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For angling-rod he took a sturdy oak;
For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke;
His hook was such as heads the end of pole
To pluck down house ere fire consumes it whole;
This hook was bated with a dragon's tail,—
And then on rock he stood to bob for whale.

— William Davenant

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Source: Brittania Triumphans, p. 15. Variations of same in The Mock Romance, Hero and Leander. London, 1653, 1677. Chamber's Book of Days, Volume I, p. 173. William Barker Daniel, Supplement to Rural Sports (1813), p. 57.
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For angling-rod he took a sturdy oake;
For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke;
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