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lytyll & make it on fmalle pellettys. And 

 y* is a good bayte to angle wyth at the 

 grounde. And loke that it fynke in the 

 water, or ellys it is not good to this pur- 

 poos. 



The carpe is a deyntous fyffhe : but 

 there ben but fewe in Englonde. 



And therefore I wryte the laffe of hym. 



He is an euyll fyffhe to take. For he 

 is fo ftronge enarmyd in the mouthe that 

 there maye noo weke harnays holde hym. 

 And as touchynge his baytes I have but 

 lytyll knowlege of it. And me were loth 

 to wryte more than I knowe & haue prov- 

 yd. But well I wote that y e redde worme 

 & y e menow ben good batys for hym at al 

 tymes, as I haue herde faye of perfones 

 credyble & alfo founde wryten in bokes of 

 credence. 



The chevyn is a ftately fyffhe: & his 



