284 THE COMPLETE ANQLEE. [PART I. 



Mr. Margrave, who dwells amongst the booksellers in St. 

 Paul's Churchyard, or to Mr. John Stubbs, near to the 

 Swan in Golding-lane ; they be both honest men, and will 

 fit an angler with what tackling he lacks. 



Yen. Then, good master, let it be at for he is 



nearest to my dwelling, and I pray let's meet there the 

 ninth of May next, about two of the clock ; and I'll want 

 nothing that a fisher should be furnished with. 



Pise. Well, and I'll not fail you, God willing, at the time 

 and place appointed. 



Ven. I thank you, good master, and I will not fail you. 

 And, good master, tell me what baits more you remember, 

 for it will not now be long ere we shall be at Tottenham 

 High-Cross ; and when we come thither I will make you 

 some requital of your pains, by repeating as choice a copy 

 of verses as any we have heard since we met together; and 

 that is a proud word, for we have heard very good ones. 



Pise. Well, scholar, and I shall be then right glad to hear 

 them. And I will, as we walk, tell you whatsoever comes in 

 my mind, that I think may be worth your hearing. You 

 may make another choice bait thus : Take a handful or two 

 of the best and biggest wheat you can get ; boil it in a little 

 milk, like as frumity is boiled ; boil it so till it be soft, and 

 then fry it very leisurely with honey and a little beaten saffron 

 dissolved in milk ; and you will find this a choice bait, and 

 good I think for any fish, especially for roach, dace, chub, or 

 grayling : I know not but that it may be as good for a river- 

 carp, and especially if the ground be a little baited with it. 



And you may also note, that the spawn of most fish is a 

 very tempting bait, being a little hardened on a warm tile, 

 and cut into fit pieces. Nay, mulberries and those black- 

 berries which grow iipon briars, be good baits for chubs or 

 carps : with these many have been taken in ponds, and in 

 some rivers where such trees have grown near the water, 

 and the fruit customarily dropped into it. And there be a 

 hundred other baits, more than can be well named ; which, 

 by constant baiting the water, will become a tempting bait 

 for any fish in it. 



You are also to know, that there be divers kinds of cadis 

 or case-worms, that are to be found in this nation in several 

 distinct counties, and in several little brooks that relate to 



