Tales of a Traveller

PART FIRST
STRANGE STORIES BY A NERVOUS GENTLEMAN

I’ll tell you more; there was a fish taken,
A monstrous fish, with, a sword by’s side, a long sword,
A pike in’s neck, and a gun in’s nose, a huge gun,
And letters of mart in’s mouth, from the Duke of Florence.
Cleanthes. This is a monstrous lie.
Tony. I do confess it.
Do you think I’d tell you truths!
—FLETCHER’S WIFE FOR A MONTH.

[The following adventures were related to me by the same nervous gentleman whotold me the romantic tale of THE STOUTGENTLEMA