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 the ruf is lesse. And therfore he must haue pe 

 smaller bayte. 



H The flounder is an holsom fisshe & a free, and 

 a subtyll byter in his manere : For couiynly 

 whan he soukyth his meete he fedyth at grounde. 

 & therfore ye must angle to hyni wyth a grounde 

 lyne lyenge. And he hath but one manere of 

 bayte. & that is a red worme. which is moost 

 cheyf for all manere of fysshe. HThe gogen is 

 a good fisshe of the mochenes : & he byteth wel 

 at the grounde. And his baytes for all the yere 

 ben thyse. jie red worme : cod worme : & 

 maggotes. And ye must angle to him wt't/i a 

 flote. & lete your bayLe be nere pe botom or ellis 

 on \)e gronde. 



^The menow whan he shynith in the water then 

 is he byttyr And though his body be lytyll yet 

 he is a rauenous biter & an egre. And ye shall 

 angle to hym wyth the same baytes that ye doo 

 for the gogyn : sauynge they must be smalle. 

 l^The ele is a quasy fysshe a rauenour & a 

 deuourer of the brode of fysshe. And for the 

 pyke also is a deuourer of fysshe I put them 

 bothe behynde all other to angle. For this ele 

 ye shall fynde an hole in the grounde of the 

 water. & it is blewe blackysshe there put in your 



