62 The Secrets of Angling. 



JJ7OULDST thou calch Fish! 

 r r f pj ien here s thy wish ; 

 Take this receipt. 

 To annoynt thy Baite. 



Thou that desir'st to fish with Line and Hooke, 

 Be it in poole, in Riuer, or in Brooke, 

 To blisse thy baite, and make the Fish to bite : 

 Loe, here's a meanes, if thou canst hit it right, 

 Take Gum of life, fine beat, and laid in soake, 

 In Oyle, well drawne from that which kils the Oake. 

 Fish where thou wilt, thou shalt haue sport thy fill. 

 When twenty faile, thou shalt be sure to kill. 



Probatum. 



Ifs perfect and good, 

 If well understood ; 

 Else not to be tolde 

 For Siluer or Golde. 



B. R. 



FINIS. 



i.oxnox : R. CLAY. SONS AND TAYLOR, 



