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"The Incompleat <Angler. 



Happy state 

 of Venator. 



Artfulness 

 in sport. 



An interval 

 of two hours 

 is supposed 

 to elapse. 



l^^enatOt^ A match, good Maste?^ ; 

 let's be going, for I am very hungry, 

 my clothes are still wet, the red ants 

 are wandering about me, and I would 

 fain move the bait and hook from 

 my finger. 



^3l]SCatOt% Nay, stay a little, good 

 Scholar^ for I would make you an 

 artist. We shall have a bite presently. 

 So do you lie, prone, with your 

 hand in the river, as I bid you, while 

 I consult my book of conceits and 

 ballads, so that I may be even with 

 brother Peter and his companion 

 to-night. 



'F^nator^ O, Sir, I see you have 

 finished your study. I have lain here 

 the while — these two hours — and not 

 seen a fish stir. Oh me ! O ! O ! 

 Master ! A fish ! A fish ! O ! He 



has 



