OBSERVATIONS OF ROACH AND DACE 



Mr. Margrave, who dwells amongst the Booksellers in St. Paul's 



Church-yard, or to Mr. John Stubs, near to the Swan in 



Golden-lane ; they be both honest men. and will fit 



I have heard . t V. ^- < 11 



that the tack- an Angler with what Tackling he lacks. 



ling hath been YEN. Then, good Master, let it be at for 



priced at fifty . 



pounds, in the he is nearest to my dwelling, and I pray let s meet 

 inventory of there the ninth of May next, about two of the 

 clock, and I '11 want nothing that a fisher should be 

 furnished with. 



Pise. Well, and I '11 not fail you, God willing, at the time 

 and place appointed. 



VEN. I thank you, good Master, and I will not fail you: 

 and, good Master, tell me what baits more you remember, for 

 it will not now be long ere we shall be at Tottenham-High- 

 Cross, and when we come thither I will make you some 

 requital of your pains, by repeating as choice a copy of verses 

 as any we have heard since we met together; and that is a 

 proud word, for we have heard very good ones. 



Pise. Well, Scholar, and I shall be then right glad to 

 hear them ; and I will as we walk, tell you whatsoever comes 

 in my mind, that I think may be worth your hearing. You 

 may make another choice bait thus : Take a handful or two of 

 the best and biggest wheat you can get, boil it in a little milk, 

 like as Frumety is boiled, boil it so till it be soft, and then fry 

 it very leisurely with honey and a little beaten saffron dissolved 

 in milk, and you will find this a choice bait, and good I think 

 for any fish, especially for Roach, Dace, Chub, or Grayling ; I 

 know not but that it may be as good for a river-Carp, and 

 especially if the ground be a little baited with it. 



And you may also note, that the spawn of most fish is a 

 very tempting bait, being a little hardened on a warm tile, and 

 cut into fit pieces. Nay, mulberries and those black-berries 

 which grow upon briers, be good baits for Chubs or Carps, 

 with these many have been taken in ponds, and in some rivers 

 where such trees have grown near the water, and the fruit 

 customarily dropped into it ; and there be a hundred other baits 

 more than can be well named, which, by constant baiting the 

 water, will become a tempting bait for any fish Li it. 



You are also to know, that there be divers kinds of Cadis, 

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