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Take Juice of Camomile, half a Spoonful ; 

 Chymical Oil of Spike, one Dram ; Oil of Com- 

 frey by InfufionjOne Dram and an half; Goofe- 

 greafe, two Drams : Thefe being well ^ilTolv- 

 cd over the Fire, let th^milatid till they are 

 cold •, then put them in a flrong Glafs-botde, 

 which keep unftopped three or four Days ; 

 Stop it afterwards very well^ and when you 

 angle, anoint the Bait with this Compofition. 



6ome add to it three Drams of the Spirit of 

 Vitriol^ and call it the univerfal and infallible 

 Bait. 



Take a Handful of Houfelesk, and half a 

 Handful o^ inner green Bark of the Ivy Stalk : 

 Pound thefe well together, and prefs out the 

 Juice, and wet your Mofs therewith. When 

 you angle, put fix or eight Worms therein out 

 of the other Bag. 



Some ufe the Juice of Nettles and Houfeleek 

 ?.s the lafl Receipt, and fome only the Juice of 

 Houfeleek. 



Some anoint their Bait with the Marrow 

 got out of a HerorHs nigh-hone \ and fome ufe 

 the FoA and Greafe of a Heron* 



Some advife to take the Bones or Scull of a 

 dead Man, at the Opening of a Grave, and 

 beat them into Powder^ and to put of this 

 Powder into the Mofs wherein you keep your 

 Worins \ but others like the Grave Earth as 

 well, and perhaps both may be as well let 

 alone. 



Take of Man's Fat, Cat's Fat, Heron's Fat, 

 and of the b^i^Jfa-fc^tida, of each two Drams ; 



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