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thither, withjr^fish^pannier, pouch, and landing-net \ and stay 

 ygu there till we come. T^pmg, sirpwe'll waTir"after,where, by 

 the__vvay,_I expect you should/raTse all the exceptions against 

 oyr_country you can. 



VIAT. Nay, sjr^do not think me so ill-natured jiorjojoncivil ; 

 I only madeTa little bold, with it last night to divert you, and 

 was only in jest. 



P I ScT^V ou_jv^ere. h en in as good earnest as I am now with 

 yxnijjDut had you been really angry at it, I could not blame 

 you : for, to say the truth, it is not very taking at first sight. 

 But look you, sir, now you are abroad, does not the sun shine 

 as bright here as in Essex, Middlesex, or Kent, or any of your 

 southern counties ? 



VlAT. It is a delicate morning, indeed; and I now think this 

 a marvellous pretty place. 



PlSC. V^\\e^\\er_j^\\ think sr>^nr no, you cannot oblige me 

 mpre than_to_ say soj^ajid-JJioJjPoT my friends who know my 

 humour, and are so kind-ns to r-onrpbLwith it. usuallvflgtterme 

 that way. But look you, sir, now you are at the~"tr!n"k UfTrie 

 rTmT^rTow do you like my river, the vale it winds through like 

 a snake, and the situation of my little fishing-house ? 



VlAT. Trust me, 'tis all very fine, and the house seems at this 

 distance a neat building. 



PlSC. Good eno^hjjojitha^purppse: and here is a bowling- 

 green^ too^close _byljt ; so, though""! jmjriyself no very good 

 bowler, I am not jotally devoted-Qjnj>wn pleasure, but that I 

 have also some regard to_other men's. And now, sir, you are 

 comejx^the ddoiypray walk in, anlTtherejve willsit and Talmas 

 long as you please. 



VlAT. St^j^jwha^s^Jifii^over the door? PiSCATORlBUS 

 SACRUM. Why then, I perceive 1 have some title here; for I 

 am one of them, though one of the worst; and here below it is 

 the cypher too you speak of and 'tis prettily contrived. Has my 

 master \Valton ever been here to see it, for it seems new built ? 



PlSC. Yes, he saw it cut in the stone before it was set up; but 

 never in the posture it now stands ; for tte house was but build- 

 ing when he was last here, and not raised so high as the arch of 



