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fyche comenly swywmyih a bove The vj'^ good 

 poynte ys when ye fyche byteth ]!at je be not to 

 hasty to smyt hym nor to late Ye must a byde 

 tylle ye suppose fat pe bayte and the hoke be 

 welle yn the mouthe of the fyche and then stryke 

 hym and jjys ys for the grounde and for the floot 

 wen je bey thy;/ke hyt pulled softely vndur the 

 watur or els caryed vpon pe watur softly then 

 smyte hym and se ]iat je neu^r ou^r smyt fe 

 strynght of jowr lyne for brekyng and yf he hap 

 to stryke a gret fyche with a smayl lyne ye must 

 leyd hym in the watz^r and labur Jjer tyll he be 

 ou^rcome and weryd Than take hym as well as 

 ye may and be war fat je holde not ou^r fe 

 strynght of 20wr lyne and yf ?e may yn any 

 wyse let not hym on at the lynes ende stregiht 

 from 50W but kepe hym eu^^r fe rod and e.uer 

 holde hym streight So )iaX je may susteyn hys 

 lepys & hys plumbcs w?'t// the heipe of yowr honde. 



In wat place is best angleyng. 

 Her y wyll declar in wat places of the watur ye 

 schall angle to yowr best spede ye schall angle yn 

 a pole or yn a stondyng watur yn eu^ry place 

 \er it is any fyng depe fer is no grete choyse 

 in a pole for it is but a pryson to fysche and fei 

 lyve moste p^rte in pryson and hungre as a 



