Ewe fit for a bowe to be made on.
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owe as I saye, a bowe of Ewe must be hadde for per-fecte shootinge at the prickes ; whiche marke, bycause it iscertayne, and moste certaine rules may be gyven of it, shallserve for our communication, at this time. A good boweis knowen, much what as good counsayle is knowen, by thecnde and proofe of it, and yet bothe a bowe and good coun-sell maye be made bothe better and worse, by well or illhandlynge of them : as oftentymes chaunceth. And as aman both muste and wyll take counsell, of a wyse and hon-este man, though he se not the ende of it, so must a shooterof necessitie, truste an honest and good bowyer for a bowe,afore he knowe the proofe of it. And as a wise man wylltake plentye of counsel afore hand what soever need, so ashooter shulde have alwayes. iii. or. iiii. bowes, in store,what so ever chaunce. Phi. But if I truste bowyers alwayes, sometyme I am lyketo be decey ved.3
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