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TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL 



JOHN OFFLEY 



OF MADELEY MANOR, IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD, ESQ. 

 MY MOST HONOURED FRIEND. 



R, I have made so ill use of your former 

 favours, as by them to be encouraged to entreat, 

 that they may be enlarged to the patronage and 

 protection of this book : and I have put on a 

 modest confidence, that I shall not be denied, 

 because it is a discourse of fish and fishing, 

 which you know so well, and both love and practise sp much. 



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