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thing will do, if he be in humour. But then 

 you are to consider he loves early rising, and is 

 ready for breakfast by break of day : so that if 

 his commons affect him, and you so fortunately 

 happy to meet with a cloudy gloomy morning, 

 you may engage him for ought I know, to keep 

 you company till the solitudes of night ; which 

 a well-scoured red worm will sometimes do, and 

 so will cheese, for he loves the dairy : but all 

 the world cannot make him fly-proof; yet a 

 brandlin makes his teeth water. But the gild- 

 tail, as above, is such an invincible charm, that 

 all his powers cannot withstand it ; but he will 

 come ashore in despight of death. 



Now if the angler fish in Thames for bream, 

 Or famous Trent ; ne're let him search a stream : 

 Deeps most allure him, so do eddies too ; 

 For near to banks and stanks he lies purdue. 



TENCH. 



The tench of all the families of fish is both 

 physick and physician ; of a balsamick, nutri- 

 cious, and medicinal nature, that fortunately 

 cures when others kill ; and distributes more 

 good than hurt in his colony. It's true, he is 

 sought for by every angler, though obtained by 

 few ; and the diseased fish that finds him, finds 



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