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that it it a tlcynlousfusshc, but there ben but few* in Englonde. .hid 

 then/ore I wryte the lasse of hym. He is an euyllfysshe to take. For 

 Ae /> soo strcnge enarmyd in the mouthe, that there mayo noo ueke 

 karnays hold hym. 



And as louchynge his baytes, I have but lytyll knowledge of it. And 

 me wereloth to wryt* more than I knotce, and have prouyd. But well I 

 vote, that the redde tcormc and the menow ben good baytes for hym at 

 all tymes, as I have herde saye of persones crttlyble, and also founde 

 wry ten in bokes of credence. 



For taking the Pike, this lady directs her readers in the following 

 terms, via. 



Takt a codlynge hoke ; and take a Roche, or afresshe Heeryng; 

 and a wyre myth an hole in the end*, and put it in at the mouth, and out 

 I the taylle, downe by the ridge of the fresshe Heeryng ; and thenne 

 put the lyne of your hoke in after, and drawe the hoke into the cheke of 

 the fresshe Heeryng ; then put a plumbe of lede upon your lyne a yerde 

 Ion f>e from your hoke, and ajlote in myd waye betwene; and caste it in a 

 pytte where the Pyko usyth : and this is the beste and moost surest 

 crafle of takynge the Pykc. Another manere takynge of hym there is ; 

 take a frotshe,* and put it on your hoke, at the ntcke, betwenc the 

 skynne and the body, on the backe half* and put on a fiote a yerde 

 therefro, and caste it where the Pyke haunt t/th, and ye shall haue hym. 

 Another manere : Take the some bayte, and put it in asa fetida, and 

 caste it in the water wyth a cor At and a corke, and ye shall not fay I of 

 hym. And yf ye lyst to haue a good sporte, thenne tye the corde to 

 a gose fote ; and ye shall se gode halynge, whether the gose or the 

 Pyke shall ha< the better. 



The directions for making flies, contained in this hook, are, as one 

 would expect, very inartificial : we shall therefore only add, that the 

 authoress advises the angler to be provided with twelve different sorts ; 

 between which and Walton's twelve,* the difference is so very small, 

 as well in the order as the manner of describing them, that there can- 

 not remain the least doubt but he had seen, and attentively perused 

 this ancient treatise. 



The book concludes with some general cautions, among which are 

 these that follow ; which at least serve to shew, how long Angling has 

 been looked on as an auxiliary to contemplation. 



Also ye shall not use this forsayd crafty dysporte, for no couctysenes, 

 to the encreasynge and sparynge of your money oonly ; but pryncyp ally 

 for your solarr, and to cause the helthe of your body, and specyally of 

 your soule: for whanne ye purpoos to goo on your dysportes in 

 fysshynge, ye woll not desyre gretly many persons wyth you, whyohe 

 myghte lette you of your game. And thenne ye may serue God, 



rational refinement we make to the Ravage practice that Rives occasion to 

 this note, is the eating of salted or pickled herrings or anchovies ; but for 

 thu it may be said in excuse, that there may possibly be in salt some 

 principle similar, in its operation on certain bodies, to Jlre ; at least, we 

 find that the purposes of culinary fire are sufficiently answered in the 

 process of coring herrings. 



(I) Considering the time when this book was written, we may conclude, 

 that these could be hardly ajy other than Monkish manuscripts. 



() Or Frog. Minshen's Dictionary. 



(S) Fide, infra, Chap. V. 



