THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



be thick, and lay it thin upon the wood with a brush or pen- 

 cil ; this do for the ground of any colour to lie upon wood. 



For a green, take pink and verdigrease, and grind them 

 together in linseed oil, as thin as you can well grind it ; then 

 lay it smoothly on with your brush, and drive it thin : once 

 doing for the most part will serve, if you lay it well ; and 

 if twice, be sure your first colour be thoroughly dry before 

 you lay on a second. 



Well, scholar, having now taught you to paint your rod, 

 and we having still a mile to Tottenham High Cross, I will, 

 as we walk towards it, in the cool shade of this sweet honey- 

 suckle hedge, mention to you some of the thoughts and joys 

 that have possest my soul since we two met together. And 

 these thoughts shall be told you, that you also may join 

 with me in thankfulness to the Giver of every good and 

 perfect gift, for our happiness. And that our present hap- 

 piness may appear to be the greater, and we the more 

 thankful for it, I will beg you to consider with me, how 

 many do, even at this very time, lie under the torment of 

 the stone, the gout, and toothache ; and this we are free 

 from. And every misery that I miss is a new mercy, and 

 therefore let us be thankful. There have been, since we 

 met, others that have met disasters of broken limbs ; some 

 have been blasted, others thunderstrucken ; and we have 

 been freed from these, and all those many other miseries 

 that threaten human nature ; let us therefore rejoice and 

 be thankful. Nay, which is a far greater mercy, we are free 

 from the unsupportable burthen of an accusing tormenting 

 conscience, a misery that none can bear ; and therefore let 

 us praise Him for His preventing grace, and say, every 

 misery that I miss is a new mercy. Nay, let me tell you 



