trine of phifyk makyth a flourynge aege 

 and a longe. 



And therefore to al you that ben vertu- 

 ous : gentyll : and free borne I wryte and 

 make this fymple treatife folowynge : by 

 whyche ye may haue the full craft of an- 

 glynge to dyfport you at your lufte, to the 

 entent that your aege maye the more floure 

 and the more lenger to endure. 



Yf ye woll be crafty in anglynge ye muft 

 firft lerne to make your harnays, that is, to 

 wyte, your rodde : your lynes of dyuers 

 colours. After that ye muft know hou ye 

 fhall angle ; in what place of the water ; 

 how depe : and what time of day. For 

 what manere of fyffhe : in what wedyr. 

 How many impedymentes there ben in 

 fyffhynge y l is called anglynge. And in 

 fpecyall, wyth what baytys to euery dy- 

 uers fyffhe in eche monett of the yere. 



