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Summary
Title page of 1613 first edition of The Secrets of Angling by John Dennys. Bodleian Library, Oxford, shelfmark: 8vo.D.15.Art. ( Depiction of Satan and the Virtuous Angler. From the mouth of Satan, tempting the Angler with the world: Hold hooke and line then all is mine. The Virtuous Angler, engrossed in his morally upright and philosophical sport and with a freshly-caught fish on his line replies: Well fayre the pleasure that bringes such treasure. (A photograph by J.W.Turrell from the Bodleian copy, shelfmark: "8vo. D 15 Art." was published in Turrell, J.W. Ancient Angling Authors, London, 1910. opp. p.43.)