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a lyne ; thenne muft ye knytte theym to- 

 gyder wyth a water knotte or elles a 

 duchys knotte. And whan your knotte is 

 knytte ; kytte of y e voyde fhorte endes a 

 ftraue brede for the knotte. 



Thus fhal ye make your lynes fayr and 

 fyne ; and alfo ryghte fure for ony manere 

 fyffhe. 



Tf And by caufe that ye fholde knoue 

 bothe the water knotte and alfo the duchys 

 knotte : loo theym here in fygure cafte 

 onto the lykneffe of the draughte.* 



Ye fhall onderftonde that the moft fub- 

 tyll and hardyfte crafte in making of your 

 harnays is for to make your hokis. For 



# NOTE IN ENGLISH EDITION OF 1827. " A blank space is here 

 left in the original edition for the insertion of drawings of the water- 

 knot and the duchess' knot. The former is described in Daniels' 

 Rural Sports, Vol. 2, p. 151 ; and Walton's Angler, by Hawkins, 

 part i, p. 255, and plate 10, fig. 5 of the latter. See the Ladies' 

 Dictionary, Art. Appurtenances to Dressing." 



