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to pay : let 's each man drink a pot for his morning's draught, 

 and lay down his two shillings, that so my hostess may not have 

 occasion to repent herself of being so diligent, and using us so 

 kindly. 



Peter. The motion is liked by every body, and so, hostess, 

 here' s your money ; we anglers are all beholden to you ; it will 

 not be long ere I '11 see you again. And now, brother Piscator, 

 I wish you, and my brother, your scholar, a fair day and good 

 fortune. Come, Coridon, this is our way. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



OF ROACH AND DACE, AND HOW TO FISH FOR THEM : AND OF 

 CADIS. 



ROACH Cyprinus Rutilus. LINNJEUS. 



Venator. GOOD master, as we go now towards London, be 

 still so courteous as to give me more instructions : for I have 

 several boxes in my memory, in which I will keep them all very 

 safe, there shall not one of them be lost. 



Piscator. Well, scholar, that I will : and I will hide nothing 

 from you that I can remember, and can think may help you 

 forward towards a perfection in this art. And because we have 

 so much time, and I have said so little of Roach and Dace, I 

 will give you some directions concerning them. 



Some say the Roach is so called from rutilus, which they say 

 signifies red fins. He is a fish of no great reputation for his 

 dainty taste ; and his spawn is accounted much better than any 

 other part of him. And you may take notice, that as the Carp is 



