The Incompleat zAngler. 33 



a pain which, I confess, I mysell: do bearing others' 



not feel. Now nip his head partly 



off, and pull off one of his legs : 



now take your sharp knife, and 



betwixt the neck, and the first joint 



of his tail, make an incision, or such 



a scar as you may put the wire of 



your hook into it. 



19'eiTatOl% O, Master^ the knife 

 has entered my finger ! O ! O ! 



^3i.ScatOl% There are few plea- Consolation. 

 sures without some alloy. But you 

 cannot possibly feel any hurt, as 

 the learned Sir Thomas de Bedlam 

 has shown that the sensation produced 

 by running a knife into a finger, 

 cannot cause any pain to the person 

 who so uses the knife. 



^^£natOt% But, good Master^ it is 

 my own finger. 



