I'm zorry vor'n; eesse zorry as a friend;
Bit can't conzent our wherewi' zaw ta spend,
ThAc Acll, wi one accord,
At tha little zActenfare's word,
Agreed, that, not one varden,
By Rate,
Should be collected vor tha late RepairAction
Of tha church by tha young Churchwarden.
THE FISHERMAN AND THE PLAYERS.
Now who is ther that han't a hir'd
O' one young TOM CAME?
A Fisherman of Huntspill,
An a well-knawn name.
A knaw'd much moor o' fishin
Than many vawk bezides;
An a knaw'd much moor than mooA¤st about
Tha zea an Acll tha tides.
A knaw'd well how ta make buts,
An hullies too an jitch,
An up an down tha river whaur
Tha best place vor ta pitch.
A knaw'd Acll about tha stake-hangs
Tha zAclmon vor ta catch;--
Tha pitchin an tha dippin net,--
Tha Slime an tha Mud-Batch.
[Footnote: Two islands well known in the River Parret, near its
mouth. Several words will be found in this Poem which I have not
placed in the _Glossary_, because they seem too local and
technical to deserve a place there: they shall be here explained,
_To Pitch, v.
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