Dame Juliana's Exordium. 3 1 



The practical instructions forming the 

 bulk of the little work are then given, and 

 it closes with 



DAME JULIANA'S EXORDIUM. 



" Here followyth the order made to all 

 those whiche shall have the vnderstond- 

 ynge of this forsayde treatyse and vse it 

 for theyr pleasures. 



" Ye that can angle and take fysshe to 

 your plesures as this forsayd treatyse 

 techyth and shewyth you : 



" I charge and requyre you in the name 

 of alle noble men that ye fysshe not in 

 no poore mannys severall water : as his 

 ponde : stewe : or other necessary thynges 

 to kepe fysshe in wythout his lycence 



and good wyll. 



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" And also yf ye doo in lyke manere 

 as this treatise shewyth you, ye shal have 

 no nede to take of other mennys ; whiles 

 ye shal have ynough of your owne 

 takynge yf ye lyste to labour therefore. 

 Whych shall be to you a very plesure 

 to see the fayr bryght shynynge scalyd 

 fysshes dysceyved by your crafty meanes 

 and drawen vpon londe. 



" Also that ye breke noo mannys 

 heggys in goynge abowte your dysportes, 



