The Complete Angler 1653 by Izaak Walton
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_Hunt_. Come Gentlemen, come all, lets go to the place where we put downe the _Otter_; look you, hereabout it was that shee kennell'd; look you, here it was indeed, for here's her young ones, no less then five: come lets kill them all. _Pisc_. No, I pray Sir; save me one, and I'll try if I can make her tame, as I know an ingenuous Gentleman in _Leicester-shire_ has done; who hath not only made her tame, but to catch fish, and doe many things of much pleasure. _Hunt_. Take one with all my heart; but let us kill the rest. And now lets go to an honest Alehouse and sing _Old Rose_, and rejoice all of us together. _Viat_. Come my friend, let me invite you along with us; I'll bear your charges this night, and you shall beare mine to morrow; for my intention is to accompany you a day or two in fishing. _Pisc_. Sir, your request is granted, and I shall be right glad, both to exchange such a courtesie, and also to enjoy your company. * * * * * _Viat_. Well, now lets go to your sport of Angling. _Pisc_. Lets be going with all my heart, God keep you all, Gentlemen, and send you meet this day with another bitch _Otter_, and kill her merrily, and all her young ones too. |
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