IOO THE COMPLETE ANGLER. [PART I. 



ley- wine, the good liquor that our honest forefathers did use to 

 drink of; the drink which preserved their health, and made 

 them live so long, and to do so many good deeds. 



PETER. O' my word, this Trout is perfect in season. Come, 

 I 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 tack- 

 ling ; we will set him up and make him a fisher. And I will 

 tell him one thing for his encouragement, that his fortune hath 

 *nade 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. 



Pise. Trust me, Brother Peter, I find my Scholar to be so 

 suitable to my own humor, 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 answer- 

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

 and thankful, and serviceable to my best ability. 



Pise. 'T is 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 Illy ; 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. 



PET. Yes, and to 1 fa j we all thank you, and when we have 



