I'd say:
rule#1: don't even think about manor booming unless you know he is FFing, just build manors as needed for housing.
age with the tower +200g option (protect your secondary resources, or put it in your base if he is attacking already, either way it should be in range of your rax+TC)
build a rax and train muskets (if he swarms your rax, muskets will hold up much better than lbows)
rule#2: longbows are supporting units only and worthless without a meatshield in age 2.
ship 6 longbows (supporting units only)
fight with your muskets guarding your longbows until you can afford 500g for cherokee (only ship it if he is still massing jans)
If you see an artillery foundry train a few more longbows (11 to 15 total) and then try to put up a stable ASAP (focus your lbows on the abus from max range until the hussars show up, I think 11-12 lbows one shot an abus)
Surviving the initial onslaught is key. After that you can easily outboom him and overwhelm him with muskets + hussars + falcs.
Counter the attack, then Counter Attack!!![This message has been edited by justiw (edited 08-22-2007 @ 09:41 AM).]