

THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 75 



The first men that our Saviour dear 

 Did choose to wait upon Him here, 

 Bless' d fishers were, and fish the last 

 Food was that He on earth did taste : 

 I therefore strive to follow those 

 Whom He to follow Him hath chose. 



COK. Well sung, brother, you have paid your debt in good 

 coin. We anglers are all beholden to the good man that 

 made 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. 



PETER. 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 Coridon 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. 



PETER. 'Tis a match. Good night to everybody. 



Pise. And so say I. 



VEN. And so say I. 



Lfauvtf) Bay.] 



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. 



YEN. 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 

 opportunity 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 artificial fly : concerning which three I will give you some 

 observations and directions. 



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



