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both dead and at this time breathing." Again : " In this 

 Art of AnsrUno: there is no such evill, no such sinful vio- 

 lence, for the greatest thing it coveteth is for much labour 

 a little Fish, hardly so much as will satisfie Nature in a 

 reasonable stomache ; for the angler must intice, not com- 

 mand his reward, and that which is worth millions to his 

 contentment, another may buy for a groate in a market. 

 His deceit worketh not upon men, but upon those Crea- 

 tures whom it is lawfull to beguile for our honest recrea- 

 tions or needful uses, and for al rage and fury, it must be 

 so great a stranger to this civill pastime, that if it come but 

 within view or speculation thereof, is no more to be esteem- 

 ed a Pleasure, for every proper good thereof in the very 

 instant faileth ; shewing unto all men that will undergoe 

 any delight therein, that it was first invented, taught, and 

 shall be for ever maintained by patience only. And yet I 

 mav not say onely Patience, for her other three sisters 

 have likewise a commanding power in this exercise, for 

 Justice directeth and appointeth out those places where 

 men may with liberty use their sport, and neyther doe 

 injury to their neighbours, nor incurre the censure of in- 

 civility. Temperance layeth down the measure of the 

 action, and moderateth desire in such good proportion, that 

 no Excesse is found in the overflow of their affection. 

 Lastly, Fortitude inableth the minde to undergoe the 

 travaile and exchange of Weathers with a delightful ease, 

 and not to despaire with a little expence of time, but to 

 persevere with a constant imagination in the end to 

 obtaine both pleasure and satisfaction." Again, speaking 

 of the angler's qualities, he says : " The first and most 

 especial whereof is, that a skilfull angler ought to bee a 

 general SchoUer, and seen in all the Liberal Sciences ; as 

 a Grammarian, to know how either to write in discourse 

 of his Art in true and fitting terms, either without aflfecta- 

 tion or rudeness. He should have sweetness of speech 

 to persuade and intice others to delight in an exercise so 



