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.

The kragge hooke.

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THis Engine I call a dragge hooke, because it is made like a dragge, it is made of yeirne or great wiar, and

turnes on the Weuell, like the weuell of a loggar, or like on a gray-hound coller. The husbandmen in France, will hang them on branches, of diuerse trées about their groundes, to take the Foxe, Wolfe, or dogge if he take it, but chiefely for the Foxe: they vse to hang them so hie from the ground, that a Foxe must leape at it, before hee can catch it. Which hookes are baired and couered with liuers of beastes, or other flesh, and when he catches the hooke in his mouth, he cannot deliuer himselfe thereof, but hangs and turnes about with the hooke in his mouth on the weuel and line: and hereunto they make traines with some gar∣bage against night, as they commonly doe to other engins, and by this engin, they doe destroy many of their Foxes, which otherwise would deuour many of their Lambes, and poultrie. For men that dwelles me the sea side where rockes are, there the Foxe will be, there it shall do well to set vppe iebbets and hang your dragges thereon, and so shall ye destroy your Foxes in short time.