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yourself to my conduct, we will only call and drink a glass on 

 horseback at the Talbot, and away. 



YIAT. I attend you. But what pretty river is this, that 

 runs under this stone bridge ? Has it a name 1 



Pise. Yes, it is called Henmore ;* and has in. it both trout 

 and grayling ; but you will meet with one or two better anon. 

 And so soon as we are past through the town, I will endea- 

 vour, by such discourse as best likes you, to pass away the 

 time till you come to your ill quarters. 



VIAT. We can talk of nothing with which I shall be more 

 delighted than of rivers and angling. 



Pise. Let those be the subjects, then; but we are now come 

 to the Talbot. What will you drink, sir, ale, or wine 1 



YIAT. Nay, I am for the country liquor, Derbyshire ale, 

 if you please ; for a man should not, methinks, come from 

 London to drink wine in the Peak. 



Pise. You are in the right ; and yet, let me tell you, you 

 may drink worse French wine in many taverns in London, 

 than they have sometimes at this house. What ho ! bring us 

 a flagon of your best ale ; and now, sir, my service to you, a 



* Now called Shoo-brook, without a trout or grayling in it. 'Tis a mere 

 ditch of running water, in which the little boys of Ashbourn commence their 

 angling career by fishing for minnows. ED. 



