of fishing. 



The Dace. 



The Dace is a gentle fish to take, and quicke at the bayte, he'e biteth all the 

 sommer nie the toppe of the water, and they angle to him without the fiote in 

 March, his bayte is the red worme, in Aprill, the bobbe worme vnder the cow-torde, 

 in May, the docke cawker, and the bayte that is vnder the slowe thorne, and the 

 worme on the oake leafe : in June, the codworme, and the bayte that breedeth on 

 the Ozyer, and the white worme in the dunghill : in July, then take house flyes, 

 and the flyes that doe breede in pysmyre hilles : also the codde worme and gentilles 

 or magots, and those vse vntill Michaelmas, and if the water then be cleare, ye 

 shall take fish when other take none : and from that time foorth, take baytes for 

 him as ye do for the Roch, for commonly of their bayts and byting be all alike. 



The Bleke. 



The Bleke is a little fish in byting, and commonly hce bytes not nie the bottome, 

 but aboue and in the middest of the water. His baytes from March to Michaelmas, 

 are the same baytes which are written afore for the Roch. And also the Dace, 

 sauing for all the sommer season, angle for him asmuch as you may with the house 

 flie, and for the winter season, ye shall angle to him with Bakon flesh, and other 

 baytes made m^ete for his purpose, as hereafter ye'e shall more vnderstande 

 thereof. 



The Ruffe. 



The Ruffe is a holesome fish and good to byte, and ye shall angle to him with 

 the same baytes, in all the moneths of the yeare, as I haue tolde you before of the 

 Perch, for these two fishes are in eating and feeding all alike, sauing that the RufTe 

 is not so bigge as the Perch, for they are commonly alwayes lesse of growth, but the 

 red worme is chiefe for them both. 



