A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle: Being a facsimile reproduction of the first book on the subject of fishing printed in England by Wynkyn de Worde at Westminster in 1496Berners, Juliana
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A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle: Being a facsimile reproduction of the first book on the subject of fishing printed in England by Wynkyn de Worde at Westminster in 1496
Berners, Juliana
Fishing
at your luste. And for the more redynesse loo here a fygure therof in
example. :
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++AFter that ye haue made thus your rodde : ye must lerne to coloure
your lynes of here in this wyse. ¶ Fyrste ye must take of a whyte
horse taylle the lengest heere and {6} fayrest that ye can fynde.
And euer the rounder it be the better it is. Departe it in to .vj.
partes : and euery parte ye shall colour by hymselfe in dyuers
colours. As yelowe : grene : browne : tawney : russet. and duske
colours. And for to make a good grene co | lour on your heer ye
shall doo thus. ¶ Take smalle ale a quar | te and put it in a lytyll
panne : and put therto halfe a pounde of alym. And put therto your
heer : and lete it boylle softly half an houre. Thenne take out your
heer and lete it drye. Thenne ta | ke a potell of water and put it
in a panne. And put therin two handfull of ooldys or of wyxen. And
presse it wyth a tyle stone : and lete it boylle softly half an
houre. And whan it is yelow on the scume put therin your heer wyth
halfe a pounde of copo | rose betyn in powdre and lete it boylle
halfe a myle waye : and thenne sette it downe : and lete it kele
fyue or syxe houres. Then̄ take out the heer and drye it. And it is
thenne the fynest grene that is for the water. And euer the more ye
put therto of copo | rose the better it is. or elles in stede of it
vertgrees.
¶ A nother wyse ye maye make more brighter grene / as thus Lete woode
your heer in an woodefatte a lyght plunket colour And thenne sethe
hym in olde or wyxin lyke as I haue sayd : sauynge ye shall not put
therto neyther coporose ue vertgrees. ¶ For to make your heer yelow
dyght it wyth alym as I haue sayd before. And after that wyth oldys
or wyxin wythout copo | rose or vertgrees. ¶ A nother yelow ye shal
make thns. Ta | ke smalle ale a potell : and stampe thre handful of
walnot leues and put togider : And put in your heer tyll that it be
as depe as ye woll haue it. ¶ For to make russet heer. Take stronge
lye a pynt and halfe a pounde of sote and a lytyll iuce of walnot
le | uys & a quarte of alym : and put theym alle togyder in a panne
and boylle theym well. And whan it is colde put in youre heer tyll it
be as derke as ye woll haue it. ¶ For to make a brow | ne colour.
Take a pounde of sote and a quarte of ale : and seth it wyth as many
walnot leuys as ye maye. And whan they wexe blacke sette it from the
fire. And put therin your heer and lete it lye styll tyll it be as
browne as ye woll haue it.
¶ For to make a nother browne. Take strong ale and sote and tempre
them togyder. and put therin your heer two dayes and two nyghtes and
it shall be ryght a good colour. {7}
¶ For to make a tawney coloure. Take lyme and water & put theym
togyder : and also put your heer therin foure or fyue hou | res.
Thenne take it out and put it in a Tanners ose a day : and it shall
be also fyne a tawney colour as nedyth to our purpoos
¶ The syxte parte of your heer ye shall kepe styll whyte for ly | nes
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