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and to all the brothers of the angle wheresoever they be, 

 and to my young brother's good fortune to-morrow. I 

 will furnish him with a rod if you will furnish him with 

 the rest of the tackling ; we will set him up and make 

 him a fisher. And I will tell him one thing for his en- 

 couragement, that his fortune hath made him happy to be 

 scholar to such a master ; a master that knows as much, 

 both of the nature and breeding of fish, as any man ; 

 and can also tell him as well how to catch and cook them, 

 from the minnow to the salmon, as any that I ever met 

 withal. 



TROUT 



Pise. Trust me, brother Peter, I find my scholar to be 

 so suitable to my own humour, which is, to be free and 

 pleasant and civilly merry, that my resolution is to hide 

 nothing that I know from him. Believe me, scholar, 

 this is my resolution ; and so here's to you a hearty 

 draught, and to all that love us and the honest art of 

 angling. 



YEN. Trust me, good master, you shall not sow your 

 seed in barren ground ; for I hope to return you an 

 'increase answerable to your hopes : but, however, you 

 shall find me obedient and thankful and serviceable to 

 my best ability. 



Pise. 'Tis enough, honest scholar ! come, let's to 

 supper. Come, my friend Coridon, this trout looks lovely ; 



