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redde worme. And as for cheyf take the blacke 

 blood in pe herte of a shepe & floure and hony. 

 And tempre theyni all togyder somdeale softer 

 than paast : & anoynt therwyth the redde worme: 

 bothe for this fysshe & for other. And they woll 

 byte moche the better therat at all tymes. 



IF The perche is a daynteuous fysshe & passynge 

 holsom and a free bytyng. Thise ben his baytes. 

 In Marche the redde worme. In April) the bobbe 

 vnder the cowe torde. In May the slothorfi worme 

 & the codworme. In lune the bayte that bredith 

 in an olde fallen oke & the grete canker. In 

 Juyll the bayte that bredyth on the osyer leyf 

 & the bobbe that bredeth on the dunghyll : and 

 the hawthorn, worme & the codworme. In August 

 the redde worme & maggotes. All the yere after 

 the red worme as for the beste. 

 % The roche is an easy fysshe to take : And yf 

 he be fatte & pennyd thenne is he good meete. 

 & thyse ben his baytes. In Marche the most 

 redy bayte is the red worme. In Apryll the 

 bobbe vnder the cowe torde. In May the bayte 

 \)ai bredyth on the oke leyf & the bobbe in the 

 dunghyll. In June the bayte that bredith on 

 the osyer & the codworme. In Juyll hous flyes. 

 «& the bayte that bredith on an oke. and the 



