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Take a froffhe & put & put it on your 

 hoke at the necke betwene the fkynne & 

 the body on y e backe half & put on a flote 

 a yerde therfro ; & cafte it where the pyke 

 hauntyth & ye fhall haue hym. Another 

 manere. Take the fame bayte & put it in 

 afa fetida & caft it in the water wyth a 

 corde & a corke : & ye fhall not fayll of 

 hym. And yf ye lyft to haue a good 

 fporte ; thenne tye the corde to a gofe 

 fote : & ye fhall fe god halynge whether 

 the gofe or the pyke fhall haue the better. 

 Now ye wote well with what baytes & 

 how ye fhall angle to euery manere fyffhe. 

 Now I wol tell you ye fhall kepe & fede 

 your quycke baytes. Ye fhall kepe & 

 fede them all in general : but euery man- 

 ere by hymfelf with fuche thyng in and on 

 whiche they brede. And as longe as they 

 ben quycke & newe they ben fyne. But 



