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place for, but will invite the Angler 

 to Contemplation: Thatitisthefit 

 teft place, feems to be witneffed by 

 the children of Ifrael*, who having pfal 

 banifh'd all mirth and Mufickfrom 

 their penfive hearts, and having 

 htmg-uptheirthenmute Inftruments 

 upon the Willow trees, growing by 

 the Rivers of Babylon, fate down 

 upon thofe banks bemoaning the 

 mines of Sion, and contemplating 

 their own fad condition, 



And an ingenuous Spaniard 'fay es, 

 " [That both Rivers, and the inha- 

 " bitants of the watery Element, 

 " were created for wife men to con- 

 " template, and fools to pafs by 

 " without conlideration. And 

 though I am too wife to rank my 

 felf in the firft number, yet give me 

 leave to free my felf from the laft,by 

 offering to theeafhortcontemplati- 

 on, firft of Rivers , and then of 

 Fifh : concerning which, I doubt 

 not but to relate to you many 

 C things 



