“Fishing, if I a fisher may protest, Of pleasures is the sweetest of sports the best, Of exercises the most excellent, Of recreations the most innocent. But now the sport is marred, and why you ask? Fishes decrease, and fishers multiply.”
Quote by Thomas Bastard
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Thomas Bastard
Thomas Bastard, a mysterious figure from the late 16th to early 17th century, whose life story is little known. His birth and death dates are from 1566 to April 1618. more
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