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that no gentleman will be so ingenteel to 

 censure my survey, because not lineally ar- 

 tificial. I grant my methods might have 

 been reformed by riper judgments, and my 

 discourse placed in better order, which pos- 

 sibly merits a reproof: but I have this for 

 answer, that I'm but a young practitioner 

 in the press ; and because finding my self 

 obliged to conduct and pilot a northern 

 princess ashore, I laboured all I could to 

 bring her to the Borders, expecting some 

 others in readiness there to give her enter- 

 tainment. But I found my self defeated, 

 and this beautiful fair one neglected, not- 

 withstanding all ,the shores were crowded 

 with spectators, that viewed and reviewed 

 her modest approaches, yet none had the 

 manners to bid her welcome. However, 

 since she is come, I'll present her to the 

 angler that treads the shady tracts and beau- 

 tiful shores of Cam : together with the rest 

 of the fraternity of the rod, that ramble the 

 margin of famous Thames, Trent, Severn, 

 Owse, Tweed, Tine, Eden, Ask, Dove, Dar- 

 win, Tees, Yor, Air, Need, &c. 



Now since no art more than angling ele- 



