If one that's poor, and scarcely has withal
To clothe and feed him, shall at once buy fish,
And pay the money down upon the board,
Be sure that fellow is a rogue, and lives
By depredation and nocturnal plunder.
Let him who has been robb'd by night, attend
The fish-market at early dawn, and when
He sees a young and needy wretch appear,
Bargain with Micion for the choicest eels,
And pay the money, seize the caitiff straight,