38 A Booke 



To take much fish by a light in the night. 



Ye shall distill in a lembeck of glasse, a quantitie of glowormes that shineth at 

 night, with a soft fire, and put the distilled water into a thin viall of glasse, and 

 thereunto put foure ounces of quicksiluer, that must be purged or past thorough 

 leather, or Kidde skinne. Then stoppe the glasse that no water enter, and tie it in 

 the midst of your bow net for breaking, and so cast it in the water, and the fish will 

 soone come vnto the light, and couet to enter into the net, and so ye shall take 

 many. And some doth suppose if ye doe but take a certaine of those glowormes, 

 and put them in a thinne viole or glasse, and then stoppe it close, and tie it in the 

 net, then will shine as well and giue as much light. But then I doubt they will not 

 long be aliue without meate, except ye put herbes vnto them in the day and let 

 them feede, and vse them in the night as before. So yee may reserue them for your 

 purpose (I thinke) a long time. 



To take YMes in the winter in haye or 

 straw bottles. 



Ye shall make long fagots of hay, wrapt about willow boughes, which ye shall 

 put in the midst of your bottle or faggot of hay, and then sinke it in the de'epe by 

 the banke, and so let it lie two or thre'e dayes, and tie a wythe or rope thereunto 

 that ye may soone plucke it vp on land or boate : and so ye shall take yeeles 

 therein good store, in a colde weather very good. And if ye baite or lay in your 

 faggotte guttes or garbedge of a beast, yde shall be the more certaine to haue them 

 in a small time. 



