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There shall no ven'son be (with swearing) slaine, 

 And fisherman shall search the ocean maine ; 

 And sirha (Shrovetyde) I do further meane, 

 Before I go, to make your fat chappes lean ; 

 For though, like rebells madd, you rove and stray, 

 And feast each Friday, and each Fasting day, 

 Though you regard no Ember weekes nor law, 

 Nor rule or order keeps you under awe, 

 Yet be assur'd that whosoe're wrongs Lent, 

 Shall not escape deserved punishment." 



There is a valuable sketch of a boy angling from off a 

 bridge, by Ostarde. This is the only one, on this subject, 

 in the collection of his etchings in the British Museum. 

 It has brought a high price in England of late years. 



Haller, who nourished about 1620, made some capital 

 sketches of angling scenes. What we have seen of them, 

 are quite gems in their way. One curious sketch, when 

 viewed in a certain position represents a man's face; and 

 when looked at in another, becomes a landscape, in which 

 an angler is displayed following his craft. 



In Van der Cabal's productions, we find some fine 

 pieces on angling. Numbers 11 and 14 of Antoni Wa- 

 terloo are upon the same subject ; and in the sketches of 

 Kuisdael and Neyts, we have fishing with the rod portrayed 

 with great skill. Everdingen was a distinguished sketcher 

 of landscapes. He travelled all over Sweden, Denmark, 

 and Norway, and has left a vast number of pieces of scenerv 

 in each of these countries, wherein angling amusements 

 are depicted with great truthfulness and skill. 



