chap, ii.] THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



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and beg a courtesy of you ; but it must not be 

 denied me. 



Pise. What is it, I pray, Sir ? You are so modest, 

 that methinks I may promise to grant it before it is 

 asked. 



Ven. Why Sir, it is, that from henceforth you 

 would allow me to call you Master, and that really 

 I may be your scholar ; for you are such a compan- 

 ion, and have so quickly caught, and so excellently 

 cooked this fish, as makes me ambitious to be your 

 scholar. 



Pise. Give me your hand ; from this time for- 

 ward I will be your Master, and teach you as much 

 of this art as I am able ; and will, as you desire me, 

 tell you somewhat of the nature of most of the 

 fish that we are to angle for ; and I am sure I both 

 can and will tell you more than any common Angler 

 yet knows. 



