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ComeJiosJtess t -dress it presently, and get us what other meat ^ 

 the housjijvjlljiffordj and givejussome of your best barley-wine, 

 the^goodjiquor that our honest Jorejathers did use to drink of : 

 theTHrTh^wElcli^eserved^me^r Tiealtt^and, made them live so 

 long, and do so many good deeds. 



T^TERT15 r my word, this trout is perfect in season. Come 1 

 thank you, and here is a hearty draught to you, and to all the 

 brothers of the angle wheresoever they be, and to my young 

 brother's good fortune to-morrow. I will furnish him with a rod 

 if you will furnish him with the rest of the tackling ; we will set 

 him up and make him a fisher. And I will tell him one thing 

 for his encouragement, that his fortune hath made him happy to 

 be scholar to such a master; a master that knows as much, 

 both of the nature and breeding of fish, as any man ; and can 

 also tell him as well how to catch and cook them, from the 

 minnow to the salmon, as any that I ever met withal. 



PiSC. Trust me, brother Peter, I find my scholar to be so 

 suitable to my own humour, which is, to be free and pleasant 

 and civilly merry, that my resolution is to hide nothing that I 

 know from him. Believe me, scholar, this is my resolution; 

 and so here's to you a hearty draught, and to all that love us 

 and the honest art of angling. 



VEN. Trust me, good master, you shall not sow your seed in 

 barren ground ; for I hope to return you an increase answerable 

 to your hopes : but, however, you shall find me obedient and 

 .thankful and serviceable to my best ability. 



PiSC. 'Tis enough, honest scholar ! come, let's to supper. 

 Come, my friend Coridon, this trout looks lovely; it was twenty- 

 two inches when it was taken ! and the belly of it looked, some 

 part of it, as yellow as a marigold, and part of it as white as a 

 lily ; and yet, methinks, it looks better in this good sauce. 



CORIDON. Indeed, honest friend, it looks well, and tastes 

 well : I thank you for it, and so doth my friend Peter, or else he 

 is to blame. 



PETER. Yes, and so do I, we all thank you; and when we 

 have supped, I will get my friend Condon to sing you a song 

 for requital 



