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to see the little fishing-house you spoke of, and to be at my 

 lesson. 



PlSC. Well, Sir, you see the ale is come without calling ; 

 for though I do not know yours, my people know my diet, 

 which is always one glass so soon as I am drest, and no 

 more till dinner ; and so my servants have served you. 



VIAT. My thanks ! And now, if you please, let us look 

 out this fine morning. 



PlSC. With all my heart. Boy, take the key of my fish- 

 ing-house, and carry down those two angle-rods in the hall 

 window, thither, with my fish-pannier, pouch, and landing- 

 net ; and stay you there till we come. Come, Sir, we '11 

 walk after, where, by the way, I expect you should raise all 

 the exceptions against our country you can. 



VIAT. Nay, Sir, do not think me so ill-natured nor so 

 uncivil : I only made a little bold with it last night to divert 

 you, and was only in jest. 



PlSC. You were then in as good earnest as I am now 

 with you : but had you been really angry at it, I could not 

 blame you ; for, to say the truth, it is not very taking at 

 first sight. But look you, Sir, now you are abroad, does 

 not the sun shine as bright here as in Essex, Middlesex, or 

 Kent, or any of your southern counties ? 



VIAT. It is a delicate morning indeed ; and I now think 

 this a marvellous pretty place. 



PlSC. Whether you think so or no, you cannot oblige me 

 more than to say so ; and those of my friends who know 

 my humour, and are so kind as to comply with it, usually 

 flatter me that way. But look you, Sir, now you are at the 

 brink of the hill, how do you like my river, the vale it winds 

 through like a snake, and the situation of my little fishing- 

 house ? 



