THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY, 



TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL 



JOHN OFFLEY, ESQ., 



OF MADELEY MANOR, IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD. 



MY MOST HONOURED FRIEND, 



Sir, I have made so ill use of your former favours, as by them 

 to be encouraged to entreat, that they may be enlarged to the pa- 

 tronage and protection of this book : and I have put on a modest 

 confidence that, I shall not be denied, because it is a discourse of 

 fish and fishing, which you know so well, and both love and practise 

 60 much. 



You are assured, though there be ignorant men of another belief, 



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