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may a Gentle : and as for Paftes, 

 there are almoft as many forts as 

 there are Medicines for the Tooth- 

 ach, but doubtlefs fweet Paftes are 

 beft ; Imean,Paftes mixtwith ho- 

 ney, or with Sugar ; which, that 

 you may the better beguile this 

 crafty fifh,fhould be thrown into the 

 Pond or place in which youfifh for 

 him fome hours before you under- 

 take your tryal of skil by the Angle- 

 Rod: and doubtlefs,if it be thrown 

 into the water a day or two before,at 

 feveral times, and in final pellets, 

 you are the likelier when you fifli 

 for the Carp, to obtain your deiired 

 fport : or in a large Pond, to draw 

 them to any certain place, that they 

 may the better and with more hope 

 be fiflbed for: you are to throw into 

 it, in fome certaine place, either 

 grains, orbloud mixt with Cow- 

 dung,or with bran; orany Garbage, 

 as Chickens guts or the like, and 

 thenlbme.of yourlmal fweetpellets, 



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