T'he Complete Angler. 



ing, I fhall beg I may become your 

 ocholer, both to wait upon you, 

 and to be inftrudted in the A r t it 



Fife. Oh Sir, 'tis not to be que- 

 ftioned, but that it is an art, and an 

 art worth your Learning : theque- 

 ftionwil rather be, whether you be 

 capable of learning it ? For he that 

 learns it, muft not onely bring an 

 enquiring,fearching,anddifcerning 

 wit; but he muft bring alfothat^z- 

 tience you talk of,and a love and pro- 

 penfity to the artitfelf: but having 

 once got and pradtifed it , then 

 doubt not but the Art will (both 

 for the pleafure and profit of it) 

 prove like to Vertue, a reward fo it 



feif- . 



Viat. Sir, I am now become fo 

 ful of expectation, th a 1 1 long much 

 to have you proceed in your dif- 

 courfe : And firil,! pray Sir,let me 

 hear concerning the antiquity of 

 it. 



Fife. 



