CHAP. XII.] THE rOUBTH DAT. 



For thee, thou need'st no such deceit ; 

 For thou, thyself, art thine own bait 

 That fish that is not catcht thereby, 

 Is wiser far, alas, than I. 



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Pise. "Well remembered, honest scholar. I thank you for 

 these choice verses, which I have heard formerly, but had 

 quite forgot till they were recovered by your happy memory. 

 Well, being I have now rested myself a little, I will make 

 you some requital, by telling you some observations of the 

 eel, for it rains still ; and because, as you say, our angles are 

 as money put to use, that thrives when we play, therefore 

 we'll sit still and enjoy ourselves a little longer under this 

 honey- suckle hedge. 





