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foftly: and in fomer feafon when it is 

 brennynge hote, thenne it is nought. 



f[ From Septembre vnto Apryll in a 

 fayre fonny daye is ryght good to angle. 

 And yf the wynde in that feafon haue ony 

 parte of the oryent, the wedder thenne is 

 nought : and whan it fnowyth, rennyth or 

 hallyth, or is a grete tempefte, as thondyr 

 or lightenynge : or a furly hote weder : 

 thenne it is nought for to angle. 



Now fhall ye wyte that there ben twelue 

 manere ympedymentes whyche caufe a 

 man to take noo fyffhe, w 1 out other 

 comyn that maye cafuelly happe. The 

 fyrft is yf your harnays be not mete, nor 

 fetly made. The feconde is yf your baytes 

 be not good nor fyne*. The thyrde is yf 

 that ye angle not in bytynge tyme. The 

 fourthe is yf that the fyffhe be frayed w* 

 the fyghte of a man. The fyfth, if the wa- 



