Of Hunting ,> Fowling, Fishing, <Scc,

A Bait for S ammer-nhitin^s.

The Bait is made of the Purple f.sti; for this is bound fail to the line, and this makesthem swim to the Bait,because they love it;and when any one of them by greedinesslays hold of the Bait, the rest will run after, and catch hold of the hooks, that fornumber you shall hardly draw them to you , so many will b; hanged together by se-veral hooks.

Bait for an Bel.

Eels lie in their holes; and the monthes of their holes being smeered in the pondswith some odoriferous things, they are called forth as other Fish are. Aristotle.Yet Pliny faith false, that they are not allured , but driven away by the sent ofdead Eels. Opiantu wittily faith, they arc allured with garbage. Would you knew

A Bait for Mallets.

Because the Julides are a Bait almost for all Fish, or your groundlings or little Sca-squils; therefore they are a part of all Baits. Or , take of the Liver of the TunyFish, four drachms; Sea-squils,eight drachms; Sesamum-seed, four drachms; Beansground,eight drachms; of raw Dog-fifti, two drachms : pown all these, and makethem up with new Wine distilled into balls,for good Baits. This is

A Bait for all Ffh.

Tarentintu teacheth us this for all Fish i Take of the strong Whale, eight drachms;yellow Butterflies, Anniseed, Cheese of Goats Milk, of each four drachms ; of O-poponax, two drachms ; Hogs blood, four; as much Galbanum: pown them all, andpour on sow re Wine: make cakes, and dry them in the Sun.

Chap. II.

How living (freatures are drawn on with the baits of love.

T Here are two Tyrants that rule over brute Beasts,meat,and pleasure or love; notsmell,nor sound,nor fumes; nor do other things allure their minds besides lovesthat we may fay of wilde Beasts as well as of man, Wanton love can do any thingwith mortal Creatures. If we will

Take Catties with the bait of love •

To take Cuttles there needs neither wheels nor nets; but you may catch them thu -,with baits of love, to trail the Female Cuttle* and the Male feeing it never so far off,swims presently after, and fasteneth close about her; and whilst they thus embrace,the Fishers cunningly take them up.

To catch a Pollard or Capita.

tÆlim faith, that in the Grecian Gulph,the fharp-sighted Cupito is ; but I have seenthem taken in the AdriatickSeaby the fury of love. The Fisher bindes the Femaleeither to a long fifh-polc,or to along rope ; but she must be fair and fat: for the Malecares not for one that is lean :1o is he drawn to the shore: or,he follows the net; andyoumuflobserve how to lay hold of him: for when the Female is drawn, the Milesswim a ter her,being furiously in love ; the Fisherman casts in his net,and takes them.

To catch a Scar at or G tithe ad.

The Scarusof all Fish is the most lascivious; his unsatiable desire of the Female,is thecause that hei? taken; cunning Fishermen that know this, lay snares, for him thus:They catch the Female, and tie the top of her mouth to a rope, and they draw her a-live through the Sea in such places as they haunt : the Males are mad with lusowhen they see her, and strive to ccme at her,andufeall such means as lovers do : bn£when they come neefr the net, the Fisher draws in the Female, and the Males swim-ming in after her, are catcbr. Optanm, Y y T&