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The Arte of 
eiwcfi tuitf) tf)C fl)iniicijonc,aiiD f iiaf t6ct> lo^ne aboue ana 
bcncatb Uarlicto barbc , fctbatba inavefaEbctoeU tie 
b;aiincbc of that f r** 
How CO blade on your shicldc, 
TT^iig oonc,^c miift l;auc a to^eatb of gojD bcmp, fo (jtntie 
^ fljc fartJC IbiclsJ on in bio place ; tbo mancr fo bpnlic it is 
tbiOi pc iball make a lJ3;eatb of bempc togptber as great as 
a ©cDfc quplUo; there aboutes, o^ accojoing to tbe bignelle 
Dj fmalnetre of pour tra: tbe tafee pour bcinpe in tbe mioflr, 
that tbe one balfe map feme fo;^ tbe tpper balfe of p ibiclo, 
in topnoing ano croffing (tuitb tbe bcmpe)fbe fapoe tbiclo, 
ontbebjaunebeoftbetra, but fa that be bpnoeit notto 
Craite, foj it Cball let bimfro tafeing o^ fp^inging, anb Ip^ae^ 
luife tbep.j fap can not eafilp come oa paffe from tbe one to 
tbe otber:ant) fee alfo that tuet come not to pour Ibielo , no; 
IV’Uelnife tbe bempe that pe fainoe it iuitball.i^e fliall begin 
to binbe poiir feutebion firft bebinbe in tbe mibbes of pour 
(bielbe,in comming ftpU lotucr anb lotucr,i fo recouer bm 
bcr tbe oplct,anb taple of pour tbielbe,bpnbing it npc tog^< 
tbers, toitbout recoucring of tbe fapb.oplct,tbcn pc ibal rei 
turne againc bptuarb , in binbing it baebiuarb to tbe mibft 
iobere pe began. Cbcn take tbe other part of tbe bempe, | 
binbc fo libeluife tbe ^per part of pour fljiclb, anb increafe 
pour bempe as pe (ball nabe, anbTo returne againc bacfe« 
Xxjarbe, f pc Itjail binbe it fo,fpIl tbe fruites o; cliftes beco<> 
uereo (botlj aboue anb beneatb) toitb pour fapb bempe, er^ 
eept tbe oplet anb bio taile,tbc lubifb pe muff not coucr,fo; 
that taple bjpll Ibcb qjart,iftbe (bielb boetabe* 
On one tree ye maye graffc or put two or 
three shieldes. 
map berie fneU if pe tuplI,on euerp fra graffc tloo o; 
^ tb;a Ibiclbcs , but that one be not right againtt ano# 
tber , no; pet of the one fpbe of the tra , let pour (bielbes fo 
remamebounbeontbetras , one fponetbo;mo?c after 
