88 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. [part i. 



This is not half the happiness 

 The Countryman enjoys ; 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, etc. 

 Though others think they have as much, 

 Yet he that says so lies : 



Then come away, turn 



Countryman with me. 



Jo. Chalkhill. 



Pisc. Well sung ! Coridon, this song was sung 

 with mettle ; and it was choicely fitted to the oc- 

 casion : I shall love you for it as long as I know 

 you. I would you were a Brother of the Angle, for 

 a companion that is cheerful, and free from swear- 

 ing and scurrilous discourse, is worth gold. I love 

 such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to 

 look upon one another next morning ; nor men, that 

 cannot well bear it, to repent the money they spend 

 when they be warmed with drink. And take this 

 for a rule, you may pick out such times and such 

 companies, that you may make yourselves merrier 

 for a little than a great deal of money ; for " Tis 

 " the company and not the charge that makes the 

 " feast : " and such a companion you prove ; I thank 

 you for it. 



But I will not compliment you out of the debt 

 that I owe you, and therefore I will begin my Song, 

 and wish it may be so well liked. 



