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Laws for archers

THE FOLLOWING
LIST OF SOCIETIES
THAT WITHIN THESE
FEW YEARS EXISTED,
Will bear testimony of the estimation the
LONG BOW WAS HELD IN.

Aycliffe Archers, near Durham.
Archers of Nevill's Cross, at Durham.
Archers of Archinfield, near Hereford.
Bowmen of the Borders.
Bowmen of the Isis, Oxford.
Bowmen of Chevy Chase, Patron, the Duke of North­umberland.
British Bowmen, Prince of Wales, Patron,
Broughton Archers, Manchester.
Cheetham-Hill Archers, Manchester.
Darlington Archers, Yorkshire.
Derby Archers.
Edinburgh Archers.
Finsbury Archers.
Hatfield Archers, Lady Salisbury, Patroness.
Henault Foresters, Essex, this society consists both of Ladies and Gentlemen.
John of Gaunt's Bowmen, Lancashire.
Kentish Bowmen, Prince of Wales, Patron.
Kentish Bangers.
Kilwinning Archers, Scotland.
Lancashire and Cheshire Archers
London Archers.
Mercian Bowmen, near Coventry.
Middleton Archers.
Needwood Foresters, Staffordshire,
Preston Archers.
Robin Hood's Bowmen, Highgate.
Richmond Archers, Yorkshire.
St. George's Bowmen, Lewisham.
Scorton Archers, Yorkshire.
Sheerwood Foresters,
Southampton Archers, Duke of Gloucester, Patron.
Surry Archers, Duke of Clarence, Patron.
Toxophilite Society, London.
Woodmen of Arden, Lord Aylesford, Patron.
Woodmen of Hornsey.
Wharfdale Archers.
Yorkshire Archers, Earl Fitz William, Patron, Coun­tess Mexborough, Patroness.

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The different kind of Prizes that are shot for, are

SILVER ARROWS GOLD MEDALS.
SILVER BUGLES SILVER MEDALS, besides
SILVER CUPS BOWS & ARROWS.

Three Arrows form the compliment for a Prize

FINIS.