CHAP.V.) THE COMPLETE ANGLER. IC>5 



this song. Come, Hostess, give us more ale, and let 's drink to 

 him. 



And now let 's every one go to bed that we may rise early : 

 but first let 's pay our reckoning, for I will have nothing to 

 hinder me in the morning ; for my purpose is to prevent the sun 

 rising. 



PET. A match. Come, Coridon, you are to be my bed- 

 fellow : I know, Brother, you and your Scholar will lie together. 

 But where shall we meet to-morrow night ? for my friend Cori- 

 don and I will go up the water towards Ware. 



Pise. And my Scholar and I will go down towards Waltham. 

 . COR. Then let 's meet here, for here are fresh sheets that smell 

 of lavender ; and I am sure we cannot expect better meat or 

 better usage in any place. 



PET. 'T is a match. Good night to everybody 1 



Pise. And so say I. 



VEN. And so say I. 



THE FOURTH DAY. 



Pise. Good morrow, good Hostess ! I see my Brother Peter 

 is still in bed : come, give my Scholar and me a morning drink, 

 and a bit of meat to breakfast, and be sure to get a good dish 

 of meat or two against supper, for we shall come home as hungry 

 as hawks. Come, Scholar, let 's be going. 



VEN. Well now, good Master, as we walk towards the river 

 give me direction, according to your promise, how I shall fish 

 for a Trout. 



Pise. My honest Scholar, I will take this very convenient op- 

 portunity to do it. 



The Trout is usually caught with a worm or a minnow, which 

 some call a Penk, or with a fly, viz. either a natural or an arti- 

 ficial fly : concerning which three I will give you some observa- 

 tions and directions. 



And, first, for worms: of these there be very many sorts; 



