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And now we are arived at the last, 

 In wished harbour where we meane to rest ; 

 And make an end of this our journey past : 

 Here then in quiet roade I thinke it best 

 We strike our sailes and stedfast Anchor cast 

 For now the Sunne low setteth in the West, 



And yee Boat-Swaines^ a merry Carroll sing, 



To him that safely did us hither bring. 



On the reverse of the last page the following 

 cryptic lines appear: 



Wouldst thou catch Fish ? 

 Then here's thy wish; 

 Take this receipt, 

 To annoynt thy Baite. 



Thou that desir'st to fish with Line and Hooke, 

 Be it in poole, in River, or in Brooke, 

 To blisse thy baite, and make the Fish to bite : 

 Loe, here's a meanes, if thou canst hit it right, 

 Take Gum of life, fine beat, and laid in soake, 

 In Oyle, well drawn from that which kills the Oake. 

 Fish where thou wilt, thou shalt have sport thy fill, 

 When twenty faile, thou shalt be sure to kill. 



Probatum. 



IPs perfect and good^ 



If well understood; 



Rise not to be tolde 



For Silver or Golde. B. R. 



FINIS. 



The initials are attributed by Sir John Hawkins to 

 the Mr R. Roe mentioned by Walton, but in the 

 Bodleian copy of Dennys' work the initials are un- 

 questionably as given above and not R. R. 



