APPENDIX. 



Collection of citations touching on angling and fish- 

 ing, from old English authors, dramatists and 

 poets. 



Shakespeare (Wm.) 



Measure for Measure. 

 "ACT I, sc. ii. 



Mrs. Overdone. Well ; what has he done ? 



Pompey. A woman. 



Mrs. Over. But what 's his offence ? 



Pom. Groping for trouts in a peculiar river." 



"ACT II, sc. ii. 



Angelo. O cunning enemy, that, to catch a saint, 

 With saints dost bait thy hook ! " 



The Merchant of Venice, 

 " ACT I, sc. i. 



Gratiano. I'll tell thee more of this another time : 

 But fish not, with this melancholy bait, 

 For this fool gudgeon, this opinion." 



"ACT III, sc. i. 



Salarino. Why, I am sure, if he forfeit, thou wilt not take his flesh : 

 what 's that good for ? 



Shylock. To bait fish withal : if it will feed nothing else, it will feed 

 my revenge." 



Airs Well that Ends Well. 

 "ACT V. sc. ii. 



Clown. Here is a pur of Fortune's, sir, or of Fortune's cat but not a 

 musk-cat, that has fallen into the unclean fishpond of her displeasure, 

 and, as he says, is muddied withal : pray you, sir, use the carp as you 

 may." 

 " ACT V. sc. iii. 



Bertram. She knew her distance and did angle for me, 

 Madding my eagerness with her restraint." 



Hamlet. 



"ACT II, sc. i. 



Polonius. See you now ; 

 Your bait of falsehood takes this carp of truth." 



