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
Philosophy
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
++NOw I haue lernyd you to make all your harnays. Here I woll tell
you how ye shall angle. ¶ Ye shall angle : vnderstonde that there is
.vi. manere of anglyng. That one is at the grounde for the troughte
and other fisshe. A nother is at y^e grounde at an arche / or at a
stange where it ebbyth and flowyth : for bleke : roche. and darse.
The thyrde is wyth a flote for all manere of fysshe. The fourth
wyth a menow for y^e troughte wythout plumbe or flote. The fyfth is
rennynge in y^t same wyse for roche and darse wyth one or two heeres
& a flye. The syxte is wyth a dubbyd hoke for the troughte & graylyng
¶ And for the fyrste and pryncypall poynt in anglynge : kepe y^e
euer fro the water fro the sighte of the fysshe : other ferre on the
londe : or ellys behynde a busshe that the fysshe se you not. For yf
they doo they wol not byte. ¶ Also loke that ye shadow not the water
as moche as ye may. For it is that thynge that woll soone fraye the
fysshe. And yf a fysshe be afrayed he woll not bi | te longe after.
For alle manere fysshe that fede by the grounde ye shall angle for
theim to the botom. soo that your hokys shall renne or lye on the
grounde. And for alle other fysshe that fede {12} aboue ye shall
angle to theym in the myddes of the water or somdeale byneth or
somdeale aboue. For euer the gretter fisshe the nerer he lyeth the
botom of the water. And euer the smaller fysshe the more he smymmyth
aboue. ¶ The thyrde good poynt is whan the fysshe bytyth that ye be
not to hasty to smyte nor to late / For ye must abide tyll ye suppose
that the bayte be ferre in the mouth of the fysshe / and thenne abyde
noo longer. And this is for the groūde. ¶ And for the flote whan ye
se it pul | lyd softly vnder the water : or elles caryed vpon the
water softly : thenne smyte. And loke that ye neuer ouersmyte the
strengthe of your lyne for brekynge. ¶ And yf it fortune you to smyte
a grete fysshe wyth a smalle harnays : thenne ye must lede hym in the
water and labour him there tyll he be drownyd and ouercome. Thenne
take hym as well as ye can or maye. and euer bewaar that ye holde not
ouer the strengthe of your lyne. And as moche as ye may lete hym not
come out of your lynes ende streyghte from you : But kepe hym euer
vnder the rodde / and euermore holde hym streyghte : soo that your
lyne may sus | teyne and beere his lepys and his plungys wyth the
helpe of your croppe & of your honde.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account