— William Shakespeare, Henry V (Act iv, Scene iii) File:Yeomen.png Unlike spears, guns or crossbows, longbows are very difficult weapons to master, but extremely deadly if put in highly trained hands. Yeoman archers are thus the elite among all bowmen, with a cost and rate of fire that puts arbalests and arquebusiers in the shade. With sufficient mass, longbowmen can easily mess up massed formations of infantry and can even pack sufficient punch to down more heavily-armed foes, with large splash areas to boot.