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 shoniakers nedlis spere poyntes, & of shomakers 

 nalles in especyall the beste for grete fysshe. and 

 that they bende atte the poynt whan they ben 

 assayed, for elles they ben not good. ^Whan the 

 hoke is bendyd bete the hynder ende abrode : & 

 fyle it smothe for fretynge of thy lyne. Then-ie 

 put it in the fyre agayn : and yeue it an easy 

 redde hete. Thenne sodaynly quenche it in 

 water : and it woll be harde & stronge. And for 

 to haue knowlege of your Instrumentes : lo theyni 

 here in fygure portrayd. % Hamour. Knyfe. 

 Pynsons. Clam Wegge. Fyle. Wreste. & 

 Anuelde. 



Whan ye haue made thus your hokis : thenne 

 must ye set theym on your lynes acordynge in 

 gretnesse & strength in this wyse. IF Ye shall 

 take smalle redde silke. & yf it be for a grete 

 hoke thenwe double it : not twynyd. And elles 

 for smale hokys lete it be syngle : & therwyth 

 frette thycke the lyne there as the one ende of 

 your hoke shal sytte a strawe brede. Thenw^ sette 

 there your hoke : & frette hym wyth the same 

 threde pe two partes of the lengthe that shall be 

 frette in all. And whan ye come to the thyrde 

 parte thenne torne the ende of your lyne agayn 

 vpon the frette dowble. & frette it so dowble that 



