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them all ; and that I will do so, I '11 hold you 

 twenty to one, and you shall see it done. 



Veil. Ay, marry, sir ! now you talk like an ar- 

 tist ; and I '11 say you are one, when I shall see 

 you perform what you say you can do : but I yet 

 doubt it. 



Pise. You shall not doubt it long, for you shall 

 see me do it presently. Look, the biggest of these 

 chubs has had some bruise upon his tail, by a pike 

 or some other accident, and that looks like a white 

 spot ; that very chub I mean to put into your 

 hands presently. Sit you but down in the shade, 

 and stay but a little while, and I '11 warrant you 

 I '11 bring him to you. 



Ven. I '11 sit down and hope well, because you 

 seem to be so confident. 



Pise. Look you, sir, there is a trial of my skill ; 

 there he is, that very chub that I showed you, with 

 a white spot on his tail ; and I '11 be as certain to 

 make him a good dish of meat, as I was to catch 

 him. I '11 now lead you to an honest ale-house, 

 where we shall find a cleanly room, lavender 

 in the windows, and twenty ballads stuck against 

 the wall ; there my hostess which, I may tell 

 you, is both cleanly and handsome and civil 

 hath dressed many a one for me, and shall now 

 dress it after my fashion, and I warrant it good 

 meat. 



Ven. Come, sir, with all my heart, for I begin 

 to be hungry, and long to be at it, and indeed to 

 rest myself too ; for though I have walked but 



