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Or you can have an assistant pull on the upper nock, while you brace the bow yourself. In ancient times, at this stage, the bow was tillered, or tested for its curve, or, as Sir Roger Ascham says, "brought round compass," which means to make it bend in a perfect arc when full drawn.
And thus the seed which Buchanan had sown, and Milton had watered for the allegation that Milton borrowed from Buchanan is probably true, and equally honourable to both lay trampled into the earth, and seemingly lifeless, till it tillered out, and blossomed, and bore fruit to a good purpose, in the Revolution of 1688.
Now, that crop which he had just left had 'tillered out' well; but what profit should he get from the many stalks that had tillered or sprung from each single grain, thus promising a fiftyfold return? The thunderstorm before Christmas was not perhaps a favourable omen, since Winter's thunder and summer's flood Bode old England no good.
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