74 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. [part I. 



and not seen a fish stir, neither at your minnow nor 

 your worm. 



Pise. Well Scholar, you must endure worse luck 

 sometime, or you will never make a good Angler. 

 But what say you now ? there is a Trout now, and 

 a good one too, if I can but hold him, and two or 

 three turns more will tire him. Now you see he 

 lies stiU, and the sleight is to land him : reach me 

 that landing-net. So, Sir, now he is mine own, 

 what say you now ? is not this worth all my labour 

 and your patience ? 



Ven. On my word, Master, this is a gallant 

 Trout, what shall we do with him ? 



Pise. Marry, e'en eat him to supper : we'll go 

 to my Hostess, from whence we came : she told 

 me, as I was going out of door, that my brother 

 Peter, a good Angler and a cheerful companion, had 

 sent word he would lodge there to-night, and bring 

 a friend with him. My Hostess has two beds, and 

 I know, you and I may have the best : we'll rejoice 

 with my brother Peter and his friend, tell tales, or 

 sing ballads, or make a catch, or find some harm- 

 less sport to content us, and pass away a little time 

 without offence to God or man. 



Ven. A match, good Master, let's go to that 

 house, for the linen looks white, and smells of la- 

 vender, and I long to lie in a pair of sheets that 

 smell so. Let's be going, good Master, for I am 

 hungry again with fishing. 



