stafe lynket lyngh and to p^rforme fe other halfe 

 of fe crop/ Take a feyr schoyt of blake thorne 

 crabtre medeler or genep^r cut yn fe same sesun 

 and wyl bathed and streyght & bynd hem to 

 gydur fetely so pat Ipe cropp may justly entur all 

 in to fie seyd hole then schaue the stafe and make 

 hyt tapur wyys waxing fen virell ]je staff wel at 

 bothe endys wttk hopy of yren or laten wi't/i a 

 pyke yn Jie neper ende festnyed wit/i a remevyng 

 vise to take in & owt pe crop/. Then set your 

 crop an honful wtt/i yn pe ovir ende of fowr stafe 

 in suche wyse pat it be also bigge ther as any 

 other place a hove Than arme jowr crop at pe 

 ovir ende down to the frete wttk a lyn of vi herys 

 & double the lyne & frete hyt fast yn pe top wi't/z 

 a nose to fasten an your lyne and pus schall ye 

 make yow a rode so p^^rfet & fete pat ^e may 

 walke per -with and fer schall no man wyt wer a 

 bowt ye go and hyt wyl be lyjt & nemyll to fysche 

 W7t/; at yowr plesur & devyce. 



To coloz^r your lynes 

 Aftur Jjat ye haue made |owr rodde ye must lern 

 to colur your lynys of heyr in pys wise First ye 

 must take of a wyht hors tayle pe lengest her pzX. 

 may be had & euyr the rounder pe better it is & 

 when ye haue departyd it at vi partes fen coler 



