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Viat. Trust me, 'tis all very fine ; and the house 

 seems at this distance a neat building. 



Pise. Good enough for that purpose. And here 

 is a bowling-green too, close by it ; so, though I 

 am myself no very good bowler, I am not totallv 

 devoted to my own pleasure, but that I have also 

 some regard to other men's. And now, Sir, you 

 are come to the door ; pray walk in, and there we 

 will sit and talk, as long as you please. 



Viat. Stav, what's here over # _., . . ,, . 



* There is, under this 



the door ? Piscatoribus sa- motto, the Cypher men- 



crum ' * Whv then I nerceive I tionedintheTitle-page. 

 crum . v\ny men i percene i And somg part of the 



have some title here; for I am Fishing-house has been 



r .1 .i -i r .1 described; but the plea- 



one of them, though one of the gantnm of the ^ 



worst ; and here below it is mountains, and mea- 

 i( r~, , i r dows, about it, cannot ; 



the Cypher too you spoke of, unkss sir philip sid . 



and 'tis prettily contrived. Has ney, or Mr. Cotton's 

 , , T , r ,, , father, were again a- 



my Master Walton ever been ' live to rfo it 



here to see it ; for it seems new 



built ? 



Pise. Yes, he saw it cut in the stone before it 

 was set up ; but never in the posture it now stands : 

 for the house was but building when he was last 

 here, and not raised so high as the arch of the door. 

 And I am afraid he will not see it yet ; for he has 

 lately writ me word, he doubts his coming down 

 this summer ; which, I do assure you, was the worst 

 news he could possibly have sent me. 



Viat. Men must sometimes mind their affairs to 



