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would   have   made   them   mine。 And   hold   one   minute   of   this   holy   leisure 

Beyond the riches of this empty pleasure。 

     Welcome;   pure   thoughts;   welcome;            ye   silent   groves;   These   guests; 

these courts; my soul most dearly loves。 Now the wing'd people of the sky 

shall   sing   My   cheerful   anthems   to   the   gladsome   spring:   A  pray'r…book; 

now; shall be my looking…glass; In which I will adore sweet virtue's face。 

Here dwell no hateful looks; no palace cares; No broken vows dwell here; 

nor pale…fac'd fears; Then here I'll sit; and sigh my hot love's folly; And 

learn t' affect an holy melancholy: And if contentment be a stranger then; 

I'll ne'er look for it; but in heaven; again。 

     Venator。 Well; Master; these verses be worthy to keep a room in every 

man's   memory。   I   thank   you   for   them;   and   I   thank   you   for   your   many 

instructions; which; God willing; I will not forget。 And as St。 Austin; in his 



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                                  THE COMPLEAT ANGLER 



Confessions;   commemorates   the   kindness   of   his   friend   Verecundus;   for 

lending him and his companion a country house; because there they rested 

and   enjoyed   themselves;   free   from  the  troubles   of   the   world;  so;  having 

had   the   like   advantage;  both   by   your   conversation   and   the   art   you   have 

taught   me;   I   ought   ever   to   do   the   like;   for;   indeed;   your   company   and 

discourse have been so useful and pleasant; that; I may truly say; I have 

only     lived   since   I  enjoyed     them    and    turned    angler;   and    not   before。 

Nevertheless; here I must part with you; here in this now sad place; where 

I was so happy as first to meet you: but I shall long for the ninth of May; 

for   then   I   hope   again   to   enjoy   your   beloved   company;   at   the   appointed 

time and place。 And now I wish for some somniferous potion; that might 

force me to sleep away the intermitted time; which will pass away with me 

as tediously as it does with men in sorrow; nevertheless I will make it as 

short as I can; by my hopes and wishes: and; my good Master; I will not 

forget   the   doctrine   which   you   told   me   Socrates   taught   his   scholars;   that 

they should not think to be honoured so much for being philosophers; as to 

honour   philosophy   by   their   virtuous   lives。   You   advised   me   to   the   like 

concerning Angling; and I will endeavour to do so; and to live like those 

many worthy men; of which you made mention in the former part of your 

discourse。   This   is   my   firm   resolution。   And   as   a   pious   man   advised   his 

friend; that; to beget mortification; he should frequent churches; and view 

monuments;  and   charnel…houses;   and   then   and   there  consider  how   many 

dead bodies time had piled up at the gates of death; so when I would beget 

content;      and    increase     confidence      in   the   power;     and    wisdom;      and 

providence of Almighty God; I will walk the meadows; by some gliding 

stream; and there contemplate the lilies that take no care; and those very 

many other various little living creatures that are not only created; but fed; 

man knows not how; by the goodness of the God of Nature; and therefore 

trust in   him。 This is my  purpose;   and so; let   everything that hath   breath 

praise the Lord: and let the blessing of St。 Peter's Master be with mine。 

     Piscator And   upon   all   that   are  lovers   of   virtue;   and   dare   trust   in   his 

providence; and be quiet; and go a Angling。 

     〃Study to be quiet。〃 



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