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His hook ti'd to a string, that to a piece of leather, 

 A flote just in the place where both were knit 



. together, 



Fortune her self that time was double blind, 

 She could not see and so perforce was kind. 

 For straight he took tw r o Bleaks, one Roach, 

 And last of all a well grown Perch, 

 Who gasping lay upon the ground, 

 I Judged to weigh at least a pound. 

 Pleas'd with the fancy I unto him gave, 

 An Angle, Rod and Line the best I have, 

 And shew'd him where good baits to find 

 A Cow-turd, ten days old, and newly lin'd, 

 With blew-tails which from homed Gentiles spring, 

 A ready bait and good for every thing, 

 The Man was Civil, and exprest his mind, 

 In real thanks, then sought some better luck to 



find. 



At Eaton Bridge we may at first begin, 

 To Trowl or Angle which the Angler will, 

 OVe pleasant Medows which the eye invite, 

 To De la ware, * whose Prospect gives delight; 



* Mr. Henry Streatfields. 



Surround^ 



