TJte " Secrets " tf;/^ the " Treaty se" 69 



The title-page of the first edition runs 

 thus : 



THE 



SECRETS OF ANGLING. 



THE CHOISEST TOOLES 



BAYTES AND SEASONS, FOR THE 



TAKING OF ANY FISH, IN POND OR RIVER : 



PRACTISED AND FAMILIARLY OPENED 



IN THREE BOOKES. 



By J. D. ESQUIRE. 



Printed at London, for Roger Jackson, and 

 are to be sould at his Shop neere Fleet 

 Street Conduit, 1613. 



In comparing, as I have carefully done, 

 The Secrets of Angling with A Treatyse of 

 Fysshynge wyth an Ang/e, it is not evident, 

 I think, that John Dennys knew Dame 

 Juliana's work. In some respects the 

 Secrets are not to be compared with the 

 Treatyse for value of information given as 

 regards, for instance, the best of all fish- 



