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 donne flye the body of the donne woll & the wyngis of the
pertryche. A nother doone flye. the body of blacke woll : the wynges
of the blackyst drake : and the Iay vnd^r the wynge & vnder the
tayle. ¶ Apryll.
¶ The stone flye. the body of blacke wull : & yelowe vnder the wynge.
and vnder the tayle & the wynges of the drake. In the begynnynge
of May a good flye. the body of roddyd wull and lappid abowte
wyth blacke sylke : the wynges of the drake & of the redde capons
hakyll. ¶ May.
¶ The yelow flye. the body of yelow wull : the wynges of the redde
cocke hakyll & of the drake lyttyd yelow. The blacke lou | per. the
body of blacke wull & lappyd abowte wyth the herle of y^e pecok
tayle : & the wynges of y^e redde capon w^t a blewe heed.
¶ Iune. ¶ The donne cutte : the body of blacke wull & a yelow
lyste after eyther syde : the wynges of the bosarde bounde on with
barkyd hempe. The maure flye. the body of doske wull the wynges of
the blackest mayle of the wylde drake. The tan | dy flye at saynt
Wyllyams daye. the body of tandy wull & the wynges contrary eyther
ayenst other of the whitest mayle of y^e wylde drake. ¶ Iuyll.
¶ The waspe flye. the body of blacke wull & lappid abowte w^t yelow
threde : the winges of the bosarde. The shell flye at saynt Thomas
daye. the body of grene wull & lappyd abowte wyth the herle of the
pecoks tayle : wynges of the bosarde.
¶ August. ¶ The drake flye. the body of blacke wull & lappyd
abowte wyth blacke sylke : wynges of the mayle of the blac | ke drake
wyth a blacke heed.
[Illustration : ¶ Thyse fygures are put here in ensample of your
hokes.]
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¶ Here folowyth the order made to all those whiche shall haue the
vnderstondynge of this forsayde treatyse & vse it for theyr pleasures.
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