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
++THe cheuyn is a stately fysshe & his heed is a deyty morsell. There
is noo fysshe soo strongly enarmyd wyth sca | lys on the body. And
bi cause he is a stronge byter he ha | the the more baytes / whiche
ben thyse. ¶ In Marche the redde worme at the grounde : For comynly
thenne he woll byte there at all tymes of y^e yere yf he be ony
thinge hungry. ¶ In Apryll the dyche canker that bredith in the
tree. A worme that bredith betwene the rynde & the tree of an oke
The redde worme : and the yonge frosshys whan the fete ben kyt of.
Also the stone flye the bobbe vnder the cowe torde : the redde
snaylle. ¶ In May y^e {17} bayte that bredyth on the osyer leyf &
the docke canker togyd^r vpon your hoke. Also a bayte that bredyth
on a fern̄ leyf : y^e cod | worme. and a bayte that bredyth on an
hawthorn̄. And a bayte that bredyth on an oke leyf & a sylke worme
& a codworme togyder. ¶ In̄ Iune take the creket & the dorre & also
a red worme : the heed kytte of & a codworme before : and put theym
on y^e hoke. Also a bayte in the osyer leyf : yonge frosshys the
thre-fete kitte of by the body : & the fourth by the knee. The bayte
on the hawthorn̄ & the codworme togyder & a grubbe that bredyth
in a dunghyll : and a grete greshop. ¶ In Iuyll the greshop & the
humbylbee in the medow. Also yonge bees & yonge hornettes. Also a
grete brended flye that bredith in pathes of medowes & the flye that
is amonge pysmeers hyllys. ¶ In August take wortwormes & magotes vnto
Myghelmas. ¶ In Septembre the redde worme : & also take the baytes
whan ye may gete the | ym : that is to wyte / Cheryes : yonge myce
not heeryd : & the hon | ie combe.
++THe breeme is a noble fysshe & a deyntous. And ye shall angle for
hym from Marche vnto August wyth a redde worme : & then̄e wyth a
butter flye & a grene flye. & with a bayte that bredyth amonge grene
rede : and a bayte that bre | dyth in the barke of a deed tree. ¶ And
for bremettis : take mag | gotes. ¶ And fro that tyme forth all the
yere after take the red worme : and in the ryuer browne breede. Moo
baytes there ben but they ben not easy & therfore I lete theym passe
ouer.
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