44 The Incofnpleat <Angler. 



thus, I will sit down at ease, and tell 

 you something more about the Pike, 

 Facts. The learned Gosling observes, that a 



maid in Tartary was swallowed whole 

 by a Pike^ and was never heard of 

 again. The poet Trombo7iius hath 

 sung of him — 



Translated O'er dale and dyke, 



from the Latin. O'er splint and spike, 



Away ! away ! 

 To catch the Pike ! 



The Pike, the Pike, 



The fish I like. 

 Is worth a dozen cheven. 



In sooth I mean. 



He's worth thirteen. 

 But that would be uneven. 



If upon a bank he lies 



Sixty minutes, then he dies. 



Mourn the Birds, and weeps the shrike. 



All 



