170 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. PART I. 



called an Amelia ; and so lives a kind of dead life, 

 Vina Sir Fra without eating, all th e Winter: And as 

 Bacons Exper. others of several kinds turn to be several 

 728 $ 90, in kinds of flies and vermin, the Spring fol- 

 [ist ' lowing ; so this caterpillar, then, turns to 

 be a painted butterfly. 



Come, come, my scholar, you see the river stops our 

 morning walk : and I will also here stop my discourse, 

 only as we sit down under this honeysuckle hedge, 

 whilst I look a line to fit the rod that our brother Peter 

 hath lent you, I shall, for a little confirmation of what 

 I have said, repeat the observation of Dn Bartas : 



6. Day of God not contented to each kind to give, 



Du Bartas. ^nd to i n f usej tne v j rtue generative- 

 By his wise power made many creatures breed, 

 Of lifeless bodies, without Venus' deed. 



So the Cold Humour breeds the Salamander ; 

 Who, in effect like to her birth's commander, 

 With child with huadred winters, with her touch 

 Quencheth the fire tho' glowing ne'er so much, 



So in the fire, in burning furnace, springs 

 The fly Perausta with the flaming wings : 

 Without the fire it dies; in it, it joys, 

 living in that which all things else destroys. 



View Gerh. g o s ] ow p oe t s underneath him sees, 

 Camden. 7 In th ' ic ? islands > goslings hatch 'd of trees ; 

 Whose fruitful leaves falling into the water, 

 Are turn'd, 'tis known, to living fowls soon after. 



So rotten planks of broken ships do change 

 To barnacles. O transformation strange ! 

 'Twas first a green tree ; then, a broken hull } 

 Lately, a mushroom , now, a ftying gull. 



Ven. O my good master, this morning- walk has 

 been spent to my great pleasure and wonder : but I 

 pray, when shall I have your direction how to make 



