THF 



SECRETS 



of ANGLING. 



THE FIRST BOO KB. 



|F Angling, and the Art thereof I sing, 



What kinde of Tooles it doth behone to haue 

 And with what pleasing bayt a man may brini 

 The Fish to bite within the watry wane. 

 A worke of thankes to such as in a thing 

 Of harmlesse pleasure, haue regard to saue 



Their dearest soules from sinne ; and may intend 

 Of pretious time, some part thereon to spend. 



You Nymphs that in the Springs and Waters sweet. 

 Your dwelling haue, of euery Hill and Dale, 

 And oft amidst the Meadows greene doe meet 

 To sport and piny, and heare the Nightingalf ; 

 And in the Riuers fresh doe wash your feet. 

 While Prognes sister tels her wofull tale : 



Such ayd; 1 and power vnto my verses lend. 



As may suirice this little worke to end. 



