46 T'be Complete Angler. 



Plfc. Sir, To fpeak truly, he is 

 not to me ; for moft of his con- 

 ceits were either Scrip ture-j efts, or 

 lafcivious jefts ; for which I count 

 no man witty : for the Divel will 

 help a man that way inclin'd, to the 

 firft, and his own corrupt nature 

 (which he alwayes carries with him) 

 to the latter. But a companion that 

 feafts the company with wit and 

 #//r^6,and leaves out the^yfo fwhich 

 is ufuallymixt with them) heisthe 

 man: and indeed, fuch a man fhould 

 have his charges born: and to fuch 

 company I hope to bring you this 

 night; for at Trout- Ha/,not far from 

 this place,where I purpofe to lodg to 

 night, there is ufually an Angler 

 that proves good company. 



But for fuch difcourfe as we 

 heard laft night , it infects o- 

 thers ; the very boyes will learn to 

 talk and {wear as they heard mine 

 Hoft, and another of the company 

 that lhall be namelefs; well, you 



know 



