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ALBANS BY THE SCHOOLMASTER-PRINTER IN 1486.\n\n_With an Introduction by_ WILLIAM BLADES, _Author of the \u201cLife and\nTypography of Caxton.\u201d_\n\n\nThis _facsimile_ is faithfully reproduced by photography; it is being\nprinted on rough hand-made paper similar to that of the original,\nand will be bound in handsome contemporary binding. The interest and\nvalue of this reproduction will be greatly enhanced by Mr. BLADES\u2019\nPreface, which treats at length, in separate chapters, of the\nAUTHORSHIP, TYPOGRAPHY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, SUBJECT-MATTER, and PHILOLOGY\nof the Work.\n\nAs THE BOOK OF SAINT ALBANS is the Work in which THE TREATYSE OF\nFYSSHYNGE WYTH AN ANGLE was incorporated on its first publication,\nits possession by the Subscribers to the latter should be secured, in\norder to complete the set of \u201cdyuerse bokys concernynge to gentyll\nand noble men.\u201d\n\nA full Prospectus concerning the publication of \u201cThe Book of Saint\nAlbans\u201d will be sent on application to\n\nELLIOT STOCK, 62 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C.\n\n\n\n\n[Illustration]\n\nA Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle.\n\n[Illustration]\n\n\n\n\n A TREATYSE OF FYSSHYNGE WYTH AN ANGLE\n\n BY\n\n DAME JULIANA BERNERS:\n\n BEING A _FACSIMILE_ REPRODUCTION OF THE FIRST BOOK ON THE\n SUBJECT OF FISHING PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY\n\n WYNKYN DE WORDE\n\n AT WESTMINSTER IN 1496.\n\n With an Introduction by\n REV. M. G. WATKINS, M.A.\n\n [Illustration]\n\n ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW,\n LONDON, E.C.\n 1880\n\n\n[Illustration]\n\n\n\n\n Preface to\n Dame Juliana Berners\u2019 Treatyse on Fysshynge\n wyth an Angle.\n\n\nThe scholarly angler is here presented with an exact _facsimile_\nof the first English treatise on fishing. The book is of extreme\ninterest for several reasons, not the least curious being that it\nhas served as a literary quarry to so many succeeding writers on\nfishing, who have not disdained to adapt the authoress\u2019s sentiments\nto their own use, and even to borrow them word for word without\nacknowledgment. Walton himself was evidently familiar with it, and\nhas clearly taken his \u201cjury of flies\u201d from its \u201cxij flyes wyth\nwhyche ye shall angle to y^e trought & grayllyng;\u201d while Burton,\nthat universal plunderer, has extracted her eloquent eulogy on the\nsecondary pleasures of angling for incorporation with the patchwork\nstructure of his \u201cAnatomy of Melancholy.\u201d Besides giving the earliest\naccount of the art of fishing, the estimate which the authoress forms\nof the moral value of the craft is not only very high, but has served\nto strike the keynote for all subsequent followers of the art both\nin their praises and their practice of it. To this little treatise\nmore than to any other belongs the credit of having assigned in\npopular estimation to the angler his meditative and gentle nature.\nMany pure and noble intellects have kindled into lasting devotion\nto angling on reading her eloquent commendation of it. Such men as\nDonne, Wotton, and Herbert, Paley, Bell, and Davy, together with many\nanother excellent and simple disposition, have caught enthusiasm\nfrom her lofty sentiments, and found that not their bodily health\nonly, but also their morals, were improved by angling. It became a\nschool of virtues, a quiet pastime in which, while looking into their\nown hearts, they learnt lessons of the highest wisdom, reverence,\nresignation, and love\u2014love of their fellow-men, of the lower\ncreatures, and of their Creator.\n\nNothing definite is known of the reputed authoress, Dame Juliana\nBarnes or Berners. She is said to have been a daughter of Sir James\nBerners of Roding Berners in the county of Essex, a favourite of King\nRichard the Second, who was beheaded in 1388 as an evil counsellor\nto the king and an enemy to the public weal. She was celebrated\nfor her extreme beauty and great learning, and is reported to have\nheld the office of prioress of the Benedictine Nunnery of Sopwell\nin Hertfordshire, a cell to the Abbey of St. Alban, but of this\nno documentary evidence exists. The first edition of her \u201cBook of\nSt. Alban\u2019s,\u201d printed by the schoolmaster-printer of St. Alban\u2019s\nin 1486, treats of hawking, hunting, and coat-armour. In the next\nedition, \u201cEnprynted at Westmestre by Wynkyn the Worde the yere\nof thyncarnac\u014dn of our lorde.\u2009M\u200a.\u200aCCCC\u200a.\u200alxxxxvi,\u201d among the other\n\u201ctreatyfes perteynynge to hawkynge & huntynge with other dyuers\nplaysaunt materes belongynge vnto noblesse,\u201d appeared the present\ntreatise on angling. The aristocratic instincts of the authoress\nprompted this mode of publication, as she herself explains in the\nconcluding paragraph\u2014\u201cby cause that this present treatyse sholde not\ncome to the hondys of eche ydle persone whyche wolde desire it yf it\nwere enprynted allone by itself & put in a lytyll plaunflet, therfore\nI haue compylyd it in a greter volume of dyuerse bokys concernynge\nto gentyll & noble men to the entent that the forsayd ydle persones\nwhyche sholde haue but lytyll mesure in the sayd dysporte of\nfysshyng sholde not by this meane vtterly dystroye it.\u201d The present\npublication is the \u201clittle pamphlet\u201d which was enclosed in this\n\u201cgreater volume.\u201d An edition of it as a distinct treatise appears to\nhave been issued by Wynkyn de Worde soon after that of 1496, with the\ntitle, \u201cHere begynnyth a treatyse of fysshynge wyth an Angle\u201d over\nthe curious woodcut of the man fishing which is on the first page\nof the present _facsimile_, but only one copy of it is known to be\nin existence. At least ten more editions appeared before the year\n1600. This shows the great popularity of the book at the time of its\npublication, and considering how human nature remains the same, and\nthe charms of angling are equally grateful to every fresh generation\nof anglers, affords a sufficient reason for the strong antiquarian\ndelight which all literary anglers of the present century have felt\nin the book. It is worth while briefly to trace the bibliography of\nangling onwards until the appearance in 1653 of Walton\u2019s _Compleat\nAngler_, when the reader will be on familiar ground. In the interval\nof more than a hundred and fifty years between these two names of\nBerners and Walton, so deeply reverenced by every true scholar of\nthe craft, there occur but four books on angling, though each one\nof these possesses a fame peculiar to itself. First came Leonard\nMascall\u2019s _Booke of Fishing with Hooke and Line_, published in 1590.\nTaverner\u2019s Certaine _Experiments concerning Fish and Fruite_ followed\nin 1600. Then came in 1613 the _Secrets of Angling_ of the celebrated\nangling poet, J. D. [John Dennys], whose verses have perhaps never\nyet been surpassed; and finally, in 1651, appeared Barker\u2019s _Art of\nAngling_. With this fisherman and \u201cambassador\u2019s cook,\u201d as he calls\nhimself, Walton must often have conversed.\n\nIt is a further testimony to the attractions which angling has\nalways possessed for contemplative natures that the art appears here\nsystematised, so to speak, as early as the middle of the fifteenth\ncentury in England, where it has been practised ever since with more\nenthusiasm and skill than in other countries. There is a sad gap in\nangling literature from the days of Ausonius, at the commencement of\nthe fourth century, to those of Dame Juliana Berners. Fly-fishing,\nindeed, is not named between the time of \u00c6lian and that of the\nTreatyse. It is clearly described by the former writer, who alone\namong the ancients mentions it, but in the present book it is spoken\nof under the term \u201cangling with a dubbe,\u201d as if it were well-known\nand practised. Not only so, but it is clear that the writer had books\nof angling lore before her, perhaps monkish manuscripts, as Hawkins\nsuggests, which would be of inestimable interest could they now be\nrecovered. Thus in speaking of the carp, the reader will find she\nwrites\u2014\u201cas touchynge his baytes I haue but lytyll knowlege of it. And\nme were loth to wryte more than I knowe & haue prouyd. But well I\nwote that the redde worme & the menow ben good baytys for hym at all\ntymes as I haue herde saye of persones credyble & also founde wryten\nin bokes of credence.\u201d No better rules can be given for fly-fishing\nat present than the two which she prescribes for angling\u2014\u201cfor the\nfyrste and pryncypall poynt in anglynge\u2009:\u2009kepe y^e euer fro the water\nfro the sighte of the fysshe,\u201d and \u201calso loke that ye shadow not the\nwater as moche as ye may.\u201d The \u201ctroughte\u201d is to be angled for \u201cwyth a\ndubbe\u201d [artificial fly] \u201cin lepynge time;\u201d but as for the salmon, \u201cye\nmay take hym\u2009:\u2009but it is seldom seen with a dubbe at suche tyme as\nwhan he lepith in lyke fourme & manere as ye doo take a troughte or a\ngryalynge.\u201d With the imperfect tackle and clumsy rod of those days,\nit is no wonder that the capture of salmon with a fly, which is still\nthe crowning achievement of the craft, could seldom be effected.\n\nAfter the eloquent pleading for angling with which the treatise\nopens, the lady at once proceeds to teach the making of the \u201charnays\u201d\nof it. The rod she orders to be constructed somewhat resembles, save\nin its larger size, the modern walking-stick rod. A hazel wand, or\nfailing it, one of willow or mountain ash, is to be procured, as\nthick as the arm and nine feet in length. This is to form the butt,\nand is to be hollowed out by means of divers red-hot irons into a\ntapering hole, which is to receive the \u201ccroppe,\u201d or top, as we now\ncall it, when not in use. This \u201ccroppe\u201d is to be made of a yard of\nhazel, joined to a length of blackthorn, crab, medlar, or \u201cjenypre.\u201d\nAll these are to be cut between Michaelmas and Candlemas, the lady\ngiving very particular directions as to their drying and the like.\nWhen the two portions of the \u201ccrop\u201d are \u201cfretted together,\u201d the whole\nrod is to be shaved into a shapely taper form; the staff encircled\nwith long hoops of iron or latten at both ends, and finished with a\n\u201cpyke in the nether ende fastnyd wyth a rennynge vyce\u2009:\u2009to take in\n& oute youre croppe.\u201d The line is then to be wound round the crop\nand tied fast with a bow at the top. The reader will note that there\nis no mention of a reel; it was only used, seemingly until the\nbeginning of this century, for large salmon and pike. An angler who\nhooked a fish when armed with this ponderous rod (which must from\nits description have been nearly eighteen feet long, as large as a\nmodern salmon rod), would act as Izaak Walton would have done in the\nlike predicament,\u2014throw the rod in to the fish and recover it when he\ncould. But the lady is wonderfully pleased with this mighty rod, and\nthus concludes\u2014\u201cThus shall ye make you a rodde soo preuy that ye maye\nwalke therwyth\u2009:\u2009and there shall noo man wyte where abowte ye goo.\nIt woll be lyghte & full nymbyll to fysshe wyth at your luste. And\nfor the more redynesse loo here a fygure,\u201d and she adds the curious\nwoodcut which the reader may see reproduced at page 5.\n\nThen follow directions how to dye and make lines and hooks. There\nwere evidently no manufacturers of hooks in the fifteenth century:\neach angler made his own. The casting of plummets and forming of\nfloats succeed. The six methods of angling and the mode of playing a\nfish are next treated, and the latter alone shows that Dame Juliana\nmust herself have been a proficient in the craft. No one but a\nthoroughly good fisher could have summed up the art of playing a\nfish in the words\u2014\u201ckepe hym euer vnder the rodde, and euermore holde\nhym streyghte\u2009:\u2009soo that your lyne may susteyne and beere his lepys\nand his plungys wyth the helpe of your croppe & of your honde.\u201d The\nplace, the time of day, and the weather in which to fish, are next\nparticularly described after the exactitude peculiar to fishing\nmanuals of the olden time. These paragraphs are well worth the\nconsideration of a modern angler, especially the charge, \u201cyf the\nwynde be in the Eest, that is worste For comynly neyther wynter nor\nsomer y^e fysshe woll not byte thenne.\u201d\n\nThe following part of the treatise, with what baits and how to angle\nfor each kind of fish, together with a brief description of each,\ncertainly furnished Walton with a model for some of his chapters.\nThis portion of her book is regarded by the authoress as most\nnecessary to be known and proficiency in carrying out her rules \u201cis\nall the effecte of the crafte.\u201d She adds amusingly, \u201cfor ye can\nnot brynge an hoke in to a fyssh mouth wythout a bayte.\u201d A few of\nthe quaint receipts of her age succeed; how to keep live baits, to\nmake pastes and the like, ending with a rule which is often given\nto flyfishers for trout at the present day: \u201cWhan ye haue take a\ngrete fysshe\u2009:\u2009vndo the mawe, & what ye fynde therin make that your\nbayte\u2009:\u2009for it is beste.\u201d\n\nJust as the authoress rises to eloquence at the beginning of the\ntreatise when comparing the fisher\u2019s happy life with the toils and\ntroubles which too often fall to the lot of the hunter, hawker, and\nfowler, so the end of these rules once more recalls her enthusiasm.\nThe last two pages of the book give us a portrait of her conception\nof the perfect angler, and it is no presumption to say that a nobler\nand truer picture has never been limned. Simplicity of disposition,\nforbearance to our neighbours\u2019 rights, and consideration for the\npoor, are strongly inculcated. All covetousness in fishing or\nemployment of its gentle art to increase worldly gain and fill the\nlarder is equally condemned. She holds the highest view of angling;\nthat it is to serve a man for solace, and to cause the health of his\nbody, but especially of his soul. So she would have him pursue his\ncraft alone for the most part, when his mind can rise to high and\nholy things, and he may serve God devoutly by saying from his heart\nhis customary prayer. Nor should a man ever carry his amusement to\nexcess, and catch too much at one time; this is to destroy his\nfuture pleasure and to interfere with that of his neighbours. A good\nsportsman too, she adds, will busy himself in nourishing the game\nand destroying all vermin. So will what Walton calls \u201cthe civil,\nwell-governed angler\u201d escape the vices which spring from idleness,\nand enjoy the full delights of an elevating and noble recreation.\n\u201cAnd all those that done after this rule shall haue the blessynge of\ngod & saynt Petyr, whyche he theym graunte that wyth his precyous\nblood vs boughte.\u201d\n\n\u201cAnd therefore to al you that ben vertuous\u2009:\u2009gentyll\u2009:\u2009and free borne\nI wryte & make this symple treatyse folowynge\u2009:\u2009by whyche ye may haue\nthe full crafte of anglynge to dysport you at your luste\u2009:\u2009to the\nentent that your aege maye the more floure and the more lenger to\nendure.\u201d\n\nM. G. W.\n\n[Illustration]\n\n\n{1}\n\n\n\n\n\u00b6 Here begynnyth the treatyse of fysshynge wyth an Angle.\n\n\n[Illustration]\n\n++SAlamon in his parablys sayth that a good spyryte makyth a\nflourynge aege\u2009/\u2009that is a fayre aege & a longe. And syth it is\nsoo\u2009:\u2009I aske this questyon\u2009/\u2009.\u2009whi\u2009|\u2009che ben the meanes & the\ncauses that enduce a man in to a mery spyryte.\u2009:\u2009Truly to my beste\ndyscrec\u014dn it semeth good dysportes & honest gamys in whom a man\nIoy\u2009|\u2009eth wythout ony repentannce after. Thenne folowyth it y^t gode\ndysportes & honest games ben cause of mannys fayr aege & longe life.\nAnd therfore now woll I chose of foure good dispor\u2009|\u2009tes & honeste\ngamys\u2009/\u2009that is to wyte\u2009:\u2009of huntynge\u2009:\u2009hawkynge\u2009:\u2009fysshynge\u2009:\u2009&\nfoulynge. The beste to my symple dyscrec\u014dn why\u2009|\u2009che is\nfysshynge\u2009:\u2009callyd Anglynge wyth a rodde\u2009:\u2009and a lyne {2} and an\nhoke\u2009/\u2009And therof to treate as my symple wytte may suffyce\u2009:\u2009both for\nthe sayd reason of Salamon and also for the reason that phisyk makyth\nin this wyse (\u00b6 Si tibi deficiant medici medici tibi fiant\u2009:\u2009hec\ntria mens leta labor & moderata dieta.\n\u00b6 Ye shall vnderstonde that this is for to saye\u2009/\u2009Yf a man\nlacke leche or medicyne he shall make thre thynges his leche &\nmedycyne\u2009:\u2009and he shall nede neuer no moo. The fyrste of theym is\na mery thought. The seconde is labour not outrageo\ua770. The thyr\u2009|\u2009de\nis dyete mesurable. Fyrste that yf a man wyll euer more be in mery\nthoughtes and haue a gladde spyryte\u2009:\u2009he must eschewe all contraryous\ncompany & all places of debate where he myghte haue ony occasyons of\nmalencoly. And yf he woll haue a labour not outrageous he must thenne\nordeyne him to his her\u2009|\u2009tys ease and pleasaunce wythout studye\npensyfnesse or trauey\u2009|\u2009le a mery occupacyon whyche maye reioyce his\nherte\u2009:\u2009& in why\u2009|\u2009che his spyrytes may haue a mery delyte. And yf\nhe woll be dy\u2009|\u2009etyd mesurably he must eschewe all places of ryotte\nwhyche is cause of surfette and of syknesse\u2009/\u2009And he must drawe him\nto pla\u2009|\u2009ces of swete ayre and hungry\u2009:\u2009And ete nourishable meetes\nand dyffyable also.\n\n++NOw thenne woll I dyscryue the sayd dysportes and ga\u2009|\u2009mys to\nfynde the beste of theym as veryly as I can\u0304\u2009/\u2009alle be it that the\nryght noble and full worthy prynce the du\u2009|\u2009ke of Yorke late callid\nmayster of game hath discryued the myr\u2009|\u2009thes of huntynge lyke as\nI thynke to dyscryue of it and of alle the other. For huntynge as\nto myn entent is to laboryous\u2009/\u2009For the hunter must alwaye renne &\nfolowe his houndes\u2009:\u2009traueyllynge & swetynge full sore. He blowyth\ntyll his lyppes blyster And whan he wenyth it be an hare full oft\nit is an hegge hogge Thus he chasyth and wote not what. He comyth\nhome at euyn rayn beten pryckyd\u2009:\u2009and his clothes torne wete shode\nall myry Some hounde loste\u2009:\u2009some surbat. Suche greues & many other\nhapyth vnto the hunter\u2009/\u2009whyche for dyspleysaunce of theym y^t loue\nit I dare not reporte. Thus truly me semyth that this is not the\nbeste dysporte and game of the sayd foure. The dyspor\u2009|\u2009te and game\nof hawkynge is laboryous & noyouse also as me semyth. For often the\nfawkener leseth his hawkes as the {3} hunter his ho\u016bdes. Thenne\nis his game & his dysporte goon. Full often cryeth he & whystelyth\ntyll that he be ryght euyll a thur\u2009|\u2009ste. His hawke taketh a bowe\nand lyste not ones on hym rewar\u2009|\u2009de. whan he wolde haue her for to\nflee\u2009:\u2009thenne woll she bathe. with mys fedynge she shall haue the\nFronse\u2009:\u2009the Rye\u2009:\u2009the Cray and many other syknesses that brynge\ntheym to the Sowse. Thus by prouff this is not the beste dysporte &\ngame of the sa\u2009|\u2009yd foure. The dysporte & game of fowlynge me semyth\nmoost symple\u00a0For in the wynter season the fowler spedyth not but in\nthe moost hardest and coldest weder\u2009:\u2009whyche is greuous. For whan\nhe wolde goo to his gynnes he maye not for colde. Many a gynne &\nmany a snare he makyth. Yet soryly dooth he fare. At morn tyde in\nthe dewe he is weete shode vnto his taylle. Many other suche I cowde\ntell\u2009:\u2009but drede of magre makith me for to leue. Thus me semyth that\nhuntynge & hawkynge & also fowlynge ben so laborous and greuous that\nnone of theym maye perfourme nor bi very meane that enduce a man to\na me\u2009|\u2009ry spyryte\u2009:\u2009whyche is cause of his longe lyfe acordynge vnto\ny^t sayd parable of Salamon. \u00b6 Dowteles then\u0304e folowyth it that it\nmust nedes be the dysporte of fysshynge wyth an angle. For all other\nmanere of fysshyng is also laborous and greuous\u2009:\u2009often makynge\nfolkes ful wete & colde\u2009/\u2009whyche many tymes hath be seen cause of\ngrete Infirmytees. But the angler maye haue no colde nor no dysease\nnor angre\u2009/\u2009but yf he be causer hymself. For he maye not lese at the\nmoost but a lyne or an hoke\u2009:\u2009of whyche he maye haue store plentee of\nhis owne makynge\u2009/\u2009as this sym\u2009|\u2009ple treatyse shall teche hym. Soo\nthenne his losse is not greuo\u2009|\u2009us. and other greyffes maye he not\nhaue\u2009/\u2009sauynge but yf ony fisshe breke away after that he is take on\nthe hoke\u2009/\u2009or elles that he catche nought\u2009:\u2009whyche ben not greuous.\nFor yf he faylle of one he maye not faylle of a nother\u2009/\u2009yf he dooth\nas this treatyse techyth\u2009:\u2009but yf there be nonght in the water. And\nyet atte the leest he hath his holsom walke and mery at his ease. a\nswete ay\u2009|\u2009re of the swete sauoure of the meede floures\u2009:\u2009that makyth\nhym hungry. He hereth the melodyous armony of fowles. He seeth the\nyonge swannes\u2009:\u2009heerons\u2009:\u2009duckes\u2009:\u2009cotes and many other fou\u2009|\u2009les\nwyth theyr brodes.\u2009/\u2009whyche me semyth better than alle the {4}\nnoyse of honndys\u2009:\u2009the blastes of hornys and the scrye of foulis\nthat hunters\u2009:\u2009fawkeners & foulers can make. And yf the angler take\nfysshe\u2009:\u2009surely thenne is there noo man merier than he is in his\nspyryte. \u00b6 Also who soo woll vse the game of anglynge\u2009:\u2009he must ryse\nerly. whiche thyng is prouffytable to man in this wy\u2009|\u2009se\u2009/\u2009That\nis to wyte\u2009:\u2009moost to the heele of his soule. For it shall cause\nhym to be holy. and to the heele of his body\u2009/\u2009For it shall cause\nhym to be hole. Also to the encrease of his goodys. For it shall\nmake hym ryche. As the olde englysshe prouerbe sayth in this wyse.\n\u00b6 who soo woll ryse erly shall be holy helthy & zely.\n\u00b6 Thus haue I prouyd in myn entent that the dysporte & game of\nanglynge is the very meane & cause that enducith a man in to a mery\nspyryte\u2009:\u2009Whyche after the sayde parable of Salomon & the sayd\ndoctryne of phisyk makyth a flourynge aege & a longe. And therfore\nto al you that ben vertuous\u2009:\u2009gentyll\u2009:\u2009and free borne I wryte &\nmake this symple treatyse folowynge\u2009:\u2009by whyche ye may haue the full\ncrafte of anglynge to dysport you at your luste\u2009:\u2009to the entent that\nyour aege maye the more flou\u2009|\u2009re and the more lenger to endure.\n\n++YF ye woll be crafty in anglynge\u2009:\u2009ye must fyrste lerne to make\nyour harnays\u2009/\u2009That is to wyte your rodde\u2009:\u2009your lynes of dyuers\ncolours. After that ye must know how ye shall angle in what place\nof the water\u2009:\u2009how depe\u2009:\u2009and what ti\u2009|\u2009me of day. For what manere\nof fysshe\u2009:\u2009in what wedyr How ma\u2009|\u2009ny impedymentes there ben in\nfysshynge y^t is callyd anglynge And in specyall wyth what baytys\nto euery dyuers fysshe in e\u2009|\u2009che moneth of the yere. How ye shall\nmake your baytes brede where ye shall fynde theym\u2009:\u2009and how ye shall\nkepe theym. And for the moost crafty thynge how ye shall make youre\nhokes of stele & of osmonde\u2009/\u2009Some for the dubbe\u2009:\u2009and some for\nthe flote\u2009:\u2009& the grounde. as ye shall here after al thyse fynde\nexpressed o\u2009|\u2009penly vnto your knowlege.\n\u00b6 And how ye shall make your rodde craftly here I shall teche you.\nYe shall kytte betwene Myghelmas & Candylmas a fayr staffe of a\nfadom and an halfe longe\u2009:\u2009& arme grete of hasyll\u2009:\u2009wy\u2009|\u2009lowe\u2009:\u2009or\naspe. And bethe hym in an hote ouyn\u2009:\u2009& sette hym euyn Thenne lete\nhym cole & drye a moneth. Take thenne & frette {5} hym faste wyth a\ncockeshotecorde\u2009:\u2009and bynde hym to a fourme or an euyn square grete\ntree. Take thenne a pl\u016bmers wire that is euyn and streyte & sharpe\nat the one ende. And hete the shar\u2009|\u2009pe end in a charcole fyre tyll\nit be whyte\u2009:\u2009and brenne the staffe therwyth thorugh\u2009:\u2009euer streyte\nin the pythe at bothe endes tyll they mete. And after that brenne\nhym in the nether ende wyth a byrde broche\u2009/\u2009& wyth other broches\neche gretter than other. & euer the grettest the laste\u2009:\u2009so that ye\nmake your hole aye tapre wexe. Thenne lete hym lye styll and kele\ntwo dayes. Unfrette hym then\u0304e and lete hym drye in an hous roof in\nthe smoke tyll he be thrugh drye \u00b6 In the same season take a fayr\nyerde of gre\u2009|\u2009ne hasyll & beth hym euyn & streyghte. and lete it\ndrye with the staffe. And whan they ben drye make the yerde mete vnto\nthe hole in the staffe\u2009:\u2009vnto halfe the length of the staffe. And\nto per\u2009|\u2009fourme that other halfe of the croppe. Take a fayr shote\nof blac\u2009|\u2009ke thorn\u0304\u2009:\u2009crabbe tree\u2009:\u2009medeler. or of Ienypre kytte in\nthe same se\u2009|\u2009ason\u2009:\u2009and well bethyd & streyghte. And frette theym\ntogyder fe\u2009|\u2009tely\u2009:\u2009soo that the croppe maye iustly entre all in\nto the sayd hole. Thenne shaue your staffe & make hym tapre wexe.\nThenne vyrell the staffe at bothe endes wyth longe hopis of yren or\nla\u2009|\u2009ton in the clennest wise wyth a pyke in the nether ende fastnyd\nwyth a rennynge vyce\u2009:\u2009to take in & oute youre croppe. Thenne set\nyour croppe an handfull within the ouer ende of your staffe in suche\nwise that it be as bigge there as in ony other place abo\u2009|\u2009ue. Then\u0304e\narme your croppe at thouer ende downe to y^e frette wyth a lyne of\n.vj. heeres. And dubbe the lyne and frette it fast in y^e toppe wyth\na bowe to fasten on your lyne. And thus shall ye make you a rodde\nsoo preuy that ye maye walke therwyth\u2009:\u2009and there shall noo man wyte\nwhere abowte ye goo. It woll be lyghte & full nymbyll to fysshe wyth\nat your luste. And for the more redynesse loo here a fygure therof in\nexample.\u2009:\n\n[Illustration]\n\n++AFter that ye haue made thus your rodde\u2009:\u2009ye must lerne to coloure\nyour lynes of here in this wyse. \u00b6 Fyrste ye must take of a whyte\nhorse taylle the lengest heere and {6} fayrest that ye can fynde.\nAnd euer the rounder it be the better it is. Departe it in to .vj.\npartes\u2009:\u2009and euery parte ye shall colour by hymselfe in dyuers\ncolours. As yelowe\u2009:\u2009grene\u2009:\u2009browne\u2009:\u2009tawney\u2009:\u2009russet. and duske\ncolours. And for to make a good grene co\u2009|\u2009lour on your heer ye\nshall doo thus. \u00b6 Take smalle ale a quar\u2009|\u2009te and put it in a lytyll\npanne\u2009:\u2009and put therto halfe a pounde of alym. And put therto your\nheer\u2009:\u2009and lete it boylle softly half an houre. Thenne take out your\nheer and lete it drye. Thenne ta\u2009|\u2009ke a potell of water and put it\nin a panne. And put therin two handfull of ooldys or of wyxen. And\npresse it wyth a tyle stone\u2009:\u2009and lete it boylle softly half an\nhoure. And whan it is yelow on the scume put therin your heer wyth\nhalfe a pounde of copo\u2009|\u2009rose betyn in powdre and lete it boylle\nhalfe a myle waye\u2009:\u2009and thenne sette it downe\u2009:\u2009and lete it kele\nfyue or syxe houres. Then\u0304 take out the heer and drye it. And it is\nthenne the fynest grene that is for the water. And euer the more ye\nput therto of copo\u2009|\u2009rose the better it is. or elles in stede of it\nvertgrees.\n\u00b6 A nother wyse ye maye make more brighter grene\u2009/\u2009as thus Lete woode\nyour heer in an woodefatte a lyght plunket colour And thenne sethe\nhym in olde or wyxin lyke as I haue sayd\u2009:\u2009sauynge ye shall not put\ntherto neyther coporose ue vertgrees. \u00b6 For to make your heer yelow\ndyght it wyth alym as I haue sayd before. And after that wyth oldys\nor wyxin wythout copo\u2009|\u2009rose or vertgrees.\u00a0\u00a0\u00b6\u00a0A nother yelow ye shal\nmake thns. Ta\u2009|\u2009ke smalle ale a potell\u2009:\u2009and stampe thre handful of\nwalnot leues and put togider\u2009:\u2009And put in your heer tyll that it be\nas depe as ye woll haue it.\u00a0\u00a0\u00b6\u00a0For to make russet heer. Take stronge\nlye a pynt and halfe a pounde of sote and a lytyll iuce of walnot\nle\u2009|\u2009uys & a quarte of alym\u2009:\u2009and put theym alle togyder in a panne\nand boylle theym well. And whan it is colde put in youre heer tyll it\nbe as derke as ye woll haue it.\u00a0\u00a0\u00b6\u00a0For to make a brow\u2009|\u2009ne colour.\nTake a pounde of sote and a quarte of ale\u2009:\u2009and seth it wyth as many\nwalnot leuys as ye maye. And whan they wexe blacke sette it from the\nfire. And put therin your heer and lete it lye styll tyll it be as\nbrowne as ye woll haue it.\n\u00b6 For to make a nother browne. Take strong ale and sote and tempre\nthem togyder. and put therin your heer two dayes and two nyghtes and\nit shall be ryght a good colour. {7}\n\u00b6 For to make a tawney coloure. Take lyme and water & put theym\ntogyder\u2009:\u2009and also put your heer therin foure or fyue hou\u2009|\u2009res.\nThenne take it out and put it in a Tanners ose a day\u2009:\u2009and it shall\nbe also fyne a tawney colour as nedyth to our purpoos\n\u00b6 The syxte parte of your heer ye shall kepe styll whyte for ly\u2009|\u2009nes\nfor the dubbyd hoke to fysshe for the trought and graylyn\u2009|\u2009ge and\nfor smalle lynes for to rye for the roche and the darse.\n\n++WHan your heer is thus colourid\u2009:\u2009ye must knowe for whi\u2009|\u2009che\nwaters and for whyche seasons they shall serue. \u00b6 The grene colour in\nall clere water from Apryll tyll Septembre. \u00b6 The yelowe coloure in\neuery clere water from Septembre tyll Nouembre\u2009:\u2009For it is lyke y^e\nwedys and other manere grasse whiche growyth in the waters and ryuers\nwhan they ben broken. \u00b6 The russet colour seruyth all the wynter\nvnto the ende of Apryll as well in ryuers as in poles or lakys \u00b6 The\nbrowne colour seruyth for that water that is blacke de\u2009|\u2009disshe in\nryuers or in other waters. \u00b6 The tawney colour for those waters that\nben hethy or morysshe.\n\n++NOw must ye make youre lynes in this wyse. Fyrste loke that ye haue\nan Instrument lyke vnto this fygure portrayed folowynge. Thenne take\nyour heer & kytte of the smalle ende an hondfull large or more\u2009/\u2009For\nit is neyther stronge nor yet sure. Thenne torne the toppe to the\ntaylle eue\u2009|\u2009ryche ylyke moche. And departe it in to thre partyes.\nThenne knytte euery part at the one ende by hymself. And at the\nother ende knytte all thre togyder\u2009:\u2009and put y^e same ende in that\nother ende of your Instrument that hath but one clyft. And sett that\nother ende faste wyth the wegge foure fyngers in alle shorter than\nyour heer. Thenne twyne euery warpe one waye & ylyke moche\u2009:\u2009and\nfasten theym in thre clyftes ylyke streyghte. Take thenne out that\nother ende and twyne it that waye that it woll desyre ynough.\nThenne streyne it a lytyll\u2009:\u2009and knytte it for vn\u2009|\u2009doynge\u2009:\u2009and\nthat is good. And for to knowe to make your Instrument\u2009:\u2009loo here\nit is in fygure. And it shall be made of tree sauynge the bolte\nvnderneth\u2009:\u2009whiche shall be of yren. {8}\n\n[Illustration]\n\n++WHan ye haue as many of the lynkys as ye suppose wol suffyse for\nthe length of a lyne\u2009:\u2009thenne must ye knytte theym togyder wyth\na water knotte or elles a duchys knotte. And whan your knotte is\nknytte\u2009:\u2009kytte of y^e voyde shor\u2009|\u2009te endes a strawe brede for the\nknotte. Thus shal ye make you\u2009|\u2009re lynes fayr & fyne\u2009:\u2009and also ryght\nsure for ony manere fysshe. \u00b6 And by cause that ye sholde knowe bothe\nthe water knotte & also the duchys knotte\u2009:\u2009loo theym here in fygure\ncaste vnto the lyknesse of the draughte.\n\n++YE shall vnderstonde that the moost subtyll & hardyste crafte in\nmakynge of your harnays is for to make your hokis. For whoos makyng\nye must haue fetefyles. thyn\u0304 and sharpe & smalle beten\u2009:\u2009A semy\nclam\u0304 of yren\u2009:\u2009a bender\u2009:\u2009a payr of longe & smalle tongys\u2009:\u2009an harde\nknyfe somdeale thycke\u2009:\u2009an anuelde\u2009:\u2009& a lytyll hamour. \u00b6 And for\nsmalle fysshe ye shall make your hokes of the smalest quarell nedlys\nthat ye can fyn\u2009|\u2009de of stele\u2009/\u2009& in this wyse. \u00b6 Ye shall put the\nquarell in a redde charkcole fyre tyll that it be of the same colour\nthat the fyre is. Thenne take hym out and lete hym kele\u2009:\u2009and ye shal\nfynde him well alayd for to fyle. Thenne reyse the berde wyth your\nknyfe\u2009/\u2009and make the poynt sharpe. Thenne alaye hym agayn\u2009:\u2009for elles\nhe woll breke in the bendyng. Thenne bende hym lyke to the bende\nfyguryd herafter in example. And gretter hokes ye shall mabe in the\nsame wyse of gretter nedles\u2009:\u2009as broderers nedlis\u2009:\u2009or taylers\u2009:\u2009or\nshomakers nedlis spere poyntes\u2009/\u2009& {9} of shomakers nalles in\nespecyall the beste for grete fysshe. and that they bende atte the\npoynt whan they ben assayed\u2009/\u2009for elles they ben not good \u00b6 Whan the\nhoke is bendyd bete the hynder ende abrode\u2009:\u2009& fyle it smothe for\nfretynge of thy lyne. Thenne put it in the fyre agayn\u2009:\u2009and yeue\nit an easy redde hete. Thenne sodaynly quenche it in water\u2009:\u2009and\nit woll be harde and stronge. And for to haue knowlege of your\nInstrumentes\u2009:\u2009lo theym here in fygure portrayd.\n\n [Illustration\u2009:\n\n \u00b6 Hamour.   Knyfe.   Pynsons.   Clam\u0304\n\n Wegge.   Fyle.   Wreste.    & Anuelde.]\n\n++WHan ye haue made thus your hokis\u2009:\u2009thenne must ye set theym on\nyour lynes acordynge in gretnesse & strength in this wyse. \u00b6 Ye shall\ntake smalle redde silke. & yf it be for a grete hoke then\u0304e double\nit\u2009:\u2009not twynyd. And elles for sma\u2009|\u2009le hokys lete it be syngle\u2009:\u2009&\ntherwyth frette thycke the lyne the\u2009|\u2009re as the one ende of your hoke\nshal sytte a strawe brede. Then\u0304 sette there your hoke\u2009:\u2009& frette\nhym wyth the same threde y^e two partes of the lengthe that shall be\nfrette in all. And whan ye co\u2009|\u2009me to the thyrde parte thenne torne\nthe ende of your lyne aga\u2009|\u2009yn vpon the frette dowble. & frette it\nso dowble that other thyr\u2009|\u2009de parte. Thenne put your threde in at\nthe hose twys or thries & lete it goo at eche tyme rounde abowte the\nyerde of your hoke. Thenne wete the hose & and drawe it tyll that\nit be faste. And lo\u2009|\u2009ke that your lyne lye euermore wythin your\nhokys\u2009:\u2009& not with\u2009|\u2009out. Thenne kytte of the lynys ende & the threde\nas nyghe as ye maye\u2009:\u2009sauynge the frette.\n\n++NOw ye knowe wyth how grete hokys ye shall angle to euery\nfysshe\u2009:\u2009now I woll tell you wyth how many heeres ye shall to euery\nmanere of fisshe. \u00b6 For the menow wyth a lyne of one heere. For the\nwaxyng roche the bleke & the {10} gogyn & the ruffe wy^t a lyne\nof two heeris. For the darse & the grete roche wyth a lyne of thre\nheeres. For the perche\u2009:\u2009the flo\u016b\u2009|\u2009der & bremet with foure heeres.\nFor the cheuen chubbe\u2009:\u2009the bre\u2009|\u2009me\u2009:\u2009the tenche & the ele wyth .vj.\nheeres. For the troughte\u2009:\u2009gray\u2009|\u2009lynge\u2009:\u2009barbyll & the grete cheuyn\nwith .ix. heeres. For the grete troughte wyth .xij. heeres\u2009:\u2009For the\nsamon with .xv. heeres. And for the pyke wyth a chalke lyne made\nbrowne with your brow\u2009|\u2009ne colour aforsayd\u2009:\u2009armyd with a wyre. as ye\nshal here herafter whan I speke of the pyke.\n\u00b6 Your lynes must be plumbid wyth lede. And ye shall wyte y^t\nthe nexte p\u016bbe vnto the hoke shall be therfro a large fote &\nmo\u2009|\u2009re\u2009/\u2009And euery plumbe of a quantyte to the gretnes of the lyne.\nThere be thre manere of pl\u016bbis for a grounde lyne rennynge. And\nfor the flote set vpon the grounde lyne lyenge .x. plumbes Ioynynge\nall togider. On the grounde lyne rennynge .ix. or .x. smalle. The\nflote pl\u016bbe shall be so heuy y^t the leest plucke of ony fysshe\nmaye pull it downe in to y^e water. And make your pl\u016b\u2009|\u2009bis rounde\n& smothe y^t they stycke not on stonys or on wedys. And for the more\nvnderstondynge lo theym here in fygure.\n\n[Illustration\u2009:\u2009The grounde lyne rennynge]\n\n[Illustration\u2009:\u2009The grounde lyne lyenge.]\n\n[Illustration\u2009:\u2009The flote lyne]\n\n[Illustration\u2009:\u2009The lyne for perche or tenche.]\n\n[Illustration\u2009:\u2009The lyne for a pyke\u2009:\u2009\u00b6 Pln\u0304be\u2009:\u2009Corke armyd wyth\nwyre]\n\n++THenne shall ye make your flotys in this wyse. Take a fayr corke\nthat is clene without many holes. and bore it {11} thrugh wyth a\nsmalle hote yren\u2009:\u2009And putt therin a penne iuste and streyghte. Euer\nthe more flote the gretter penne & the gre\u2009|\u2009ter hole. Thenne shape\nit grete in the myddis and smalle at bo\u2009|\u2009the endys. and specyally\nsharpe in the nether ende\u2009/\u2009and lyke vn\u2009|\u2009to the fygures folowynge.\nAnd make theym smothe on a gryn\u2009|\u2009dyng stone\u2009:\u2009or on a tyle stone.\n\u00b6 And loke that the flote for one heer be nomore than a pese. For\ntwo heeres\u2009:\u2009as a beene. for twel\u2009|\u2009ue heeres\u2009:\u2009as a walnot. And soo\neuery lyne after the proporc\u014dn. \u00b6 All manere lynes that ben not for\nthe gro\u016bde must haue flo\u2009|\u2009tes. And the rennynge grounde lyne must\nhaue a flote. The ly\u2009|\u2009enge grounde lyne wythout flote.\n\n[Illustration]\n\n++NOw I haue lernyd you to make all your harnays. Here I woll tell\nyou how ye shall angle. \u00b6 Ye shall angle\u2009:\u2009vnderstonde that there is\n.vi. manere of anglyng. That one is at the grounde for the troughte\nand other fisshe. A nother is at y^e grounde at an arche\u2009/\u2009or at a\nstange where it ebbyth and flowyth\u2009:\u2009for bleke\u2009:\u2009roche. and darse.\nThe thyrde is wyth a flote for all manere of fysshe. The fourth\nwyth a menow for y^e troughte wythout plumbe or flote. The fyfth is\nrennynge in y^t same wyse for roche and darse wyth one or two heeres\n& a flye. The syxte is wyth a dubbyd hoke for the troughte & graylyng\n\u00b6 And for the fyrste and pryncypall poynt in anglynge\u2009:\u2009kepe y^e\neuer fro the water fro the sighte of the fysshe\u2009:\u2009other ferre on the\nlonde\u2009:\u2009or ellys behynde a busshe that the fysshe se you not. For yf\nthey doo they wol not byte. \u00b6 Also loke that ye shadow not the water\nas moche as ye may. For it is that thynge that woll soone fraye the\nfysshe. And yf a fysshe be afrayed he woll not bi\u2009|\u2009te longe after.\nFor alle manere fysshe that fede by the grounde ye shall angle for\ntheim to the botom. soo that your hokys shall renne or lye on the\ngrounde. And for alle other fysshe that fede {12} aboue ye shall\nangle to theym in the myddes of the water or somdeale byneth or\nsomdeale aboue. For euer the gretter fisshe the nerer he lyeth the\nbotom of the water. And euer the smaller fysshe the more he smymmyth\naboue. \u00b6 The thyrde good poynt is whan the fysshe bytyth that ye be\nnot to hasty to smyte nor to late\u2009/\u2009For ye must abide tyll ye suppose\nthat the bayte be ferre in the mouth of the fysshe\u2009/\u2009and thenne abyde\nnoo longer. And this is for the gro\u016bde. \u00b6 And for the flote whan ye\nse it pul\u2009|\u2009lyd softly vnder the water\u2009:\u2009or elles caryed vpon the\nwater softly\u2009:\u2009thenne smyte. And loke that ye neuer ouersmyte the\nstrengthe of your lyne for brekynge. \u00b6 And yf it fortune you to smyte\na grete fysshe wyth a smalle harnays\u2009:\u2009thenne ye must lede hym in the\nwater and labour him there tyll he be drownyd and ouercome. Thenne\ntake hym as well as ye can or maye. and euer bewaar that ye holde not\nouer the strengthe of your lyne. And as moche as ye may lete hym not\ncome out of your lynes ende streyghte from you\u2009:\u2009But kepe hym euer\nvnder the rodde\u2009/\u2009and euermore holde hym streyghte\u2009:\u2009soo that your\nlyne may sus\u2009|\u2009teyne and beere his lepys and his plungys wyth the\nhelpe of your croppe & of your honde.\n\n++HEre I woll declare vnto you in what place of the water ye shall\nangle. Ye shall angle in a pole or in a stondinge water in euery\nplace where it is ony thynge depe. The\u2009|\u2009re is not grete choyse of\nony places where it is ony thynge de\u2009|\u2009pe in a pole. For it is but\na pryson to fysshe. and they lyue for y^e more parte in hungre lyke\nprisoners\u2009:\u2009and therfore it is the lesse maystry to take theym.\nBut in a ryuer ye shall angle in euery place where it is depe and\nclere by the grounde\u2009:\u2009as grauell or claye wythout mudde or wedys.\nAnd in especyall yf that there be a manere whyrlynge of water or a\ncouert. As an holow ban\u2009|\u2009ke\u2009:\u2009or grete rotys of trees\u2009:\u2009or longe\nwedes fletyng aboue in the water where the fysshe maye couere and\nhyde theymself at certayn tymes whan they lyste Also it is good for\nto angle in depe styffe stremys and also in fallys of waters and\nweares\u2009:\u2009and in floode gatys and mylle pyttes. And it is good for to\nangle where as the water restyth by the banke\u2009:\u2009and where the streme\nrennyth nyghe there by\u2009:\u2009and is depe and clere by the grounde {13}\nand in ony other placys where ye may se ony fyssh houe or ha\u2009|\u2009ne ony\nfedynge.\n\n++NOw ye shall wyte what tyme of the daye ye shall angle \u00b6 From\nthe begynnynge of May vntyll it be Septem\u2009|\u2009bre the bytynge tyme\nis erly by the morowe from foure of y^e clocke vnto eyghte of the\nclocke. And at after none from foure of the clocke vnto eyghte of\nthe clocke\u2009:\u2009but not soo good as is in the mornynge. And yf it be a\ncolde whystelyng wynde and a derke lowrynge daye. For a derke daye is\nmoche better to angle in than a clere daye. \u00b6 From the begynnynge of\nSep\u2009|\u2009tembre vnto the ende of Apryll spare noo tyme of the daye\u2009:\n\u00b6 Also many pole fysshes woll byte beste in the none tyde.\n\u00b6 And yf ye se ony tyme of the daye the trought or graylynge\nlepe\u2009:\u2009angle to hym wyth a dubbe acordynge to the same month And\nwhere the water ebbyth and flowyth the fysshe woll byte in some\nplace at the ebbe\u2009:\u2009and in some place at the flood. After y^t they\nhaue restynge behynde stangnys and archys of brydgys and other suche\nmanere places.\n\n++HEre ye shall wyte in what weder ye shall angle. as I sa\u2009|\u2009yd\nbefore in a derke lowrynge daye whanne the wynde blowyth softly. And\nin somer season whan it is brennyn\u2009|\u2009ge hote thenne it is nought.\n\u00b6 From Septembre vnto Apryll in a fayr sonny daye is ryght good\nto angle. And yf the wynde in that season haue ony parte of the\nOryent\u2009:\u2009the wedyr thenne is nought. And whan it is a grete wynde.\nAnd whan it snowith reynyth or hayllyth. or is a grete tempeste\u2009/\u2009as\nthondyr or ligh\u2009|\u2009tenynge\u2009:\u2009or a swoly hote weder\u2009:\u2009thenne it is\nnoughte for to angle.\n\n++NOw shall ye wyte that there ben twelue manere of ympedymentes\nwhyche cause a man to take noo fysshe. w^t\u2009|\u2009out other comyn that\nmaye casuelly happe. \u00b6 The fyrst is yf your harnays be not mete nor\nfetly made. The seconde is yf your baytes be not good nor fyne. The\nthyrde is yf that ye angle not in bytynge tyme. The fourth is yf that\nthe fysshe be frayed w^t the syghte of a man. The fyfth yf the water\nbe very thycke\u2009:\u2009whyte or redde of ony floode late fallen. The syxte\nyf the fysshe styre not for colde. The seuenth yf that the wedyr\n{14} be hote. The eyght yf it rayne. The nynthe yf it hayll or snow\nfalle. The tenth is yf it be a tempeste. The enleuenth is yf it be a\ngrete wynde. The twelfyfth yf the wynde be in the Eest\u2009/\u2009and that is\nworste For comynly neyther wynter nor somer y^e fysshe woll not byte\nthenne. The weste and northe wyndes ben good but the south is beste.\n\n++ANd now I haue tolde you how to make your harnays\u2009:\u2009and how ye\nshall fysshe therwyth in al poyntes Reason woll that ye knowe wyth\nwhat baytes ye shall angle to euery manere of fysshe in euery moneth\nof the yere\u2009/\u2009whyche is all the effecte of the crafte. And wythout\nwhyche baytes know\u2009|\u2009en well by you all your other crafte here toforn\nauayllyth you not to purpose. For ye can not brynge an hoke in to a\nfyssh mo\u2009|\u2009uth wythout a bayte. Whiche baytes for euery manere of\nfyssh and for euery moneth here folowyth in this wyse.\n\n++FOr by cause that the Samon is the moost stately fyssh that ony\nman maye angle to in fresshe water. Therfore I purpose to begyn\u0304 at\nhym. \u00b6 The samon is a gentyll fysshe\u2009:\u2009but he is comborous for to\ntake. For comynly he is but in depe places of grete ryuers. And for\nthe more parte he holdyth the myddys of it\u2009:\u2009that a man maye not\ncome at hym. And he is in season from Marche vnto Myghelmas. \u00b6 In\nwhyche season ye shall angle to hym wyth thyse baytes whan ye maye\ngete theym. Fyrste wyth a redde worme in the begynnynge & endynge\nof the season. And also wyth a bobbe that bredyth in a dunghyll.\nAnd specyally wyth a souerayn bayte that bredyth on a water docke.\n\u00b6 And he bytith not at the grounde\u2009:\u2009but at y^e flote. Also ye may\ntake hym\u2009:\u2009but it is seldom seen with a dubbe at suche tyme as whan\nhe lepith in lyke fourme & manere as ye doo take a troughte or a\ngryalynge. And thyse baytes ben well prouyd baytes for the samon.\n\n++THe Troughte for by cause he is a right deyntous fyssh and also a\nryght feruente byter we shall speke nexte of hym. He is in season fro\nMarche vnto Myghelmas. He is on clene grauely gro\u016bde & in a streme.\nYe may angle to hym {15} all tymes wyth a grounde lyne lyenge or\nrennynge\u2009:\u2009sauyng in lepynge tyme. and thenne wyth a dubbe. And erly\nwyth a rennynge grounde lyne. and forth in the daye wyth a flote\nlyne.\n\u00b6 Ye shall angle to hym in Marche wyth a menew hangyd on your hoke by\nthe nether nesse wythout flote or plumbe\u2009:\u2009drawynge vp & downe in the\nstreme tyll ye fele hym taste. \u00b6 In the same tyme angle to hym wyth\na gro\u016bde lyne with a redde wor\u2009|\u2009me for the moost sure. \u00b6 In Aprill\ntake the same baytes\u2009:\u2009& also Inneba other wyse namyd .vij. eyes.\nAlso the canker that bredyth in a grete tree and the redde snayll.\n\u00b6 In May take y^e sto\u2009|\u2009ne flye and the bobbe vnder the cowe torde\nand the sylke worme\u2009:\u2009and the bayte that bredyth on a fern\u0304 leyf.\n\u00b6 In Iuyn take a redde worme & nyppe of the heed\u2009:\u2009and put on thyn\nhoke a codworme byforn. \u00b6 In Iuyll take the grete redde worme and the\ncodworme togyder. \u00b6 In August take a flesshe flye & the grete redde\nworme and the fatte of the bakon\u2009:\u2009and bynde abowte thy hoke. \u00b6 In\nSeptembre take the redde worme and the menew. \u00b6 In Octobre take the\nsame\u2009:\u2009for they ben specyall for the trought all tymes of the yere.\nFrom Aprill tyll Septembre y^e trough lepyth. thenne angle to hym\nwyth a dubbyd hoke acordyn\u2009|\u2009ge to the moneth\u2009/\u2009whyche dubbyd hokys\nye shall fynde in then\u2009|\u2009de of this treatyse; and the monethys wyth\ntheym\u2009:\n\n++THe grayllynge by a nother name callyd vmbre ia a delycyous fysshe\nto mannys mouthe. And ye maye take hym lyke as ye doo the trought.\nAnd thyse ben his bay\u2009|\u2009tes. \u00b6 In Marche & in Apryll the redde\nworme. \u00b6 In May the grene worme\u2009:\u2009a lytyll breyled worme\u2009:\u2009the docke\ncanker. and the hawthorn worme. \u00b6 In Iune the bayte that bredyth\nbetwene the tree & the barke of an oke. \u00b6 In Iuyll a bayte that\nbredyth on a fern\u0304 leyf\u2009:\u2009and the grete redde worme. And nyppe of the\nhe\u2009|\u2009de\u2009:\u2009and put on your hoke a codworme before. \u00b6 In August the\nredde worme\u2009:\u2009and a docke worme. And al the yere after a reddde worme.\n\n++THe barbyll is a swete fysshe\u2009/\u2009but it is a quasy meete & a\nperyllous for mannys body. For comynly he yeuyth an introduxion to\ny^e Febres. And yf he be eten rawe\u2009:\u2009he maye be cause of mannys\ndethe\u2009:\u2009whyche hath oft be seen Thyse {16} be his baytes. \u00b6 In\nMarche & in Apryll take fayr fresshe che\u2009|\u2009se\u2009:\u2009and laye it on a\nborde & kytte it in small square pecys of the lengthe of your hoke.\nTake thenne a candyl & brenne it on the ende at the poynt of your\nhoke tyll it be yelow. And then\u0304e byn\u2009|\u2009de it on your hoke with\nfletchers sylke\u2009:\u2009and make it rough lyke a welbede. This bayte is\ngood all the somer season. \u00b6 In May & Iune take y^e hawthorn\u0304 worme\n& the grete redde worme. and nyppe of the heed. And put on your hoke\na codworme before. & that is a good bayte. In Iuyll take the redde\nworme for cheyf & the hawthorn\u0304 worme togyd^r. Also the water docke\nleyf wor\u2009|\u2009me & the hornet worme togyder. \u00b6 In August & for all\nthe yere take the talowe of a shepe & softe chese\u2009:\u2009of eche ylyke\nmoche\u2009:\u2009and a lytyll hony & grynde or stampe theym togyd^r longe. and\ntempre it tyll it be tough. And put therto floure a lytyll & make it\non smalle pellettys. And y^t is a good bayte to angle wyth at the\ngrounde And loke that it synke in the water. or ellys it is not good\nto this purpoos.\n\n++THe carpe is a deyntous fysshe\u2009:\u2009but there ben but fewe in\nEnglonde. And therfore I wryte the lasse of hym. He is an euyll\nfysshe to take. For he is soo stronge enarmyd in the mouthe that\nthere maye noo weke harnays holde hym. And as touchynge his baytes I\nhaue but lytyll knowlege of it And me were loth to wryte more than I\nknowe & haue prouyd But well I wote that the redde worme & the menow\nben good baytys for hym at all tymes as I haue herde saye of persones\ncredyble & also founde wryten in bokes of credence.\n\n++THe cheuyn is a stately fysshe & his heed is a deyty morsell. There\nis noo fysshe soo strongly enarmyd wyth sca\u2009|\u2009lys on the body. And\nbi cause he is a stronge byter he ha\u2009|\u2009the the more baytes\u2009/\u2009whiche\nben thyse. \u00b6 In Marche the redde worme at the grounde\u2009:\u2009For comynly\nthenne he woll byte there at all tymes of y^e yere yf he be ony\nthinge hungry. \u00b6 In Apryll the dyche canker that bredith in the\ntree. A worme that bredith betwene the rynde & the tree of an oke\nThe redde worme\u2009:\u2009and the yonge frosshys whan the fete ben kyt of.\nAlso the stone flye the bobbe vnder the cowe torde\u2009:\u2009the redde\nsnaylle. \u00b6 In May y^e {17} bayte that bredyth on the osyer leyf &\nthe docke canker togyd^r vpon your hoke. Also a bayte that bredyth\non a fern\u0304 leyf\u2009:\u2009y^e cod\u2009|\u2009worme. and a bayte that bredyth on an\nhawthorn\u0304. And a bayte that bredyth on an oke leyf & a sylke worme\n& a codworme togyder. \u00b6 In\u0304 Iune take the creket & the dorre & also\na red worme\u2009:\u2009the heed kytte of & a codworme before\u2009:\u2009and put theym\non y^e hoke. Also a bayte in the osyer leyf\u2009:\u2009yonge frosshys the\nthre-fete kitte of by the body\u2009:\u2009& the fourth by the knee. The bayte\non the hawthorn\u0304 & the codworme togyder & a grubbe that bredyth\nin a dunghyll\u2009:\u2009and a grete greshop. \u00b6 In Iuyll the greshop & the\nhumbylbee in the medow. Also yonge bees & yonge hornettes. Also a\ngrete brended flye that bredith in pathes of medowes & the flye that\nis amonge pysmeers hyllys. \u00b6 In August take wortwormes & magotes vnto\nMyghelmas. \u00b6 In Septembre the redde worme\u2009:\u2009& also take the baytes\nwhan ye may gete the\u2009|\u2009ym\u2009:\u2009that is to wyte\u2009/\u2009Cheryes\u2009:\u2009yonge myce\nnot heeryd\u2009:\u2009& the hon\u2009|\u2009ie combe.\n\n++THe breeme is a noble fysshe & a deyntous. And ye shall angle for\nhym from Marche vnto August wyth a redde worme\u2009:\u2009& then\u0304e wyth a\nbutter flye & a grene flye. & with a bayte that bredyth amonge grene\nrede\u2009:\u2009and a bayte that bre\u2009|\u2009dyth in the barke of a deed tree. \u00b6 And\nfor bremettis\u2009:\u2009take mag\u2009|\u2009gotes. \u00b6 And fro that tyme forth all the\nyere after take the red worme\u2009:\u2009and in the ryuer browne breede. Moo\nbaytes there ben but they ben not easy & therfore I lete theym passe\nouer.\n\n++A Tenche is a good fyssh\u2009:\u2009and heelith all manere of other fysshe\nthat ben hurte yf they maye come to hym. He is the most parte of\nthe yere in the mudde. And he styryth moost in Iune & Iuly\u2009:\u2009and in\nother seasons but lytyll. He is an euyll byter. his baytes ben thyse.\nFor all the yere browne bree\u2009|\u2009de tostyd wyth hony in lyknesse of\na butteryd loof\u2009:\u2009and the gre\u2009|\u2009te redde worme. And as for cheyf\ntake the blacke blood in y^e her\u2009|\u2009te of a shepe & floure and hony.\nAnd tempre theym all togyder somdeale softer than paast\u2009:\u2009& anoynt\ntherwyth the redde worme\u2009:\u2009bothe for this fysshe & for other. And\nthey woll byte moche the better therat at all tymes.\n\u00b6 The perche is a daynteuous fysshe & passynge holsom and {18} a\nfree bytyng. Thise ben his baytes. In Marche the redde wor\u2009|\u2009me. In\nAprill the bobbe vnder the cowe torde. In May the slo\u2009|\u2009thorn\u0304 worme\n& the codworme. In Iune the bayte that bredith in an olde fallen oke\n& the grete canker. In Iuyll the bayte that bredyth on the osyer leyf\n& the bobbe that bredeth on the dung\u2009|\u2009hyll\u2009:\u2009and the hawthorn\u0304 worme\n& the codworme. In August the redde worme & maggotes. All the yere\nafter the red worme as for the beste.\n\u00b6 The roche is an easy fysshe to take\u2009:\u2009And yf he be fatte &\npen\u2009|\u2009nyd thenne is he good meete. & thyse ben his baytes. In Marche\nthe most redy bayte is the red worme. In Apryll the bobbe vnder the\ncowe torde. In May the bayte y^t bredyth on the oke leyf & the bobbe\nin the dunghyll. In Iune the bayte that bredith on the osyer & the\ncodworme. In Iuyll hous flyes. & the bayte that bredith on an oke.\nand the notworme & mathewes & maggotes tyll Myghelmas. And after y^t\nthe fatte of bakon.\n\u00b6 The dace is a gentyll fysshe to take. & yf it be well refet then\u0304\nis it good meete. In Marche his bayte is a redde worme. In Apryll the\nbobbe vnder the cowe torde. In May the docke can\u2009|\u2009ker & the bayte on\ny^e slothorn\u0304 and on the oken leyf. In Iune the codworme & the bayte\non the osyer and the whyte grubbe in y^e dunghyll. In Iuyll take hous\nflyes & flyes that brede in pysmer hylles\u2009:\u2009the codworme & maggotes\nvnto Mighelmas. And yf the water be clere ye shall take fysshe whan\nother take none And fro that tyme forth doo as ye do for the roche.\nFor comyn\u2009|\u2009ly theyr bytynge & theyr baytes ben lyke. \u00b6 The bleke\nis but a feble fysshe. yet he is holsom His baytes from Marche to\nMyghelmas be the same that I haue wryten before. For the roche &\ndarse sauynge all the somer season asmo\u2009|\u2009che as ye maye angle for\nhym wyth an house flye\u2009:\u2009& in wynter season w^t bakon & other bayte\nmade as ye herafter may know.\n\u00b6 The ruf is ryght an holsom fysshe\u2009:\u2009And ye shall angle to him wyth\nthe same baytes in al seasons of the yere & in the same wi\u2009|\u2009se\nas I haue tolde you of the perche\u2009:\u2009for they ben lyke in fysshe &\nfedinge\u2009/\u2009sauynge the ruf is lesse. And therfore he must haue y^e\nsmaller bayte.\n\u00b6 The flounder is an holsom fisshe & a free. and a subtyll byter in\nhis manere\u2009:\u2009For comynly whan he soukyth his meete he {19} fedyth\nat grounde. & therfore ye must angle to hym wyth a gro\u2009|\u2009unde lyne\nlyenge. And he hath but one manere of bayte. & that is a red worme.\nwhiche is moost cheyf for all manere of fysshe.\n\u00b6 The gogen is a good fisshe of the mochenes\u2009:\u2009& he byteth wel at\nthe grounde. And his baytes for all the yere ben thyse. y^e red\nworme\u2009:\u2009codworme\u2009:\u2009& maggotes. And ye must angle to him w^t a flote.\n& lete your bayte be nere y^e botom or ellis on y^e gron\u0304de.\n\u00b6 The menow whan he shynith in the water then\u0304 is he byttyr And\nthough his body be lytyll yet he is a rauenous biter & an egre.\nAnd ye shall angle to hym wyth the same baytes that ye doo for the\ngogyn\u2009:\u2009sauynge they must be smalle.\n\u00b6 The ele is a quasy fysshe a rauenour & a deuourer of the bro\u2009|\u2009de\nof fysshe. And for the pyke also is a deuourer of fysshe I put them\nbothe behynde all other to angle. For this ele ye shall fyn\u2009|\u2009de an\nhole in the grounde of the water. & it is blewe blackysshe there put\nin your hoke tyll that it be a fote wythin y^e hole. and your bayte\nshall be a grete angyll twytch or a menow.\n\u00b6 The pyke is a good fysshe\u2009:\u2009but for he deuouryth so many as well of\nhis owne kynde as of other\u2009:\u2009I loue hym the lesse. & for to take hym\nye shall doo thus. Take a codlynge hoke\u2009:\u2009& take a roche or a fresshe\nheering & a wyre wyth an hole in the ende\u2009:\u2009& put it in at the mouth\n& out at the taylle downe by the ridge of the fresshe heeryng. And\nthenne put the lyne of your hoke in af\u2009|\u2009ter. & drawe the hoke in\nto the cheke of y^e fresshe heeryng. Then\u0304 put a plumbe of lede\nvpon your lyne a yerde longe from youre hoke & a flote in mydwaye\nbetwene\u2009:\u2009& caste it in a pytte where the pyke vsyth. And this is the\nbeste & moost surest crafte of ta\u2009|\u2009kynge the pyke. \u00b6 A nother manere\ntakynge of him there is. Take a frosshe & put it on your hoke at the\nnecke bytwene the skynne & body on y^e backe half\u2009:\u2009& put on a flote\na yerde ther\u2009|\u2009fro\u2009:\u2009& caste it where the pyke hauntyth and ye shall\nhaue hym. \u00b6 A nother manere. Take the same bayte & put it in Asa\nfetida & cast it in the water wyth a corde & a corke\u2009:\u2009& ye shall not\nfayll of hym. And yf ye lyst to haue a good sporte\u2009:\u2009thenne tye the\nco\u2009|\u2009rde to a gose fote\u2009:\u2009& ye shall se god halynge whether the gose\nor the pyke shall haue the better.\n\n++NOw ye wote with what baytes & how ye shall angle to euery manere\nfysshe. Now I woll tell you how ye shall {20} kepe and fede your\nquycke baytes. Ye shall fede and kepe them all in generall\u2009:\u2009but\neuery manere by hymself wyth suche thyng\ua76d in and on whiche they\nbrede. And as longe as they ben quycke & newe they ben fyne. But\nwhan they ben in a slough or elles deed thenne ben they nought.\nOute of thyse ben excepted thre brodes\u2009:\u2009That is to wyte of\nhornettys\u2009:\u2009humbylbees. & waspys. whom ye shall bake in breede &\nafter dyppe theyr heedes in blo\u2009|\u2009de & lete them drye. Also excepte\nmaggotes\u2009:\u2009whyche whan thei ben bredde grete wyth theyr naturell\nfedynge\u2009:\u2009ye shall fede the\u2009|\u2009ym ferthermore wyth shepes talow &\nwyth a cake made of flou\u2009|\u2009re & hony. thenne woll they be more\ngrete. And whan ye haue clensyd theym wyth sonde in a bagge of\nblanket kepte hote vn\u2009|\u2009der your gowne or other warm\u0304 thyng two\nhoures or thre. then\u0304 ben they beste & redy to angle wyth. And of\nthe frosshe kytte y^e legge by the knee. of the grasshop the leggys\n& wynges by the body.\n\u00b6 Thyse ben baytes made to laste all the yere. Fyrste been flou\u2009|\u2009re\n& lene flesshe of the hepis of a cony or of a catte\u2009:\u2009virgyn wexe &\nshepys talowe\u2009:\u2009and braye theym in a morter\u2009:\u2009And thenne tem\u2009|\u2009pre it\nat the fyre wyth a lytyll puryfyed hony\u2009:\u2009& soo make it vp in lytyll\nballys & bayte therwyth your hokys after theyr quan\u2009|\u2009tyte. & this is\na good bayte for all manere fresshe fysshe.\n\u00b6 A nother take the sewet of a shepe & chese in lyke quantyte\u2009:\u2009&\nbraye theim togider longe in a mortere\u2009:\u2009And take thenne floure &\ntempre it therwyth. and after that alaye it wyth hony & make ballys\ntherof. and that is for the barbyll in especyall.\n\u00b6 A nother for darse. & roche & bleke. take whete & sethe it well &\nthenne put it in blood all a daye & a nyghte. and it is a good bayte.\n\u00b6 For baytes for grete fyssh kepe specyally this rule. Whan ye haue\ntake a grete fysshe\u2009:\u2009vndo the mawe. & what ye fynde therin make that\nyour bayte\u2009:\u2009for it is beste.\n\n\u00b6 Thyse ben the .xij. flyes wyth whyche ye shall angle to y^e\ntro\u2009|\u2009ught & grayllyng\u2009/\u2009and dubbe lyke as ye shall now here me tell.\n\n\n\u00b6 Marche.\n\n{21}\n\n++THe donne flye the body of the donne woll & the wyngis of the\npertryche. A nother doone flye. the body of blacke woll\u2009:\u2009the wynges\nof the blackyst drake\u2009:\u2009and the Iay vnd^r the wynge & vnder the\ntayle.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00b6 Apryll.\n\u00b6 The stone flye. the body of blacke wull\u2009:\u2009& yelowe vnder the wynge.\nand vnder the tayle & the wynges of the drake. In the begynnynge\nof May a good flye. the body of roddyd wull and lappid abowte\nwyth blacke sylke\u2009:\u2009the wynges of the drake & of the redde capons\nhakyll.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00b6 May.\n\u00b6 The yelow flye. the body of yelow wull\u2009:\u2009the wynges of the redde\ncocke hakyll & of the drake lyttyd yelow. The blacke lou\u2009|\u2009per. the\nbody of blacke wull & lappyd abowte wyth the herle of y^e pecok\ntayle\u2009:\u2009& the wynges of y^e redde capon w^t a blewe heed.\n\u00b6 Iune.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00b6 The donne cutte\u2009:\u2009the body of blacke wull & a yelow\nlyste after eyther syde\u2009:\u2009the wynges of the bosarde bounde on with\nbarkyd hempe. The maure flye. the body of doske wull the wynges of\nthe blackest mayle of the wylde drake. The tan\u2009|\u2009dy flye at saynt\nWyllyams daye. the body of tandy wull & the wynges contrary eyther\nayenst other of the whitest mayle of y^e wylde drake.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00b6 Iuyll.\n\u00b6 The waspe flye. the body of blacke wull & lappid abowte w^t yelow\nthrede\u2009:\u2009the winges of the bosarde. The shell flye at saynt Thomas\ndaye. the body of grene wull & lappyd abowte wyth the herle of the\npecoks tayle\u2009:\u2009wynges of the bosarde.\n\u00b6 August.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00b6 The drake flye. the body of blacke wull & lappyd\nabowte wyth blacke sylke\u2009:\u2009wynges of the mayle of the blac\u2009|\u2009ke drake\nwyth a blacke heed.\n\n[Illustration\u2009:\u2009\u00b6 Thyse fygures are put here in ensample of your\nhokes.]\n\n{22}\n\n\u00b6 Here folowyth the order made to all those whiche shall haue the\nvnderstondynge of this forsayde treatyse & vse it for theyr pleasures.\n\n++Ye that can angle & take fysshe to your plesures as this forsayd\ntreatyse techyth & shewyth you\u2009:\u2009I charge & requyre you in the name\nof alle noble men that ye fysshe not in noo poore mannes seuerall\nwater\u2009:\u2009as his ponde\u2009:\u2009stewe\u2009:\u2009or other necessary thynges to kepe\nfysshe in wythout his lycence & good wyll. \u00b6 Nor that ye vse not to\nbreke noo mannys gynnys lyenge in theyr weares & in other places due\nvnto theym. Ne to take the fysshe awaye that is taken in theym. For\nafter a fysshe is taken in a mannys gynne yf the gynne be layed in\nthe comyn waters\u2009:\u2009or elles in suche waters as he hireth\u2009/\u2009it is his\now\u2009|\u2009ne propre goodes. And yf ye take it awaye ye robbe hym\u2009:\u2009whyche\nis a ryght shamfull dede to ony noble man to do y^t that the\u2009|\u2009uys\n& brybours done\u2009:\u2009whyche are punysshed for theyr euyll de\u2009|\u2009des by\nthe necke & otherwyse whan they maye be aspyed & taken. And also yf\nye doo in lyke manere as this treatise shewyth you\u2009:\u2009ye shal haue no\nnede to take of other men\u0304ys\u2009:\u2009whiles ye shal haue ynough of your\nowne takyng yf ye lyste to labour therfo\u2009|\u2009re. whyche shall be to\nyou a very pleasure to se the fayr bryght shynynge scalyd fysshes\ndysceyued by your crafty meanes and drawen vpon londe. \u00b6 Also that ye\nbreke noo mannys heggys in goynge abowte your dysportes\u2009:\u2009ne opyn noo\nmannes gates but that ye shytte theym agayn. \u00b6 Also ye shall not vse\nthis for\u2009|\u2009sayd crafty dysporte for no couetysenes to thencreasynge\n& spa\u2009|\u2009rynge of your money oonly\u2009/\u2009but pryncypally for your solace\n& to cause the helthe of your body. and specyally of your soule. For\nwhanne ye purpoos to goo on your disportes in fysshyng ye woll not\ndesyre gretly many persones wyth you. whiche my\u2009|\u2009ghte lette you\nof your game. And thenne ye maye serue god de\u2009|\u2009uowtly in sayenge\naffectuously youre custumable prayer. And thus doynge ye shall\neschewe & voyde many vices. as ydylnes whyche is pryncypall cause to\nenduce man to many other vyces. as it is ryght well knowen. \u00b6 Also ye\nshall not be to raueno\u2009|\u2009us in takyng of your sayd game as to moche\nat one tyme\u2009:\u2009whi\u2009|\u2009che ye maye lyghtly doo yf ye doo in euery poynt\nas this present treatyse shewyth you in euery poynt. whyche sholde\n{23} lyght\u2009|\u2009ly be occasyon to dystroye your owne dysportes & other\nmennys also. As whan ye haue a suffycyent mese ye sholde coueyte\nnomore as at that tyme. \u00b6 Also ye shall besye yourselfe to nouryssh\nthe game in all that ye maye\u2009:\u2009& to dystroye all suche thyn\u2009|\u2009ges as\nben deuourers of it. \u00b6 And all those that done after this rule shall\nhaue the blessynge of god & saynt Petyr\u2009/\u2009whyche he theym graunte\nthat wyth his precyous blood vs boughte.\n\n\u00b6 And for by cause that this present treatyse sholde not come to\nthe hondys of eche ydle persone whyche wolde desire it yf it were\nenpryntyd allone by itself & put in a lytyll plaunflet ther\u2009|\u2009fore I\nhaue compylyd it in a greter volume of dyuerse bokys concernynge to\ngentyll & noble men to the entent that the for\u2009|\u2009sayd ydle persones\nwhyche sholde haue but lytyll mesure in the sayd dysporte of fysshyng\nsholde not by this meane vtterly dys\u2009|\u2009troye it.\n\n\n\n\nTRANSCRIBER\u2019S NOTE\u2009:\n\nOriginal spelling and grammar have been generally retained, with\nsome exceptions noted here. Long s (\u201c\u017f\u201d, Unicode character u+017f)\nhave been replaced by \u201cs\u201d. Words that were broken at the end of a\nline using a word continuation mark, either hyphen or double oblique\nhyphen (u+2e17), have been rejoined. Supposed words that were broken\nat the end of a line, but without a word continuation mark, have been\nrejoined by inserting a vertical line (u+7c) with thin spaces between\nthe two parts of the supposed word. For example, the word \u201cwhiche\u201d\nwas often broken after the _i_, and would then be transcribed as\n\u201cwhi\u2009|\u2009che\u201d. I produced the cover image and hereby assign it to\nthe public domain. In the text edition, italic text is marked with\nlow lines (\u201c_\u201d, u+5f); small capitals text is made uppercase;\nsuperscripted text is marked with \u201c^\u201d (u+5e). Original page images\nare available from archive.org\u2014search for \u201ctreatyseoffysshy00bern\u201d.\n\nThe blackletter pages of the original book had no printed page\nnumbers. Page numbers have been inserted into these ebook editions.\nIf a page number would properly lie within a broken word or a\nsupposed broken word, then the whole word was moved just below the\npage number.\n\nThere were throughout the blackletter part of the printed book\ninstances of a symbol that resembled a y with a smudge over it. These\nare likely variously e over y or t over y, i.e. abbreviations for\n_the_ and _that_. These symbols have been transcribed according to\ncontext as y^e or y^t. On page 16 there was what looks like a \u201cd\u201d\nwith a smudge over it, which has been transcribed as \u201cd^r\u201d. Other\nabbreviations that include a smudged small letter include \u201cwy^t\u201d,\n\u201cw^t\u201d, \u201ctogyd^r\u201d, etc. In all these instances, the superscripted mark\nis a guess based on context.\n\nParagraphs or sections in the blackletter part were variously marked.\nSections were indicated by either _capitulum_ or else drop cap.\nSparsely supported capitulum (u+2e3f) is replaced by pilcrow (u+b6)\nin all editions. The text was justified, and sometimes a capitulum\nwould be preceded by white space on the right end of a line of\ntext and a line-break, sometimes by only a single space. Sometimes\nvertical white space preceded a capitulum or drop cap; sometimes not.\nThere are three instances (see pages 3 and 9) of white space on the\nright end of a line of text followed by a new sentence on a new line,\nbut without either capitulum or drop cap. In these ebook editions,\neither printed vertical space or a drop cap is transcribed as the\nbeginning of a new paragraph, i.e. as a new _<\u200ap\u200a>_ element in the\nhtml edition. Drop caps are indicated in the text edition by \u201c++\u201d\npreceding the letter.\n\nThe colon (u+3a) is used liberally throughout the blackletter part of\nthe book. It was usually printed with no space on either side; less\noften with a space only on the right side; and rarely with a space\nonly on the left side. Examples of the latter occur at page 4 line 4\nand at page 8 line 2. In this transcription, the colon spacing has\nbeen standardized in the blackletter part of the book to narrow space\non both sides.\n\nLikewise, the glyph we would call _period_ or _full stop_ (u+2e) was\nvariously printed with no space on either side, or space on one or\nboth sides. These have been standardized to modern usage: space on\nright side only. This glyph seems to have been used variously in the\nways we would use full stop or comma. In addition, roman numerals\nare transcribed with the full stop as in, for instance, \u201cwyth .xij.\nheeres\u201d (example is from page 10). In many places full stops seem to\nbe missing from the end of a sentence; these have not been corrected.\n\nIn the following sentence from page 1, \u201cSalamon in his parablys sayth\nthat a good spyryte makyth a flourynge aege\u2009/\u2009that is a fayre aege &\na longe.\u201d, the \u201c\u2009/\u2009\u201d is our transcription of a glyph shaped somewhat\nlike an abundantly distorted \u201c3\u201d, compressed horizontally. This glyph\nhas been interpreted herein as punctuation, similar to our modern\ncomma or virgule. The glyph was variously printed with no space on\neither side, or with space on both sides, or with space on the right\nside. In this ebook, the glyph has been transcribed as solidus (u+2f)\nwith thin space on both sides.\n\nThere is one exception. On page 20, line 1, the following sentence\nappears: \u201cYe shall fede and kepe them all in generall\u2009:\u2009but euery\nmanere by hymself wyth suche thyng\ua76d in and on whiche they brede\u201d.\nIn the html/epub/mobi editions, the mark after _thyng_ is shown\nas an image of the original mark. This mark strongly resembles the\nglyphs that have been elsewhere transcribed as solidus, but is bolder\nand more angular. The text edition transcribes this instance as \u201c\ua76d\u201d\n(u+a76d, Latin small letter IS)\n\n\nPage\u20072. The following sentence appears: \u201cThe seconde is labour not\noutrageo\ua770.\u201d In the text edition, the mark following _outrageo_ has\nbeen transcribed as \u201c\ua770\u201d (u+a770, modifier letter US). This character\noccurs only once in the text.\n\nPage\u20077. The phrase \u201cFor is is lyke y^e wedys\u201d was changed to \u201cFor\nit is lyke y^e wedys\u201d. In the phrase rendered herein as \u201cthat it\nwoll desyre ynough\u201d, it has been suggested that the penultimate word\nshould perhaps be \u201cbefyxe\u201d instead.\n\nPage\u20078. In \u201cAnd gretter hokes ye shall mabe in the same wyse\u201d, \u201cmabe\u201d\nshould perhaps be \u201cmake\u201d?\n\nPage 10. In the illustration caption, \u201cPln\u0304be\u2009:\u2009Corke\u201d should perhaps\nbe \u201cPl\u016bbe\u2009:\u2009Corke\u201d.\n\nPage 12. In \u201cthe more he smymmyth aboue\u201d, the word should perhaps be\n\u201cswymmyth\u201d.\n\nPage 13. In \u201cin ony other placys where ye may se ony fyssh houe or\nha\u2009|\u2009ne ony fedynge\u201d, \u201cha\u2009|\u2009ne\u201d should perhaps be \u201cha\u2009|\u2009ue\u201d?\n\nPage 17. In the phrase rendered herein \u201cheeryd\u2009:\u2009& the hon\u2009|\u2009ie\ncombe.\u201d, \u201chon\u2009|\u2009ie\u201d was originally printed as \u201chou\u2009|\u2009ie\u201d.\n\nPage 18. A smudge after the ampersand was ignored in the phrase \u201con\nthe osyer & the codworme\u201d.\n\nPage 19. In \u201ccast it in the water wyth a corde & a corke\u2009\u201d, the\nillegible mark ahead of \u201ccord\u201d has been transcribed \u201ca \u201d. Also, the\nphrase \u201cor ellis on y^e gron\u0304de\u201d possibly should be \u201cor ellis on y^e\ngro\u016bde\u201d.\n\nPage 20. In \u201cBut whan they ben in a slough\u201d, the original print\nlooked like \u201cben|in\u201d, with a thick black line between \u201cben\u201d and \u201cin\u201d.\nIn the phrase \u201c\u00b6 A nother take the sewet\u201d, there was a smudge after\n\u201cnother\u201d that might be taken for a comma, removed from this ebook\nedition. 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