240 " Waltone Salve ! " 



Then follow some verses dated 1649, 

 addressed, " To my dear Friend Mr. Iz. 

 Walton, in praise of Angling, which we 

 both love," by Tho. Weaver, M.A. 



" To the Readers of my most ingenuous Friends 

 Book ' The Conipleat Angler? 



" He that both knew and writ the lives of men, 

 Such as were once, but must not be agen ; 



Reader, this He, this Fisherman comes forth, 

 And in these Fishers weeds would shroud 

 his worth." 



EDW. POWEL, M.A., April $rd, 1650. 



" To my dear Brother, Mr. Iz. Walton, on his 

 1 Compleat Angler.' 



" 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.' r 



ROB. FLOUD. 



" Clarissimo amicissimoque Fratri, Domino 

 Isaaco Walton, Artis Piscatoriae peritissimo." 

 HENRY BAYLEY, M.A. 



II Ad Virum optimum o Piscatorem peritissi- 



^ Isaacum Waltonum" 



The first two lines of this long Ode 

 run : 



" Magister artis docte Piscatoriae, 

 Waltone Salve, magne dux arundinis." 



J.D. 



