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mouth of the fyffhe, and thenne abyde no 

 longer. And this is for the grounde. 



If And for the flote, whan ye fe it pullyd 

 foftly vnder the water : or elles caryd 

 vpon the water foftly : thenne fmyte. And 

 loke that ye neuer ouerfmyte the ftrengthe 

 of your lyne for brekynge. 



^[ And yf it fortune you to fmyt a gret 

 fyfh with a fmall harnays thenne ye muft 

 lede hym in the water and labour hym 

 there tyll he be drounyd and overcome. 

 Thenne take hym as well as ye can or 

 maye, and euer be waar that ye holde not 

 ouer the ftrengthe of your lyne, and as 

 moche as ye may, lete hym not come 

 out of your lynes ende ftreyghte from you; 

 but kepe hym euer vnder the rodde and 

 euermore hold hym ftreyghte: foo that your 

 lyne may be fufteyne, and beere his lepys 



