Prince  Henry,  and  his  brother  Charles  the  First,  were  great
admirers  of  the  bow.  An  engraving  of  the  latter,  in  archer's
costume,  forms  the  frontispiece  of  Markham's  Treatise.     As  a

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work  of  art  it  is  vilely  executedt  and  his  majesty  is
di'awing  his  shaft  villanousl^  low  at  the  breast.
Charles  the  Second,  on  his  restoration,  did  much  towards  the
revival  of  archery.  It  is  not  generally  known  that  the  merry
monarch,  endowed  with  facile  manners,  wtiich  readily  accom-
modated themselves  tu  the  tastes  and  habits  of  all  with  whom
be  aasociated,  was  a  member  of  an  archery  society  during  his
exile  in  the  Low  Countries.  I  really  forget  whether  Ghent  or
Bruges,  but  his  majesty's  statue  occupies  the  salon  belonging  to
an  ancient  fraternity  of  bowmen  in  one  or  the  other.
George  the  Fourth  was,  in  bis  youth,  a  magniticent  patron  of
archery  *,  but  as  the  interest  be  manifested  for  this,  the  favourite
pastime  of  his  illustrious  ancestors,  has  been  fully  detailed  else-
where, I  merely  allude  to  it  here.
