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Viat. I thank yon, Sir : and am glad with all my 

 heart I am. here ; for, in downright truth, I am exceed- 

 ing weary. 



Pise. You will sleep so much the better ; you shall 

 presently have a light supper; and to bed. Come, 

 Sirs, lay the cloth, and bring what you have presently ; 

 and let the gentleman's bed be made ready in the 

 mean time, in my father Walton's chamber. And 

 now. Sir, here is my service to you ; and, once more, 

 welcome ! 



Viat. Ay marry, Sir, this glass of good sack has 

 refreshed me. And I'll make as bold with your meat, 

 for the trot has got me a good stomach. 



Pise. Come, Sir, fall to then ; you see my little 

 supper is always ready when I come home ; and I'll 

 make no stranger of you. 



Viat. That your meal is so soon ready, is a sign your 

 servants know your certain hours, Sir : I confess I did 

 not expect it so soon : but now 'tis here, you shall see I 

 will make myself no stranger. 



Pise. Much good do your heart : and I thank you 

 for that friendly word. And now, Sir, my service to 

 you in a cup of More-Land's ale ; for you are now in 

 the More-Lands, but within a spit and a stride of the 

 Peak. Fill my friend his glass. 



Viat. Believe me you have good ale in the More- 

 Lands, far better than that at Ash born. 



Pise. That it may soon be ; for Ashborn has, (which 

 is a kind of a riddle,) always in it, the be&t mult and 

 the worst ale in England . Come ! take away :, and 

 bring us some pipes, and a bottle of ale : and go to your 

 own suppers. Are you for this diet, Sir ? 



Viat. Yes, Sir, I am for one pipe of tobacco ; and I 

 perceive yours is very good by the smell. 



Pise. The best I can get in London, I assure 

 you*. But, Sir, now you have thus far complied 



It should seem by what Walton says, Chap. X. that he was a smoker : 

 and the reader sees, by the passage in the text, that Piscafor, by whom we 

 are to understand Cotton himself, is so curious as to have his tobacco from 

 London. But our piscatory disciple may do as he pleases. 



Smoking, or, as the phrase was, taking tobacco^ was, in queen Elizabeth'* 



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