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way or other, we stall, sure, do something. "What will 

 you have to your breakfast, or what will you drink this 

 morning ? 



Fiat. For breakfast, I never eat any, and for drink I am 

 very indifferent ; but if you please to call for a glass of ale 

 I'm for you : and let it be quickly, if you please, for I long 

 to see the little fishing-house you spoke of, and to be at my 

 lesson. 



Pise. Well, sir ! You see the ale is come without calling : 

 for though I do not know yours, my people know my diet ; 

 which is always one glass so soon as I am dressed, and no 

 more till dinner ; and so my servants have served you. 



Viat. My thanks. And now, if you please, let us look 

 out this fine morning. 



Pise. With all my heart ; boy, take the key of my 

 fishing-house, and carry down those two angle-rods in the 

 hall-window, thither, with my fish-pannier, pouch, and 

 landing-net ; and stay you there till we come. Come, sir, 

 we'll walk after ; where, by the way, I expect you should 

 raise all the exceptions against our country you can. 



Viat. Nay, sir, do not think me so ill-natured nor so 

 uncivil : I only made a little bold with it last night to divert 

 you, and was only in jest. 



Pise. You were then in as good earnest as I am now with 

 you : but had you been really angry at it, I could not blame 

 you ; for, to say the truth, it is not very taking at first 

 sight. But look you, sir, now you are abroad, does not the 

 sun shine as bright here as in Essex, Middlesex, or Kent, or 

 any of your southern counties. 



Viat. 'Tis a delicate morning, indeed ! And I now think 

 this a marvellous pretty place. 



Pise. Whether you think so or no, you cannot oblige me 

 more than to say so : and those of my friends who know my 

 humour, and are so kind as to comply with it, usually flatter 

 me that way. But look you, sir, now you are at the brink 

 of the hill, how do you like my river, the vale it winds 

 through like a snake, and the situation of my little fishing- 

 house ? 



Viat. Trust me, 'tis all very fine ; and the house seems at 

 this distance a neat building. 



Pise. Good enough for that purpose. And here is a 



