ALIUD AD 



ISAACUM WALTONUM, 



VIRUM ET PISCATOREM OPTIMUM.* 



Isace,Macte hac arte piscatoria ; 

 Hue arte VeXrvs principi censum dedit ; 

 Hac arte princeps nee Petro multo prior, 

 Tranquilhis ille, teste Tranquillo, f jsa^er 

 Patrx(B, solebat recreare se luheiis 

 Augustus, hamo instructus ac arundine. 

 Tu nunc. Amice, proximum clari es decus 

 Post Caesarem Aawt, gentis ac HalieuticcB ; 

 Euge O professor artis hand inglorice, 

 Doctor cathedrcB, perlegcns piscariam ! 



Translation of Dr. Duport's verses, by Archdeacon WRANGHAM,ii/« 

 of Zouch, vol. ii., 141 ; 



Hail, Walton, with that fisher skill 

 Which whilom Peter's tribute paid ; 



And cheered Augustus earlier still, 

 'Mid empire's toils in Tiber's shade ! 



Thee friend, next Caesar now ere seen 



Of lishing-rod and race the boast ; 

 Reading on no inglorious theme. 



Drop lectures to a listening host. 



• Tliesc verses occur, for the first time, in the fifth edition. 

 I i. e. Suetonius Tranquillus. 



