5O The Secrets of Angling. 



But when the golden Chariot of the Sunne, 

 Departing from our Northern countries farre 

 Beyond the ballance, now his course hath runne 

 And goes to warme the cold Antartiajne starre, 

 And Summers heat is almost spent and done, 

 With new approach of Winters dreadfull warre : 



Then doe the Fish withdraw' into the deepe, 



And low from sight and cold more close doe keepe. 



Then on your Lines you may haue store of Lead, 

 And bigger Corkes of any size you will, 

 And where the Fish are vsed to be fed 

 There shall you lay vpon the bottom still, 

 And whether that your bayte be Corne, or bread, 

 Or Wormes, or Paste, it doth not greatly skill, 

 For these alone are to be vsed then, 

 Vntil the spring or summer come againe. 



Thus haue I shew'd how Fish of diuers kinde 

 Best taken are, and how their bayts to know ; 

 But Phoebus now beyond the westerne Inde ; 

 Beginneth to descend and draweth low, 

 And well the weather serues and gentle winde 

 Downe with the tide and pleasant streame to row, 

 Vnto some place where we may rest vs in, 

 Vntill we shall another time begin. 



The end of the second Book. 



