CHAP. XII.] THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 177 



"For thee, thou need'st no such deceit, 

 For thou thyself art thine own bait : 

 That fish that is not catched thereby 

 Is wiser far, alas ! than I." 



Pise. Well remembered, honest Scholar ! I thank you for 

 these choice verses, which I have heard formerly, but had 

 quite forgot till they were recovered by your happy memory. 

 Well, being I have now rested myself a little, I will make you 

 some requital, by telling you some observations of the Eel, for 

 it rains still ; and because, as you say, our angles are as money 

 put to use, that thrives when we play, therefore we '11 sit still 

 and enjoy ourselves a little longer under this honeysuckle 

 hedge. 



