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ford, 1 it is five miles ; and you are not yet above half a mile 

 on this side. 



Viat. So much! I was told it was but ten miles from 

 Derby ; and, methinks, I have rode almost so far already. 



Pise. O, sir, find no fault with large measure of good 

 land ; which Derbyshire abounds in, as much as most counties 

 of England. 



Viat. It may be so ; and good land, I confess, affords a 

 pleasant prospect : but, by your good leave, sir, large measure 

 of foul way is not altogether so acceptable. 



Pise. True, sir ; but the foul way serves to justify the 

 fertility of the soil, according to the proverb, " There is 

 good land where there is foul way : " and is of good use 

 to inform you of the riches of the country you are come 

 into, and of its continual travel and traffic to the country- 

 town you came from : which is also very observable by the 

 fulness of its road, and the loaden horses you meet every- 

 where upon the way. 



Viat. "Well, sir, I will be content to think as w*ell of your 

 country as you would desire. And I shall have a good deal 

 of reason both to think and to speak very well of you, if I 

 may obtain the happiness of your company to the fore- 

 mentioned place ; provided your affairs lead you that way, 

 and that they will permit you to slack your pace, out of 

 complacency to a traveller utterly a stranger in these 

 parts, and who am still to wander further out of my own 

 knowledge. 



Pise. Sir, you invite me to my own advantage, and I am 

 ready to attend you ; my way lying through that town ; 

 but my business, that is, my home, some miles beyond it ; 

 however, I shall have time enough to lodge you in your 

 quarters, and afterwards to perform my own journey. In 

 the mean time, may I be so bold as to enquire the end of 

 your journey ? 



word Junior after Piscator, the first time that designation of Cotton occurs 

 in each of the following chapters. The time at which these dialogues are 

 supposed to take place is the beginning of March. 



1 Brelsford or Brailsford, a township in the hundred of Appletree, in 

 Derbyshire, situated about six miles N.W. of Ashbourn, and thirteen miles 

 from Derby. Brailsford-brook was once celebrated for its trout, but is in 

 no great reputation now. Ei\ 



