habitual to him to keep his Ground certain advance of an equal hight before and behind and observe a due Time with the motions of your Legs The Inequality of his advancing his hinder Legs is helpt by a Jerk on the Fillets by some body behind him with a Rod. Of RACING A Racer must have the Finest Cleanest Shape possible and above all Nimble Quick and Fiery apt to Fly with the least Motion nor is a long Bodied contemptible it assuring Speed tho' it signifies Weakness too The Arabian Barbary or his Bastard are esteemed the best for this Use these excelling Jennets tho' they are good too Having furnished your self with a Horse thus qualified you are to observe his right and due Ordering before your designed Racing Bartholomew-tide is the most proper time to take him from Grass the day before being Dry Fair and Pleasant That Night let him stand conveniently to empty his Body the next day Stable him and feed him with Wheat-straw that day and no longer lest you exceeding that time it straighten his Guts heat his Liver and hurt his Blood for want of Straw Riding him Morning and Evening to Water Airing or other moderate Exercises will serve Then feed him with good old sweet Hay and according to the Season and Temperature of his Body clothe him for a Smooth Coat shews Cloth enough and a Rough Coat want of it Observe likewise where you Water your Race-Horse that it be a Running Water or clear Spring far distant a Mile or more from the Stable adjoyning to some Level where after he has once well drank Gallop him and so Water and Scope him till that he refuse to drink more for that time then Walk him gently Home being an Hour on your way or more clothe and stop him round with soft Whisps and let him stand an Hour upon his Bridle and after feed him with sweet sound Oats throughly dryed either with Age Kilne or Sun if he be low of flesh or bad Stomacht add a third part of clean Old Beans or two parts of Oats or Wash his Oats in strong Beer or Ale For Dressing take these Rules Dress your Horse twice a day before you Water him both Morning and Evening thus Curry him after he is uncloath'd from his Ear-tips to his Tayle and his whole Body intirely save his Legs under the Knees and Cambrels with an Iron-Comb then Dust him and Rub him with a Brush of Bristles over again Dust him again and wetting your hand in clean Water rub off all the loose Hairs and so rub him dry as at first then with a fine Hair Cloth rub him all over and lastly with a fine Linnen Cloth and then pick his Eyes Nostrils Sheath Cods Tuel and Feet clean The best Food for your Racer is good sweet well dryed sunned and beaten Oats Or else Bread made of one part Beans and two parts Wheat i. e. two Bushels of Wheat to one of Beans ground together Boult through a fine Range half a Bushel of fine Meal and bake that into two or three Loaves by it self and with water and good store of Barm knead up and bake the rest in great Loaves having sifted it through a Meal-sieve But to your finer you would do well to put the whites of Twenty or thirty Eggs and with the Barm a little Ale 't is no matter how little water With the Courser feed him on his Resting days on his Labouring days with the finer The best time for feeding your Runner on his Resting days is after his Watering in the Morning at One a Clock at Noon after his watering in the Evening and at nine or ten a Clock at nights On his Days of Labour two Hours after he is throughly Cold outwardly and inwardly as before As for the Proportion of Meat I shall not confine your Love to a Quantity only give him a little at once as long as his Appetite is Good When he begins to fumble and play with his Meat hold your hand shut up your Sack As for his Exercise it ought to be thrice a Week as his bodily Condition requires if he be foul moderate Exercise will break his Grease if clean then as you judge best taking heed of breaking his Mettle or discouraging him or laming his Limbs Before you air him to add to his Wind it is requisite to give him a raw Egg broken in his Mouth if your Horse be very fat air him before Sun rising and after Sun-set if lean deprive him not of the least strength and Comfort of the Sun you can devise To make him Sweat sometimes by coursing him in his Cloaths is necessary if moderate but without his Cloaths let it be sharp and swift See that he be empty before you course him and it is wholesome to wash his Tongue and Nostrils with Vinegar or piss in his Mouth before you back him And after his Exercise cool him before you come home house litter and rub him well and dry then cloath him and give him after every Course a Scouring thus prepared For scouring a Race-Horse Take 20 Raisins of the Sun stoned 10 Figs slit in the midst boyl them till they be thick in a Pottle of fair Water mix it with Powder of Annis-seeds Lycoras and Sugar-candy till it come to a stiff Paste make them into round Balls roul them in Butter and give him three or four of them the next morning after his Course and ride him an hour after and then set him up Warm Or this may be preferred being both a Purge and a Restorative a Cleanser and a Comforter thus prepared Take three Ounces of Annis-seeds six Drams of Cummin-seeds one Dram and half of Carthamus one Ounce and two Drams of Fennngreek-seed one Ounce and half of Brimstone Beat all these to a fine Powder and searse them then take a Pint and two Ounces of salad-Sallet-Oyl a Pint and half of Honey and a Pottle of White-Wine then with a sufficient Quantity of fine white Meal knead and work all well into a stiff Paste keep it in a clean Cloath for use When occasion requires dissolve a Ball of it in a Pail of Water and after Exercise give it him to drink in the Dark that he may not see the Colour and refuse it If he does refuse let Fasting force him to be of another mind To conclude these Instructions I will give you 'em in short before you run and then away as fast as you can Course not your Horse hard four or five days before your Match lest you make his Limbs sore and abate his Speed Muzzle him not except a foul Feeder above two or three Nights before the Race and the Night before his bloody Courses Give him sharp as well as gentle Courses on the Race he is to run Shoe him a day before you run him Let him be empty on the Match Day Saddle him in the Stable and fix to him the Girths and Pannel with Shoe-makers Wax Lead him with all Gentleness to
them a Delight in Hunting Diseases incident to Dogs and their Cures For Sick Dogs Take Sheeps-heads Wooll and all hack and bruise them into pieces make Pottage of it with Oatmeal and Penny-Royal and give it warm Lice and Fleas Boyl four or five handfuls of Rue or Herb of Grace in a Gallon of running Water till a Pottle be consumed strain it and put two Ounces of Staves-acre poudered and bathe them with it warm Itch. Take Oyl of Flower-de-Lys Powder of Brimstone and dry'd Elicampane-Roots of each a like quantity and Bay-Salt powdered mix these Powders with the Oyl and warm it anoint scratch and make it bleed it will do well Tetter Take Black Ink Juice of Mint and Vinegar of each alike mix them altogether with Powder of Brimstone to a Salve and anoint it Worms Give your Hound Brimstone and new Milk it will kill them Gauling May Butter yellow Wax and unslackt Lime made to a Salve and Anoint therewith is a present Remedy Mange Take two Handfuls of Wild-Cresses of Elicampane of the Leaves and Roots of Roerb and Sorrel the like quantity and two Pound of the Roots of Frodels Boyl them all well in Lye and Vinegar strain it and put therein two Pound of Grey Soap and after 't is melted rub your Hound with it four or five days together For any Ear Disease Mix Verjuice and Chervile Water together and drop into his Ears a spoonful or two Morning and Evening Sore Eyes Chew a Leaf or two of Ground-Ivy and spit the Juice into his Eyes Surbaiting Wash his Feet with Beer and Butter and bind young red Nettles beaten to a Salve to his Soles Biting by Snake Adder c. Beat the Herb Calaminth with Turpentine and yellow Wax to a Salve and apply it To expel the inward Poyson give the said Herb in Milk Biting by a Mad Dog Wash the place with Sea-Water or strong Brine will Cure him The quantity of a Hazel-Nut of Mithridate dissolved in Sweet Wine will prevent inward Infection Madness Lastly If your Hound be Mad which you will soon find by his separating himself from the rest throwing his Head into the Wind foaming and slavering at Mouth snatching at every thing he meets red fiery Eyes stinking filthy Breath then to Knock him in the Head is a present Remedy and you 'l prevent infinite Dangers And now I proceed to give some brief Instructions for Hunting the several Chases viz. the Time when and the Manner how Having your Kennel of Hounds in good order and plight lead them forth and to your Game only take this Caution do not forget to have in your Pack a couple of Hounds called Hunters in the High-wayes that will Scent upon hard Ground where we cannot perceive Pricks or Impressions and let a couple of Old stench Hounds accompany you by whose sure Scent the too great Swiftness of the young and unexperienced Ones may be restrained and regulated Of Hart or Stag-Hunting To understand the Age of this our Game it is known by several Marks amongst which this is the most authentick That if you take his view in the ground and perceive he has a large Foot a thick Heel a deep Print open Cleft and long space then be assured he is Old as the Contrary concludes him Young To find him Examine the following Annual or Monethly November in Heaths among Furs Shrubs and Whines December in Forests among thick and strong Woods January in Corners of the Forests Corn-fields Wheat Rye c. February and March amongst Young and thick Bushes April and May in Coppices and Springs June and July in Out-Woods and Purlieus nearest the Corn-fields September and October after the first showers of Rain they leave their Thickets and go to Rut during which time there is no certain place to find them in When you have found him in any of these places be careful to go up the Wind and the best time to find him is before Sun-rising when he goes to feed then watch him to his Leir and having lodged him go and prepare if he is not forced he will not badge till Evening Approaching his Lodging cast off your Finders who having Hunted him a Ring or two cast in the rest and being in full Cry and maine Chase Comfort and Cheer them with Horn and Voice Be sure to take notice of him by some Mark and if your Dogs make Default rate them off and bring them to the Default back and make them cast about till they have undertaken the first Deer then cheer them to the utmost and so continue till they have either set up or slain him It is the Nature of a Stag to seek for one of his kind when he is Imbost or weary and beating him up ly down in his place therefore have a watchful eye unto Change As likewise by taking Soil i. e. Water he will swim a River just in the middle down the Stream covering himself all over but his Nose keeping the middle least by touching any Boughs he leave a Scent for the Hounds And by his Crossings and Doublings he will endeavour to baffle his Persuers In these Cases have regard to your Old Hounds as I said before When he is Imbost or weary may be known thus By his Creeping into holes and often lying down or by his running stiff high and lumpering slavering and foaming at Mouth shining and blackness of his Hair and much Sweat and thus much for Stag or Hart Hunting As for the Buck I shall not speak any thing for he that can Hunt a Stag well cannot fail Hunting a Buck well As likewise for the Roe Hunting I refer you to what is spoken of the Hart or Stag. Of Hare Hunting As for the Time the most proper to begin this Game note That about the middle of September is best and to end towards the latter end of February when surcease and destroy not the young early Brood of Leverets and this Season is most agreeable likewise to the nature of Hounds moist and cool Now for the Place where to find her you must examine and observe the Seasons of the Year for in Summer or Spring time you shall find them in Corn-fields and open places not sitting in Bushes for fear of Snakes Adders c. In Winter they love Tuffs of Thorns and Brambles near Houses In these places you must regard the Oldness or Newness of her Form or Seat to prevent Labour in Vain If it be plain and smooth within and the Pad before it flat and worn and the Prickles so new and perceptible that the Earth seems black and fresh broken then assure your self the Form is new and from thence you may Hunt and recover the Hare if the contrary it is old and if your Hounds call upon it rate them off When the Hare is started and on Foot step in where you saw her pass and hollow in your Hounds till they have undertaken it then go on with full Cry Above all be sure to
shooting or falling from the Sky for by reason of their wetness or density they cannot expand into Flame which occasions them by the pressure of their weight to descend with greater Impetuosity till they waste and vanish into Air c. Another sort of Stars that give great Reports in the Air as if Armies were fighting Here you must observe to place six seven or eight small Rockets on the Head of a great one filled only with dry Powder but indifferently rammed and on the ends of them holes being prick'd through place any of the sorts of Stars or a mixture as your fancy leads you and when the small Rockets go off like Thunder in the Air the Stars will take fire so that the Noise will seem to the Spectators as if it proceeded from them because they will be seen on fire before the Sound of the Reports can be heard To make Paste-board Mortars for Balloons These stately Prospects of Fire are to be carried into the Air by the force of Powder by the help of Mortars and therefore the making of the Mortars are in the first place to be considered Take a Rowler of Wood about 12 Inches Diameter and three Foot and a half in Length wet strong Paste-board and rowl upon it as close as may be glewing the Paste-board between each Rowling then being about five Inches thick bind over it strong pitch'd Rope though indifferent small Then choak the Breech of it which must be beyond the length of the Rowler with a strong Cord pitch or glue it over that the Powder may not force its vent that way and so when the Mortar is well dry'd draw out the Rowler and make it as even as can be bore a Touch-hole two Inches from the Breech that it may enter into the hollow of the Mortar and set it by for use To make Balloons the rarity of Fire-works Take strong Paper or Paste-board rowl it on a 12 Inch Rowler near as thick as 't is long then with a strong small Cord choke it at one end only leaving a Port-fire which is a place to put in a Quill of Wild-fire that will last till being shot out of the Mortar it comes to its height then next to that put on an Ounce and a half of loose Powder and place in it as many small Rockets and Stars as it will hold so choak up the other end quite You may also put into it little quills of Wild-fire then being closed up only a Port-fire remaining which made of a Quill of Wild-fire as is said or Stopple to make which in the close of this Head I shall Instruct you Charge the Mortar being set Sloaping upwards with half a Pound of corn Powder and it will by giving fire at the priming holes send the Balloon up into the Air a prodigeous height and when it comes to the dry Powder that will break the Balloon and then the Stars and Rockets in it taking fire will scatter abroad in various curious Figures delightful to the Spectators and as they are Cunningly placed they will represent Crowns Cyphers Characters Dates of the Year c. The Airy or flying Saucisson How to make it This curious Fire-work must be made in the Composition matter for filling mostly of corned Powder putting before it when you fill the Cartoush or Case as much fine sifted Powder and Charcole as composed for the Rocket will carry it to its height leave a hole for the Port-fire in the choaking as big as a Goose-Quill will enter filling it with Dust-Powder and Charcole and so close up the open end by turning in the Paper or Paste-board corner-wise either glewing or waxing it down Paste-board Guns to cast the Saucissons into the Air How to make them To make these kind of Guns Take a Rowler some what less than for the Balloon Rowel on it your Paste-board and cord it over with strong Packthread making their Touch-holes at the bottom because they must be placed upright on a Plank or Board in a Row fixed into the Plank or Board in holes cut proportionable to them and lashed fast to Staples above and beneath with strong Cords and being charged with a quarter of a Pound of Powder fire by Match or otherways given to the Touch-hole underneath the Plank when the Saucisson is lightly put in with the Neck or Port-fire downward so that it may touch the Powder and this will serve for Use a considerable time Saucissons for the Earth or Water To make them Make your Cartoushes or Cases about 9 Inches long and an Inch in the Diameter of the Calliber by Rowling Paper or thin Paste-board on a woodden Rowler choak the ends only leaving at one end a passage to thrust in a Goose-Quill filled with Dust-Powder and Charcole well mixed at a Port-fire Glue them over or use small Cord glued or pitched to strengthen the Case that it burst not unseasonably by the force of the Composition with which you must fill them when you have choaked only at the Port-fire end the Composition being about 2 Inches the same as the former the rest corned Powder having primed and fixed them on a Plank in a Row about a foot distance lay a train of Stouple and they will fire gradually flying about on the Earth or the Water according as you place them giving reports like a Volley of Muskets This Stouple is useful for Trains and Port-fire is no more than Cotton-wool well dressed in water and Gun-powder dryed in the Sun or in a clean Swept warm Oven that it may come somewhat near Tinder but more swift and fiercer in its fire when it has Taken Fire-Boxes To make them Take a great Cartoush or Case made as for the Balloon croud it full of small Rockets or Serpents with the choaked part downward prime them with Stouple or Wild-fire fix it firm on a Pole make a priming Hole in the side towards the lower end and run in a Quill of fine beaten Powder and they will fly out the upper end being left open one by one as swift as may or if you scatter loose Powder they will fly out several together with a prodigeous Noise and breaking imitating a deal of Thunder Firey Lances How to make them These are usually for running on the Water making there a very pleasant Pass-time Their cartoush or Cases are made like the small Rocket with thin Paste-board glued and rowled up on a wooden Rowler about 9 Inches long If you would have it carry a long fiery Tail on the Water the Composition must be 2 Ounces of Charcole half a Pound of Brimstone half a Pound of Powder and half a Pound of Salt-peter or proportionable for so many as you make bruised finely and Sifted but if you would have it burn bright like a Torch put only four Ounces of Powder to the fore-named quantity of Brimstone and Salt-peter without any Charcole-dust tying to each Line a Rod in the same nature as to the Sky-Rocket but not of
too and from you at the breast and Tail of the Drake put into the Eyes Mouth and Tail of it Rockets so fixed that they cannot fly out as you may put Wild-fire Rowled up hard and long in Paper Then fire that in the Eyes and Mouth first and draw it with Pullies from one end of the Line to the other then that in the Tail and draw it back and it will seem as retreating from danger with fire coming out of the Belly of it A Burning Castle and Dragon on the Water Make the Dragon of Paste-board and Wicker as before The bottom of the Castle of Light Wood and the work of Paste-board with Paper Turrets and Battlements of a foot height in the Portal of the Castle fasten a Line that it may come level with the Water and therefore some part of the Castle must be under Water this Line must be fastened to the other side of the Water or in the Water if it be broad and admit not the former on a Pole or Stake knocked down and pass in a hollow Trunk through the Belly of a Dragon that being in the Castle may upon fireing the Rockets placed advantageously in the Tail Eyes and Mouth come out of the Castle and move on the Line to meet which you may at the other end of the Line in the same manner prepare a Neptune in a Chariot or riding on a Sea-horse with a burning Trident or a Whale with a Rocket or Wild-fire in his Mouth which if it ly low by spouting out will make the Water fly about as if it spouted Fire and Water out of its Mouth then by a Train fire some little Paste-board Guns in the Castle which if the Composition of the Train be made of Wild-fire or Stouple will go off by degrees and coming to a Train of Brimstone Rosin and Powder make the whole frame expire in a terrible blaze A Wheel of Fire-works to run backwards and forwards on the Ground Procure a pair of Wheels being of Light Wood like that of a Spinning Wheel fasten them on an Axel-tree and place Rockets round them as bands are fastened round a Wheel and so primed at Tail and Head that when one Expires the other may take fire half of them placed with their Heads and Tails the contrary way to the first So that when the first are spent and the Wheels have run on plain Ground a great way the other firing will turn them again and bring them to the place where they first set out A Fire that will burn in the Water or Water-ball Sow up a Case of Canvas like that of a Foot-ball but lesser pitch or glue it over Then take one Pound of Powder eight ounces of Roch-alom four ounces of live Sulphur two ounces of Camphire Linseed-oyl and that of Retrolum each an Ounce and half an ounce of Oyl of Spike with two ounces of Colophonium bruis'd and well mixed together and stuff the Ball hard with it with a Stick pitch or glue it over again binding it with Marline on Pitch on that leave two Vents or Port-fires set it on fire trundle it on the Water and it will burn under it The exactest Military Discipline for the Exercise of Foot and Horse as in Vse at this day at Home and Abroad in all the Words of Command c. TO be well disciplin'd and train'd up in Military Affairs has been the study and pride of all Warlike Nations whereby they have acquired to themselves Fame and Riches by being able to defend themselves against Invaders and gain Conquests Abroad but above all other for many hundred Years past the English have excelled in this being much helped by their natural Courage But since I only at this time intended to write to the Learner to train him up in his Exercise by which means his own Industry and Experience may lead him forth to greater matters I shall not enumerate the many brave Men who from mean Conditions have rais'd themselves by Arms to the highest pitch of Honour and Preferment but shew our Youth what they are to do and observe in their first Training as to the Words of Command to order their Arms in their various Postures with Dexterity And first of Foot Exercise I shall speak of the Pike because it is the most Ancient to Train which many who are now great Commanders have taken it as an Honour The Exercise of the Pike by word of Command c. 1. Pikes take Advance your Pikes To do this as the first thing required move in a direct Line with your Pike upward with your Left-hand near your Side your Right-hand almost as high as you can reach keeping your Left by a Depression as low as you can your Fingers being strait out and so raise the Pike till the Butt-end come to your Hand then place it between your Breast and Shoulder keeping the Butt-end close that it may be the more steady and upright 2. To the Front To do this put your Left-hand on your Pike even with the Top of your Shoulder keeping your Fingers strait and bring your Pike right before you with a swift Motion drawing your Right-heel into your Left-instep and so keep the Pike strait 3. Charge Here you must fall back with your Right-leg placing the Heel of your Left-foot against the middle of your Right and bring down your Pike with a quick Motion support it with your Left-Elbow and charge Breast high and upon yielding your Body forward bend your Left-knee to fix your self firmer holding the Butt end of your Pike in the Palm of your Right-hand your Left-Toe pointing in a Line with the Spear of the Pike your Feet set at a moderate distance Then bring it down somewhat beneath your Breast be cautious of clattering and when it is charged close it to your Breast 4. To the Right four times Here turn your Left-toe to the Right then make your Left-heel come up to your Right-instep with a sudden Motion Recovering your Pike strait before you and having turn'd fall back with your Right-leg and Charge as before 5. To the Right about Now by turning your Left-toe bring it to the Right about bringing up your Right-heel your Pike being recovered Charge with much swiftness 6. As you were To do this by turning to the Left about bring up your Left-toe so bringing your Pike recovered observe that your Left hand be never higher than your Mouth your Feet placed in order and when turn'd you must fall back with your Right-leg and Charge bringing your Pike strait up without any clattering 7. To the Left four times 8. To the Left about 9. As you were 10. Advance your Pike These must be done as has been shewed in the Right only making your Observation of Eight Left Motions c. And the better to do this bring your Right-heel to your Left-instep your Pike being before you fall out with your Right-foot and so bring your Pike to your Right-Thigh 11. Shoulder your
the Roots of his Ears or Lashing Assoon as you find he approaches the Haunt of the Partridge known by his Whining and willing but not daring to open speak and bid him Take heed If notwithstanding this he rush in and Spring the Partridge or opens and so they escape correct him severely Then cast him off to another Haunt of a Covy and if he mends his Error and you take any by drawing your Net over them swiftly reward him with the Heads Necks and Pinions As for the Water-Dog the instructions above for the Setter will serve only to fetch and bring by losing a Glove or the like keep a Strict Subjection in him and Observance to your Commands The longest Barrel is the best Fowling Piece Five and half or six foot long with an indifferent Bore under an Harquebuse and shooting with the Wind and side-ways or behind the Fowl not in their Faces is to be observed having your Dog in Command not to stir till you have shot A Stalking-Horse for shelter to avoid being seen by the shie Fowl is an old Jade trained on purpose but this being rare and troublesome have recourse to Art to take Canvas stuft and painted in the shape of a Horse grazing and so light that you may carry him on one hand not too big Others do make them in the shape of Ox Cow for Variety and Stag Trees c. The great Fowl or those who divide the Foot reside by shallow Rivers sides Brooks and Plashes of Water and in low and boggy places and sedgie Marish rotten Grounds They also delight in the dry parts of drowned Fens overgrown with long Reeds Rushes and Sedges as likewise in half Fens drowned Moors hollow Vales or Downs Heaths c. Where obscurely they may lurk under the Shelter of Hedges Hills Bushes c. The lesser or Web-footed Fowl always haunt drowned Fens as likewise the main streams of Rivers not subject to Freeze the deeper and broader the better tho' of these the Wild-Goose and Barnacle if they cannot sound the depth and reach the Ouze change their Residence for shallow places and delight in Green Winter Corn especially if the Lands ends have Water about them Small Fowl also frequent hugely little Brooks Ponds drowned Meadows Pastures Moors Plashes Meres Loughs and Lakes stored with unfrequented Islands Shrubs c. How to take all manner of Fowl or Birds For taking the first I mean the greater Fowl with Nets observe in general this Come two hours before their feeding hours Morning and Evening and Spreading your Net on the Ground smooth and flat stake the two lower ends firm and let the upper ends be extended on the long Cord of which the further end must be fastned to the Ground three Fathoms from the Net the Stake in a direct Line with the lower Verge of the Net the other ten or twelve fathom long have in your hand at the aforsaid distance and get some shelter of Art or Nature to keep you from the curious and shy Eye of the Game having your Net so ready that the least pull may do your work strew'd over with Grass as it lies to hide it A live Hern or some other Fowl lately taken according to what you seek for will be very requisite for a Stale And you will have sport from the Dawning till the Sun is about an hour high but no longer and from Sun-set till Twilight these being their feeding times For the small Water Fowl Observe the Evening is best before Sun set Stake down your Nets on each side the River half a foot within the Water the lower part so plumb'd as to sink no further the upper Slantwise shoaling against but not touching by two foot the water and the Strings which bear up this upper side fastned to small yielding sticks prickt in the Bank that as the Fowl strike may ply to the Nets to intangle them And thus lay your Nets as many as you please about twelve score one from another as the River or Brook will afford And doubt not your success To expedite it however a Gun Fired three or four times in the Fens and Plashes a good distance from your Nets will affright and Post them to your Snares and so do at the Rivers when you lay in the Fens Winter time is the most proper for taking all manner of Small Birds as flocking then promiscuosly together Larks Lennets Chaffinchee Goldfinches Yellow-Hammers c. with this Bird-lime Put to a quarter of a Pound of Birdlime an ounce of fresh Lard or Capons-grease and let it gently melt together over the Fire but not Boyl then take a quantitiy of Wheat-ears as you think your use shall require and cut the straw about a foot long besides the Ears and from the Ear lime the straw six Inches the warmer it is the less discernible it will be Then to the Field adjacent carrying a bag of Chaff and thresh'd Ears scatter them twenty Yards wide and stick the lim'd ears declining downwards here and there Then traverse the Fields disturb their Haunts and they wili repair to your Snare and pecking at the Ears finding they stick to them mount and the Lim'd straws lapping under their Wings dead their flight they cannot be disengaged but fall and be taken they must Do not go near them till they rise of their own accord and let not five or six entangled lead you to Spoil your Game and incur the loss of Five or Six dozen Lime-Twigs is another Expedient for taking of great Fowl being Rods that are long small strait and pliable the upper part apt to play to and fro being besmeared with Bird-lime warm Thus to be used Observe the Haunts of the Fowl have a Stale a living Fowl of the same kind you would take and cross pricking your Rods one into and another against the Wind sloping a foot distant one from the other pin down you Stale some distance from them tying some small string to him to pull and make him flutter to allure the Fowl down If any be caught do not run presently upon them their fluttering will encrease your Game A well taught Spaniel is not amiss to retake those that are entangled and yet flutter away Thus likewise for the Water consult the Rivers depth and let your Rods be proportionable what is Lim'd of them being above the Water and a Mallard c. as a Stale placed here and there as aforesaid You need not wait on them but three times a day visit them and see your Game if you miss any Rods therefore know their Number some Fowl entangled is got away with it into some Hole c. and here your Spaniel will be serviceable to find him For Small-birds a Lime-bush is best thus Cut down a great Bough of a Birch or Willow-tree trim it clean and Lime it handsomely within four Fingers of the bottom Place this Bush so ordered in some quick-set or dead Hedge in Spring time In Harvest or Summer in Groves
Lastly Mutton-Kidney-suit and Turmerick reduced to a fine Powder the fattest Old Cheese and strongest Rennet wrought to a Paste adding Turmerick till the Paste be of a curious Yellow and is excellent for Chevin Anoint your Bait with this Confection Take the Oyl of Aspray Coculus Indiae and Assa-foetida beaten and mix with it as much Life-Honey then dissolve them in the Oyl of Polypody and keep it in a close Glass for your use And that your Paste may not wash off your Hook beat Cotten-Wool or Flax into it Of keeping Baits The Red-Worm must be kept in a bag of Red Cloth with a handful of chopt Fennel mixt with half so much fresh black and fertile Mould will scoure and preserve them All other Worms with the Leaves of Trees they are bred on renewing them often in a day Only the Cad-bait Bob and Canker c. must be kept in the same things you find them The great White Maggots keep them in Sheeps Tallow or little bits of a beasts Liver and to scour them hang them warm in a bag of Blanketing with Sand. The Frogs and Grashoppers in wet Moss and long Grass frequently moistned and when used the Legs of the first and the Wings of the other must be cut close off The Flies use them as you take them Only the Wasps Hornets and Humble-Bee must be dryed in an Oven their heads dipt in Sheeps blood and dryed again may be kept in a Box for use And now thus equipt let us walk to the Rivers side To begin then with the Barbel The best time for Angling for this Fish is at the latter end of May June July and beginning of August in his Haunts aforementioned and the best Bait omiting others is the well-scoured Lob-worm being of a curious cleanly Palate as well as shape or Cheese steept an hour or two in clarified Honey He is a subtile Fish extraordinary strong and dogged to be dealt with and therefore be sure to have your Rod and Line strong and long or you may endanger to break it For the Breame The most seasonable time to Angle is from St. James tide till Bartholomew tide He spawneth in June or beginning of July is easily taken as falling on his side after one or two gentle turns and so drawn easily to Land The best Bait for him most delightful to him is the Red-Worm found in Commons and Chalky Grounds after Rain at the root of a great Dock wrapt up in a round Clue He loves also Paste Flag-Worms Wasps Green-Flies Butter-Flies and a Grass-hopper without Legs Bait your Ground the Night before with gross-ground Malt boiled and strained and then in the morning with the Red-Worm bait your Hook and plumbing your Ground within half an Inch Fish The Bleak an eager Fish is caught with all sorts of Worms bred on Trees or Herbs also with Flies Cad-bait Bobs Paste Sheeps-Blood White Snails Wasps Gnats c. In a warm clear day the small Fly at the rim of the Water is best in a Cloudy day Gentles or Cad-baits two foot un-the Water The Bull-head or Millers-Thumb being Childrens recreation I shall speak little of them only being serviceable for Baits I shall only say he is easily taken with a small Worm being lazy and simple and will swallow any thing and the Minnow Loach and Bansticle being of the same diet I place here too The Chevin loveth all sorts of Worms Flies Cheese Grain and Black Worms their Bellies being slit that the White may be seen And very much delighteth in the Pith of an Oxes back the tough outward skin being carefully taken off without breaking the inward tender skin In the Morning early angle for Chevins with a Snail in the heat of the day with some other Bait in the afternoon with the Fly the great Moth with a great Head yellow Body and whitish Wings usually found in Gardens about the Evening The larger the Chevin the sooner taken loving his Bait larger and variety on a Hook The Char is a Lancashire Fish found in a Mere called Winander-Mere in that Country the largest in England For the Chub called by some a Chevin by others a Villain Bait your Hook with a Grass-hopper find the hole where he lies accompanied in a hot-day with twenty or more floating almost on the very superficies of the Water choose which you think best and fairest and drop your Hook some two foot before him and he will bite at it greedily and cannot break hold with his Leather Mouth let him play and tire lest you break your Line If you cannot get a Grass-hopper then any Worm or Fly you will In cold Weather Fish for him near the bottom and the Humble-Bee is the best Bait. Some appropriate Baits according to the Month but I shall Omit that The Chub being best and in his Prime in the Winter a Paste made of Cheese and Turpentine is the only Bait to take him The Carp is subtle and full of Policy will never bite in Cold Weather but in Hot you cannot be too Early or too Late In March he seldom refuseth the Red-worm in June the Cad bait and the three next Months the Grass-hopper Pastes that are sweet of which I have spoken before are very delightful to Carps And especially if you Bait your ground two or three dayes before you angle with Pellets of course Paste Chickens-guts Garbage c. Gentles anointed and a Piece of Scarlet dipt in Honey put them on the Hook is an approved way The Dace Dare Rudd and Roach being much of a kind and feeding I shall put together and are easily taken with small Worms Bobs Cad-baits Flies sheeps-Blood all sorts of Worms bred on Trees or Herbs Paste Wasps Gnatâ—s Lipberries c. The Heads of the Wasps being dipt in Blood is good for Dace and Dare as is likewise the Ant fly The Eel takes great Red-worms Beef Wasps Guts of Fowl or Fish Menows or small Roaches are good Bait for Night Hooks the Hooks being in the Mouth of the Fish Now because this is very delightful to most I shall prescribe three ways of taking them as are most full of Pleasure The first way is called Sniggling or Broggling for Eels thus Take a strong Line and Hook bâ—â—â—ed with a Lob or Garden-Worm and observing where Eels lurk in the day time with a stick forked at the Top gently put your Bait into the Hole and if there be any Eels there you will not fail of a Bite of as large as can be had but pull not too hard lest you spoyl all The second is called Bobbing which is thus done Take some large well scoured Lobs and with a Needle run some strong twisted Silk through them from end to end so many as are enough to wrap about a Board near a dozen times tye them fast with the two ends of the Silk to hang in so many Hanks then fasten all to a strong Cord and a handful above the worms fasten a Plumbet of three