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he may haue ftore plentee of his owne 

 makynge, as this fymple treatife fhall teche 

 him. So thenne, his loffe is not greous, 

 and other greffes may he not haue, fauynge 

 but yf ony fiffe breke away after that he is 

 take on the hoke ; or elles that he catche 

 nought : which ben not greuous. For yf 

 he dooth as this treatyfe techy th, but yf 

 there be nought in the water, and yette 

 atte the leeft he hath his holfom walke and 

 mery, at his eafe ; a fwete ayre of the 

 fwete fauoure of the meede floures, that 

 makyth hym hungry. He hereth the mel- 

 odyous armony of foules. He feeth the 

 yonge fwannes : heerons : duckes : cotes, 

 and many other foules wyth theyr brodes : 

 whyche me femyth better than alle of noyfe 

 of houndys : the blaftes of hornys and 

 the crye of foulis that hunters, faukeners 

 and foulers can make. 



