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have obeyed their king and governed their commonwealth. 

 But it is thought that all Carps are not bred by generation, but 

 that some breed other ways, as some Pikes do. 



The physicians make the galls and stones in the heads of 

 Carps to be very medicinable. But 't is not to be doubted 

 but that in Italy they make great profit of the spawn of Carps, 

 by selling it to the Jews, who make it into red caviare, the 

 Jews not being by their law admitted to eat of caviare made of 

 the Sturgeon, that being a fish that wants scales, and, as may 

 appear in Levit. xi. 10, by them reputed to be unclean. 



Much more might be said out of him, and out of Aristotle, 

 which Dubravius often quotes in his Discourse of Fishes ; but 

 it might rather perplex than satisfy you ; and therefore I shall 

 rather choose to direct you how to catch, than spend more 

 time in discoursing either of the nature or the breeding of this 

 CARP, 



or of any more circumstances concerning him : but yet I shall 

 remember you of what I told you before, that he is a very 

 subtle fish, and hard to be caught. 



And my first direction is, that, if you will fish for a Carp, 

 you must put on a very large measure of patience ; especially 

 to fish for a River-Carp: I have known a very good fisher 

 angle diligently four or six hours in a day, for three or four 



