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notworme & mathewes & maggotes tyll Myghel- 

 mas. And after pal the fatte of bakon. 

 ^The dace is a gentyll fysshe to take. & yf it be 

 well refet then is it good meete. In Marche his 

 bayte is a redde worme. In Apryll the bobbe 

 vnder the cowe torde. In May the docke canker 

 & the bayte on ]>e slothonl & on the oken leyf. 

 In June the codworme & the bayte on the osyer 

 and the whyte grubbe in pe dunghyll. In Juyll 

 take hous flyes & flyes that brede in pysmer 

 bylles : the codworme & maggotes vnto Mighel- 

 mas. And yf the water be clere ye shall take 

 fysshe whan other take none And fro that tyme 

 forth doo as ye do for the roche. For comynly 

 theyr bytynge & theyr baytes ben lyke. 

 ^ The bleke is but a feble fysshe. yet he is holsom 

 His baytes from Marche to Myghelraas be the 

 same that I haue wryten before. For the roche 

 & darse sauynge all the somer season asmoche as 

 ye maye angle for hym wyth an house flye : & in 

 wynter season wt't/z bakon & other bayte made as 

 ye herafter may know. H The ruf is ryght an 

 holsom fysshe : And ye shall angle to him wyth 

 the same baytes in al seasons of the yere & in 

 the same wise as I haue tolde you of the perche : 

 for they ben lyke in fysshe & fedinge, sauynge 



