LIBERAL ADVICE 245 



tamper not with foul ones of any sort ; preserve the 

 fry ; send the black fishers to Iceland ; but catch 

 as many salmon as you can, recte si possis (meaning 

 with a rod), si non y quocunque modo that is, with a 

 net or leister, and so forth.* 



* Nowadays we should edit Scrope's table of commandments 

 pretty severely. Cf. Introduction. (ED.) 



