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er hoke ye fhall make in the fame wyfe, 

 of gretter nedles, as broderers nedlis : or 

 taylers: or fhomakers nedlis fpere poyntes 

 and of fhomakers nalles in efpecyall the 

 befte for grete fyffhe : and that they bende 

 alle the poynte whan they be affayed, for 

 elles they ben not good. 



][ Whan the hoke is bendyd bete the 

 hynder ende abrode : and fyle it fmothe 

 for fretynge of the lyne. Thenne put it 

 in the fyre agyn, and yeve it an eafy redde 

 hete. Thenne fodaynly quenche it in wa- 

 ter : and it woll be harde and ftronge. 

 And for to haue knowlege of your Inftru- 

 ments : loo theym here in fygure por- 

 trayd. 



Whan ye haue thus made your hokes : 

 thenne muft ye fet them on your lynes 

 acordynge in gretneffe and ftrength in this 

 wyfe. 



