356 BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA. 



" ACT IV, sc. iii. 



Hamlet. A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a King ; and 

 eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm." 

 "ACT V, sc. ii. 



Hamlet. Thrown out his angle for my proper life, and with such 

 cozenage." 



Antony and Cleopatra. 

 "ACT II, sc. v. 



Cleopatra. Give me mine angle, we'll to the river : there, 

 My music playing far off', I will betray 

 Tawny-finn'd fishes ; my bended hook shall pierce 

 Their slimy jaws ; and as I draw them up, 

 I'll think them every one an Antony, 

 And say, "Ah, ha ! you're caught," 

 Charmian. 'Twas merry, when 



You wager'd on your angling ; when your diver 



Did hang a salt-fish on his hook, which he 



With fervency drew up." 



Pericles. 

 "Acr II, sc. i. 



First Fisherman. What, ho, Pilch ! 



Sec. Fisherman. Ho ! come, and bring away the nets ! 



* * * * 



Sec. Fisherman. Canst thou catch any fishes, then ? 



Pericles. I never practised it. 



Sec. Fisherman. Nay, then, thou wilt starve sure ; for here's nothing 

 to be got now-a-days, unless thou canst fish for it. 



But, master, I'll go draw up the net." 

 "ACT IV, sc. iii. 



Boult. I warrant you, mistress, thunder shall not so awake the beds of 

 eels, as my giving out her beauty stir up the lewdly inclined. I'll bring 

 home some to night. 



Much Ado about Nothing. 

 "ACT II, sc. iii. 



Claudia. Bait the hook well ; this fish will bite." 

 "ACT III, sc. i. 



Ursula. The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish 



Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, 

 And greedily devour the treacherous bait, 

 So angle we for Beatrice ; who even now 

 Is couched in the woodbine coverture : 

 Fear you not my part of the dialogue. 



Hero. Then go we near her, that her ear lose nothing 

 Of the false sweet bait that we lay for it." 



The winters tale. 

 " ACT I, sc. ii. 



Leontes. To your own bents dispose you : you'll be found, 

 Be you beneath the sky (aside) I'm angling now. 

 Though you perceive me not how I give line." 



