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THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



Pise. Well, sir, you see the ale is come without calling ; 

 for though I do not know yours, my people know my diet, 

 which is always one glass so soon as I am drest, and no more, 

 till dinner : and so iny servants have served you. 



VIAT. My thanks ! And now, if you please, let us look 

 out this fine morning. 



Pise. With all my heart. Boy, take the key of my fishing- 

 house, and carry down those two angle-rods in the hall 

 window, thither, with my fish-pannier, pouch, and landing- 

 net ; and stay you there till we come. Come, sir, we'll walk 

 after, where, by the way, I expect you should raise all the 

 exceptions against our country you can. 



YIAT. Nay, sir, do not think me so ill-natured nor so un- 

 civil ; I only made a little bold with it last night to divert 

 you, and was only in jest. 



Pise. You were then in as good earnest as I am now with 

 you : but had you been really angry at it, I could not blame 

 you : for, to say the truth, it is not very taking at first sight. 

 But look you, sir, now you are abroad, does not the sun shine 

 as bright here as in Essex, Middlesex, or Kent, or any of 

 your southern counties ? 



VIAT. It is a delicate morning, indeed ; and I now think 

 this a marvellous pretty place. 



Pise. Whether you think so or no, you cannot oblige me 

 more than to say so ; and those of my friends who know my 



COTTON 8 FISHING HOUSE. 



