90 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



J'jtcator. Nay, brother, you shall not stay so long ; for, look 

 you, here is a TROUT* 



will fill six reasonable bellies Come, hostess,'dress it pre- 

 sently ; and get us what other meat the house will afford ; and 

 give us some of your best barley wine, the good liquor that our 

 honest forefathers did use to drink of ; the drink which preserved 

 their health, and made them live so long, and to do so many 

 good deeds. 



Peter. O' my word, this Trout is perfect in season. Come, 

 I thank you, and here is a hearty draught to you, and to all the 

 brothers of the angle wheresoever they be, and to my young- 

 brother's good fortune to-morrow. I will furnish him with a 

 rod if you will furnish him with the rest of the tackling ; we 

 will set him up and make him a fisher. 



And I will tell him one thing for his encouragement, that his 

 fortune hath made him happy to be scholar to such a master ; a 

 master that knows as much, both of the nature and breeding of 

 fish, as any man ; and can also tell him as well how to catch 

 and cook them, from the Minnow to the Salmon, as any that I 

 ever met withal. 



^Piscator. Trust me, brother Peter, I find my scholar to be so 

 suitable to my own humour, which is to be free and pleasant, 

 and civilly merry, that my resolution is to hide nothing that I 

 know from him. Believe me, scholar, this is my resolution ; 

 and so here 's to you a hearty draught, and to all that love us, 

 and the honest art of Angling. 



Venator. Trust me, good master, you shall not sow your 

 seed in barren ground ; for I hope to return you an increase 

 answerable to your hopes : but, however, you shall find me 

 obedient, and thankful, and serviceable, to my best ability. 



Piscator. 'Tis enough, honest scholar; come, let's to supper. 

 Come, my friend Coridon, this Trout looks lovely ; it was 

 twenty-two inches when it was taken ; and the belly of it 

 looked some part of it as yellow as a marigold, and part of it 

 as white as a lily ; and yet, methinks, it looks better in this 

 good sauce. 

 * This is the; Wandle variety of Trout, with marbled spots like a Tortoise. 



