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But though some do not, yet the French esteem 

 this fish highlv, and to that end have this proverb, 

 " He that hath Breams in his pond, is able to bid 

 " his friend welcome." And it is noted, that the 

 best part of a Bream is his belly and head. 



Some say, that Breams and Roaches will mix their 

 eggs and melt together, and so there is in many 

 places a bastard-breed of Breams, that never come 

 to be either large or good, but very numerous. 



The baits good to catch this Bream 



are many. First, Paste made of brown bread and ho- 

 ney, gentles, or the brood of wasps that be young, 

 and then not unlike gentles, and should be hardened 

 in an oven, or dried on a tile before the fire to make 

 them tough : or there is at the root of docks or 

 flags, or rushes in watery places, a worm not unlike 

 a maggot, at which Tench will bite freely. Or he 

 will bite at a grashopper with his legs nipped off, 

 in June and July ; or at several flies, under water, 

 which may be found on flags that grow near to the 

 water-side. I doubt not but that there be many 



