Cony-Catching - A Table of the words of Art lately devised by Ned Browne and his associates, to Cross-bite the old Phrases used in the manner of Cony-catching.

Cony-Catching - A Table of the words of Art lately devised by Ned Browne and his associates, to Cross-bite the old Phrases used in the manner of Cony-catching.

A Table of the words of Art lately devised by Ned Browne and his associates, to Cross-bite the old Phrases used in the manner of Cony-catching.

HE that draws the fish to the bait,	The Beater.
The Tavern where they go,	The Bush
The fool that is caught,	The Bird.
Cony-catching to be called,	Bat Fowling.
The wine to be called,	The Shrap.
The cards to be called,	The Lime Twigs.
The fetching in a cony,	Beating the Bush.
The good ass if he be won,	Stooping to the Lure.
If he keep a loss,	A Haggard.
The verser in cony-catching is called	The Retriver.
And the barnacle,	The Pot Hunter.

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