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
++Ye that can angle & take fysshe to your plesures as this forsayd
treatyse techyth & shewyth you : I charge & requyre you in the name
of alle noble men that ye fysshe not in noo poore mannes seuerall
water : as his ponde : stewe : or other necessary thynges to kepe
fysshe in wythout his lycence & good wyll. ¶ Nor that ye vse not to
breke noo mannys gynnys lyenge in theyr weares & in other places due
vnto theym. Ne to take the fysshe awaye that is taken in theym. For
after a fysshe is taken in a mannys gynne yf the gynne be layed in
the comyn waters : or elles in suche waters as he hireth / it is his
ow | ne propre goodes. And yf ye take it awaye ye robbe hym : whyche
is a ryght shamfull dede to ony noble man to do y^t that the | uys
& brybours done : whyche are punysshed for theyr euyll de | des by
the necke & otherwyse whan they maye be aspyed & taken. And also yf
ye doo in lyke manere as this treatise shewyth you : ye shal haue no
nede to take of other men̄ys : whiles ye shal haue ynough of your
owne takyng yf ye lyste to labour therfo | re. whyche shall be to
you a very pleasure to se the fayr bryght shynynge scalyd fysshes
dysceyued by your crafty meanes and drawen vpon londe. ¶ Also that ye
breke noo mannys heggys in goynge abowte your dysportes : ne opyn noo
mannes gates but that ye shytte theym agayn. ¶ Also ye shall not vse
this for | sayd crafty dysporte for no couetysenes to thencreasynge
& spa | rynge of your money oonly / but pryncypally for your solace
& to cause the helthe of your body. and specyally of your soule. For
whanne ye purpoos to goo on your disportes in fysshyng ye woll not
desyre gretly many persones wyth you. whiche my | ghte lette you
of your game. And thenne ye maye serue god de | uowtly in sayenge
affectuously youre custumable prayer. And thus doynge ye shall
eschewe & voyde many vices. as ydylnes whyche is pryncypall cause to
enduce man to many other vyces. as it is ryght well knowen. ¶ Also ye
shall not be to raueno | us in takyng of your sayd game as to moche
at one tyme : whi | che ye maye lyghtly doo yf ye doo in euery poynt
as this present treatyse shewyth you in euery poynt. whyche sholde
{23} lyght | ly be occasyon to dystroye your owne dysportes & other
mennys also. As whan ye haue a suffycyent mese ye sholde coueyte
nomore as at that tyme. ¶ Also ye shall besye yourselfe to nouryssh
the game in all that ye maye : & to dystroye all suche thyn | ges as
ben deuourers of it. ¶ And all those that done after this rule shall
haue the blessynge of god & saynt Petyr / whyche he theym graunte
that wyth his precyous blood vs boughte.
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