358 BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA. 



Troilus and Cressida. 

 "ACT III, sc. ii. 



Cressida. Perchance, my lord, I show'd more craft than love, 

 And fell so roundly to a large confession 

 To angle for your thoughts." 

 " ACT IV, sc. iv. 



Troilus. Whiles others fish with craft for great opinion, 

 I with great truth catch mere simplicity." 



Romeo and Juliet. 

 " ACT II. Prologue. 



Chorus. But to his foe supposed he must complain, 



And she steal love's sweet-bait from fearful hooks. 



Twelfth Night. 

 "ACT II, sc. v. 



Maria. Lie thou there ; for here comes the trout 



That must be caught by tickling. 



Beaumont and Fletcher. 



Wit without Money. (1639.) 

 "ACT III, sc. i. 



" Shorthose. May't rain above all almanacks, till 



The carriers sail, and the King's fishmonger 

 Ride like Arion upon a trout to London ! " 



The Faithful Shepherdess, (circa 1611.) 

 " ACT III, sc. i. 



" God. I will give the for thy food 



No fish that riseth in the mud ; 



But trout and pike, that love to swim 



Where the gravel from the brim 



Through the pure streams may be seen ; 



Orient pearl fit for a Queen, 



Will I give, thy love to win, 



And a shell to keep them in ; 



Not a fish in all my brook 



That shall disobey thy look, 



But, when thou wilt, come sliding by, 



And from thy white hand take a fly." 



" ACT IV, sc. ii. 



Clorin. I thank thee honest Satyr. If the cries 



Of any other, that be hurt or ill, 



Draw thee unto them, pr'ythee do thy will 



To bring them hither. 

 Satyr. And when the weather 



Serves to angle in the brook, 



I will bring a silver hook, 



