CHAP. V.] 



THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



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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 daping 

 with a grashopper ; and the Chub he caught was a 

 lusty one of nineteen inches long. But pray, Bro- 

 ther 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 pur- 

 posely 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. 



Pise. 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 some of your best barley- 

 wine, the good liquor that our honest forefathers 

 did use to drink of; the drink which oreserved their 



