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hath not only made her tame, but to catch fish, and do 

 many other things of much pleasure. 



HUNT. Take one with all my heart, but let us kill the 

 rest. And now let's go to an honest ale-house, where we 

 may have a cup of good barley -wine, and sing " Old 

 Rose," and all of us rejoice together. 



VEN. Come, my friend Piscator, let me invite you 

 along with us ; I'll bear your charges this night, and you 

 shall bear mine to-morrow ; for my intention is to 

 accompany you a day or two in fishing. 



Pise. Sir, your request is granted, and I shall be right 

 glad both to exchange such a courtesy, and also to enjoy 

 your company. 



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VEN. Well, now let's go to your sport of angling. 



Pise. Let's be going with all my heart. God keep 

 you all, gentlemen, and send you meet this day with 

 another bitch-otter, and kill her merrily, and all her 

 young ones too. 



VEN. Now, Piscator, where will you begin to 

 fish? 



Pise. We are not yet come to a likely place, I must 

 walk a mile further yet before I begin. 



VEN. Well then, I pray, as we walk tell me freely, 

 how do you like your lodging, and mine host, and the 

 company ? Is not mine host a witty man ? 



Pise. Sir, I will tell you presently what I think of 

 your host : but first, I will tell you, I am glad these otters 

 were killed ; and I am sorry there are no more otter- 

 killers ; for I know that the want of otter-killers, and 

 the not keeping the fence-months for the preservation of 

 fish, will, in time, prove the destruction of all rivers. 



