole body of Pikes mu&s;t keepe their fyles of Pikes &s;traight by line, for in &s;o doing they may all &s;hoot, as well the middle and the Reare, as the Front, without offending one another.</P>
<P>Secondly, euery follower mu&s;t &s;hoot right ouer his Leaders head, and &s;o &s;hoot thorow his own fyle of Pikes, for that mu&s;t be his true direction to make his &s;hoot.</P>
<P>Thirdly, if the enemy comes on, and that the leaders doe &s;hoot bre&s;t high, then are the follow|ers
<PB REF="17">to beare their Bowhand euen with the top of his leaders head, for that is the lowe&s;t and &s;horte&s;t di&s;tance, that they can &s;hoot, &s;tanding in their or|der, and &s;quare body.</P>
<P>Fourthly, after your la&s;t &s;hoot, which is about &s;ixe&s;core yards, you mu&s;t fa&s;ten your Bow, and come vp to your clo&s;e order for the charge, and if it be for hor&s;e, while the fiue or &s;ixe fir&s;t Ranges &s;tand charged with their Pikes, re&s;ted at the foot, and their Swords drawne, the middle &amp; the reare may &s;hoot their voleys of Arrowes, and doe good &s;eruice, whereas without their Bowes they can doe nothing, but &s;tand with their Pikes &s;loapt, or ported</P>
<P>The&s;e ob&s;eruations for the practice of this exer|ci&s;e, I haue here &s;et downe for in&s;truction vnto all tho&s;e, that hereafter &s;hall endeuour to practi&s;e the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Here followeth the proper words of command, belonging to this exerci&s;e for the Pike and Bow, according as it hath beene practi&s;ed by the worthy Societie in the Artilerie Garden in London.</P>
<LIST>
<PB REF="17">
<HEAD>The proper words of command for this exerci&s;e, are as followeth.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Order your Pike.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Slope your Pike.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Vnfa&s;ten your Bow.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Draw out your Arrow.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Nock your Arrow.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shoot wholly together.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Port your Pike and March.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Port and Retire.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Fa&s;ten your Bow.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Recouer your Pike.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Aduance your Pike.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Come vp to your clo&s;e Order.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Charge your Pike.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Recouer your Pike.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shoulder your Pike and March.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Comport your Pike and March.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>Here followeth al&s;o: Sixe &s;everall Portraitures, mo&s;t proper for this exerci&s;e with the Pike and Bow, by this Invention, with the Ob&s;ervations, and words of command, properly be|longing to each &s;everall po&s;ture.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="instructions">
<PB REF="18">
<HEAD>The Pikeman &s;tands ordered.</HEAD>
<P>This Portraiture is fir&s;t placed, being pro|perly the fir&s;t Po&s;ture: for the Pikeman &s;tanding ordered, is ready al&s;o for all other Po&s;tures, or &s;ervice what&s;oeuer he &s;hall be commanded: As,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Advance your Pike, &amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shoulder your Pike, and March.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Slope your Pike.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Vnfa&s;ten your bow, and &s;hoot.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Port your pike and march.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Port your pike and retire, &amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<PB REF="18">
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
<PB REF="19">
<P> The Pikeman &s;tands &s;loapt and &s;hooting.</P>
<P>This Portraiture is properly for &s;hooting, with this ob&s;eruation, the Butt end of the Pike be fa&s;t in the ground at the right foot.</P>
<P>The words of command for this po&s;ture, are as followeth:
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Sloape your pike.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Vnfa&s;ten your bow.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Draw out your arrow.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Nocke your arrow.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Shoot wholly together.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<PB REF="19">
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
<PB REF="20">
<P> The Pikeman &s;tands ported to march or retire.</P>
<P>This Portraiture is mo&s;t proper for the third place, for after &s;hooting the fir&s;t volley of Ar|rowes at the furthe&s;t di&s;tance, If any fall &s;hort, you are ready being &s;o ported, to march ten paces, or more or le&s;&s;e, as you &s;hall be com|manded, to &s;hoot your &s;econd volley of arrowes; and then againe be|ing &s;o ported, you are rea|die to retire, as afore|&s;aid, to &s;hoot the third volley of arrowes. &amp;c.</P>
<P>After which, the words of command are, <HI>Fa&s;ten your bow.</HI></P>
<P>And <HI>Recouer your pike.</HI></P>
<PB REF="20">
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="instructions">
<PB REF="21">
<HEAD>The Pikeman &s;tands charged.</HEAD>
<P>This Portraiture is placed next after the former, for when the Souldier hath &s;hot his volleys of arrowes, and fa&s;tned his bow, if the enemy will come to the pu&s;h, then is he readily a pike|man, and &s;o to receiue his enemy at the pu&s;h.</P>
<P>The words of command for this po&s;ture, are as followeth:
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Aduance your Pike.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Come vp to your clo&s;e Order.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Charge your Pike.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<PB REF="21">
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="instructions">
<PB REF="22">
<HEAD>The Pikeman &s;tands coucht and charged for the hor&s;e, with his Sword drawne.</HEAD>
<P>This Portraiture of charging for hor&s;e, is to &s;hew, that the Bow is very materiall for this &s;er|uice; for the &s;iue or &s;ixe fir&s;t rankes &s;tanding coucht at this charge, the middle and the reare may &s;hoot their volleyes of arrowes, and therewith both gaule, wound, di&s;order, and kill the enemy, both man and hor&s;e.</P>
<P>The words of command are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Fiue fir&s;t Rankes draw your Swords clo&s;e to your pouldrons.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Charge at the foot, and couch low.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Middle and Reare, port and come vp to your order, and &s;hoot your Arrowes.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<PB REF="22">
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="instructions">
<PB REF="23">
<HEAD>The Pikeman &s;houlders and marches.</HEAD>
<P>This Portraiture of &s;houldering and marching, is placed to &s;hew with what ea&s;e the Bow is caried with the Pike, and with|out incumbrance vnto the pike|man, either for cariage or &s;eruice.</P>
<P>The words of command for this po&s;ture are,</P>
<P><HI>Shoulder your Pike and March.</HI></P>
<P>Likewi&s;e comporting is very proper vpon &s;ome occa&s;ion for the Pike and Bow: the words are,</P>
<P><HI>Comport your Pike and March.</HI></P>
<P><HI>FINIS.</HI></P>
<PB REF="23">
<P><FIGURE>
</FIGURE></P>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
</TEXT>
</EEBO>
</ETS>
