8 The Complete Angler. 



But no more of the Scoff er\ for 

 fince Solomon fayes, he is an abo- 

 mination to men, he ih^il be fo to 

 me ; and I think, to all that love 

 Vertue and Angling. 



Viet, Sir,youhave almoftama- 

 Pro. 24. 9. zed me : for though I am no Scof- 

 fer, yet I have (I pray let me fpeak 

 it without offence) alwayes look'd 

 upon Anglers 2^ more patient, and 

 morefimplemen,then(Ifear)Ifhall 

 finde you to be. 



Pifcat. Sir, I hope you will not 

 judge my earneftneffe to be impa- 

 tience : and for my Jimplicitie, if 

 by that you mean a barmlefnejfe 9 or 



in the Primitive Chriftians, who 

 were (as molt Angles are) quiet 

 men, and followed peace; men that 

 were too wife to fell their confci- 

 ences to buy riches foi vexation,and 

 a fear to die. Men that lived in 

 thofe times when there were fewer 

 Lawyers; for then a Lordfhip might 



have 



