HARVARD UNIVERSITY, LIBRARY OF THE MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY GIFT or qLoJUui '^ir jJL^^A-'^ 7-C^ l')^iQ,, Utaltoniana INEDITED REMAINS IN V£RS^.^..(\.ND PROSE OF IZAAK WALTO^J AUTHOR OF THE COMPLETE ANGLER ^ITH NOTES AND PREFACE BY RICHARD HERNE SHEPHERD LONDON PICKERING AND CO. 196 PICCADILLY 1878 CONTENTS. 1633. 1635. 1638. 1645. 1650. 1651. 1652. 1658. 1660. 1661. 1662. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. An Elegie upon D^ Donne. Lines on a Portrait of Donne. Commendatory Verfes prefixed to The Merchants Mappe of Commerce. Preface to Quarks' Shepherds Oracles. Couplet on D'". Richard Sibbes.^ Dedication of Reliquiae Wottonianae. On the Death of William Cartwright. Preface to Sir John Skeffington's Heroe of Lorenzo. Commendatory Verfes to the Author of Scintillula Altaris. Dedication of the Life of Donne and Ad- vertifement to the Reader. Daman and Dorus : An humble Egl g. To my Reverend Friend the Auihor uf 1 h. Synagogue. Epitaph on his Second Wife, Anne Ken. b 1670. CONTENTS. 1670. XIV. Letter to Edward Ward. 1672. XV. Dedication of the Third Edition of Re- liquiae Wottonianae. 1673- XVT. Letter to Marriott. 1678. XVIT. Preface &c. to Thealma & Clearchus. 1680. XVIII. Letter to John Aubrey. 1683. XIX. Izaak Walton's Lall: Will and Tellament. J ^x %'^=% PREFACE. EW men who have written books have been able to win fo large a fhare of the perfonal afFedlion of their readers as honefl Izaak Walton has done, and few books are laid down with fo genuine a feel- ing of regret as the "Complete Angler" certainly is, that they are no longer. " One of the gentleft and tendereft fpirits of the feventeenth century," we all know his dear old face, with its cheerful, happy, ferene look, and we fhould all have liked to accompany him on one of thofe angling excur- fions from Tottenham High Crofs, and to have liftened to the quaint, garrulous, fportive talk, the outcome of a religion which was like his homely garb, not too good for every-day wear. We fee him, now diligent in his bufinefs, now commemo- rating the virtues of that clufter of fcholars and b churchmen PREFACE, churchmen with whofe friendfhip he was favoured in youth, and teaching his young brother-in-law, Thomas Ken, to walk in their faintly footfteps, — now bufy with his rod and line, or walking and talking with a friend, ftaying now and then to quafF an honeft glafs at a wayfide ale-houfe — leading a fimple, cheerful, blamelefs life *' Thro' near a century of pleafant years." * * *' Happy old man, whofe worth all mankind knows Except himfelf, who charitably fhows The ready road to Virtue, and to Praife, The road to many long, and happy days ; The noble arts of generous piety. And how to compafs true felicity. he knows no anxious cares, Thro' near a Century of pleafant years ; Eafy he lives and cheerful fhall he die. Well fpoken of by late pofterity." June 5, 1683. {¥latmaiis Commendatory Verfes prefixed to " Thealma and Clearchus ; " Poems and Songs by Thomas Flatman, Third Edition,^ We K^^ PREFACE. We have faid that the reader regrets that Wal- ton fhould have left fo httle behind him : his "Angler" and his Lives are all that is known to moft. But we are now enabled to prefent thofe who love his memory with a colledlion of fugitive pieces, in verfe and profe, extending in date of com- pofition over a period of fifty years, — beginning with the Elegy on Donne, in 1633, and termi- nating only with his death in 1683. All thefe, however unambitious, are more or lefs charadler- iftic of the man, and impregnated with the fame fpirit of genial piety that diftinguifhes the two well- known books to which they form a fupplement. Walton's devotion to literature muft have be- gun at an early age ; for in a little poem, entitled T'he Love of Amos and Laura^ publifhed in 1 6 1 9, when he was only twenty-fix, and attributed varioufly to Samuel Purchas, author of " The Pilgrims," and to Samuel Page, we find the fol- lowing: dedication to him : — b 2 "To PREFACE. "To MY APPROVED AND MUCH RESPEC- TED FRIEND, Iz. Wa. " To thee, thou more then thrice beloved friend, I too unworthy of fo great a blifle : Thefe harfh-tun'd lines I here to thee commend. Thou being caufe it is now as it is : For hadil thou held thy tongue, by filence might Thefe have beene buried in obliuious night. " If they were pleafing, I would call them thine, And difauow my title to the verfe : But being bad, I needes mult call them mine. No ill thing can be cloathed in thy verfe. Accept them then, and w^here I have offended, Rafe thou it out, and let it be amended. What poems Walton wrote in his youth, we have now no means of knowing ; it has not been * The Love of Amos and Laura. IVritten by S. P. London Printed for Richard Hawkins, dwelling in Chancery-Lane, neere Serieants Inne, 1619. Printed at the end of a volume entitled, Alciliay Philoparthens louing Folly, &c., which, from its being difcovered PREFACE. difcovered that any have been printed, unlefs we adopt the theory advocated by Mr. Singer,* and by a writer in the " Retrofpedlive Review," f that the poem of 'Thealma and Clearchus^ which he pubhflied in the laft year of his life, as a poft- humous fragment of his relation John Chalkhill, was really a juvenile work of his own. Some plaufibility is lent to this notion by the fadl that Walton fpeaks of the author with fo much re- ticence and referve in his preface to the volume, figned at the end with the initials "J. C," has been attri- buted to Walton's friend, John Chalkhill, vvhofe pofthumous poem, Thealma and C/earchus, he publifhed in the laft year of his life. The lines to Walton do not appear in the earlier quarto edition of the book ilTued by the fame publifher in 1613, or in the later quarto of 1628. * Thealma and Clearchus : a Pajloral Romance^ by John Chalkhill. Firjl Bublijhed by Ifaac Walton, 1683. A New Edition. Revijed and Corrected (by S. W. Singer). Chifzvick : 1820. t Vol. iv. (1821), pp. 230-249. and PREFACE. and alfo that in introducing two of Chalkhill's fongs into the " Complete Angler," he does not beftow on them the cuftomary words of com- mendation. This theory has been rebutted by others, who aflert that Walton was of too truthful and guilelefs a nature to refort to fuch an artifice. We confefs that we are unable to fee anything difhoneft in the adoption, as a pfeudonym, of the name of a deceafed friend, or anything more than Walton appears to have done on another occa- sion when he publifhed his two letters on " Love and Truth/' It is certain, however, that a family of Chalkhills exifted, with whom Walton was clofely connefled by his marriage with the fifter of Bifhop Ken. But that an " acquaintant and friend of Edmund Spenfer," capable of writing fuch a poem as Thealma and Clearchus^ fhould have kept his talents fo concealed, that in an age of commendatory verfes no flighted contem- porary record of him exifts — is, to fay the leaft, extraordinary. A^Sk^^A PREFACE. extraordinary. There are cogent arguments then on both fides of the queftion, and there is very little pofitlve proof on either: fo we muft be content to leave the matter in fome doubt and obfcurity. The firft produdlion to which our author attached the well-known fignature of " Iz. Wa." was an Elegy on the Death of Dr. Donne, the Dean of St. Paul's, prefixed to a colledion of Donne's Poems. Walton was then forty years of age. From this time forward we find him more or lefs engaged, at not very long intervals, on literary labours, till the very year of his death. The care which Walton fpent on his produc- tions feems to have been very great. He wrote and re- wrote, corredled, amended, refcinded, and added. This very poem — the Elegy on Donne — he completely remodelled in his old age, when he inferted it in the colledtion of his Lives. But w^w PREFACE. But we have thought it well to give the original verfion here as a literary curiofity, and the firft v/ork of his that has come down to us. The original Lives themfelves — efpecially thofe of Wotton and Donne — were mere sketches of what they are in their prefent enlarged form. Walton had the good fortune to be thrown very early in life into the fociety and intimacy of men who were his fuperiors in rank and educa- tion. But he had enough of culture, joined to his inherent reverence of mind, to appreciate and underfcand all that they had and he wanted. The preface to Sir John Skeffington's Heroe of Lorenzo had for two centuries lain forgotten, and efcaped the notice of Walton's biographers, till in 1852 it was difcovered by Dr. Blifs of Oxford, and communicated by him to the late William Pickering. The original Spanifh work was firft publifhed in 1630. The author's real name was not Lorenzo, PREFACE. Lorenzo, but Balthazar Gracian, a Jefuit of Aragon, who flourifhed during the firft half of the feventeenth century, when the cultivated ftyle took pofTeflion of Spanifh profe, and rofe to its greatefl confideration."^^ It is a colledlion of fhort, wife apothegms and maxims for the con- dud: of life, fometimes illuftrated by ftories of valour, or prowefs, or magnanimity, of the old Caftilian heroes who figure in *^ Count Lucanor." The book, though now no longer read, muft have been very popular at one time, for there exift two or three later Englifh veriions of it, without, however, the nervous concentration of ftyle and idiomatic didlion that charaderize the tranfla- tion fent forth to the world under Walton's aufpices. The two Letters publifhed in 1680 under the * Ticknor's Hijiory of Spanifr? Literature (Lond. 1849), vol. iii. p. 177. title ^i^l ^P^i ^^J (l^^J '^^; 1^^ PREFACE. title of Love and Truth, * were written refpec- tively in the years 1668 and 1679. The evidence of their authorfhip is twofold, and we think quite conclufive. In one of the very few copies known to exift, and now in the library of Emanuel College, Cambridge, its original pofTeflbr, Arch- bifhop Bancroft, has written : — " Is. Walton's 2 letters cone, y^ Diftemp'. of y^ Times, 1680," and Dr. Zouch appended to his reprint of the * Love and Truth : / inj Two modeji and peaceablej Letters J concerning! The diftempers of the prefent Times. j Written/ From a quiet and Conformable Citizen of j London, to two bufie and Fa5lious\ Shop-keepers in Coventry./ I Pet. 4. 15. But let none of you fuffer as a bufiebody in other mens/ matters./ London,/ Printed by M. C. for Henry Brome at the Gun/ in St. Pauls Church-yard. 1680. Collation : 410. pp. iv. (with Title) 40 (Sig. A i and 2 ; B to E 4). trad PREFACE. tradl * a number of parallel pafTages from other acknowledged writings of Walton, of themfelves almoft fufficient to fix the queftion on internal evidence alone. In the Britifh Mufeum copy of this tradt is the following note on one of the fly-leaves in the auto- graph of the late William Pickering : — '*The prefent is the only copy I have met with after twenty years' fearch, excepting the one in Emanuel College, Cambridge. W. Pickering." The copy defcribed above [i.e.^ the Emanuel College copy] appears to be the fame edition as the prefent [that now in the Britifh Mufeum], but has the following variation. After the title- page is printed The Author to the Stationer "Mr. Brome," &c., and the Epiflle ends with * York, 1795, pp. X. 70. PREFACE. " Your fi-iend," without the X. X. which is found in this copy. But what is more remarkable, the printed word Author is run through, and correcfled with a pen, and over it written Publijh^r, which is e\ndently in the handwriting of Walton. So Mr. Pickering further certifies. The following alluiion towards the bottom of p. 37 confirms the idea of Walton*s authorihip. Speaking of Hugh Peters and John lilbourn, the writer fays : — ** Their turbulent lives and uncom- fortable deaths are not I hope yet worn out of the memory of many. He that compares them with the holy life and happy death of Mr. George Herbert, as it is plainly and / hope truly writ by Mr. Ifkac Walton, may in it find a perfecl pattern for an himible and devout ChriiVian to imitate," «5cc. ThefoUowins are the chief parallel paflages in this pamphlet aiid in Walton's other wridngs, as indicated bv Zouch : — PREFACE. Second Letter, /. 19. I v%'ifh as heartily as yoa do that all fuch Clergy-mens Wives as have filk Cloaihs be-daubed with Lace, and their heads hanged about with painted Ribands, were cnjoyned Penance for their pride : And their Hufbands punifht for being fo tame, or fo lovingly-fimple, as 10 fuffsr them ; for, by fuch Cloaths, theyproclaim theirown Ambi- tion, and their Hufbands foliy. And I fay the like, con- cerning iht'ir fir h'ing for Pre- cedency. P. 20. And, I confefs alfo, what you fay of a Clergy-mans bidding tofafi on the Eves of Holy-days, in Lent, and the Ember fVeeks : And I wilh thofe biddings were forborn, or better pradifed by them- felves. Life of George Herbert. Mr. George Herbert hav- ing changed his fword and fiik clothes into a canonical coat, thus warned M", Her- bert againft this egregious folly of ft riving for precedency — " You are now a miniiler's wife, and mull now fo far for- get your father's houfe, as not to claim a precedence of any of your parifliioners," ^r. Life of George Herbert. One cure for the wicked- nefs of the times would be, for the clergy themfelves to keep the Ember-weeks ilriaiy, \^c. P. 20. ^L. J^iHIL J'ii't, Jljifllk Jl PREFACE. P. 20. And, I wifh as heartily as you can, that they would not only read, but pray, the Common Prayer ; and not huddle it up fo fall: (as too many do) by getting into a middle of a fecond Colled, before a devout Hearer can fay Amen to the firft. P. 20. And now, having un- boweiled my very foul thus freely to you, ^c. P. 21. A Corrofive, or (as So/o- mon fays of ill-gotten riches) like gravel in his teeth. P. 21. Thofe Bijhops and Martyrs Life of George Herbert. Thofe minifters that hud- dled up the church prayers without a vifible reverence and affedlion : namely, fuch as feemed to fay the Lord's Prayer or acoUed in a breath. Preface to Sanderforis XXI Sermons, 1655. But fince I had thus ad- ventured to unbowel myfelf, and to lay open the very in- moll thoughts of my heart. Life ofSanderfon. Riches fo gotten, and added to his great eftate, would prove like gravel in his teeth. Life of Sir H. Wot ton. It was the advice of Sir that ^1 _ _ _ _ ^^ PREFACE. that affifted in this Reforma- tion, did not (as Sir Henry Wotton faid wifely) think the farther they went from the Church of Rome, the nearer they got to heaven. p. 23. To make the Women, the Shop-keepers, and the mid- dle-witted People . . . lefs bufie, and more humble and lowly in their own eyes, and to think thattheyare neither called, nor are fit to meddle with, and judge of the moft hidden and myfterious points in Z)/Vi>//y, and Government of the Church and State. P. 36. I defire you to look back with me to the beginning of the late Long Parliament 1640, at which time we were the quieteft and happieft people in the Chriftian World. Henry Wotton, " Take heed of thinking the farther you go from the Church of Rome, the nearer you are to God." Life of Richard Hooker. Here the very women and Ihopkeepers were able tojudge of predeftination, and deter- mine what laws were fit to be obeyed or abolifhed. Life of Sanderfon. Some years before the un- happy Long Parliament, this nation being then happy and in peace. To PREFACE, To the prefent Editor the colledion and anno- tation of thefe Remains has been a moft welcome labour of love. Some of his oldeft and moft cherifhed memories conned themfelves with the author of the " Complete Angler." That book was one of the firft that he ever read with real and genuine delight ; and even before reading days commenced, in the earlieft dawn of memory, the place where Walton had cut his familiar fig- nature of " Iz. Wa." on Chaucer's tomb in Weft- minfter Abbey, was pointed out to him often by a kindred fpirit now here no more. The name of Walton will alfo be found enfhrined in the earlieft profe produdion * to which the Editor prefixed his own name. R. H. S. * Tbe School of Pant agruel, Sunbury, 1862, p. 9. l^- m^m^m^m^m^m AN ELEGIE UPON D". DONNE, 1633- [yuvenilia: or Certaine Paradoxes and Problemes, written by I. Donne. London, Printed by E. P. for Henry Seyle, and are to be fold at the fgne of the Tygers head, in Saint Pauls Church-yard, Anno Dom. 1633 (pp. 382-384). Poems, by J. D. with Elegies on the Authors Death. London Printed by M. F.for John Marriot, and are to be fold at his Shop in S'. Dunjians Church-yard in Fleet-Jireet, 1635. The text is printed from the revifed verfion of 1635, and the original readings of 1633 are given at the foot of the page.] An An Elegie upon D^. Donne. UR Donne is dead ; England fhould mourne, may fay We had a man where language chofe to ftay And fhewher graceful! power. ^ I would not praife That and his vaft wit (which in thefe vaine dayes Make many proud) but, as they ferv'd to unlock That Cabinet, his minde : where fuch a ftock Of knowledge was repof'd, as all lament (Or fhould) this generall caufe of difcontent. And I rejoyce I am not fo fevere, But (as I write a line) to weepe a teare ^ In the edition of 1633, the poem opens thus \^ — Is Donne, great Donne deceaf M ? then England fay Thou'haft loft a man where language chofe to ftay And fhew it's gracefull power, l^c. For WAUTONIANA. For his deceafe ; Such fad extremities May make fuch men as I write Elegies. And wonder not ; for, when a generall lofTe Falls on a nation, and they flight the crofTe, God hath raif 'd Prophets to awaken them From ftupifadion ; witnefTe my milde pen, Not uf 'd to upbraid the world, though now it muft Freely and boldly, for, the caufe is jufl:. Dull age. Oh I would fpare thee, but th'art worfe. Thou art not onely dull, but haft a curfe Of black ingratitude; if not, couldft thou Part with miraculous Donne^ and make no vow For thee, and thine, fucceflively to pay A fad remembrance to his dying day ? Did his youth fcatter Poetry^ wherein Was all Philofophy? was every finne, Charadler'd in his Satyrs ? Made fo foule That fome have fear'd their fliapes, and kept their foule Safer by reading verfe ? Did he give dayes Paft i 1 'Is WALTONIANA. Paft marble monuments, to thofe, whofe praife He would perpetuate ? Did he (I feare The dull will doubt :) thefe at his twentieth year ? But, more matur'd ; Did his full foule conceive. And in harmonious- holy-numbers weave K:^ Crown of /acred fonnets^^t to adorne ^La Corona. A dying Martyrs brow : or, to be worne On that bleft head oi Mary Magdalen^ After fhe wip'd Chrifts feet, but not till then ? Did hee (fit for fuch penitents as fhee And he to ufe) leave us a Litany^ Which all devout men love, and fure, it fliall. As times grow better, grow more claflicall ? Did he write Hymnes^ for piety, for wit,^ Equall to thofe, great grave Prudentius writ ? Spake he all Languages ? knew he all Lawes ? The grounds and ufe of Phyfick ; but becaufe *Twas mercenary, wav'd it ? Went to fee for piety and wit, — 1633. That WALrONIANA. That blefled place of Chrifts nativity ? Did he returne and preach him ? preach him fo AsfinceS.P^///none did, none could? Thofeknow, (Such as were bleft to heare him) this is truth/ Did he confirm thy aged ? ^ convert thy youth ? Did he thefe wonders ? And is this deare lojfTe Mourn'd by fo few ? (few for fo great a crolTe.) But fure the filent are ambitious all To be Clofe Mourners at his Funerall ; If not; In common pitty they forbare By repetitions to renew our care ; Or, knowing, griefe conceiv'd, conceal'd, confumes Man irreparably, (as poyfon'd fumes Doe wafte the braine) make filence a fafe way, To' inlarge the Soule from thefe walls, mud and clay, (Materials of this body) to remaine With Donne in heaven, where no promifcuous pain * As none but hee did, or could do ? They know (Such as were blefl: to heare him know) 'tis truth. — 1633. ^ /?g-^ in the edition of 1633. Leffens JlKHLL JHWl WALrONIANA. Leflens the joy we have, for, with him^ all Are fatisfy'd withy^j^j ejjentiall. Dwell on this joy my thoughts; oh, doe not calU Griefe back, by thinking of his Funerall ; Forget hee lov'd mee ; Wafte not my fad yeares ; (Which haft to Davids feventy,) fiU'd with feares And forrow for his death ; Forget his parts. Which finde a living grave in good mens hearts ; And, (for, my firft is dayly payd for finne) Forget to pay my fecond figh for him : Forget his powerfull preaching ; and forget I am his Convert, Oh my frailty ! let My flefh be no more heard, it will obtrude This lethargy : fo fhould my gratitude. My flowes^ of gratitude fhould fo be broke ; Which can no more be, than Donnes vertues fpoke By any but himfelfe ; for v/hich caufe, I * My thoughts, Dwell on this Joy^ and do not call — 1633. '"* vowes in the edition of 1633. Write WALTONIANA. Write no Encomium^ but this Elegie^ Which, as a free-will-ofFring, I here give Fame, and the world, and parting with it grieve I want abihties, fit to fet forth A monument, great, as Donnes matchlefTe worth. Iz. Wa. ^ Write no Encomium y but an Elegie. Here the poem clofed in the edition of 1633. 1^ LINES ON A PORTRAIT OF DONNE IN HIS EIGHTEENTH YEAR. 1635. t [Engraved under William Marfhall's Portrait of Donne, " Anno Dni. 1591. Gratis fuse 18," prefixed to the fecond edition of Donne's Poems, 1635.] On mw^w^ WALTONIANA. On a Portrait (9/^ Donne taken in his eighteenth year. HIS was for youth, Strength, Mirth, and wit that Time Moft count their golden Age ; but t'was not thine. Thine was thy later yeares, fo much refind From youths DrofTe, Mirth & wit; as thy pure mind Thought (like the Angels) nothing but the Praife Of thy Creator, in thofe laft, beft Dayes. Witnesthis Booke, (thy Embleme) which begins With Love ; but endes, with Sighes, & Teares for fiiis. Iz:Wa: COMMENDATORY VERSES PREFIXED TO THE MERCHANTS MAPPE OF COMMERCE. 1638. r ^8tS4^B§f J' [The Merchants Mappe of Commerce : wherein the Uni- verfall Manner and Matter of Trade, is compendioufly handled. By Lewes Roberts, Merchant. At London, Printed by R. O. for Ralph Mabb mdcxxxviii. foL The Second Edition, Corredled and much En- larged. London, mdclxxi. y^/.] WALTONIANA. In praife of my friend the Author^ and his Booke. To THE Reader. F thou would'ft be a States-man^ and fur V ay Kingdomes for information ; heres a way Made plaine, and eafie : fitter far for thee Then great Ortelius his Geographie. If thou would' ft be a Gentleman^ in more Then title onely ; this Map yeelds thee ftore Of Obfervations, fit for Ornament, Or ufe, or to give curious eares content. WAUrONIANA. If thou would'ft be a Merchant^ buy this Booke For 'tis a prize worth gold ; and doe not looke Daily for fuch disburfements ; no, 'tis rare. And ihould be caft up with thy richeft ware. Reader, if thou be any, or all three ; (For thefe may meet and make a harmonie) Then prayfe this Author for his ufefull paines, Whofe aime is publike good, not private gaines. Iz. Wa. PREFACE TO QUARLES'S SHEPHERDS ORACLES. 1645. c [The [The Shepheards Oracles : Delivered in Certain Eglo- gues. By Fra : Ouarle?. London, Printed by M. F. for John Marriot and Richard Marriot, and are to be fold at their (hop in S. Dunftans Church-vard Fieetftreet, under the Dyall. 1646.] To Jr ALTON I AN A. To the Reader. 'mm HOUGH the Autboorhad fome years berbre his lamented death, compord, re\'iew'd, and corrected theie Eclogues; yet, he left no EpirUe to the Reader, bur onely a Tide, and a blanke leafetbr that purpole. Whether he meant ibme Allegoricall expoiidon of the Shepheards names, or their Eglogues, is doubtful! : but 'ns certain, that as they are, they appear a perfect pattern of the Authour; whofe perfon, and minde, were both lovely, and his con- verfation fuch as diftilFd pleafure, knowledge, and verrue, into his friends and acquaintance. 'Tis confell, thefe Eglogues are not fo whollv di\'ine as many of his publilht Meditations, which freak WALTONIANA. fpeak his affe5iions to he Jet upon things that are above, and yet even fuch men have their intermitted howres,and (as their company gives occafion) com- mixtures of heavenly and earthly thoughts. You are therefore requefted to fancy him caft by fortune into the company of fome yet unknown Shepheards : and you have a liberty to beleeve 'twas by this following accident. " He in a Sommers morning (about that howre " when the great eye of Heaven first opens it felfe " to give light to us mortals) walking a gentle pace " towards a Brook (whofe Spring-head was not far " diftant from his peacefull habitation) fitted with " Angle^ Lines, and Flyes : Flyes proper for that " feafon (being the fruitfull Month of May;) in- " tending all diligence to beguile the timorous " Trout, (with which that watry element " abounded) obferv'd a more then common con- " courfe of Shepheards, all bending their unwearied " ileps towards a pleafant Meadow within his pre- fent l&fSL, WALrONIANA. fent profpecftjand had his eyes made more happy to behold the two fair Shepheardefles Amaryllis and Aminta ftrewing the foot-paths with Lilhes, and Ladyfmocks, fo newly gathered by their fair hands, that they yet fmelt more fweet then the morning, and immediately met (attended with Clora Clorinda^ and many other Wood- nymphs) the fair and yertuous Parthenia : who after a courteous falutation and inquiry of his intended Journey, told him the neighbour-Shep- heards of that part of Arcadia had dedicated that day to be kept holy to the honour of their great God Pan ; and, that they had defigned her Mis- trefTe of a Love-feaft, which was to be kept that prefent day, in an Arbour built that morning, for that purpofe; fhe told him alfo, that Orpheus would bee there, and bring his Harp, Pan his Pipe, and 'Titerus his Oaten-reed, tomakemufick at this feaft ; fhee therefore perfwaded him, not to lofe, but change that dayes pleafure ; before he could WALrONIANA. " could return an anfwer they were unawares en- " tred into a living moving Lane, made of Shep- " heards and Pilgrimes ; who had that morning " meafured many miles to be eye-witnefTes of that " days pleafure ; this Lane led them into a large " Arbour, whofe wals were made of the yeelding " Willow, and fmooth Beech boughs : and covered " over with Sycamore leaves, and Honyfuccles." I might now tell in what manner (after her firft entrance into this Arbour) Philoclea {Philoclea the fair Arcadian Shepheardefle) crown'd her Temples with a Garland, with what flowers, and by whom 'twas made; I might tell what guefts (befides Aftrea and Adonis) were at this feaft ; and who (befide Mercury) waited at the Table, this I might tell : but may not, cannot exprefTe what mufick the Gods and Wood-nymphs made within ; and the Linits, Larks, and Nightingales about this Arbour, during this holy day : which began in harmlefle mirth, and (for Bacchus and his gang were WALTONIANA. were abfent) ended in love and peace, which Fan (for he onely can doe it) continue in Arcadia^ and reftore to the difturbed IJland of Britannia, and grant that each honeft Shepheard may again Jit under his own Vine and Fig-tree, and feed his own flocky and with love enjoy the fruits of peace , and he more thankfulL Reader, at this time and place, the Authour con- tracted a friendfhip with certain fingle-hearted Shepheards : with whom (as he return'd from his River-recreations) he often refted himfelfe, and whilefl: in the calm evening their flocks fed about them, heard that difcourfe, which (with the Shep- heards names) is prefented in thefe Eglogues. 23 Novem. 1645. feff&l^ff^!^^ *6e Returni?ig Backjlider^ 4"*., 1650, preferved in the Cathedral Library, Salifbury. See Sir Harris Nicolas' Memoir of Walton, civ.] m^\ WALTONIANA. F this bleft man let this juft praife be given. Heaven was in him, before he was in heaven. IzAAK Walton. DEDICATION OF RELIQUIAE WOTTONIANiE. 1651. r [Reliquias ^w [Reliquiaj Wottonianie, or, a CoUeftion of Lives, Letters, Poems ; with Charafters of Sundry Perfonages : and other Incomparable Pieces of Language and Art, By The curious Penfil of the Ever Memorable S'. Henry Wotton, K'., Late, Provoll of Eton Coliedg. London, Printed by Thomas Maxey, for R. Marriot, G. Bedel, and T. Garthwait. 1 65 1 .] W^AUrONIANA. To the Right Honourable The Lady Mary Wotton Baronnefsy and to her Three Noble Daughters, The Lady Katherin Stanhop. Margaret Tufton. Ann Hales. INCE Bookes feeme by cuftome to Challenge a dedicatio, Juftice would not allow, that what either was, or con- cerned Sir Henry Wotton, fhould be appropriated to any other Perfons ; Not only for that nearnefle of Aliance and Blood (by which you may chalenge a civil right to what was his ;) but, by WALTONIANA. by a title of that intirenefle of Affedion, which was in you to each other, when Sir Henry Wotton had a being upon Earth. And fince yours was a Friendlhip made up of generous Principles, as I cannot doubt but thefe indeavours to preferve his Memory wil be accept- able to all that lov'd him ; fo efpecially to you : from whom I have had fuch incouragements as hath imboldned me to this Dedication. Which you are moft humbly intreated may be accepted from Your very reall fervant, I. W. On fS4^g^^rS^^-84a*e§§^'§^S§^a§ff-8{'§t-S^^^8€^ ON THE DEATH OF WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT. 1651. [Comedies, 1-^J W [Comedies, Tragi-Comedies, witli other Poems, by M^ William Cartvvright, late Student of Chrill-Church in Ox- ford, and Prodor of the Univerfity. London, Printed for Humphrey Mokley, and are to be fold at his Shop, at the fign of the Prince's Arms in S'. Pauls Church-yard, 165 i.] On WALrONIANA. On the Death of my dear Friend Mr, William Cartwrighty relating to the fore- going Elegies. CANNOT keep my purpofe, but muft give Sorrow and Verfe their way ; nor will I grieve Longer in filence ; no, that poor, poor part Of natures legacy, Verfe void of Art, And undiflembled teares,CARTWRiGHTfhall have Fixt on his Hearfe ; and wept into his grave. Mufes I need you not ; for. Grief and I Can in your abfence weave an Elegy : Which we will do ; and often inter- weave Sad Looks,and Sighs ; the ground- work muft receive Such Chara6lers, or be adjudg'd unfit For my Friends fhroud ; others have fhew'd their Wit, Learni WALrONIANA. Learning, and Language fitly ; for thefe be Debts due to his great Merits : but for me, My aymes are like my felf, humble and low, Too mean to fpeak his praife, too mean to fhow The World what it hath loft in lofing thee, Whofe Words and Deeds were perfed Harmony. But now 'tis loft ; loft in the ftlent Grave, Loft to us Mortals, loft, 'till we ftiall have Admiftion to that Kingdom, where He fings Harmonious Anthems to the King of Kings. Sing on bleft Soul ! be as thou wast below, A more than common inftrument to ftiow Thy Makers praife ; fing on, whilft I lament Thy lofs, and court a holy difcontent, With fuch pure thoughts as thine, to dwellwithme, Then I may hope to live, and dye like thee, Td live belov'd, dye mourn'd, thus in my grave ; Bleftings that Kings have wifti'd, but cannot have. Iz. Wa. PREFACE l^^:^:^ !s5&tel^- ls!^^d&< xS^^^SU i5!>:>^iS^- iS^W. f^iy '\jy> '\jiy» •m^ "My* "W* '\/V '\A/^ "W^ '^JV '\A/* PREFACE TO SIR JOHN SKEFFINGTON'S HEROE OF LORENZO. 1652. [The Heroe, of Lorenzo, or, The way to Eminencie and Perfeftion. A piece of ferious Spanifli wit Originally in that language written, and in Englifh. By Sir John Skef- iington, Kt. and Barronet. London, printed for John Martin and James Alleftrye at the Bell in St Pauls Church-yard. 1652.] WALTONIANA. Let this be told the Reader^ HAT Sir John Skeffington (one of his late Majefties fervants, and a ftranger to no language of Chriftendom) did about 40 years now paft, bring this Hero out of Spain into England, There they two kept company together 'till about 1 2 months now paft : and then, in a retyre- ment of that learned knights (by reafon of a fequef- tration for his mafters caufe) a friend coming to vifit him, they fell accidentally into a difcourfe of the wit and galantry of the Spani/h Nation, That difcourfe occafioned an example or two, to be brought out of this Hero : and, thofe ex- amples (with Sir Johns choice language and illuf- tration) WALrONIANA. tration) were fo relifht by his friend (a ftranger to the Spani/h tongue) that he became reftles 'till he got a promife from Sir John to tranflate the whole, which he did in a few weeks ; and fo long as that imployment lafted it proved an excellent diverfion from his many fad thoughts; But he hath now chang'd that Condition, to be pofTeft of that place into which fadneffe is not capable of entrance. And his abfence from this world hath occafion'd mee (who was one of thofe few that he gave leave to know him, for he was a retyr'd man) to tell the Reader that I heard him fay, he had not made the EngliJJi fo fhort, or few words, as the originall ; becaufe in that, the Author had exprefl himfelf fo enigmatically, that though he indevour d to tranf- late it plainly ; yet, he thought it was not made comprehenfible enough for common Readers, therefore he declar'd to me, that he intended to make it fo by a coment on the margent ; which he had begun, but (be it fpoke with forrow) he and thofe WALTONIANA. thofe thoughts are now buried hi the filent Grave/ and my felf, with thofe very many that lov'd him, left to lament that loffe. I.W. ^ Compare the poem on the death of Cart w right, y///>r^.- — ** But now 'tis loll ; loft in the filent grave," &c. ^t^JtVat^, P'WSTATATr ■s^L JiAUl J\AUl^ JI^^L JI^^L J\^ J^t COMMENDATORY VERSES TO THE AUTHOR OF SCINTILLULA ALTARIS. 1652. r [Scintillula *g84e§^ia-^^'§4is^e§ti6»iS'§f ^ait m^ mi^ [Scintillula Altaris or, a Pious Refledlion on Primitive Devotion : as to the Feafls and Falb of the Chriftian Church, Orthodoxally Revived. By Edward Sparke, B.D. London; Printed by T. Maxey for Richard Marriot, and are to be fold at his Shop in S'. Dunftan's Church-yard in Fleetftreet, 1652. This book reached a Seventh Edition during Walton's life- time ; but his Commendatory Verfes are only to be found in the firft.] ro )^^iL M^ ^^^ w* i^l:^ IVALrONIANA. To the Author upo7t the fight of the firfi fioeet of his Book. Y worthy friend, I am much pleal'd to know, You hive begun to pay the debt you ewe By promife, to fo many pious friends, In printing your choice Poems; it commends Both them, and you, that they have been defir'd By perfons of fuch Judgment; and admir'd They mufl be moft, by thofe that bed fhal know What praife to holy Poetry we owe. So fhall your Difquifitions too ; for, there Choice learning, and bleft piety, appear. All All ufefull to poor Chriftians : where they may Learne Primitive Devotion. Each Saints day Stands as a Land-mark in an erring age to guide fraile mortals in their pilgrimage To the Coeleftiall Can an ; and each Faft, Is both the fouls diredion, and repaft : All fo expreft, that I am glad to know You have begun to pay the debt you owe. Iz.Wa. DEDICATION ^60e8*0§^e§*i DEDICATION OF THE LIFE OF DONNE AND ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER. 1658. [The [The Life of John Donne, Dr. in Divinity, and Late Dean of Saint Pauls Church London. The fecond impreffion cor- reded and enlarged. Ecclus. 48. 14. He did wonders in his life, and at his death his zvorks were marvelous. London, Printed by J. G. for R. Marriot, and are to be fold at his Ihop under S. Dunllans Church in Fleet-ftreet. 1658.] JKHI :^^ l^^:} 1^^ '1^^ l^ WALTON IAN A. To My Noble & honoured Friend Sir Robert Holt of AJion, in the County of Warwick, Baronet. Sir, HEN this relation of the life of Dodor Donne was firft made publick, it had befides the approbation of our late learned & eloquent King, a conjunc- tion with the Authors moft excellent Sermons to fupport it ; and thus it lay fome time fortified againft prejudice ; and thofe paflions that are by bufie and malicious men too freely vented againft the dead. E And WALTONIANA. And yet, now, after almoft twenty yeares, when though the memory of D^ Donne himfelf, muft not, cannot die, fo long as men fpeak Englifh ; yet when I thought Time had made this relation of him fo like rny felf, as to become ufdefs to the world, and content to be forgotten ; I find that a retreat into a defired privacy, will not be afforded ; for the Printers will again expofe it and me to publick ex- ceptions; and without thofe fupports, which we firfl had and needed, and in an Age too, in which Truth & Innocence have not beene able to defend themfelves from worfe then fevere cenfures. ; This I forefaw, and Nature teaching me felfe- prefervation, and my long experience of your abiUties affuring me that in you it may in found \^ to you. Sir, do I make mine addrefTes for an um- brage and protedion : and I make it with fo much humble boldneffe, as to fay 'twere degenerous in you not to afford it. * Sic: probably a mifprint for ^^be found ?"-7-Ed. For, WAUrONIANA. For, Sir, D^ Donne was fo much a part of yourfelf, as to be incorporated into your Family, by fo noble a friendihip, that I may fay there was a marriage of fouls betwixt him and your^^' reverend * john King, Grandfather, who in his life was an b. of Land, Angel of our once glorious Church, and now no common Star in heaven. And D". Donne's love died not with him, but was doubled upon his Heire, your beloved Uncle the Bishop of fChichefter, that lives ^ Hen: Kmg, in this froward generation, to be an or- "^^^ ^•^• nament to his Calling. And this affedion to him was by D'. D. fo teftified in his life, that he then trufted him with the very fecrets of his foul ; & at his death, with what was deareft to him, even his fame, eftate, & children. And you have yet a further title to what was D". Donne's, by that dear affedtion & friendihip that WALrONIANA. that was betwixt him and your parents, by which he entailed a love upon yourfelf, even in your in- fancy, which was encreafed by the early teftimonies of your growing merits, and by them continued, till D. Donne put on immortality; and fo this mortall was turned into a love that cannot die. And Sir, 'twas pity he was loft to you in your minority, before you had attained a judgement to put a true value upon the living beauties and elegancies of his converfation ; and pitty too, that fo much of them as were capable of fuch an expref- fion, were not drawn by the penfil of a 'Tytian or a 'Tentoret, by a pen equall and more lafting then their art; for his life ought to be the example of more then that age in which he died. And yet this copy, though very much, indeed too much ihort of the Originall, will prefent you with fome features not unlike your dead friend, and with fewer blemifhes and more ornaments than when 'twas firft made publique : which creates a con- tentment WALrONIANA. tentment to my felfe, becaufe it is the more worthy of him, and becaufe I may with more civility intitle you to it. And in this defigne of doing fo, I have not a thought of what is pretended in moft Dedications, a Commutation for Courtefies : no indeed Sir, I put no fuch value upon this trifle ; for your owning it will rather increafe my Obligations. But my de- fire is, that into whofe hands foever this fhall fall, it may to them be a tefliimony of my gratitude to your felf and Family, who defcended to fuch a degree of humility as to admit me into their friendfhip in the dayes of my youth ; and not- withftanding my many infirmities, have continued me in it till I am become gray-headed; and as Time has added to my yeares, have ftill increafed and multiplied their favours. This, Sir, is the intent of this Dedication : and having made the declaration of it thus publick, I fhall conclude it with commending them and you to Gods deare love. I -u ■f^Q^lt-f^: kL M m i WAUTONIANA. I remain, Sir, what your many merits have made me to be. The humbleft of your Servants, Isaac Walton. ^^^^ to ^ll^re3es^M^£3^M«J^^ To the Reader. Y defire is to inform and afTure you, that fhall become my Reader, that in that part of this following difcourfe, which is onely narration, I either fpealc my own knowledge, or from the teftimony of fuch as dare do any thing, rather than fpeak an untruth. And for that part of it which is my own obferva- tion or opinion, if I had a power I would not ufe it to force any mans aflent, but leave him a liberty to difbelieve what his own reafon inclines him to. Next, I am to inform you, that whereas D"". Donne's life was formerly printed with his Sermons, and then had the fame Preface or Introdu6lion to it ; I have not omitted it now, becaufe I have no fuch confidence in what I have done, as to ap- pear without an apology for my undertaking it. I have faid all when I have wiflied happinefle to my Reader. I. W. DAMAN AND DORUS, An Humble Eglog* 29'^ MAY 1660. [Songs ^I>^L J)^^L Jk'>:(L JI»J^^)!^*^ r^^?^^ f?^5^^ r^^^"*^ i ^w*^i t ^^ [The Synagogue, or The Shadow of the Temple. Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. In imitation of M^ George Herbert. The fourth Edition correfted and enlarged. Lon- don, Printed for Philemon Stephens, at the guilded Lyon in S'. Pauls Churchyard, 1661. p. 6y.] IFALTONIANA. To my Reverend Friend the Author of the Synagogue. LO V'D you for your Synagogue,before I knew your perfon ; but now love you more; Becaufe I find It is fo true a pidlure of your mind : Which tunes your facred lyre To that eternal quire ; Where holy Herbert fits (O fhame to prophane wits) And fings his and your Anthems, to the praife Of Him that is the firfl and laft of daies. Thefe holy Hymns had an Ethereal birth : For they can raife fad fouls above the earth And ^p»f,^i^^«^*^ JVALrONIANA. And fix them there Free from the worlds anxieties and fear* Herbert and you have powV To do this : ev'ry hour I read you kills a fin, Or lets a vertue in To fight againft it ; and the Holy Ghofl: Supports my frailties, left the day be loft. This holy war, taught by your happy pen, The Prince of Peace approves. When we poor men Negled: our arms. Ware circumvefted with a world of harms. But I will watch, and ward. And ftand upon my guard, And ftill confult with you. And Herbert^ and renew My vows, and fay, Well fare his, and your heart. The fountains of fuch facred wit and art. Iz. Wa. EPITAPH *e{S^*8<^iL, Jln^lL JC^^HL JI'^^IL WALTONIANA. ffor my worthy frend M^. Edward Ward, att Rodon Temple, nere vnto Lejier. Att Mr. Babingtons att Rodon Temple. CAME well from Winton to London, about 3 weikes pad : at that time I left Do^ Hawkins well: and my dafter (after a greate danger of child berth) not very well, but by a late letter from him, I heare they be boeth in good health. The dodtor did tell me agowne and fome bookes of y" were in danger to be loft, though he had made (at a diftance) many inquiries after them, and intreated others to doe fo too, but yet inefec- tually. He theirfore intreated me to undertake a fearch : and I have donne it fo fuccesfuly that uppon thurfday the 240 inftant they were dd to that JFALrONIANA. that letter carryer that Inns at the Rofe in Smlth- feild, and with them the Life of M^ George Her- bert (and 3 others) wrapt up in a paper and diredled to you at Rodon Temple, the booke not tyed to the bundell, but of it felfe. The bundell coft me 3\ 8^. carryage to London, and I hope it will now come fafe to your hands. What I have to write more is my heartie wifhes for y^ hapines, for I am y^ affec. frend and feruant, IzAAK Walton. Nou' 26^ 1670. If you incline to write to me, dired: your letter to be left at M' Grinfells, a grocer in King ftreite in Weftminfter. Much good doe you with the booke, w'^^ I wifh better. DEDICATION ^^^ (^^ 1^1^ 1^1^ f^5i^ 1^ '^jj/* '>J3/* '\ju* "jy '^jy* "My "fjy* "VO^ DEDICATION OF THE THIRD EDITION OF RELIQUIiE WOTTONIANiE. 1672. r [Reliquiae [Reliquiae Wottonianas : or a Colle6lion of Lives, Letters, Poems ; with Charafters of Sundry Perfonages : and other Incomparable Pieces of Language and Art. Alfo Additional Letters to feveral Perfons, not before Printed. By the Curious Pencil of the Ever Memorable Sir Henry Wotton, K', Late Provoft of Eaton CoUedge. The Third Edition, with large Additions. London : Printed by T. Roycroft, for R. Mar- riott, F. Tyton, T. Collins, and J. Ford, 1672.] To WALrONIANA. To the Right Honourable Philip Earl of Chejierjield^ Lord Stanhop of Shelf or d. My Lord, HAVE conceived many Reafons, why I ought in Juftice to Dedicate thefe Rehques of Your Great Uncle, Sir Henry Wotton, to Your Lordfhip; fome of which are, that both Your Grand- mother and Mother had a double Right to them by a Dedication when firft made Publick ; as alfo, for their aflifting me then, and fince, with many Material Informations for the Writing his Life ; and for giving me many of the Letters that have fallen from his curious Pen : fo that they being now dead, thefe Reliques defcend to You, as Heir to WALrONIANA. to them, and the Inheritor of the memorable Bo6ton Palace, the Place of his Birth, where fo many of the Ancient, and Prudent, and Valiant Family of the Wottons lie now Buried; whofe remarkable Monuments You have lately Beautified, and to them added fo many of fo great Worth, as hath made it appear, that at the Ere(5ling and Adorning them, You were above the thought of Charge, that they might, if pofTible, (for 'twas no eafie undertaking) hold fome proportion with the Merits of Your Anceftors. My Lord, Thefe are a part of many more Reafons that have incHn'd me to this Dedication ; and thefe, with the Example of a Liberty that is not given, but now too ufually taken by many Scriblers, to make trifling Dedications, might have begot a boldnefs in fome Men of as mean as my mean Abilities to have undertaken this. But indeed, my Lord, though I was ambitious enough of undertaking it; yet, as Sir Henry Wotton hath faid WALTONIANA. fald in a Piece of his own Chara6ler, 'That he was condemn d by Nature to a baflifulnejs in making Requefts : fo I find myfelf (pardon the Parallel) fo like him in this, that if I had not had more Reafons then I have yet expreft, thefe alone had not been powerful enough to have created a Confidence in me to have attempted it. Two of my unexpreft Reafons are, (give me leave to tell them to Tour Lord/hip and the World') that Sir Henry Wotton, whofe many Merits made him an Ornament even to Your Family, was yet fo humble, as to acknow- ledge me to be his Friend ; and died in a belief that I was fo : fince which time, I have made him the befl return of my Gratitude for his Condefcen- tion, that I have been able to exprefs, or he capable of receiving : and, am pleafed with my felf for fo doing. My other Reafon of this boldnefs, is, an in- couragement (very like a command) from Your worthyCoufin,and my Friend, Mr. Charles Cotton^ who WALTONIANA, who hath afTured me, that You are fuch a Lover of the Memory of Your Generous Unkle, Sir HenryWotton,that if there were no other Reafon then my endeavors to preferve it, yet, that that alone would fecure this Dedication from being un- acceptable. I wilh, that nor he, nor I be milliaken ; and that I were able to make You a more Worthy Prefent. My Lord, I am and will be Your Humble and moft Affedionate Servant, IzAAK Walton. Feb. 27, 1672. LETTER TO MARRIOTT. 1673- [The original is preferved in Corpus Chrifti College, Ox- ford, and was printed for the lirft time in Sir Harris Nicolas' Life of Walton (Pickering, 1837), Ixxix. Ixxx.] M^ I WALTONIANA. M^ Marriott, HAVE received Bentevolio, and in it M^ Her^ life ; I thank you for both. I have iince I faw you received from M"". Milington fo much of M^ Hales his life as M^ Faringdon had writ ; and have made many inquiries concerning him of many that knew him, namely of M''. Powny, of Windfor, (at whofe houfe hedied),and as I have heard,fo have fet them down, that my memory might not lofe them. M"". Mountague did at my being in Windfor promife me to fummon his memory, and fet down what he knew of him. This I defired him to do at his beft leifure, and write it down, and he that knew him and all his affairs beft of any man is like to do it very WALTONIANA, very well, becaufe I think he will do it affec- tionately, fo that if M''. Fulman make his queries concerning that part of his life fpent in Oxford, he will have many, and good, I mean true informa- tions from M"". Faringdon, till he came thither, and by me and my means fince he came to Eton. This I write that you may inform M''. Fulman of it, and I pray let him know I will not yet give over my queries ; and let him know that I hope to meet him and the Parliament in health and in Lon- don in Odober, and then and there deliver up my colledlions to him. In the mean time I wifh him and you health ; and pray let him know it either by your writing to him, or fending him this of mine. God keep us all in his favour, his and your friend to ferve you, IzAAK Walton. Wincheller, 24ih Auguft, 1673. PREFACE mmm^ PREFACE TO THEALMA AND CLEARCHUS. 1678. 9 w^m [Thealma [Thealma and Clearchus, a Paftoral Hiftory, in fmooth and eafie Verfe. Written long fince, By John Chalkhill, Efq. ; an Acquaintant and Friend of Edmund Spencer. London : Printed for Benj. Tooke, at the Ship in S. Paul's Church-yard, 1683.] WALTONIANA. The Preface. ^HE Reader will find in this Book, what the Title declares, A Paftoral Hiftory, in fmooth and eafie Verfe ; and will in it find many Hopes and Fears finely painted, and feelingly exprefT'd. And he will find the firft fo often difappointed, when fullest of de- fire and expedlation ; and the later, fo often, fo flrangely, and fo unexpedtedly reliev'd, by an un- forefeen Providence, as may beget in him wonder and amazement. And the Reader will here alfo meet with Paf- fions heightned by eafie and fit defcriptions of Joy and Sorrow ; and find alfo fuch various events and rewards of innocent Truth and undifTembled Honefly WALrONIANA. Honefty, as is like to leave in him (if he be a good natur'd Reader) more fympathizing and virtuous ImprefTions, than ten times fo much time fpent in impertinent, critical, and needlefs Difputes about Religion : and I heartily wifh it may do fo. And, I have alfo this truth to fay of the Author, that he was in his time a man generally known, and as well belov'd ; for he was humble, and obliging in his behaviour, a Gentleman, a Scholar, very in- nocent and prudent : and indeed his whole life was ufeful, quiet, and virtuous. God fend the Story may meet with, or make all Readers like him. I.W.* May 7, 1678. * The Poem of Thealma and Clearchus was left in an un- linilhed Hate : it terminates abruptly with the half line " Thealma lives " Upon which Walton adds And here the Author dfd, and I hope the Reader will b e forry . LETTER wm LETTER TO JOHN AUBREY. 1680. r [The original is among Aubrey's MSS. in the Afhmolean Mufeum : annexed to it is the following note by Aubrey: " This account I received from MMfaac Walton (who wrote " D^ Donne's Life, &c. Decemb. 2, 1680, he being then " eighty-feven years of age. This is his own hand-writing, " I.A." See Walton s Lives, With Notes and the Life of the Author by Thomas Zouch^ third edition. Tork, 1 8 17. Vol. II. PP- 353-356.] ^ 's ?< 1^ J >:i>:< 8L Ji >5^ Bk /J "g* iL IVALTONIANA. (C ffor y"^ ffriends q"^^ this. ONLY knew Ben Jonfon : But my Lord of Winton knew him very well; and fays, he was in the 6°., that is, the uppermoft fforme in VVeftminfter fcole, at which time his father dyed, and his mother mar- ried a brickelayer, who made him (much againft his will) help him in his trade ; but in a fhort time, his fcolemaifter, M'', Camden, got him a better imployment, which was to atend or acompanyafon of Sir Walter Rauley's in his travills. Within a fhort time after their return, they parted (I think not in cole bloud) and with a love futable to what they had in their travilles (not to be com- mended). And then Ben began to fet up for him- ^ ^ ^ felf WALTONIANA. felf in the trade by which he got his fubfiftance and fame, of which I need not give any account. He got in time to have a \oo£ a yeare from the king, alfo a penfion from the cittie, and the like from many of the nobilitie and fome of the gentry, w''^ was well pay'd, for love or fere of his railing in verfe, or profe, or boeth. My lord told me, he told him he was (in his long retyrement and iick- nefs, when he faw him, which v/as often) much afflickted, that hee had profained the fcripture in his playes, and lamented it with horror : yet that, at that time of his long retyrement, his penfion (fo much as came in) was giuen to a woman that gouern'd him (with whome he liu'd and dyed near the Abie in Weftminfter) ; and that nether he nor fhe tooke too much care for next weike : and wood be fure not to want wine : of w'''' he ufually tooke too much before he went to bed, if not oftener and foner. My lord tells me, he knowes not, but thinks he was born in Weftminfter. The queftlon ^^^^ MbKj^\ IVALrONIANA. queflion may be put to M^ Wood very eafily upon what grounds he is pofitive as to his being born their ; he is a friendly man, and will refolve it. So much for braue Ben. You will not think the reft fo tedyous as 1 doe this. ffor y"" 2 and 3 q^^^ of M^ Hill, and Bihngfley, I do neither know nor can learn any thing worth teling you. for y' two remaining q""^ of M^ Warner, and M". Harriott this : yi\ Warner did long and conftantly lodg nere the water- flares, or market, in Woolftable. Wool- ftable is a place not far from Charing-Crofte, and nerer to Northumberland-houfe. My lord of Winchefter tells me, he knew him, and that he fayde, he firft found out the cerculation of the blood, and difcover'd it to D". Haruie (who faid that 'twas he (himfelfe) that found it) for which he is fo memorally famofe. Warner had a penfion of 40/. a yeare from that Earle of Northumberland that WALTONIANA, that lay fo long a prifner in the Towre, and fom allowance from Sir Tho. Aylefbury, and with whom he ufually (pent his fumer in Windfor Park, and was welcom, for he was harmles and quet. His winter was fpent at the Woolftable, where he dyed in the time of the parlement of 1 640, of which or whome, he was no louer. M". Herriott, my lord tells me, he knew alfo : That he was a more gentile man than Warner. That he had 120^ a yeare penfion from the faid Earle (who was a louer of their ftudyes), and his lodgings in Syon-houfe, where he thinks, or believes, he dyed. This is all I know or can learne for your friend ; which I wifh may be worth the time and trouble of reading it. I.W. Nou^ 22, 80. IZAAK IZAAK WALTON'S WILL. 1683. r f/WW^lP WALtONIANA. Auguft the 9°, 1683. N the name of God Amcti. I Izaak Walton the elder of Winchefter being this prefentday in the neintyeth yeare of my age and in perfed: memory for wich prayfed be God : but Confidering how fo- dainly I may be deprived of boeth doe therfore make this my laft will and teftament as followeth. And firft I doe [declare] my beleife to be that their is only one God who hath made the whole world and me and all mankinde to whome I fhall give an acount of all my adlions which are not to be juftified, but I hope pardoned for the merits of my faviour Jefus. — And becaufe [the H profefTion WALTONIANA. profefTion of] Criftianity does at this time, feime to be fubdevided into papift and proteftant, I take it to be at leaft convenient to declare my beleife to be in all poynts of faith, as the Church of England nowprofeffeth. And this I doe the rather, becaufe of a very long and very trew friendfhip with fome of the Roman Church. And for my worldly eftate, (which I have ne- ther got by falfhood or flattery or the extreme crewelty of the law of this nation,) I doe hereby give and bequeth it as followeth. — Firft I give my fon- in-law Doc"". Hawkins and to his Wife, to them I give all my tytell and right of or in a part of a howfe and fhop in Pater-nofter-rowe in Lon- don : which I hold by leafe from the Lord Bifhop of London for about 50 years to come, and I doe alfo give to them all my right and tytell of or to a howfe in Chanfery-lane, London ; where in M'■^ Greinwood now dvvelleth, in which is now about 1 6 years to come. I give thefe two leafes to them, they JVALrONIANA. they faving my executor from all damage concern- ing the fame. (And 1 doe alfo give to my faide dafter all my books this day at Winchefter and Droxford : and what ever ells I can call mine their, except a trunk of linen w*''' I give my fon Izaak Walton, but if he doe not marry, or ufe the faide linen himfelfe, then I give the fame to my grand- doughter Anne Hawkins). And I give to my fon Izaak, all my right and ty tell to a leafe of Norington farme, which I hold from the lord B^. of Winton. And I doe alfo give him all my right and tytell to a farme or land near to Stafford : which I bought of M". Walter Noell : I fay, I give it to him and [his] heares for ever, but upon the con- dition following. Namely — If my fone fhall not marry before he fhall be of the age of forty and one yeare ; or being marryed fhall dye before the faide age and leve noe fon to inherit the faide farme or land : or if his fon [or fonns] fhall not live to H 2 ataine m^m^mi WALTONIANA. ataine the age of twentie and one yeare, to difpofe otherwayes of it, then I give the faide farme or land to the towne or corperation of Stafford (in which I was borne,) for the good and benifit of fome of the faide towne, as I fhall dired; and as fol- loweth. but firft note, that it is at this prefant time rented for 21^' 10^ a yeare (and is like to hold the faid rent, if care be taken to keipe the barne and howfing in repaire) and I wood have and doe give ten pownd of the faide rent, to binde out yearely two boyes, the fons of honeft and pore parents to be apprentices to fom tradefmen or handy-craft- men, to the intent the faide boyes [may] the better afterward get their owne hving. — And I doe alfo give five pownd yearly, out of the faid rent to be given to fome meade-fervant, that hath atain'd the age of twenty and [one] yeare (not Jes), and dwelt long in one fervis, or to fom honeft pore man's daughter, that hath atain'd to that age, to [be] paide her, at or on the day of her marriage. And JVALTONIANA. And this being done, my will is, that what rent fhall remaine of the faide farme or land, fhall be difpofed of as folJoweth. Firfl I doe give twenty fhillings yearely, to be fpent by the maior of Stafford and thofe that fhall coledt the faid rent : and difpofe of it as I have and fhall hereafter diredl. And that what mony or rent fhall remaine undifpofed offe fhall be im- ployed to buie coles for fome pore people, that fhall mofl neide them in the faid towne ; the faide coles to be delivered the lafl weike in Janewary, or in every firfl weike in Febrewary : I fay then, be- caufe I take that time to be the hardefl and mofl pinching times with pore people. And God re- ward thofe that fhall doe this with out partialitie and with honeftie and a good contience. And if the faide maior and others of the faide towne of Stafford, fhall prove fo necligent or dif- honefl as not to imploy the rent by me given as intended and exprefl in this my will, (which God H 3 forbid,) tf"^ WALrONIANA. forbid,) then I give the faide rents and profits, of the faide farme or land, to the towne and chiefe ma- geftrats or governers of Ecles-hall, to be difpofed by them in fuch maner as I have ordered the dif- pofall of it, by the towne of Stafford, the faid Farme or land being nere the towne of Ecles-hall. And I give to my fon-in-law Dodtor Hawkins, (whome I love as my owne fon) and to my dafter his wife, and my fon Izaak to each of them a ring with thefe words or motto ; — love my memory, I. W. obiet = to the Lord B^ of Winton a ring with this motto — a mite for a million : I. W. obiet =" And to the freinds hearafter named I give to each of them a ring with this motto A friends farewell. I. W. obiet " = and my will is, the faid rings be delivered within fortie dayes of my deth. and that the price or valew of all the faide rings fliall be — 13^ \^ a peice. I give to Dodor Hawkins D06I0' Donns Ser- mons; which I have hear'd preacht, and read with much WALrONIANA. much content, to my fon Izaak I give Doc'' Sibbs his Soules Confli5iy and to my doughter his Brew/ed Reide ; de firing them to reade them fo, as to be well aquanted with them, and I alfo give to her all my bookes at Winchefter and Droxford, and what ever in thofe two places are or I can call mine : except a trunk of linen, which I gave to my fon Izaak, but if he doe not live to make ufe of it, then I give the fame to my grand-dafter, Anne Hawkins : And I give my dafter Doc"" Halls Works which be now at Farnham. To my fon Izaak I give all my books, (not yet given) at Farnham Caftell and a defke of prints and pickters ; alfo a cabinet nere my beds head, in w''^ are fom littell things that he will valew, tho of noe greate worth. And my will and defyre is, that he will be kind to his Ante Beacham and his ant Rofe Ken : by aloWing the firft about fiftie fhilling a yeare in or for bacon and cheife (not more), and paying 4^' a yeare ^f^^f^ ^^f^ 6»i^^^ fwt^ ^Jl^ WfSf WALTONIANA. yeare toward the bordin of her Ton's dyut to M''. John Whitehead, for his ante Ken, I defyre him to be kinde to her according to her neceflltie and his owne abillitie. and I comend one of her children to breide up (as I have faide I intend to doe) if he fhall be able to doe it. as I know he will ; for, they be good folke. I give to M^ John Darbifhire the Sermons of M'. Antony Faringdon, or of do" Sanderfon, which my executor thinks fit. to my fervant, Thomas Edghill I give five pownd in mony, and all my clothes linen and wollen except one fute of clothes, (which I give to M'. Holinfhed, and forty jfhiling) if the faide Thomas be my fervant at my deth, if not my cloths only. And I give my old friend M'. Richard Marriot ten pownd in mony, to be paid him within . 3 . months after my deth. and I defyre my fon to fhew kindenes to him if he fhall neide, and my fon can fpare it. And JVALrONIANA. And I doe hereby will and declare my fon Izaak to be my fole executo"" of this my laft will and teftament ; and Do' Hawkins, to fee that he per- forms it, which I doubt not but he will. I defyre my buriall may be nere the place of my deth ; and free from any oftentation or charg, but privately : this I make to be my laft will, (to which I only add the codicell for rings,) this 1 6. dayof Auguft, 1683. Witnes to this will. Izaak Walton. The rings I give are To my brother Jon Ken. to my fifter his wife. to my brother Doc*" Ken. to my fifter Pye. to M^ Francis Morley. to S"" George Vernon. to his wife. to his 3 dafters. to M". Nelfon. as on the other fide. to my brother Beacham. to my fifter his wife, to the lady Anne How. to W\ KingDo-- Philips wife, to M'. Valantine Harecourt. to M'^. Elyza Johnfon. to M^ Mary Rogers, to W\ Elyza Milward. to W\ Doro. Wallop. to WALrONIJNA. to M"". Rich. Walton. to M"". Palmer. to M-*. Taylor. to M^ Tho. Garrard. to the Lord Bp. of Sarum. to M'. Rede his Servant. to my Coz. Dorothy Kenrick. to my Coz. Levvin. to M'. Walter Higgs, to M'\ Cha Cotton. to M'. Rich. Marryot. to M^ Will. Milward of Chrift-Church, Oxford. to M^ John DarbeQiire. to M"" . Veudvill. to W\ Rock. to M*". Peter White. to M-". John Lloyde. to my Coz Greinfells — widow 1 6 M'■^ Dalbin mull not be forgotten. 22 Note that feveral lines are blotted out of this will for they are twice repeted : And, that this will is now figned & fealed, this twenty and fourth day of 06lober 1683 in the pretence of us — Witnes, Abra. Markland. Jos : Taylor, Thomas Crawley. IzAAK Walton CHtS-.VlCK PRESS :— C. WHITTINGHAM, TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE.