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boast of her golden sands ; whose transparent and 

 translucid streams strike deep impressions, and 

 ravishing refreshing resentments, inviting the 

 contemplative angler to consider the plenty, and 

 the great variety that are daily drag'd forth out 

 of her bountiful and well furnished streams, 

 enough one would think to cause admiration, 

 which formerly I could never believe : but now 

 I'm convinced beyond opposition. 



Am. Nay, 'tis true, and I can tell you more ; 

 that Speed and Cambden, both of authentick 

 authority, will also tell you, that the swelling 

 breasts of admired Trent, hourly relieve thirty 

 sorts offish ; and that her arms embrace as many 

 market-towns, and as many castles are implant- 

 ed on her cultivated suburbs ; and that thirty ri- 

 vers also mingle themselves with Trent's more 

 resolute and sturdy streams, and with the loss 

 only of their virgin names : which report if any 

 one question it, you shall find recorded in volu- 

 minous history. But had they practically and 

 experimentally consulted Trent, as my self (and 

 some others) have done, they had without dis- 

 pute met with more variety of fish than they in- 

 serted, or modestly included in their publick im- 

 pressions. 



Theoph. That's strange ; pray untie the knot. 



Am. What great difficulty is it, think you, 

 to prove that, that every angler frequently ex- 



