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endes a strawe biede for the knotte. Thus shal 

 ye make youre lynes fayr & fyne : and also ryght 

 sure for ony manere fysshe. ^ And by cause that 

 ye sholde knowe bothe the water knotte & also 

 the duchys knotte : loo theym here in fygure 

 caste vnto the lyknesse of the draughte. 



Ye shall vnderstonde that the moost subtyll & 

 hardyste crafte in makynge of your harnays is 

 for to make your hokis. For whoos makyng ye 

 must haue fete fyles, thyii and sharpe & smalle 

 beten : A semy claiii of yren : a bender : a payr 

 of longe & smalle tongys : an harde knyfe som 

 deale thycke : an anuelde : & a lytyll hamour. 

 ^ And for smalle fysshe ye shall make your hokes 

 of the smalest quarell nedlys that ye can fynde of 

 stele, & in this wyse. % Ye shall put the quarell 

 in a redde charkcole fyre tyll that it be of the 

 same colour that the fyre is. Thenne take hym 

 out and lete hym kele : and ye shal fynde him 

 well alayd for to fyle. Thenne reyse the berde 

 wyth your knyfe, and make the poynt sharpe. 

 Thenne alaye hym agayn : for elles he woU breke 

 in the bendyng. Thenne bende hym lyke to the 

 Dende fyguryd herafter in example. And greeter 

 nokes ye shall make in the same wyse of gretter 

 nedles : as broderers nedlis : or taylers : or 



