

CONNECTION WITH ASTROLOGY, ETC. 147 





A RECIPE TO CATCH FISH. 



To make all the fakes in a pond to come to tJiy hand. 

 Tak pal ma Christ! and frankandsence, and medel hem. 

 togedir, and put hit in a fome clowte, and holde the pouder 

 in thi finger that a gold ryng is upon, and wasch thy 

 hond in every corner of the pont, fisches wolle come 

 to thi honde. From a MS. on vellum, of about the year 

 1400, in the possession of J. O.Halliwell, Es%. 



" Wouldst thou catch fish ? 



Then take this wish ; 



Take this receipt, 



To anoint thy bait. 



Thou that desirest to fish with line and hook, 

 Be it in poole, in river, or in brooke. 

 To bless thy baite, and make the fish to bite, 

 Loe ! here's a means, if thou canst hit it right j 

 Take gum of life, fine beat, and laid to soak, 

 And oyle well drawn, from that which kills the oake ; 

 Fish when thou wilt, thou shalt have sport thy fill, 

 When twenty fail, thou shalt be sure to kill. 



Its perfect and good 



If well understood j 



Else not to be told 



For silver or gold." 

 It. E. 1613. From a MS. in the British Museum. 



A volume might be filled of the Fairy Tales, about, 

 and connected with fish. We shall briefly allude to two 

 or three. 



