FOOTNOTES:
[1] See Sir John F. W. Herschel's Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects, 'Estimation of Skill in Target-shooting,' p. 495.
[2] It should seem possible that Roger Ascham's condemnation of this style may be insincere, as he speaks of it as 'the waye of summe excellent shoters,' and further as good 'mennes faultes.' May it not be hoped that he refers to this as his own style when he says (see further on) 'of these faultes I have verye manye myself,' modestly classing his own excellence as possibly faulty. See Mulcaster, who says he (R. A.) 'hath showed himself a cunning Archer,' but this refers to his capacity for 'trayning the Archer to his bowe.'
[3] By 'drawing the arrow home' the full length of the arrow is not necessarily intended, but so much of its length as each archer should draw.
[4] It must have been from the absence of this complete faith that the celebrated archer mentioned by Montaigne in his seventeenth chapter was constrained to decline the offer made to him when condemned to die, that 'to save his life he should exhibit some notable proof of his art; but he refused to try, fearing lest the too great contention of his will should make him shoot wide, and that, instead of saving his life, he should also lose the reputation he had got of being a good marksman.' And again in the case of Tell the same scarcity of faith became apparent from his securing in his quiver that second quasi-historical arrow.
[5] 'Point-blank' can have no other meaning in Archery.
[6] Possibly now the 'Castle' publichouse, 9 Finsbury Pavement.
[7] The 'Rosemary Branch' publichouse, 2 Shepperton Road, Islington, N., is perhaps too far off the line to be identical. The same may be said of Pitfield Street, Hoxton.
[8] Wolsey died November 30, 1530
[9] The points for the Champion's medal are—
| 2 | points each for gross score and gross hits. | ||
| 1 | point each for score and hits at | 100 | yards. |
| 1 | point" " | 80 | yards. |
| 1 | point" " | 60 | yards. |
| Total, | 10 | points. | |
Transcriber's note: Footnotes 10-20 immediately follow the tables that refer to them.
[21] No report of the meeting in 1881 can be traced.