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turne and goe as you would have them, for against 

 the noise they dare not come for their lives, and thus 

 you shall not cease driving them by little and little till 

 you have brought them altogether in one flock wholy 

 into your Nets, in which they will run with all eager- 

 nesse till they be so intangled, that not any one can 

 escape, but will all rest at your mercy to dispose ac- 

 cording to your own pleasure.' 



Markham next dilates upon a method of catching 

 pheasants with birdlime. He advocates that the top 

 branches of young willow trees should be utilised 

 for this purpose. The twigs are to be made sharp, so 

 that they can either be placed in the ground, or placed 

 among the bushes through which the pheasants usually 

 run. ' Also if you see any little smal trees, whereon 

 the Pheasant useth commonly to pearch, if on them 

 and neer to the branch which she makes her pearch, 

 you place two or three of these bushes, and prick 

 them so that she can neither spread her wings to 

 light on, nor yet take her wings to fly oif without 

 touching some of them, you shall be sure the Phea- 

 sant can hardly or never escape your taking.' 



This discourse winds up with an amusing warning 

 against making any unkind comparison ' betweene 

 the use of the Nettes, and the use of these Lime- 

 roddes.' To give any pre-eminence to either of these 



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