THE COMPLETE BUNGLER
SCENE I.—HAMPSHIRE
PISCATOR ANGLUS. PISCATOR SCOTUS
Scotus.—Well, now let’s go to your sport of angling. Where, Master, is your river?
Anglus.—Marry, ’tis here; mark you, this is the famous Test.
Scotus.—What, Master, this dry ditch? There be scarce three inches of water in it.
Anglus.—Patience, Scholar, the water is in the meadows, or Master Oakley, the miller, is holding it up. Nay, let us wait here some hour or so till the water is turned on. Or perchance, Scholar, for the matter of five shillings, Master Oakley will even raise his hatches, an you have a crown about you.
Scotus.—I like not to part with my substance, but, as needs must, here, Master, is the coin.
[Exit ANGLUS to the Mill. He returns.
Anglus.—Now, Scholar, said I not so? The water is turned on again, and, lo you, at the tail of yonder stream, a fair trout is rising. You shall see a touch of our craft.