item: #1 of 10
          id: A06927
      author: Dennys, John, d. 1609. Secrets of angling.
       title: The second booke of the English husbandman Contayning the ordering of the kitchin-garden, and the planting of strange flowers: the breeding of all manner of cattell. Together with the cures, the feeding of cattell, the ordering both of pastures and meddow-ground: with the vse both of high-wood and vnder-wood. Whereunto is added a treatise, called Good mens recreation: contayning a discourse of the generall art of fishing, with the angle, and otherwise; and of all the hidden secrets belonging thereunto. Together vvith the choyce, ordering, breeding, and dyeting of the fighting cocke. A worke neuer written before by any author. By G.M.
        date: 1614
       words: 40630
      flesch: 67
     summary: This Hay would in the first gathering not be withered too sore but so stackt-vp with a little hartie gréen●esse that it may a little mo●●-burne , and alter the colour to a Redish brounnesse , but by no meanes so moyst that it may mould , rot , or putrifie , for that is f●●some and v●de , but onely alter the colour , and thereby make the smell swéetee and stronger . Yellowes , Anticor , consumption of lungs , Liuer , Splene , Gall or other intra●● , Wormes , Fluxes , Belly-bound , and diuers other of like nature : For any or all which , you shall first let your Horse bloud in the neck-veine , and then giue him , during his sicknesse , to drinke , eyther in swéete Wine or strong Ale or Béere , if Wine a pinte , if Ale or Béere a quart , two spoonefull of the powder called Diapente , made of Aristolochia root , Gen●iana , Myrthe , Eboni and Bachi lauri , of each equall quantitie , and let it be well brewed together , and doe thus euery Morning fasting , and let the Horse fast two houres after it .
    keywords: aboue; cattell; chap; cut; day; doe; earth; euery; fall; flowers; garden; good; grasse; ground; hath; haue; hay; high; horse; husbandman; long; manner; march; moneth; mould; ordering; ouer; profit; roote; set; signes; sowne; soyle; spring; sunne; sée; séedes; timber; time; trées; vnto; vpon; vse; water; wood; yéere; ● ●
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        item: #2 of 10
          id: A30936
      author: Barker, Thomas, fl. 1651.
       title: The art of angling wherein are discovered many rare secrets, very necessary to be knowne by all that delight in that recreation.
        date: 1653
       words: 6397
      flesch: 59
     summary: I went presently to the River , and it proved very dark ; I drew out a Line of three silkes and three hairs twisted for the uppermost part , and a Line of two silks and two hairs twisted for the lowermost part , with a good large hook : I baited my hook with two Lob-worms , the four ends hanging as meet as I could ghesse them in the dark : I fell to Angle ; it proved very dark , that I had good sport , Angling with the Lob-worms , as I doe with the Flie , at the top of the water ; you shall heare the Fish rise at the top of the water , then you must loose a slack Line down to the bottome , as nigh as you can ghesse , then hold a straight Line ; feeling the Fish bite , give time , there is no doubt of losing the Fish ; for there is not one among twenty , but doth gorge the Bait : the least stroak you can strike to fasten the hook , makes the fish sure , and then you may take the fish up with your hands : The night began to alter and grew somewhat lighter ; I took off the Lob-worms , and set to my Rod a white Palmer Flie , made of a large hook , I had sport for the time , till it grew lighter : then I put on my red Palmer , I had sport for the time , untill it grew very light ; then I set on my black Palmer , had good sport , made up my dish of fish , put up my Tackles , and was at my time appointed for the service . He that Angles with a Line , made of three haired links at the bottom , and more at the top , may kill Fish : but he that Angles with one hair shall kill five Trouts to the others one ; for the Trout is very quick sighted ; therefore the best way for night or day , is to keep out of the sight .
    keywords: angling; bait; fish; flie; hook; line; river; set; trouts
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        item: #3 of 10
          id: A42741
      author: Gilbert, William, 17th cent.
       title: The anglers delight containing the whole art of neat and clean angling; wherein is taught the readiest way to take all sorts of fish, from the pike to the minnow, together with their proper baits, haunts, and time of fishing for them, whether in mere, pond, or river. As also, the method of fishing in Hackney River, & the names of all the best stands there; with the manner of making all sorts of good tackle fit for any water whatsoever. The like never before in print. By William Gilbert, gent.
        date: 1676
       words: 6727
      flesch: 74
     summary: As also, the method of fishing in Hackney River, & the names of all the best stands there; with the manner of making all sorts of good tackle fit for any water whatsoever. As also, the method of fishing in Hackney River, & the names of all the best stands there; with the manner of making all sorts of good tackle fit for any water whatsoever.
    keywords: bait; fish; fishing; good; hook; line; pike; river; water; way
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        item: #4 of 10
          id: A52542
      author: Fishing Society (Scotland)
       title: The names of the members of the Fishing Society, anno 1670
        date: 1670
       words: 1275
      flesch: 75
     summary: Sir John Gilmore . Sir John Nisbet .
    keywords: earl; james; john; robert; sir; tcp; william
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        item: #5 of 10
          id: A60466
      author: Smith, John, Captain, lieutenant under Col. Rainsborough.
       title: The trade & fishing of Great-Britain displayed with a description of the islands of Orkney and Shotland. By Captain John Smith.
        date: 1661
       words: 7490
      flesch: 55
     summary: being then an Apprentice to Mr. Matthew Cradock of London Merchant , one of the Society for the Fishing-Trade of Great Britain , was sent to Sea by the right Honorable , the Earl of Pembrook and Montgomery , and his Associates , for the discovery of the Island of Shotland , the manner and way of Trading , the Profits and Customs thereof , the setling a Staple , building of Store-houses , the viewing the ground on shore for landing and drying of Nets , making and drying of Fish , and the building of Block-houses for the security of Trade ; The manner of the Hollanders fishing for Herring with Busses , and other Vessels for Ling and Cod , according to the Journal kept thereof , is as followeth . Having informed my self by the Inhabitants of those parts of the manner of their Trading and Fishing , and the Hollanders fishing for Herrings driving on that Coast , we set sail from thence , and came to an Anchor in Evey-Sound , the Northermost Sound in Shotland on the 12 Ditto , and there going on shore , I continued about 11 or 12 Months , and in that time travelling the greatest part of the Island by Sea and Land , did thereby better inform my self concerning the manner of Trading and Fishing by the Inhabitants , and the Hollanders at Sea.
    keywords: boats; busses; cod; commodities; england; fishing; hollanders; islands; ling; north; shotland; trade
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        item: #6 of 10
          id: A62957
      author: J. S., fl. 1697.
       title: The innocent epicure, or, The art of angling a poem.
        date: 1697
       words: 11811
      flesch: 81
     summary: The Stag and ●ors● in common Pasture fed , Till j●rs en●u'd , and Heels oppos'd to Head ; But Horns are lucky things● and P●lsrey sled , Foaming for spight ( and Passion is a Wit , ) He sought to Man , and kindly took the Bit : I immediately communicated the sight of his Manuscript to s●●eral Experienc'd Anglers , ( and some of 'em no Enemies to the Muses , ) who agreed in their Opinions , That notwithstanding the Confin●m●nt th●t Verse lays upon a Writer , it far excels any thing that has been publish'd in Prose upon this Subject , even in the Useful and Instructive Part of the Work.
    keywords: angler; art; baits; care; chuse; fish; force; kind; lines; love; nature; pains; prize; reason; sport; streams; tcp; things; thou; use; ● ●
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        item: #7 of 10
          id: A64795
      author: Venables, Robert, 1612?-1687.
       title: The experienc'd angler, or, Angling improv'd being a general discourse of angling, imparting many of the aptest wayes and choicest experiments for the taking of most sorts of fish in pond or river.
        date: 1662
       words: 18446
      flesch: 70
     summary: The experienc'd angler, or, Angling improv'd being a general discourse of angling, imparting many of the aptest wayes and choicest experiments for the taking of most sorts of fish in pond or river. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 441:15) The experienc'd angler, or, Angling improv'd being a general discourse of angling, imparting many of the aptest wayes and choicest experiments for the taking of most sorts of fish in pond or river.
    keywords: angle; angling; baits; colour; end; fish; flie; ground; hook; line; page; rivers; rod; sorts; stream; time; use; water; worms
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        item: #8 of 10
          id: A65269
      author: Watson, S.
       title: To the King and both Houses of Parliament in Parliament assembled
        date: 1677
       words: 2084
      flesch: 61
     summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A65269) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 36710)
    keywords: english; parliament; tcp; text
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        item: #9 of 10
          id: A66834
      author: Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670.
       title: The Accomplish'd lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery containing I. the art of preserving and candying fruits & flowers ..., II. the physical cabinet, or, excellent receipts in physick and chirurgery : together with some rare beautifying waters, to adorn and add loveliness to the face and body : and also some new and excellent secrets and experiments in the art of angling, 3. the compleat cooks guide, or, directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish, both in the English and French mode ...
        date: 1675
       words: 67451
      flesch: 80
     summary: Take to every pound of Quince , a pound and a quarter of Sugar , Clarifie this Sugar with the white of an Egg , coar your Quinces , but not too much , then put this Sugar , and Water , and Quince being ra● together , and so make them boyl so fast that you can see no Quince , but forget not to turn them , and take off what scum you can keep them boiling thus fast till you think they are enough . Take a pottle of water , and four pound of Sugar , and let them boyl together , and when they boyl , scum them as clean as you can , then take the whites of two or three eggs and beat them to froath , put the froath into the pan to make the scum ●●se , then scum it as clean as you can ; take off the Kettle and put in the Quinces , and let them boil a good while and stir them , and when they are boiled enough put them into boxes .
    keywords: beat; beef; boil; boyl; butter; cinamon; close; cloves; cream; cut; dish; dry; eggs; face; fine; fire; half; handful; juice; liquor; mace; nutmeg; ounce; paste; pepper; pint; pound; pye; quantity; red; rose; salt; season; set; strain; sugar; syrup; vinegar; wash; water; white; wine
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        item: #10 of 10
          id: A67462
      author: Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.
       title: The compleat angler or, The contemplative man's recreation. Being a discourse of fish and fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most anglers.
        date: 1653
       words: 39192
      flesch: 65
     summary: Being a discourse of fish and fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most anglers. Being a discourse of fish and fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most anglers.
    keywords: angler; angling; art; bait; catch; come; day; discourse; fish; fishing; fly; friend; good; hath; hook; line; look; love; man; master; men; observations; pike; pisc; place; river; scholer; self; sir; song; time; trout; viat; water; wil; worm
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