2/4 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



fastened through the skin of his leg, towards the upper part 

 of it ; and lastly, I will give you but this advice, that you 

 give the pearch time enough when he bites, for there was 

 scarce ever any angler that has given him too much. And 

 now I think best to rest myself, for I have almost spent my 

 spirits with talking so long. 



VEN. Nay, good master, one fish more, for you see it rains 

 still, and you know our angles are like money put to usury, 

 they may thrive, though we sit still, and do nothing but talk 

 and enjoy one another. Come, come, the other fish, good 

 master. 



PiSC. But, scholar, have you nothing to mix with this 

 discourse, which now grows both tedious and tiresome? 

 shall I have nothing from you, that seem to have both a 

 good memory and a cheerful spirit ? 



VEN. Yes, master, I will speak you a copy of verses that 

 were made by Doctor Donne, and made to shew the world 

 that he could make soft and smooth verses when he thought 

 smoothness worth his labour ; and I love them the better 

 because they allude to rivers, and fish and fishing. They be 

 these : 



Come, live with me, and be my love, 

 And we will some new pleasures prove, 

 Of golden sands and crystal brooks, 

 With silken lines and silver hooks. 



There will the river whisp'ring run, 

 Warin'd by thy eyes more than the sun ; 

 And there th' cnamell'd fish will stay, 

 Ijcrjging themselves they may betray. 



When thou wilt swim in that live bath, 

 Eadi fish, which every channel hath, 



