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Pise. Well, and I '11 not fail you, God willing, 

 at the time and place appointed. 



Ven. I thank you, good master, and I will not 

 fail you. And, good master, tell me what baits 

 more you remember, for it will not now be long 

 ere we shall be at Tottenham High-Cross ; and 

 when we come thither I will make you some re- 

 quital of your pains, by repeating as choice a copy 

 of verses as any we have heard since we met to- 

 gether ; and that is a proud word, for we have 

 heard very good ones. 



Pise. Well, scholar, and I shall be then right 

 glad to hear them. And I will, as we walk, tell 

 you whatsoever comes in my mind, that I think 

 may be worth your hearing. You may make 

 another choice bait thus : take a handful or two 

 of the best and biggest wheat you can get ; boil it 

 in a little milk, like as frumity is boiled ; boil it so 

 till it be soft, and then fry it very leisurely with 

 honey and a little beaten saffron dissolved in milk ; 

 and you will find this a choice bait, and good I 

 think for any fish, especially for roach, dace, chub, 

 or grayling : I know not but that it may be as 

 good for a river-carp, and especially if the ground 

 be a little baited with it. 



And you may also note that the spawn of most 

 fish is a very tempting bait, being a little hardened 

 on a warm tile, and cut into fit pieces. Nay, 

 mulberries and those blackberries which grow 

 upon briers be good baits for chubs or carps : with 

 these many have been taken in ponds, and in 



