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to take the Kyte therewith, he will hardly be lymed, because he takes the bayte in 

 his feete, and the other takes it in their billes. Thus much here for the taking 

 of the Sea-pie. 



Here shall follow the knowledge how to re- 

 plenish your fish pondes. 



For to saue and maintaine in mayers, pooles, and standing waters, for such as 

 haue not riuers, it shall be good to saue, keepe, and maintaine all such fish as may 

 be nourished and bred in fresh waters : as Pyke, Breame, Tench, Perch, Troute, 

 Darce, Roch, and such like, and the Carpe for one of the best, which hath not 

 bdene here in Englande but of fewe yeares past. The Trout will not like but in 

 running and swift waters, and hard grauell at the bottom. The slymie fish is the 

 Tench, the Seacod, and the Ydele, and yet they are cowmended for a good fe'eding 

 meat for man, but many will disdaine the fi-esh ye'ele, and este'eme it as a flaggie 

 and slymie meate, saying : he will gender with the water snake, which thing pos- 

 sible may be, but the ydele of the fresh riuer is tryed a good and holsome meate, 

 you shall haue also the Lampre, and the Lamporne, which are called venemous fish 

 of the Sea, but when they haue scraped and clensed them in the fresh run- 

 ning waters. Notwithstanding, they are then good and holesome meat. The 

 excrements of standing pooles are frogges, which in many places being well drest, 

 they eate like fish, and is calde a kinde of fish, and doe taste aswell as a young 

 pouUet, for I tasted my part of many. 



It is a good thing to haue plentie of fresh water fish, in riuers and pooles, and 

 standing waters : and a great pleasure for man sometimes to take with his angle a 

 dish of fish in those waters whereas fish is plentie and well preserued, not to vse 

 any other engins, but with the hooke : and by such meanes as the lawes of this 



