362 BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA. 



With a worm fastened on a golden hook. 

 These are the letcher's food, his prey, he watches 

 For quarrelling wedlocks, and poor 'shifting sisters ; 

 'Tis the best fish he takes. But why, good fisherman, 

 Am I thought meat for you, that never yet 

 Had angling rod cast towards me ?" 



"Mistress Openwork. A Goshawk ? a Puttock ; all for prey ; he angles 

 for fish, but he loves flesh better." 



Dekkar(Thos.) 



The Honest Whore. (1604.) 

 ACT I, sc. xii. 



"Doctor. I sent for him, my lord : at last he came, 



And did receive all speech that went from me, 

 As gilded pills made to prolong his health. 

 My credit with him wrought it. For some men 

 Swallow even empty hooks. 

 * * * * 



Castruchio. Are you a fisherman, father ? 



is/. Madman. No, I'm neither fish nor flesh. 



Flucllo. What do you with that net, then ? 



ist. Madman. Do'st not see fool ! there's a fresh salmon in it. ..I am 

 fishing here for five ships, but I cannot have a good draught ; for my 

 net breaks still, and breaks ; out, you gulls, you goose caps, you gudgeon- 

 eaters ! " 



Tomkis ( ) 



Albumazar. (1614). 



( Tomkins, according to Collier, who believes him to be the person 



addressed by Phineas Fletcher as Mr. Jo. Tomkins, in a copy of verses 



appended to the " Purple Island." 1633.) 



ACT III, sc. iv. 



"Albumazar. As an attentive angler, 



Fixing his steady eyes on the swift streams 

 Of a steep tumbling torrent, no sooner turns 

 His sight to land, but giddy, thinks the firm banks 

 And constant trees, move like the running water ; 

 So you that thirty years have lived in Trincalo, 

 Chang'd suddenly, think y'are so still ; but instantly 

 These thoughts will vanish." 



Anon. 



Conflict of Conscience. (1581). 



" Avarice. The fish once taken, and 'scaped from bait, 

 Will ever hereafter beware of the hook." 



Robert Wilson. 



The Three Ladies of London. (1584). 

 " Tom. And here's Wiley Will, a good a fellow as your heart can wish, 



