A booke of fishing with hooke & line, and of all other instruments thereunto belonging. Another of sundrie engines and trappes to take polcats, buzards, rattes, mice and all other kindes of vermine & beasts whatsoeuer, most profitable for all warriners, and such as delight in this kinde of sport and pastime. Made by L.M.

Here followeth the Otter Wele.

The fashion of the Otter wele, with two handels aboue the better to lay him, he must be thrée quarters and more, betwixt teme, and teme in length.

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This figure vnder shewes the setting of the gredyerne, before the teme of the wele, and when he falles, to rest on two stiffe oziars on the lower part of the sayde teme, as ye make see aboue: but when ye shall set for tyle the saide gredyerne, it must be pluckt vppe aboue the mouth of the

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Teme, which temes mouth, all the oziars must be cut euen by the wreth, saue those two that must holde vp the gred∣yerne beneath as ye may sée. Which mouth of the teme, must be betwixt vi. and vii. inches déepe, so that a good pre∣tie dogge may creepe to 〈…〉〈…〉 ••oo little, the Otter will then gnaw the wele, also the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 must fall easily

on the two stirkes that stay him, and she gredierne to be broder then the mouth of the teme, which gredierne must be put in the wele when the wele is a making, because it can not be put in when it is made, except ye make it with playing ioyntes on the middle vane to folde, but on the one side of the gredierne, and so ye may set him in, and take him out when the wele is made, or when you will at any time. They doe vse to make him without any ioynts, but plaine and all flat barres, setting to foure round hoopes, of yeirne on the foure corners of the gredierne: which gredierne is made with fiue flat barres, and so vsed, waying about two pound weight, because it may fall the sooner.