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Fife. Well Sir, how do you like 

 it? ' 



viaf. Trufl me/tis as good meat 

 as ever I tailed : now let me thank 

 you for it, drink to you, and beg a 

 courtefie of you; but it muil not be 

 deny'd me. 



Plfc. What is it,T pray Sir? you 

 are fo modeil, that me thinks I may 

 promife to grant it before it is 

 asked. 



mat. Why Sir, it is that from 

 henceforth you wil allow me to call 

 you Mailer , and that really I may 

 be your Scholer, for you are fuch a 

 companion, and have fo quickly 

 caught, and fo excellently cook'd 

 this fiih, as makes me ambitious to 

 be your fcholer. 



Plfc. Give me your hand : from 

 this time forward I wil beyour Ma- 

 iler, and teach you as much of this 

 Art as I am able ; and will, as you 

 deiire me, tel you fomewhat of the 

 nature of fome of the fiih which we 

 E 2 are 



