12 T*he Complete Angler. 



Fife. Sir, I wil preface no lon- 

 ger, but proceed in order as you de- 

 fire me: And firft for the Antiquity 

 of^feg'//g*,Ifliallnotfaymuch; buf 

 onely this ; Some fay, it is as anci- 

 J. Da. entasD^c^//OTj-Floud: and others 

 . M (which I like better) fay, that Be/us 

 (who was the inventer of godly and 

 vertuous Recreations) was the In- 

 venter of it: and fome others fay, 

 (for former times have had their 

 Difquifitions about it) that Setb, one 

 of the fons of Adam, taught it to his 

 fons, and that by them it was de- 

 rived to Pofterity. Others fay, that 

 he left it engraven on thofe Pillars 

 which hee eredted to preferve the 



Jick, and the reft of thofe precious 

 Arts, which by Gods appointment 

 or allowance, and his noble induftry 

 were thereby preferved from peri- 

 fhing in Noah's Floud. 



Thefe(my worthy Friend) have 

 been the opinions of fome men, that 



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