TO THE RP:ADEK. ci 



Where with a fixt eye, and a ready hand, 



He studies first to hook and then to land 



Some Trout, or Pearch, or Pike ; and having done, 



Sits on a bank, and tells how tliis was won, 



And that escap'd his hook ; which with a wile 



Did eat the bait, and lisherinan beguile. 



Thus whilst some vex they from their lands are thrown, 



He joys to think the waters are his own, 



And like the Dutch, he gladly can agree 

 To live at peace now, and have fishing free. 



April 3, 1650. Edw. Powel. Mr. of Arts. 



