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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Mascall, Leonard, d. 1589.
Publication: London :: Printed by Iohn Wolfe, and are to be solde by Edwarde White dwelling at the little North doore of Paules at the signe of the Gunne,; [1590]
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Subject terms: Fishing -- Early works to 1800.
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The latch or Foxe trap.

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THis Engine is called a Latch or Foxe trappe, it is made with a thicke péece of wood of two inches in the bottome, and so made taper wise vpwarde. There is also two other square péeces set on the endes of the bottome péece, and made with two regals for the latch to rise and fall in, as ye may sée by example: in turning on a pinne in the lower rigall at the hinder ende. Which latch with the clogge, must be made with his edge downeward, as the o∣ther is vpward: then shall ye haue betwéene the latch, and the lidger, a small round sticke, tyde at the hinder end with a string, and passing thorow the foremost rigall, and at the ende thereof must be two or thrée small holes or nickes made for the pinne that must holde vp the latch with the clogge, and so soone as that sticke or bridge is put downe, the latch with the clogge falles, ye must bush aboue the latch, for any thing leaping ouer, whereas ye sée it poude∣red. Your latch may be made halfe a yeard & more wide.