The Compleat ^Angler 



For thee tbou need?st no such deceit^ 

 For thou thyself art thine own bait: 

 That fish that is not catctfd thereby 

 Is wiser far^ alas! than I. 



'"' Pise. Well remembered, honest scholar ; I thank you for these 

 choice verses, which I have heard formerly, but had quite forgot till 

 they were recovered by your happy memory. Well, being I have 

 now rested myself a little, I will make you some requital, by telling 

 you some observations of the eel, for it rains still, and because (as you 

 say) our angles are as money put to use, that thrives when we play, 

 therefore we'll sit still and enjoy ourselves a little longer under this 

 honeysuckle hedge. 



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