THE THIRD DAY continued 

 On the Trout 



CHAPTER V 



PISCATOR, PETER, VENATOR, CORIDON 



PlSCATOR. Well met, brother Peter ! I heard you 

 and a friend would lodge here to-night ; and that 

 hath made me to bring my friend to lodge here too. 

 My friend is one that would fain be a brother of 

 the angle: he hath been an angler but this day; 

 and I have taught him how to catch a Chub, by 

 dapping with a grasshopper; and the Chub he 

 caught was a lusty one of nineteen inches long. 

 But pray, brother Peter, who is your companion ? 



PETER. Brother Piscator, my friend is an honest 

 countryman, and his name is Coridon ; and he is 

 a downright witty companion, that met me here 

 purposely to be pleasant and eat a Trout; and I 

 have not yet wetted my line since we met together : 

 but I hope to fit him with a Trout for his breakfast ; 

 for I'll be early up. 



PlSCATOR. Nay, brother, you shall not stay so 

 long; for, look you! here is a Trout will fill six 

 reasonable bellies. 



Come, hostess, dress it presently; and get us 

 what other meat the house will afford ; and give us 



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