8 A Booke 



To take Pearch. 



The Perch is a daintie fish and passing wholesome for a man, he is also a free 

 and greedy byter : these are his baites, in March they take the red worme, in 

 Aprill, the bobbe worme vnder the cowdung, in May, the hawthorne worme and 

 the codworme, in June the baite that bre'edeth in an olde hollow oke, and the 

 greater canker : in July the baite that breedeth on the Ozier leafe, and the great 

 bobbe-worme that breedeth in the dunghill, and the flyeboate worme that breedeth 

 on the weede raggewort, and the codworme : in August, then take the red worme 

 and the Maggots or gentils, and the Menow tyed by the lippe, and for all the yeare 

 after, ye shall take the red worme, for that is best. 



TJie Roche. 



The Roch is a wholesom fish and easie to take with the angle, for he is a 

 ready byter : these are his baites : in March ye shall take the red worme, in Aprill, 

 the bobbe worme vnder the cowdung, in May, the baite that breedeth on the oke 

 leafe and the flying Emmat, and the bobbe worme that bre'edeth in the dunghill : 

 in June the flying Ante, and the baite that bre'edeth in the Ozier, and the cod- 

 worme : in July, the worme in the flagge roote, and ye shall take of house flyes, 

 and the baite that bre'edeth on the oke, and the worme that breedeth in the small 

 nutte, and also the gentils, till Michaelmasse, and after Michaelmasse take the 

 fatte of Bacon. Another speciall baite, take faire wheate and se'eth it like furmantie : 

 then take it out of the water and drie it, then frie it with hony, and good store of 

 saffron, and then put it on your hooke, and the fish will byte thereat maruellous 

 fast. But before ye angle, ye shall cast into the water a ievfQ crummes of bread, 

 or take some crummes and fry them with some hony, and mixe it with saffron, 

 and see ye frie it not to much, for this is good and a chiefe baite. 



