CHAPTEE, IV 



"THE COMPLETE ANGLER" 



It containeth "wise sayings, dark sentences, and 

 parables, and certain particular ancient godly stories of 

 men that pleased God." — Ecclesiasticus {Prologue). 



" This book is so like you, and you like it, 

 For harmless mirth, expression, art, and wit. 

 That I protest ingenuously 'tis true, 

 I love this mirth, art, wit, the book and you." 



To my dear brother, Mr Iz. Walton, on his Complete Angler. 



Rob. Floud, C. ^ 



In 1653 Walton published Tlie Compleat Angler; 

 or, The Contemplative Mans Recreation. Being a 

 Discourse of Fish and Fishing not Unworthy the 

 Perusal of Most Anglers, adorned with exquisite 

 cuts of some of the fish mentioned in it.^ The 

 title-page had the motto : — 



" Simon Peter said, I go a-fishing ; and they 

 said, We also will go with thee" (John xxi. 3). 

 This motto has been omitted in all subsequent 

 editions. The author's name did not appear on 

 the title-page of this edition. 



Sir Harris Nicolas says that Walton framed 

 his treatise upon A Treatise on the Nature of God 



^ R Floud was Walton's brother-in-law. 

 - Generally supposed to be the work of Lombart. 

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