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• 1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book XVIII, Chapter xxi, leaf 382v

  So at that tyme there was a lady dwellid in that forest and she was a grete huntresse & dayly she vsed to hunte and euer she bare her bowe with her and no men wente neuer with her but alwayes wymmen and they were shoters and coude wel kylle a dere bothe at the stalke & at the trest

  "So at that time there was a lady dwelt in that forest, and she was a great huntress, and daily she used to hunt, and ever she bare her bow with her; and no men went never with her, but always women, and they were shooters, and could well kill a deer, both at the stalk and at the trest;"