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         Barker's delight
         Barker, Thomas, fl. 1651.
      
       
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             The art of angling wherein are discovered many rare secrets, very necessary to be knowne by all that delight in that recreation.
             Barker's delight
             Barker, Thomas, fl. 1651.
          
           [2], 18 p.
           
             [s.n.],
             London :
             1653.
          
           
             Attributed to Thomas Barker. cf. DNB.
             Also issued as part 4 of The country-mans recreation, 1654. Beginning with the edition of 1657, title became 'Barker's delight'.
             Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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             The
             Art
             of
          
           ANGLING
           .
        
         
           WHEREIN
           Are
           discovered
           many
           rare
           Secrets
           ,
           very
           necessary
           to
           be
           knowne
           by
           all
           that
           delight
           in
           that
           Recreation
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           in
           the
           Yeare
           1653.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           The
           Art
           of
           Angling
           .
        
         
           REader
           :
           I
           will
           complement
           ,
           and
           put
           a
           case
           to
           you
           .
           I
           met
           with
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           upon
           our
           Discourse
           he
           fell
           out
           with
           me
           :
           this
           man
           having
           a
           good
           weapon
           ,
           having
           neither
           wit
           ,
           stomack
           ,
           nor
           skill
           ;
           I
           say
           this
           man
           may
           come
           home
           by
           
             Totnam-high-Cross
             ,
          
           and
           cause
           the
           Clerk
           to
           tole
           his
           knell
           :
           It
           is
           the
           very
           like
           case
           with
           the
           Gentleman
           Angler
           that
           goeth
           to
           the
           River
           for
           his
           pleasure
           :
           this
           Angler
           hath
           neither
           judgement
           ,
           knowledge
           ,
           nor
           experience
           ;
           he
           may
           come
           home
           light
           laden
           at
           his
           pleasure
           .
        
         
           A
           man
           that
           goeth
           to
           the
           River
           for
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           must
           understand
           ,
           when
           he
           commeth
           there
           ,
           to
           set
           forth
           his
           Tackles
           .
           The
           first
           thing
           he
           must
           do
           ,
           is
           to
           observe
           the
           Sun
           ,
           the
           Wind
           ,
           the
           Moon
           ,
           the
           Starres
           ,
           and
           the
           Wanes
           of
           the
           Air
           ;
           to
           set
           forth
           his
           Tackles
           according
           to
           the
           times
           and
           seasons
           ;
           to
           goe
           for
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           some
           profit
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           example
           ,
           the
           Sun
           proves
           cloudy
           ;
           then
           must
           he
           set
           forth
           either
           his
           ground
           Bait
           or
           Tackles
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           brightest
           of
           his
           Flies
           .
           If
           the
           Sun
           prove
           bright
           ,
           then
           must
           he
           put
           on
           some
           of
           the
           darkest
           of
           his
           flies
           .
           Thus
           must
           you
           goe
           to
           work
           with
           your
           Flies
           ,
           light
           for
           darkness
           ,
           and
           dark
           for
           lightness
           ,
           with
           the
           wind
           in
           the
           South
           ,
           then
           that
           blows
           the
           Flie
           in
           the
           Trouts
           mouth
           .
           Though
           I
           set
           down
           the
           wind
           being
           in
           the
           South
           ,
           if
           the
           weather
           be
           warm
           ,
           I
           am
           indifferent
           where
           the
           wind
           standeth
           ,
           either
           with
           ground
           Bait
           
           or
           Menow
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           can
           cast
           my
           Bait
           into
           the
           River
           .
           The
           very
           same
           observations
           is
           for
           night
           ,
           as
           for
           day
           :
           For
           if
           the
           Moon
           prove
           cleer
           ,
           or
           if
           the
           Stars
           glitter
           in
           the
           skie
           ,
           there
           is
           as
           ill
           Angling
           that
           night
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           at
           high
           noon
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Summer
           ,
           when
           the
           Sun
           shineth
           at
           the
           brightest
           ,
           wherein
           there
           is
           no
           hopes
           of
           pleasure
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           begin
           to
           Angle
           for
           the
           Trout
           ,
           with
           the
           ground
           Baits
           with
           this
           quality
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           thing
           you
           must
           gaine
           ,
           must
           be
           a
           neat
           taper
           Rod
           ,
           light
           before
           ,
           with
           a
           tender
           hazell
           top
           ,
           which
           is
           very
           gentle
           .
           If
           you
           desire
           to
           attain
           my
           way
           of
           Angling
           ,
           (
           for
           I
           have
           Angled
           these
           forty
           years
           )
           with
           a
           single
           haire
           of
           five
           lengths
           ,
           one
           tied
           to
           another
           for
           the
           bottom
           of
           my
           Line
           ,
           and
           a
           Line
           of
           three
           haired
           links
           for
           the
           uppermost
           part
           ;
           &
           so
           you
           may
           kill
           the
           greatest
           Trout
           that
           swims
           ,
           with
           Sea-room
           .
        
         
           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
           .
           You
           must
           Angle
           alwayes
           with
           the
           point
           of
           your
           Rod
           downe
           the
           stream
           ;
           for
           a
           Fish
           hath
           not
           the
           quickness
           of
           sight
           so
           perfect
           up
           the
           stream
           ,
           as
           opposite
           against
           him
           ,
           observing
           seasonable
           times
           ;
           as
           for
           example
           ,
           we
           begin
           to
           Angle
           in
           
             March
          
           ;
           If
           it
           prove
           cloudie
           ,
           you
           may
           Angle
           with
           the
           ground
           Baits
           all
           day
           long
           :
           but
           if
           it
           prove
           bright
           and
           cleere
           ,
           you
           must
           take
           the
           morning
           and
           evening
           ,
           or
           else
           you
           are
           not
           like
           to
           do
           any
           good
           ;
           so
           the
           times
           must
           be
           observed
           ,
           and
           truely
           understood
           ;
           for
           when
           an
           Angler
           commeth
           to
           the
           River
           for
           his
           pleasure
           that
           doth
           not
           understand
           to
           
           set
           forth
           his
           Tackles
           fit
           for
           the
           time
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           good
           keep
           them
           in
           the
           bag
           ,
           as
           set
           them
           forth
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           determined
           to
           Angle
           with
           the
           ground
           Baits
           and
           set
           my
           Tackles
           to
           my
           Rod
           ,
           and
           go
           to
           my
           pleasure
           :
           I
           begin
           at
           the
           uppermost
           part
           of
           the
           streame
           ,
           carrying
           my
           Line
           with
           an
           upright
           hand
           ,
           feeling
           the
           Plummet
           running
           on
           the
           ground
           some
           ten
           inches
           from
           the
           hook
           ,
           plumming
           my
           Line
           according
           to
           the
           swiftnesse
           of
           the
           stream
           you
           Angle
           in
           ;
           for
           one
           plummet
           will
           not
           serve
           for
           all
           streams
           ;
           for
           the
           true
           Angling
           is
           that
           the
           plummet
           runneth
           on
           the
           ground
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Bait.
           
           The
           red
           knotted
           worme
           is
           very
           good
           where
           Brandlins
           are
           not
           to
           be
           had
           ,
           but
           Brandlins
           are
           better
           :
           now
           that
           you
           may
           bring
           these
           Brandlings
           sit
           to
           Angle
           with
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           live
           long
           on
           the
           hook
           ,
           which
           causeth
           the
           best
           sport
           .
           When
           you
           have
           gathered
           your
           worms
           out
           of
           the
           dung-hill
           ,
           you
           must
           gaine
           the
           greenest
           Moss
           you
           can
           find
           ,
           then
           wash
           the
           earth
           very
           clean
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           then
           provide
           an
           earthen
           pot
           ,
           so
           put
           your
           Moss
           into
           the
           pot
           ,
           then
           put
           the
           worms
           to
           the
           Moss
           into
           the
           pot
           ;
           within
           two
           days
           you
           shall
           find
           your
           worms
           so
           poor
           ,
           that
           if
           you
           bait
           some
           of
           them
           on
           your
           hook
           ,
           you
           shall
           see
           that
           with
           throwing
           of
           them
           two
           or
           three
           times
           into
           the
           water
           ,
           they
           will
           dye
           and
           grow
           white
           :
           now
           the
           skill
           is
           ,
           when
           these
           worms
           be
           grown
           poor
           ,
           you
           must
           feed
           them
           up
           to
           make
           them
           fat
           and
           lusty
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           live
           long
           on
           the
           hook
           ;
           that
           is
           the
           chiefest
           point
           .
        
         
           To
           make
           them
           lusty
           and
           fat
           ,
           you
           must
           take
           the
           yolke
           of
           an
           Egge
           ,
           some
           eight
           or
           ten
           spoonfull
           of
           the
           top
           of
           new
           milk
           ,
           beaten
           well
           together
           in
           a
           Porringer
           ,
           warm
           it
           a
           little
           ,
           untill
           you
           see
           it
           curdle
           ;
           then
           take
           it
           off
           the
           fire
           ,
           and
           set
           it
           to
           coole
           ;
           when
           it
           is
           cold
           ,
           take
           a
           spoonfull
           and
           drop
           it
           upon
           your
           Moss
           into
           the
           pot
           ,
           every
           drop
           about
           the
           bignesse
           of
           a
           green
           Pea
           ,
           shifting
           your
           Moss
           twice
           in
           
           the
           week
           in
           the
           Summer
           ,
           and
           once
           in
           the
           winter
           :
           thus
           doing
           ,
           you
           shall
           feed
           your
           wormes
           fat
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           lusty
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           live
           a
           long
           time
           on
           the
           hook
           ;
           so
           you
           may
           keep
           them
           all
           the
           year
           long
           .
           This
           is
           my
           true
           experience
           for
           the
           ground
           Baits
           ,
           for
           the
           running
           Line
           for
           the
           Trout
           .
        
         
           The
           Angling
           with
           a
           Menow
           ,
           called
           in
           some
           places
           Pencks
           for
           a
           Trout
           ,
           is
           a
           pleasant
           sport
           ,
           and
           killeth
           the
           greatest
           Fish
           ;
           he
           commeth
           boldly
           to
           the
           Bait
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           a
           Mastive
           Dog
           at
           a
           Beare
           :
           you
           may
           Angle
           with
           greater
           Tackles
           ,
           and
           stronger
           ,
           &
           be
           no
           prejudice
           to
           you
           in
           your
           Angling
           :
           a
           Line
           made
           of
           three
           silks
           and
           three
           hairs
           twisted
           for
           the
           uppermost
           part
           of
           the
           Line
           ,
           and
           two
           silkes
           and
           two
           haires
           twisted
           for
           the
           bottome
           next
           your
           hook
           ,
           with
           a
           Swivel
           nigh
           the
           middle
           of
           your
           Line
           ,
           with
           an
           indifferent
           large
           hook
           .
        
         
           To
           bait
           your
           hook
           with
           a
           Menow
           ,
           you
           must
           put
           your
           hook
           through
           the
           lowermost
           part
           of
           his
           mouth
           ,
           so
           draw
           your
           hook
           thorow
           ,
           then
           put
           the
           hook
           in
           at
           the
           mouth
           againe
           ,
           let
           the
           point
           of
           the
           hook
           come
           out
           at
           the
           hindmost
           Fin
           ,
           then
           draw
           your
           Line
           ,
           and
           the
           Menowes
           mouth
           will
           close
           ,
           that
           no
           water
           will
           get
           into
           its
           belly
           ;
           you
           must
           alwayes
           be
           Angling
           with
           the
           point
           of
           your
           Rod
           down
           the
           stream
           ,
           with
           drawing
           the
           Menow
           up
           the
           stream
           by
           little
           and
           little
           ,
           nigh
           the
           top
           of
           the
           water
           ;
           the
           Trout
           seeing
           the
           bait
           ,
           commeth
           at
           it
           most
           fiercely
           ,
           so
           give
           a
           little
           time
           before
           you
           strike
           :
           This
           is
           the
           true
           way
           ,
           without
           Lead
           ;
           for
           many
           times
           I
           have
           had
           them
           come
           at
           the
           Lead
           and
           forsake
           the
           Menow
           ,
           so
           he
           that
           tryeth
           shall
           prove
           it
           in
           time
           :
           let
           us
           go
           to
           Angling
           with
           a
           Flie
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           delightfull
           sport
           .
        
         
           The
           Rod
           must
           be
           light
           and
           tender
           ,
           if
           you
           can
           fit
           your selfe
           with
           an
           Hazell
           ,
           either
           of
           one
           piece
           or
           two
           set
           together
           in
           the
           most
           convenient
           manner
           ,
           light
           and
           
           gentle
           :
           set
           your
           Line
           to
           the
           Rod
           ;
           for
           the
           uppermost
           part
           ,
           you
           may
           use
           your
           owne
           discretion
           ;
           for
           the
           lower
           part
           ,
           next
           your
           Flie
           ,
           must
           be
           of
           three
           or
           foure
           haired
           links
           .
           If
           you
           can
           attain
           to
           Angle
           with
           one
           haire
           ,
           you
           shall
           have
           the
           more
           rises
           ,
           and
           kill
           more
           fish
           ;
           be
           sure
           you
           doe
           not
           over-load
           your self
           with
           the
           length
           of
           your
           Line
           :
           before
           you
           begin
           to
           Angle
           ,
           make
           a
           triall
           ,
           having
           the
           winde
           in
           your
           back
           ,
           to
           see
           at
           what
           length
           you
           can
           cast
           your
           Flie
           ,
           that
           the
           Flie
           light
           first
           into
           the
           water
           ,
           and
           no
           longer
           ;
           for
           if
           any
           of
           the
           Line
           falleth
           into
           the
           water
           before
           the
           Flie
           ,
           it
           is
           better
           unthrowne
           then
           throwne
           :
           be
           sure
           you
           be
           casting
           alwayes
           downe
           the
           stream
           ,
           with
           the
           Wind
           behinde
           you
           ,
           and
           the
           Sun
           before
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           speciall
           point
           to
           have
           the
           Sunne
           and
           Moon
           before
           you
           ;
           for
           the
           very
           motion
           of
           the
           Rod
           drives
           all
           the
           pleasure
           from
           you
           ,
           either
           by
           day
           or
           night
           in
           all
           your
           Angings
           ,
           both
           for
           Wormes
           and
           Flies
           ;
           so
           there
           must
           bee
           a
           great
           care
           of
           that
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           begin
           to
           Angle
           in
           
             March
          
           with
           the
           Flie
           :
           If
           the
           weather
           prove
           Windie
           ,
           or
           Cloudie
           ,
           there
           are
           severall
           kindes
           of
           Palmers
           that
           are
           good
           for
           that
           time
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           a
           black
           Palmer
           ribbed
           with
           silver
           :
           the
           second
           ,
           a
           black
           Palmer
           with
           an
           Orange-tauny
           body
           :
           thirdly
           ,
           a
           black
           Palmer
           ,
           with
           the
           body
           made
           all
           of
           black
           :
           fourthly
           ,
           a
           red
           Palmer
           ribbed
           with
           gold
           ,
           and
           a
           red
           hackle
           mixed
           with
           Orenge
           cruel
           ;
           these
           Flies
           serve
           all
           the
           year
           long
           morning
           and
           evening
           ,
           windie
           and
           cloudie
           .
           Then
           if
           the
           Aire
           prove
           bright
           and
           cleare
           ,
           you
           must
           imitate
           the
           Hauthorn
           Flie
           ,
           which
           is
           all
           black
           and
           very
           small
           ,
           and
           the
           smaller
           the
           better
           .
           In
           
             May
          
           take
           the
           
             May-flie
          
           :
           imitate
           that
           ,
           which
           is
           made
           severall
           wayes
           ;
           some
           make
           them
           with
           a
           shammy
           body
           ,
           ribbed
           with
           a
           black
           haire
           :
           another
           way
           made
           with
           Sandy-Hogges
           wooll
           ,
           ribbed
           with
           black
           silke
           ,
           and
           winged
           with
           a
           Mallards
           
           feather
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           fancy
           of
           the
           Angler
           .
           There
           is
           another
           called
           the
           Oak-Flie
           ,
           which
           is
           made
           of
           Orange
           colour
           Cruell
           and
           black
           ,
           with
           a
           browne
           wing
           ;
           imitate
           that
           :
           Another
           Flie
           ,
           the
           body
           made
           with
           the
           strain
           of
           a
           Pea-Cocks
           feather
           ,
           which
           is
           very
           good
           in
           a
           bright
           day
           :
           The
           Grasse-hopper
           which
           is
           green
           ,
           imitate
           that
           ;
           the
           smaller
           the
           Flies
           be
           made
           ,
           and
           of
           indifferent
           small
           hooks
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           better
           ;
           these
           sorts
           I
           have
           set
           downe
           ,
           will
           serve
           all
           the
           year
           long
           ,
           observing
           the
           times
           and
           seasons
           :
           Note
           ,
           the
           lightest
           of
           your
           Flies
           for
           cloudy
           and
           darknesse
           ,
           and
           the
           darkest
           of
           your
           Flies
           for
           lightnesse
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           for
           indifferent
           times
           ;
           that
           a
           mans
           owne
           Judgement
           ,
           with
           some
           experience
           and
           discretion
           must
           guide
           him
           :
           If
           he
           mean
           to
           kill
           Fish
           ,
           he
           must
           alter
           his
           Flies
           according
           to
           these
           directions
           .
           Now
           ,
           of
           late
           ,
           I
           have
           found
           ,
           that
           Hogs-wooll
           ,
           of
           severall
           colours
           ,
           makes
           good
           grounds
           ;
           and
           the
           wooll
           of
           a
           red
           Heyfer
           makes
           a
           good
           body
           :
           And
           Bears
           wool
           makes
           a
           good
           ground
           ;
           so
           I
           now
           work
           much
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           it
           procureth
           very
           much
           sport
           .
        
         
           The
           naturall
           Flie
           is
           sure
           Angling
           ,
           and
           will
           kill
           great
           store
           of
           Trouts
           with
           much
           pleasure
           :
           As
           for
           the
           May-Flie
           ,
           you
           shall
           have
           them
           alwayes
           playing
           at
           the
           River
           side
           ,
           especially
           against
           Raine
           .
           The
           Oake-Flie
           is
           to
           bee
           had
           on
           the
           butt
           of
           an
           Oake
           ,
           or
           an
           Ash
           ,
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           
             May
          
           to
           the
           end
           of
           
             August
             :
          
           it
           is
           a
           brownish
           Flie
           ,
           and
           stands
           alwayes
           with
           his
           head
           towards
           the
           root
           of
           the
           tree
           ,
           very
           easie
           to
           be
           found
           :
           The
           small
           black
           Flie
           is
           to
           be
           had
           on
           every
           Hawthorn
           Bush
           ,
           after
           the
           buds
           be
           come
           forth
           :
           Your
           Grasse-hopper
           ,
           which
           is
           green
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           had
           in
           any
           Medow
           of
           Grasse
           in
           
             June
          
           or
           
             July
          
           :
           with
           these
           Flies
           ,
           you
           must
           Angle
           with
           such
           a
           Rod
           as
           you
           Angle
           with
           the
           ground
           Bait
           ;
           the
           Line
           must
           not
           be
           so
           long
           as
           the
           Rod
           :
           with
           drawing
           your
           flie
           ,
           as
           you
           finde
           
           convenient
           in
           your
           Angling
           .
           When
           you
           come
           to
           deep
           waters
           that
           stand
           somewhat
           still
           ,
           make
           your
           Line
           some
           two
           yards
           long
           ,
           or
           thereabout
           ,
           and
           dop
           your
           Flie
           behinde
           a
           a
           Bush
           ,
           which
           Angling
           I
           have
           had
           good
           sport
           at
           ;
           we
           call
           it
           doping
           .
        
         
           A
           Lord
           lately
           sent
           to
           me
           at
           Sun
           going
           down
           ,
           to
           provide
           him
           a
           good
           dish
           of
           Trouts
           against
           the
           next
           morning
           by
           six
           of
           the
           Clock
           :
           I
           went
           to
           the
           door
           to
           see
           how
           the
           wains
           of
           the
           Aire
           were
           like
           to
           prove
           ,
           and
           returned
           answer
           ,
           that
           I
           doubted
           not
           but
           to
           be
           provided
           (
           God
           willing
           )
           at
           my
           time
           appointed
           .
           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
           .
           For
           these
           three
           Flies
           ,
           with
           the
           help
           
           of
           the
           Lob-worms
           ,
           serve
           to
           Angle
           all
           the
           year
           long
           ,
           observing
           the
           times
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           shewed
           in
           this
           nights
           work
           :
           a
           light
           Flie
           for
           darknes
           ,
           the
           red
           Flie
           
             in
             medio
             ,
          
           and
           a
           dark
           Flie
           for
           lightnesse
           :
           This
           is
           my
           experiment
           for
           this
           kind
           of
           Angling
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           surest
           Angling
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           killeth
           the
           greatest
           Fish
           :
           your
           Lines
           may
           be
           strong
           ,
           but
           must
           be
           no
           longer
           then
           the
           Rod
           .
        
         
           To
           take
           a
           Carp
           either
           in
           Pond
           or
           River
           ,
           if
           you
           mean
           to
           have
           sport
           with
           some
           profit
           ,
           you
           must
           take
           a
           peck
           of
           Ale-graines
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           quantity
           of
           any
           bloud
           ,
           and
           mix
           the
           bloud
           and
           graines
           together
           ,
           and
           cast
           it
           in
           the
           places
           where
           you
           meane
           to
           Angle
           ;
           this
           feed
           will
           gather
           the
           seale
           Fish
           together
           ,
           as
           Carp
           ,
           Tench
           ,
           Roach
           ,
           Dace
           ,
           and
           Bream
           ;
           the
           next
           morning
           be
           at
           your
           sport
           very
           early
           ,
           plum
           your
           ground
           :
           you
           may
           Angle
           for
           the
           Carp
           with
           a
           strong
           Line
           ;
           the
           Bait
           must
           be
           either
           a
           red
           knotted
           worm
           ,
           or
           Paste
           :
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           of
           sport
           .
        
         
           To
           take
           Pearch
           .
           The
           Pearch
           feeds
           well
           ,
           if
           you
           light
           where
           they
           be
           ,
           and
           bites
           very
           free
           :
           My
           opinion
           is
           ,
           (
           with
           some
           experience
           )
           to
           bait
           with
           Lob-worms
           ,
           chopt
           in
           pieces
           over
           night
           ;
           so
           come
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           betimes
           ,
           plum
           your
           ground
           ,
           gage
           your
           line
           ,
           bait
           your
           hook
           with
           a
           red
           knotted
           worme
           ;
           but
           I
           hold
           a
           Menow
           better
           :
           put
           the
           hook
           in
           at
           the
           back
           of
           the
           Menow
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           fish
           and
           the
           skin
           ,
           that
           the
           Menow
           may
           swim
           up
           and
           down
           alive
           ,
           being
           boyed
           up
           with
           a
           Cork
           or
           Quill
           ,
           that
           the
           Menow
           may
           have
           liberty
           to
           swimme
           a
           foot
           off
           the
           the
           ground
           :
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           of
           sport
           with
           profit
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           shew
           ,
           a
           little
           ,
           my
           opinion
           of
           floating
           for
           scale
           Fish
           in
           the
           River
           or
           Pond
           :
           The
           feed
           brings
           the
           Fish
           together
           ,
           as
           the
           sheep
           to
           the
           Pen
           :
           There
           is
           nothing
           better
           in
           all
           your
           Anglings
           ,
           for
           feed
           ,
           then
           Bloud
           and
           Grains
           ;
           I
           hold
           it
           better
           then
           Paste
           :
           then
           plumming
           your
           ground
           ,
           Angling
           with
           fine
           Tackles
           ,
           as
           single
           haire
           for
           
           halfe
           the
           Line
           next
           the
           hook
           ,
           round
           and
           small
           plumed
           ,
           according
           to
           your
           float
           :
           For
           the
           Bait
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           small
           red
           worm
           ,
           with
           a
           yellow
           tip
           on
           his
           taile
           ,
           is
           very
           good
           ;
           Brandlins
           ,
           Gentles
           ,
           Paste
           ,
           or
           Cadice
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           Cod-bait
           ,
           they
           lye
           in
           a
           gravelly
           husk
           under
           stones
           in
           the
           River
           :
           these
           be
           the
           speciall
           Baits
           for
           these
           kinde
           of
           Fish
           .
        
         
           One
           of
           my
           name
           was
           the
           best
           Trouler
           ,
           for
           a
           Pike
           ,
           in
           this
           Realme
           :
           he
           laid
           a
           wager
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           take
           a
           Pike
           of
           four
           foot
           long
           ,
           of
           Fish
           ,
           within
           the
           space
           of
           one
           Moneth
           ,
           with
           his
           Trouling-Rod
           ;
           so
           he
           Trouled
           three
           weeks
           and
           odde
           dayes
           ,
           and
           took
           many
           great
           Pikes
           ,
           nigh
           the
           length
           ,
           but
           did
           not
           reach
           the
           full
           length
           ,
           till
           within
           the
           space
           of
           three
           dayes
           of
           the
           time
           ;
           then
           he
           took
           one
           ,
           and
           won
           the
           wager
           .
           The
           manner
           of
           his
           Trouling
           was
           ,
           with
           a
           Hazell
           Rod
           of
           twelve
           foot
           long
           ,
           with
           a
           Ring
           of
           Wyre
           in
           the
           the
           top
           of
           his
           Rod
           ,
           for
           his
           Line
           to
           runne
           thorow
           :
           within
           two
           foot
           of
           the
           bottome
           of
           the
           Rod
           there
           was
           a
           hole
           made
           ,
           for
           to
           put
           in
           a
           winde
           ,
           to
           turne
           with
           a
           barrell
           ,
           to
           gather
           up
           his
           Line
           ,
           and
           loose
           at
           his
           pleasure
           ;
           this
           was
           his
           manner
           of
           Trouling
           :
           But
           I
           will
           pawn
           my
           credit
           ,
           that
           I
           will
           shew
           a
           way
           ,
           either
           in
           Maior
           ,
           Pond
           ,
           or
           River
           ,
           that
           shall
           take
           more
           Pikes
           than
           any
           Trouler
           with
           his
           Rod
           :
           And
           thus
           it
           is
           .
           First
           ,
           take
           forked
           stick
           ,
           a
           Line
           of
           twelve
           yards
           long
           wound
           upon
           it
           ,
           at
           the
           upper
           end
           ,
           leave
           about
           a
           yard
           ,
           either
           to
           tye
           a
           bunch
           of
           Sags
           ,
           or
           a
           Bladder
           ,
           to
           Boy
           up
           the
           Fish
           ,
           and
           to
           carry
           it
           from
           the
           ground
           :
           the
           Bait
           must
           be
           a
           live
           Fish
           ,
           either
           Dace
           ,
           or
           Gudgin
           ,
           or
           Roach
           ,
           or
           a
           small
           Trout
           :
           the
           forked
           stick
           must
           have
           a
           slit
           in
           the
           one
           side
           of
           the
           fork
           to
           put
           in
           the
           Line
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           set
           your
           live
           Fish
           to
           swimme
           at
           a
           gage
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           Pike
           taketh
           the
           Bait
           ,
           he
           may
           have
           the
           full
           liberty
           of
           the
           Line
           for
           his
           feed
           .
        
         
         
           You
           may
           turne
           these
           loose
           ,
           either
           in
           Pond
           or
           River
           :
           in
           the
           Pond
           with
           the
           winde
           all
           day
           long
           ,
           the
           more
           the
           better
           :
           at
           night
           set
           some
           small
           weight
           ,
           as
           may
           stay
           the
           Boy
           ,
           as
           a
           Ship
           lyeth
           at
           Anchor
           ,
           till
           the
           Fish
           taketh
           .
           For
           the
           River
           ,
           you
           must
           turne
           all
           loose
           with
           the
           streame
           ;
           two
           or
           three
           be
           sufficient
           to
           shew
           pleasure
           ,
           gaged
           at
           such
           a
           depth
           as
           they
           will
           go
           currant
           downe
           the
           River
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           of
           sport
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           Pikes
           :
           for
           the
           hooks
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           doubled
           hooks
           ,
           the
           shanks
           should
           be
           somewhat
           shorter
           then
           ordinary
           :
           my
           reason
           is
           ,
           the
           shorter
           the
           hook
           is
           of
           the
           shank
           ,
           it
           will
           hurt
           the
           live
           Fish
           the
           lesse
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           armed
           with
           small
           wyre
           well
           softned
           ;
           but
           I
           hold
           a
           hook
           armed
           with
           twisted
           silk
           to
           be
           better
           ,
           for
           it
           will
           hurt
           the
           live
           Fish
           least
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           arm
           your
           hook
           with
           wyre
           ,
           the
           neeld
           must
           be
           made
           with
           a
           small
           hook
           at
           the
           one
           end
           thereof
           .
           If
           you
           arme
           with
           silke
           ,
           the
           neeld
           must
           be
           made
           with
           an
           eye
           :
           then
           must
           you
           take
           one
           of
           those
           Baits
           alive
           (
           which
           you
           can
           get
           )
           and
           with
           one
           of
           your
           neelds
           enter
           within
           a
           strawes
           breadth
           of
           the
           Gill
           of
           the
           Fish
           ,
           so
           put
           the
           neeld
           betwixt
           the
           skin
           and
           the
           Fish
           ;
           then
           pull
           the
           neeld
           out
           at
           the
           hindmost
           sinne
           ,
           and
           draw
           the
           arming
           thorow
           the
           Fish
           ,
           untill
           the
           hook
           come
           to
           lye
           close
           to
           the
           Fishes
           bodie
           :
           But
           I
           hold
           for
           those
           that
           be
           armed
           with
           wyre
           to
           take
           off
           the
           hook
           ,
           and
           put
           the
           neeld
           in
           the
           hindmost
           sin
           and
           so
           to
           come
           forth
           at
           the
           Gill
           ;
           then
           put
           on
           the
           hook
           drawn
           close
           to
           the
           body
           ,
           't
           will
           hurt
           the
           live
           Fsh
           the
           less
           ,
           so
           knit
           the
           arming
           with
           the
           live
           Fish
           to
           the
           Line
           ;
           then
           put
           off
           either
           in
           Maior
           or
           Pond
           ,
           with
           the
           winde
           ,
           in
           the
           River
           with
           the
           stream
           :
           The
           more
           you
           put
           off
           in
           Maior
           or
           Pond
           ,
           you
           are
           like
           to
           have
           the
           more
           pleasure
           :
           For
           the
           River
           I
           have
           shewed
           you
           before
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           time
           when
           Pikes
           goe
           a
           Frogging
           Ditches
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           River
           to
           Sun
           them
           ,
           as
           in
           May
           ,
           June
           and
           
           July
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           speedy
           way
           to
           take
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           misse
           scarce
           one
           in
           twenty
           .
        
         
           You
           must
           take
           a
           Line
           of
           six
           or
           eight
           foot
           long
           ,
           arm
           a
           large
           hook
           ,
           of
           the
           largest
           size
           that
           is
           made
           ;
           arm
           it
           to
           your
           Line
           ,
           lead
           the
           shank
           of
           your
           hook
           very
           handsom
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           of
           such
           a
           weight
           as
           you
           may
           guide
           the
           hook
           at
           your
           pleasure
           :
           you
           may
           strike
           the
           Pike
           ,
           you
           see
           ,
           with
           the
           bare
           hook
           where
           you
           please
           :
           this
           Line
           and
           hook
           doth
           far
           exceed
           snaring
           .
        
         
           The
           principall
           sport
           to
           take
           a
           Pike
           ,
           is
           to
           take
           a
           Goose
           or
           Gander
           ,
           or
           Duck
           :
           take
           one
           of
           the
           Pike
           Lines
           I
           have
           shewed
           you
           before
           :
           tye
           the
           Line
           under
           the
           left
           wing
           ,
           and
           over
           the
           right
           wing
           ,
           about
           the
           body
           ,
           as
           a
           man
           weareth
           his
           Belt
           :
           turne
           the
           Goose
           off
           into
           a
           Pond
           ,
           where
           
             Pikes
          
           are
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           of
           sport
           ,
           with
           great
           pleasure
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           Goose
           and
           the
           
             Pike
          
           :
           It
           is
           the
           greatest
           sport
           and
           pleasure
           that
           a
           noble
           Gentleman
           in
           
             Shropshire
          
           doth
           give
           his
           friends
           entertainment
           with
           .
        
         
           The
           way
           to
           make
           the
           best
           paste
           is
           ,
           Take
           a
           reasonable
           quantity
           of
           fresh
           Butter
           ,
           as
           much
           fresh
           sheeps
           Suet
           ,
           a
           reasonable
           quantity
           of
           the
           strongest
           Cheese
           you
           can
           get
           ,
           with
           the
           soft
           of
           an
           old
           stale
           white
           loafe
           ;
           beat
           all
           this
           in
           a
           Morter
           till
           it
           come
           to
           perfect
           paste
           ;
           put
           as
           much
           on
           your
           hook
           as
           a
           green
           pease
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           many
           wayes
           to
           take
           Eeles
           :
           I
           will
           shew
           you
           a
           good
           way
           to
           take
           a
           dish
           of
           Eeles
           .
           When
           you
           stay
           a
           night
           or
           two
           Angling
           ,
           take
           four
           or
           five
           Lines
           ,
           such
           as
           be
           laid
           for
           
             Pikes
             ,
          
           of
           fourteen
           or
           fifteen
           yards
           long
           ,
           and
           at
           every
           two
           yards
           make
           a
           noose
           ,
           to
           hang
           a
           hook
           armed
           either
           to
           double
           thred
           ,
           or
           silk
           twist
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           better
           then
           wyre
           :
           Bait
           your
           Hooks
           with
           Millors-thumbs
           ,
           Loaches
           ,
           Menowes
           ,
           or
           Gudgins
           :
           tye
           to
           every
           noose
           a
           Line
           baited
           :
           these
           Lines
           must
           be
           laid
           crosse
           the
           River
           in
           the
           deepest
           places
           ,
           either
           with
           stones
           ,
           or
           pegged
           ,
           so
           the
           Line
           lie
           
           in
           the
           bottome
           of
           the
           river
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           of
           taking
           a
           dish
           of
           Eeles
           ;
           you
           must
           have
           a
           small
           neeld
           with
           an
           eye
           ,
           to
           bait
           your
           hooks
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           shew
           how
           to
           make
           Flies
           :
           learn
           to
           make
           two
           Flies
           ,
           and
           make
           all
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Palmer
           ribbed
           with
           silver
           or
           gold
           ,
           and
           the
           May-flie
           :
           these
           are
           the
           ground
           of
           all
           Flies
           .
        
         
           We
           will
           begin
           to
           make
           the
           Palmer
           Flie
           :
           You
           must
           arme
           your
           Line
           on
           the
           inside
           of
           the
           hook
           ;
           take
           your
           Scisers
           ,
           and
           cut
           so
           much
           of
           the
           brown
           of
           the
           Mallards
           feather
           ,
           as
           in
           your
           owne
           reason
           shall
           make
           the
           wings
           ,
           then
           lay
           the
           outmost
           part
           of
           the
           feather
           next
           the
           hook
           ,
           and
           the
           point
           of
           the
           feather
           towards
           the
           shanke
           of
           the
           hook
           ,
           then
           whip
           it
           three
           or
           four
           times
           about
           the
           hook
           with
           the
           same
           silk
           you
           armed
           the
           hook
           :
           then
           make
           your
           silk
           fast
           :
           then
           you
           must
           take
           the
           hackle
           of
           the
           neck
           of
           a
           Cock
           or
           Capon
           ,
           or
           a
           Plovers
           top
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           best
           ,
           take
           off
           the
           one
           side
           of
           the
           feather
           ,
           then
           you
           must
           take
           the
           hackle
           silk
           ,
           or
           cruell
           ,
           gold
           or
           silver
           thred
           ;
           make
           all
           these
           fast
           at
           the
           bent
           of
           the
           hook
           ,
           then
           you
           must
           begin
           with
           Cruell
           ,
           and
           Silver
           ,
           or
           Gold
           ,
           and
           work
           it
           up
           to
           the
           wings
           ,
           every
           bout
           shifting
           your
           fingers
           ,
           and
           making
           a
           stop
           ,
           then
           the
           gold
           will
           fall
           right
           ,
           then
           make
           fast
           :
           then
           worke
           up
           the
           hackle
           to
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           then
           make
           the
           hackle
           fast
           :
           then
           you
           must
           take
           the
           hook
           betwixt
           your
           finger
           and
           thumb
           ,
           in
           the
           left
           hand
           ,
           with
           a
           neeld
           or
           pin
           ,
           part
           the
           wings
           in
           two
           :
           then
           with
           the
           arming
           silk
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           fastned
           all
           hitherto
           ,
           whip
           about
           as
           it
           falleth
           crosse
           betwixt
           the
           wings
           ,
           then
           with
           your
           thumb
           you
           must
           turne
           the
           point
           of
           the
           feather
           towards
           the
           bent
           of
           the
           hook
           ,
           then
           work
           three
           or
           four
           times
           about
           the
           shank
           ,
           so
           fasten
           ,
           then
           view
           the
           proportion
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           other
           Flies
           :
           If
           you
           make
           the
           grounds
           of
           Hogs-wooll
           ,
           sandy
           ,
           black
           ,
           or
           white
           ;
           or
           the
           wooll
           of
           a
           
           Bear
           ,
           or
           of
           a
           two
           year
           old
           red
           Bullock
           :
           you
           must
           work
           al
           these
           grounds
           upon
           a
           waxed
           silk
           ,
           then
           you
           must
           arm
           and
           set
           on
           the
           wings
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           shewed
           before
           :
           For
           the
           May-flie
           ,
           you
           work
           the
           body
           with
           some
           of
           these
           grounds
           ,
           which
           is
           very
           good
           ,
           ribbed
           with
           a
           black
           hair
           ;
           you
           may
           work
           the
           body
           with
           Cruels
           ,
           imitating
           the
           Colour
           ,
           or
           with
           Silver
           ,
           with
           suiting
           the
           wings
           .
           For
           the
           Oak-flie
           ,
           you
           must
           make
           him
           with
           Orange-tauny
           and
           black
           ,
           for
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           the
           brown
           of
           the
           Mallards
           feather
           for
           the
           wings
           .
           If
           you
           do
           after
           my
           directions
           ,
           they
           will
           kill
           fish
           ,
           observing
           the
           times
           fitting
           ,
           and
           follow
           my
           former
           Directions
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           worthy
           or
           honest
           Angler
           cannot
           hit
           of
           these
           my
           Directions
           ,
           let
           him
           come
           to
           me
           ,
           he
           shall
           read
           and
           I
           will
           work
           ,
           he
           shall
           see
           all
           things
           done
           according
           to
           my
           foresaid
           Directions
           :
           So
           I
           conclude
           for
           the
           Flies
           having
           shewed
           you
           my
           true
           Experiments
           ,
           with
           the
           Rod
           ,
           I
           will
           set
           all
           labouring
           sports
           aside
           :
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           am
           waiting
           on
           my
           Lord
           with
           a
           great
           Dish
           of
           Trouts
           ,
           who
           meeting
           with
           company
           ,
           commanded
           me
           to
           turne
           Scullion
           ,
           and
           dresse
           a
           Dinner
           of
           the
           Trouts
           wee
           had
           taken
           :
           whereupon
           I
           gave
           my
           Lord
           this
           Bill
           of
           fare
           ,
           which
           I
           did
           furnish
           his
           Table
           with
           ,
           according
           as
           it
           was
           furnished
           with
           flesh
           .
           Trouts
           in
           broth
           ,
           which
           is
           restorative
           :
           Trouts
           broyled
           ,
           cut
           and
           filled
           with
           sweet
           Herbes
           chopt
           :
           Trouts
           calvored
           hot
           with
           Antchovaes
           sauce
           :
           Trouts
           boyled
           ;
           out
           of
           which
           Kettle
           I
           make
           three
           Dishes
           ;
           the
           one
           for
           a
           Soused
           Dish
           ,
           another
           for
           a
           Stew'd
           Dish
           ,
           the
           third
           for
           a
           hot
           Dish
           :
           the
           Sauce
           is
           Butter
           ,
           Vinegar
           ,
           beaten
           Cinamon
           ,
           with
           the
           juyce
           of
           a
           Lemmon
           ,
           beaten
           very
           well
           together
           ,
           that
           the
           Sauce
           is
           white
           and
           thick
           ,
           or
           else
           it
           is
           no
           Sauce
           for
           a
           great
           mans
           Table
           :
           Trouts
           fryed
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           done
           ,
           and
           not
           put
           into
           the
           Pan
           ,
           untill
           the
           Suet
           boyle
           very
           high
           ,
           and
           kept
           with
           stirring
           all
           the
           time
           
           they
           are
           frying
           ,
           being
           flowr'd
           first
           .
           Trouts
           stew'd
           :
           Trouts
           close
           ,
           boyled
           with
           the
           calvored
           Trouts
           ,
           all
           in
           one
           Kettle
           and
           the
           same
           liquor
           :
           Trouts
           butter'd
           with
           Egs
           :
           Trouts
           roasted
           :
           Trouts
           baked
           :
           these
           are
           for
           the
           first
           course
           ,
           before
           the
           Salt
           .
        
         
           And
           these
           are
           for
           the
           latter
           course
           .
           Trouts
           calvored
           cold
           :
           Trouts
           flat
           cold
           :
           Baked
           Trouts
           :
           Trouts
           marilled
           ,
           that
           will
           eat
           perfect
           and
           sweet
           three
           moneths
           in
           the
           heat
           of
           Summer
           :
           if
           I
           did
           say
           ,
           for
           the
           whole
           year
           about
           ,
           I
           would
           make
           it
           good
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           dressing
           of
           four
           or
           five
           of
           the
           Dishes
           ,
           I
           will
           shew
           you
           how
           I
           did
           perform
           them
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           I
           will
           shew
           you
           for
           the
           boyling
           and
           calvoring
           ,
           that
           serves
           for
           hot
           and
           cold
           ,
           for
           first
           and
           latter
           course
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           you
           must
           draw
           out
           the
           Intrails
           of
           the
           fish
           ,
           cutting
           the
           fish
           two
           or
           three
           times
           in
           the
           back
           ;
           lay
           them
           in
           a
           Tray
           or
           Platter
           ,
           put
           some
           Vinegar
           upon
           them
           ;
           you
           shall
           see
           the
           fish
           turn
           sanguine
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           new
           ,
           presently
           :
           you
           must
           put
           so
           much
           water
           in
           the
           Kettle
           as
           you
           thinke
           will
           cover
           them
           ,
           with
           a
           pint
           of
           Vinegar
           ,
           a
           handfull
           of
           Salt
           ,
           some
           Rosemary
           and
           Thyme
           and
           sweet
           Marjoram
           tyed
           in
           a
           bunch
           :
           then
           you
           must
           make
           this
           liquor
           boyle
           with
           a
           fierce
           fire
           made
           of
           wood
           :
           when
           the
           liquor
           hath
           boyled
           very
           well
           ,
           put
           in
           your
           fish
           by
           one
           and
           one
           ,
           keeping
           your
           liquor
           alwayes
           boyling
           ,
           untill
           you
           have
           put
           all
           in
           :
           having
           provided
           a
           cover
           for
           your
           Kettle
           ,
           so
           put
           on
           the
           cover
           :
           you
           must
           have
           a
           paire
           of
           Bellowes
           to
           blow
           up
           the
           fire
           with
           speed
           ,
           that
           the
           liquor
           may
           boyle
           up
           to
           the
           top
           of
           the
           Kettle
           ;
           so
           the
           fierce
           boiling
           will
           make
           the
           Fish
           to
           calvor
           :
           provided
           ,
           the
           fish
           be
           new
           killed
           :
           you
           may
           let
           them
           boile
           nigh
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           hour
           ;
           when
           they
           are
           cold
           ,
           you
           may
           put
           them
           in
           a
           Tray
           or
           earthen
           Pan
           ,
           untill
           you
           have
           occasion
           to
           use
           them
           :
           be
           sure
           they
           lie
           covered
           .
        
         
         
           For
           your
           stewed
           Trouts
           ,
           you
           must
           cut
           them
           on
           the
           side
           ,
           as
           for
           broiling
           :
           there
           are
           divers
           wayes
           of
           stewing
           ;
           the
           English
           hath
           one
           way
           ,
           the
           French
           hath
           another
           way
           ,
           the
           Italian
           hath
           another
           way
           :
           I
           may
           speak
           this
           ;
           for
           I
           have
           been
           admitted
           into
           the
           Kitchins
           ,
           to
           furnish
           men
           of
           most
           Nations
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           been
           in
           England
           .
        
         
           We
           will
           begin
           with
           the
           English
           :
           He
           broyleth
           first
           upon
           a
           Charcoale
           fire
           :
           the
           first
           thing
           that
           you
           must
           have
           a
           care
           of
           is
           ,
           when
           your
           Grid-iron
           is
           hot
           you
           must
           coole
           it
           with
           ruff
           Suet
           ,
           then
           the
           skin
           of
           your
           Fish
           will
           not
           break
           ,
           with
           care
           of
           turning
           them
           :
           when
           they
           are
           nigh
           broyled
           ,
           take
           them
           off
           the
           Grid-iron
           ;
           set
           on
           a
           Chafing-dish
           of
           coals
           in
           a
           Stew-pan
           ,
           or
           Dish
           ;
           put
           in
           a
           good
           quantity
           of
           fresh
           Butter
           ,
           so
           much
           Vinegar
           as
           will
           give
           the
           relish
           ,
           a
           penny-worth
           of
           beaten
           Cinamon
           ;
           then
           put
           in
           your
           broyled
           fish
           ,
           and
           let
           them
           stew
           ,
           about
           halfe
           an
           houre
           will
           be
           sufficient
           ,
           being
           turned
           :
           adorn
           your
           Dish
           with
           Sippets
           ,
           take
           the
           fish
           out
           of
           the
           stew-pan
           ,
           lay
           them
           for
           the
           service
           ,
           be
           sure
           to
           squease
           a
           Lemmon
           on
           them
           :
           I
           will
           warrant
           them
           good
           victuall
           .
        
         
           The
           Italian
           he
           stewes
           upon
           a
           Chasing-dish
           of
           coals
           ,
           with
           white-Wine
           ,
           Cloves
           ,
           and
           Mace
           ,
           Nutmegs
           sliced
           ,
           a
           little
           Ginger
           :
           you
           must
           understand
           when
           this
           fish
           is
           stewed
           ,
           the
           same
           liquor
           that
           the
           fish
           is
           stewed
           in
           ,
           must
           be
           beaten
           with
           some
           Butter
           and
           the
           juyce
           of
           a
           Lemmon
           ,
           before
           it
           is
           dish'd
           for
           the
           service
           .
           The
           French
           doe
           add
           to
           this
           a
           slice
           or
           two
           of
           Bacon
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           shew
           you
           the
           way
           to
           marrionate
           a
           Trout
           or
           other
           fish
           ,
           that
           will
           keep
           a
           quarter
           of
           a
           yeare
           in
           Summer
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Italians
           rarest
           Dish
           for
           fresh
           fish
           ,
           and
           will
           eat
           perfect
           and
           sweet
           .
        
         
           You
           must
           take
           out
           the
           Intrailes
           as
           you
           doe
           of
           other
           fish
           ,
           and
           cut
           them
           a-crosse
           the
           sides
           ,
           as
           you
           do
           to
           broyle
           ,
           washed
           clean
           ,
           dried
           with
           a
           cloth
           ,
           lay
           them
           upon
           a
           Tray
           
           or
           board
           ,
           sprinkle
           a
           little
           salt
           on
           them
           ,
           and
           flowre
           them
           as
           to
           frie
           them
           ,
           so
           take
           your
           Frying-pan
           with
           so
           much
           Suet
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           melted
           ,
           as
           the
           Fish
           may
           lye
           to
           the
           mid-side
           in
           the
           liquor
           ,
           and
           so
           fry
           them
           ;
           and
           every
           time
           you
           turn
           them
           ,
           flower
           them
           againe
           ,
           untill
           you
           finde
           the
           fish
           fryed
           sufficient
           :
           when
           you
           think
           the
           fish
           is
           fryed
           ,
           take
           it
           out
           of
           the
           Pan
           ,
           and
           lay
           it
           upon
           some
           thing
           ,
           that
           the
           liquor
           may
           draine
           out
           of
           it
           ;
           when
           the
           fish
           is
           cold
           ,
           you
           may
           reare
           it
           an
           end
           .
        
         
           You
           must
           have
           a
           close
           Vessell
           to
           keep
           this
           fish
           and
           liquor
           in
           ,
           that
           no
           winde
           comes
           in
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           quantity
           you
           make
           triall
           of
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Liquor
           .
           First
           ,
           you
           must
           take
           halfe
           Claret-Wine
           ,
           the
           other
           halfe
           Vinegar
           ,
           two
           or
           three
           Bay-leaves
           ,
           so
           much
           Saffron
           as
           a
           Nut
           tyed
           in
           a
           cloth
           ,
           with
           some
           Cloves
           and
           large
           Mace
           ,
           some
           Nutmeg
           sliced
           ;
           boile
           all
           these
           together
           very
           well
           ;
           when
           the
           liquor
           is
           cold
           ,
           and
           the
           fish
           cold
           ,
           put
           the
           fish
           and
           liquor
           into
           the
           close
           Vessell
           ,
           with
           three
           or
           four
           Lemmons
           sliced
           among
           the
           fish
           ;
           make
           all
           close
           that
           no
           winde
           can
           get
           into
           the
           Vessell
           ;
           after
           eight
           or
           ten
           days
           you
           may
           begin
           to
           eat
           of
           this
           fish
           ;
           the
           Sauce
           must
           be
           some
           of
           the
           same
           liquor
           ,
           with
           some
           of
           a
           sliced
           Lemmon
           .
        
         
           
             To
             dresse
             a
             Pike
             .
          
           When
           the
           
             Pike
          
           cometh
           into
           the
           Kitchin
           ,
           kill
           it
           ;
           then
           take
           a
           handfull
           of
           Salt
           ,
           with
           water
           ,
           and
           rub
           the
           fish
           very
           well
           to
           take
           the
           slime
           off
           ,
           draw
           out
           the
           Intrailes
           ;
           wash
           the
           
             Pike
          
           cleane
           ,
           put
           a
           handfull
           of
           
             Salt
          
           in
           the
           Pikes
           Belly
           ;
           then
           take
           so
           much
           water
           ,
           with
           a
           pinte
           of
           Vinegar
           :
           if
           the
           
             Pike
          
           be
           any
           thing
           large
           ,
           you
           must
           put
           in
           at
           least
           three
           handfull
           of
           Salt
           ,
           with
           a
           bunch
           of
           Rosemary
           ,
           Thyme
           ,
           and
           sweet
           Marjoram
           ,
           and
           two
           or
           three
           green
           
           Onyons
           ;
           boyle
           your
           liquor
           very
           well
           with
           a
           high
           fire
           made
           of
           wood
           ;
           then
           put
           in
           your
           
             Pike
             ,
          
           cover
           your
           Kettle
           ,
           with
           your
           Bellows
           keep
           your
           Kettle
           boiling
           verie
           high
           for
           the
           space
           of
           halfe
           an
           houre
           or
           thereabouts
           :
           a
           
             Pike
          
           asketh
           great
           boiling
           :
           for
           the
           Sauce
           ,
           it
           is
           sweet
           Butter
           well
           beaten
           with
           some
           of
           the
           top
           of
           the
           same
           liquor
           ,
           with
           two
           or
           three
           Antchovaes
           ,
           the
           skin
           taken
           off
           ,
           and
           the
           bones
           taken
           out
           ,
           a
           little
           Vinegar
           ,
           so
           garnish
           your
           Dish
           :
           when
           your
           
             Pike
          
           is
           Dished
           ,
           take
           the
           juyce
           of
           a
           Lemmon
           and
           put
           on
           the
           top
           of
           the
           fish
           :
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           but
           it
           is
           good
           victuall
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           set
           downe
           as
           many
           wayes
           to
           dress
           Eeles
           ,
           as
           would
           furnish
           a
           Lords
           Table
           :
           but
           I
           will
           relate
           but
           one
           .
        
         
           Take
           off
           the
           skinne
           whole
           ,
           till
           you
           come
           within
           two
           inches
           of
           the
           taile
           ,
           beginning
           at
           the
           head
           :
           take
           out
           the
           Intrailes
           ,
           wash
           the
           Eele
           cleane
           ,
           drie
           it
           with
           a
           cloth
           ,
           scotch
           it
           all
           along
           both
           the
           sides
           ;
           take
           some
           Pepper
           and
           Salt
           ,
           mixe
           them
           together
           ,
           rub
           the
           Eele
           well
           with
           the
           Pepper
           ,
           and
           Salt
           ;
           draw
           the
           skinne
           on
           againe
           whole
           ;
           tye
           the
           skinne
           about
           the
           head
           with
           a
           little
           thred
           lapped
           round
           ,
           broyled
           on
           a
           Charcoale
           fire
           ,
           let
           your
           Grid-iron
           be
           hot
           ,
           rub
           your
           Grid-iron
           with
           some
           ruffe
           Suet
           ;
           the
           skinne
           will
           not
           burne
           ;
           this
           is
           good
           ;
           but
           take
           the
           skin
           off
           ,
           and
           stew
           the
           Eele
           betwixt
           two
           Dishes
           ,
           on
           a
           Chafing-dish
           of
           Coals
           ,
           with
           sweet
           Butter
           ,
           Vinegar
           ,
           and
           beaten
           Cinnamon
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           better
           .
        
         
           The
           boyling
           of
           a
           Carp
           is
           the
           very
           same
           way
           as
           I
           have
           shewed
           for
           the
           Trout
           ,
           the
           scales
           on
           :
           no
           better
           Sauce
           can
           be
           made
           then
           the
           Antchovaes
           Sauce
           .
           The
           high
           boyling
           is
           the
           way
           for
           all
           fresh-water
           Fish
           :
           I
           have
           served
           seven
           times
           seven
           years
           ,
           to
           see
           the
           experiment
           .
        
         
           If
           there
           be
           any
           Gentleman
           that
           liveth
           adjoyning
           to
           a
           River
           side
           ,
           where
           Trouts
           are
           ;
           I
           will
           shew
           the
           way
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           feed
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           see
           them
           at
           his
           pleasure
           ;
           
           and
           to
           bring
           store
           to
           the
           place
           .
           Gather
           great
           Garden-Wormes
           ,
           the
           quantity
           of
           a
           pinte
           ,
           or
           a
           quart
           ,
           chop
           them
           in
           pieces
           ,
           and
           throw
           them
           where
           you
           intend
           to
           have
           your
           pleasure
           ;
           with
           feeding
           often
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           of
           their
           comming
           ;
           they
           will
           come
           as
           Sheep
           to
           the
           Pen
           :
           you
           must
           begin
           to
           feed
           with
           peeces
           of
           worms
           ,
           by
           hand
           ,
           by
           one
           and
           one
           ,
           untill
           you
           see
           them
           eat
           ;
           then
           you
           may
           feed
           with
           Liver
           or
           Lights
           ,
           so
           your
           desire
           will
           be
           effected
           .
           And
           thus
           I
           conclude
           this
           short
           Treatise
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
    

