ABSTRACT
IT is part of the normal way of life among the Northerners and countless other nations, including their neighbours across the sea,1 that at the beginning of the summer all marksmen, from both city and country, should assemble on high days and holidays upon some level ground especially appointed for the purpose, and display every form of skill in shooting for all to see and appraise.2 They are allowed to do this with metal firearms, crossbows, or longbows, but abiding by the rule that with such weapons and bullets they must hit the targets set up on the plain.
