1 94 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. [PART I. 



haste you may : and when we have supped let us have your 

 song, Piscator, and the catch that your Scholar promised us, 

 or else Coridon will be dogged. 



Pise. Nay, I will not be worse than my word; you shall 

 not want my song, and I hope I shall be perfect in it. 



VEN. And I hope the like for my catch, which I have ready- 

 too : and therefore let 's go merrily to supper, and then have 

 a gentle touch at singing and drinking ; but the last with mod- 

 eration. 



COR. Come, now for your song, for we have fed heartily. 

 Come, Hostess, lay a few more sticks on the fire, and now sing 

 when you will. 



Pise. Well then here 's to you, Coridon ; and now for my 

 song. 



" O, the gallant fisher's life, 

 It is the best of any ; 

 'T is full of pleasure, void of strife, 

 And 't is beloved by many : 



Other joys 



Are but toys, 



Only this 



Lawful is ; 



For our skill 



Breeds no ill, 

 But content and pleasure. 



** In a morning up we rise, 

 Ere Aurora 's peeping : 

 Drink a cup to wash our eyes, 

 Leave the sluggard sleeping : 



Then we go 



To and fro, 



With our knacks 



At our backs, 



To such streams 



As the Thames, 

 If we have the leisure. 



" When we please to walk abroad 

 For our recreation, 



