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meet, cheerful, thankful heart. I will tell you, Scholar, I 

 have heard a grave divine say, that God has two dwellings, 

 one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. 

 Which Almighty God grant to me and to my honest Scholar ; 

 and so you are welcome to Tottenham High-Cross." * * * 



" 'Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord:' and 

 let the blessing of St. Peter's Master be with mine. 



" And upon all that are lovers of virtue ; and dare trust 

 in his Providence, and be quiet, and go a-angling." 



May no true angler forget to praise God for his blessings 

 " because they are so common ;" for " it is a sacrifice so 

 pleasing to him, who made the sun and us, and still protects 

 us, and gives us flowers, and showers, and stomachs, and meat, 

 and content, and leisure to go a-fishing." 



