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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. 



Pise. 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. 



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

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

 crease answerable to your hopes : but, however, you shall 

 find me obedient, and thankful, and serviceable to my 

 best ability. 



Pise. 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. 



Cor. Indeed, honest friend, it looks well, and tastes 



