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when they ben in a flough or elles deed 

 thenne ben they nought. Oute of thyfe 

 ben excepted thre brodes : that is to wyte 

 of hornettys : humblybees & wafpys, whom 

 ye fhall take in brede & after dyppe theyr 

 heedes in blode & lete theym drye. Alfo 

 except maggotes : whyche whan thei ben 

 bredde grete wyth theyr naturell fedynge, 

 ye fhall fede theym ferthermore wyth 

 fhepes talow & wyth a cake made of floure 

 & hony : thenne woll they be more grete. 

 And whan ye haue clenfyd theym wyth 

 forde in a bagge of blanket, kepte hote 

 vnder your gowne or other warm thyng 

 two howres or thre, then ben they beft & 

 redy to angyl wyth. And of the froffhe 

 kytte y e legge by the knee : of the gref- 

 hop, the legges and wynges by the body. 



Thyfe ben baytes made to laft all the 

 yere. 



