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minnow with the hook in his upper lip, and letting him swim up 

 and down about mid-water, or a little lower, and you still keep- 

 ing him to about that depth by a cork, which ought not to be a 

 very little one : and the lilve way you are to fish for the pcarch 

 with a small frog, your hook being fastened through the skin of 

 his leg, towards the upper part of it : and lastly, I will give you 

 but this advice, that you give the pearch time enough when he 

 bites, for there was scarce ever any angler that has given him 

 too much. And now I think best to rest myself, for I have 

 almost spent my spirits with talking so long. 



Ven. Nay, good Master, one fish more ; for you see it rains 

 still, and you know our angles are like money put to usury ; they 

 may thrive, though we sit still and do nothing but talk and enjoy 

 one another. Come, come, the other fish, good Master. 



Pisc. Bui, Scholar, have you nothino; to mix with this dis- 

 course, which grows both tedious and tiresome ? Shall I have 

 nothing from you, that seem to have both a good memory and a 

 cheerful spirit. 



Vex. Yes, Master, I will speak you a copy of verses that 

 were made by Doctor Donne, and made to show the world that 

 he could make soft and smooth verses when he thought smooth- 

 ness worth his labor ; and I love them the better, because they 

 allude to rivers, and fish, and fishing. They be these : 



Come live with 77ie, atid be my love, 

 Jlnd we will some new pleasures prove. 

 Of f^olden sands, and crystal brooks. 

 With silken lines, and silver houks. 



There will the river whispering run, 

 Warni'd by thy eyes more than the sun ; 

 And there the enameird fish urill stay. 

 Begging themselves they may betray. 



Wlien thou wilt swim iti that live bath. 

 Each fish, which ev^ry channel hath. 

 Most am'rously to thee will swim. 

 Gladder to catch thee, than thou him. 



If thou to be so seen be'st loath 



By sun or moon, thou dark'' nest both ; 



