TREATISE ON FLY-FISHING. 21 



" Also, whoso will use the game of angling, he 

 must rise early ; which thing is profitable to man 

 in this wise, (that is to wit) most to the health of 

 his soul, for it shall cause him to be holy. And 

 to the health of his body, for it shall cause him to 

 be whole. Also to the increase of his goods, for 

 it shall make him rich, as the old English proverb 

 says, in this wise, ' whoso will rise early, shall 

 be holy, healthy, and wealthy.' 



" Thus, have I proved in my intent, that the 

 sport of angling is the very means and cause that 

 induceth a man unto a merry spirit. Which after 

 the said parable of Solomon, and the said doctrine 

 of physic, maketh a flowering age and a long. 



" And therefore to all you that be virtuous, 

 genteel, and free born, I write and make this 

 simple treatise following, by which ye may have 

 the full craft of angling to desport you at your 

 pleasure, to the intent that your age may be the 

 more flower and the more longer to endure." 



Prom the first publication of this book to the 



