The Complete Angler 1653 by Izaak Walton
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shade, and stay but a little while, and I'll warrant you I'll bring him
to you. _viat_. I'll sit down and hope well, because you seem to be so confident. _Pisc_. Look you Sir, there he is, that very _Chub_ that I shewed you, with the white spot on his tail; and I'll be as certain to make him a good dish of meat, as I was to catch him. I'll now lead you to an honest Alehouse, where we shall find a cleanly room, Lavender in the windowes, and twenty Ballads stuck about the wall; there my Hostis (which I may tell you, is both cleanly and conveniently handsome) has drest many a one for me, and shall now dress it after my fashion, and I warrant it good meat. _viat_. Come Sir, with all my heart, for I begin to be hungry, and long to be at it, and indeed to rest my self too; for though I have walked but four miles this morning, yet I begin to be weary; yester dayes hunting hangs stil upon me. _Pisc_. Wel Sir, and you shal quickly be at rest, for yonder is the house I mean to bring you to. Come Hostis, how do you? wil you first give us a cup of your best Ale, and then dress this _Chub_, as you drest my last, when I and my friend were hereabout eight or ten daies ago? but you must do me one courtesie, it must be done instantly. _Host_. I wil do it, Mr. _Piscator_, and with all the speed I can. |
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