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THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



[PART r. 



CORIDON. And then mine shall be the praise of a Country- 

 man's life. What will the rest sing of? 



PETER. I will promise you, I will sing another song in praise 

 of Angling to-morrow night ; for we will not part till then ; but 

 fish to-morrow, and sup together : and the next day every man 

 leave fishing, and fall to his business. 



VENATOR. 'Tis a match ; and I will provide you a song or a 

 catch against then, too, which shall give some addition of mirth 

 to the company ; for we will be civil and as merry 8 as beggars. 



PlSCATOR. 'Tis a match, my masters. Let's e'en say grace, 

 and turn to the fire, drink the other cup to. whet our whistles, and 

 so sing away all sad thoughts. Come on, my masters, who 

 begins ? I think it is best to draw cuts, and avoid contention. 



PETER. It is a match. Look, the shortest cut falls to Coridon. 



CORIDON. Well, then, I will begin, for I hate contention. 



Cartoon's S0nrj. 



Oh the sweet contentment 

 The countryman doth find ! 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, 



Heigh trolollie lee. 

 That quiet contemplation 

 Possessed! all my mind : 



Then care away, 



And wend along with me. 



For Courts are full of flattery, 

 As hath too oft been tried ; 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, &c. 

 The city full of wantonness, 

 And both are full of pride : 



Then care away, &c. 



But oh, the honest countryman 

 Speaks truly from his heart, 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, &c. 

 His pride is in his tillage, 

 His horses, and his cart : 



Then care away, &c. 



Our clothing is good sheep-skins, 

 Grey russet for our wives ; 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, &c. 

 'Tis warmth and not gay clothing 

 That doth prolong our lives : 



Then care away, &c. 



The ploughman, tho' he labour hard, 

 Yet on the holyday, 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, &c. 

 No emperor so merrily 

 Does pass his time away : 



Then care away, &c. 



To recompense our tillage, 

 The heavens afford us showers ; 



Heigh trolollie lollie loe, &c. 

 And for our sweet refreshments 

 The earth affords us bowers : 



Then care away, &c. 



VARIATION.] 8 f or we w jjl he merry. Till $th edit. 



8vo, 1669 ; and in Choice Ayres, Songs, and Dialogues, to sin& to the Theorbo, Lnte^ 

 and Bass Viol, folio, 1675 : also in Dr Percy's R cliques of Ancient English Poetry, vol. 

 ii. p. 357 ; but in the latter with a mistake, in the last line of the third stanza, of the 

 word Pentarchye for Pentateuc/i. H. 



