60 The Secrets oj Angling, 



The Chauender amidst the waters fayre, 



The swiftest streames doth most himselfe bestow, 



The Shad and Tweat doe rather like the laire, 



Of brackish waues, where it doth ebbe and flow,- 



And thither also doth the flocke repaire, 



And flat vpon the bottom lyeth low, 



The Peele, the Mullet, and the Suant good 

 Uoe like the same, and therein seeke their food. 



Bvt here experience doth my skill exceed, 

 Since diuers Countries diuers Riuers haue ; 

 And diuers Riuers change of waters breed, 

 And change of waters sundry Fish doth craue, 

 And sundry Fish in diuers places feede, 

 As best doth like them in the liquid waue, 



So that by vse and practise may be knowne, 

 More then by art or skill can well be showne. 



So then it shall be needlesse to declare, 

 What sundry kindes there lie in secret store, 

 And where they doe resort, and what they are, 

 That may be still discouered more and more : 

 Let him that list no paine or trauell spare 

 To seeke them out, as I haue done before, 



And then it shall not discontent his minde, 



New choice of place, and change of game to find. 



THE BEST HOURES OF THE DAY TO ANGLE. 



From first appearing of the rising Sunne, 

 Till nine of clocke low vnder water best 

 The Fish will bite, and then from nine to noone, 

 From noone to foure they doe refraine and rest, 

 From foure againe till Plmbus swift hath runne, 

 His daily course, and setteth in the West : 

 But at the flie aloft they vse to bite, 

 All summer long from nine till it be night. 



