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TO ALL 



READERS 



OF THIS 



DISCOURSE, 



BUT ESPECIALLY TO 



THE HONEST ANGLER. 



/ THINK ft to tell thee these following truths, that 

 I did neither undertake, nor write, nor publish, and 

 much less own, this discourse to please myself: and, 

 having been too easily drawn to do all to phase others, 

 as 1 propose not the gaming of credit by this under- 

 taking, so I would not willingly lose any part of that 

 to which I had a just title before I begun it, and do 

 therefore desire and hope, if I deserve not commenda* 

 tions, yet I may obtain pardon. 



And though this discourse may be liable to some ex- 

 ceptionS) yet I cannot doubt but that most readers may 

 receive so much pleasure or profit by it, as may make it 

 worthy the time of their perusal, if they be not too 

 grave or too busy men. And this is all the confidence 

 that I can pu on, concerning the merit of what is 

 here offered to their consideration and censure ; and if 

 the last prove too severe, as I have a liberty, so I am 

 resolved to use it, and neglect all sour censures. 



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