Who had noe copy to be guided by But Hales imprinted in her memory. Thus ill cut Brasses serve uppon a grave, Which less resemblance of the persons have. You may take notice that she is a most generous and ingenious Lady. Greater friendship 'twixt her and Mr. Ha. she has told me he told her he had liv'd 14 days with bere and bred and tosts, in order to try how litell would keepe him if he were sequestered. She told me he would eate very fully at a diner, and of the strongest or coarsest of the mete rather than the finest. She told me he was never out of Humour but always even, and humble, and quiet, never disturbed by any news, or any losse or any thing that concerned the world, but much affected if his friends were in want or sick. At his being at Rickkings towards his later end when he was alone he was usually reading Tho. à Kempis, which of a small print he read without specktacels. He kept his opinions to himself especially towards his later part of his life and would often say there was plainness in all necessary trewths: He was Bowser about that time when in the contest began betwixt the King and Parliament (and) boeth armies had sequestered the College rents so that he could not get money to pay wages to the servants, or for victuals for the schollers. But after 9 weekes hiding himselfe to preserve the college writings and keyes, he was forc'd to appere, at the end of which time, the old woman that conceal'd him demanded but 6d. a weeke for his browne bread and bere, which was all his meate, and he wood give her 12d. His concealment was so nere the Cottage or Highway, that he said after, pleasantly, those that searched for him might have smelt him, if he had eaten garlick. This was told me by Mrs. Powney from whome Mr. Montague it may be, had (it?) more perfectly. He lived 5 yeares after he was sequestered. He dyed the 19th of May, Anno --q-, Mrs. Powny, and was by his owne comand buried next day in the Church yeard. He had a monument made for him (by some friend) wch is now in Eaton church yard. He was not good at any continuance to get or save money for himselfe; yet he undertook to do it for Sir H. Wotton, who was a neglector of mony, and Mr. Ha. told me he had got £300 together at the time of his deth, a some to which Sir H. had long been a stranger, and would ever have been if he had managed his owne money-business. It was happily got together to bury him, and inable him to doe some offices of honor, and justice, and gratitude, and charitie. Mrs. Powny told me Sir Fra. Bacon and the Lord Falkland came one day purposely from London to sup and discourse with him, and return'd early next morning. Mr. Ha. like Paule at Damascus, eate not in 3 dayes. I thinke he bought and gave the howse in which he dyed to Mrs. Pownye's husband, who had been his honest servant of which -q I have heard that Mr. Ha. being suppos'd to hold some heterodox opinions, he, to testifie the contrary, did in his sickness (which was not long,) declare his beleife to his pupell, the Lady Salter's son, which he tooke in his writing from his owne mouth. This, Mr. Salter (who is now dead,) told me long since, and promised me a Copie of it. X Mr. Mountague, formerly the scolem of that college and now fellow 'tis like has it, and he hath promis'd me to write and give me what materiall passages he can rem concerning him, and he will give them to Mr. Marryot if the be cal'd for. He or Mrs. Powny will answere all the q as to the yeare of his deth, and who was at the charge of his monument, how long he lay sick, his behaviour then, and what ells is defective in theise collections gathered by me. Mrs. Powny dwells nere the college, and Mr. Montague is constantly in it being now sickly. As you reade this make yr que. and let them be given to me or Mr. Marryot who may get a resolution for you. J. W. Octo. 20, 73. I think the Lady Salter did many yeares since tell me she had the profession of the beliefe taken by her son, Salter, from Mr. Hales' mouth. If she have it, I will endeavour to get it of her. Her Husband's name was Sir William, her son's name, Emund. (? William, see Will.) Then was told this by Mr. Anthony Faringdon, and have heard it discourst by others, that Mr. Thomas Cary, a poet of note, and a great libertine in his life and talke, and one that had in his youth bein acquainted with Mr. Ha. sent for Mr. Hales to come to him in a dangerous fit of sickness, and desired his advice and absolution, which Mr. Hales, uppon a promise of amendment, gave him, (this was I think in the country.) But Mr. Cary came to London, fell to his old company, and into a more visable scandalous life, and especially in his Discourse, and be (being?) taken very sick, that which proved his last, and being much trowbled in mind procured Mr. Ha. to come to him in this his sickness and agony of minde, desyring earnestly, after a confession of many of his sins to have his Prayers and his absolution. Mr. Ha. told him he shood have his Prayers, but wood by noe meanes give him then either the sacrament or absolution. The following was communicated by N. Ingelo, dated, Eton Coll. Oct. 29, (1675?) to Mr. Marriot. The writer begs his hearty respects to Mr. Isaac Walton. "Mr. Montague says, that he (Hales) gave an Explication of his belief concerning the Trinity to Mr. Salter, according to the Doctrine of the Church of England. "Abp. Laud gave him the Preb. of Windsor at a publike Dinner. "Abp. Laud also sent for him, and told him he might have what preferment he would; and he answered, if it please your grace I have all I desire. "He was made prebendary of Windsor about two years before the Wars, and enjoyed it but two years. "He was not long sick; about a fortnight, and then not very ill, but discoursed with all his friends as freely as in his Health, till within half an hour before his death, for Mr. Montague was then talking with him, and left him for half an Hour, and before he returned he was dead, and had his perfect senses to the last minute. "After he came to Eton, for thirty years together he was never hindered by any sickness from studying constantly from 5 o'clock in the morning till night, seldom eating any Dinner. "About the time of Archb. Laud's Death, he retired from his Lodgings in the College into a private chamber in Eton, where he remained for a quarter of a yeare unknown to any body, and spent in that time only 6d. p week, living only upon Bread & Beere, and as he had formerly fasted from Tuesday night to Thursday night, so in that time of his retirement he absteined from his Bread & Beer, and when he heard that Abp. Laud was murdered, he wished his head had been cut off for him." Then follows the Will; with two letters of Hales on Cases of Conscience; and one or two tracts. NOTE E. [Referred to in p. cxxiv.] BOOKS IN THE CATHEDRAL LIBRARY, SALISBURY, FORMERLY BELONGING TO IZAAK WALTON. 1. King James' Works, fol. Lond. 1616. Iz. Walton.' 2. Charon of Wisdom, 4to. Lond. n. d. 'Izaak Walton, price 4s. 6d. Nov. 17, 1652.' 3. Heylin's Microcosmus, 4to. 1621. 'Izaak Walton.' 4. Heylin's Parable of the Tares, 4to. 1659. Izaak Walton, given me May 28, 1659, by Mr. Richard Marryot.' 'Izaak Walton.' 5. Shute's Divine Cordials in X Sermons, 4to. 1644. 'Izaak Walton.' 'Izaak Walton.' 7. Dr. Thomas Fuller, Abel Redivivus, 4to. 1651. 8. Hammond's, The Christian's Obligations to Peace and Charity, X Sermons, 4to. 1649. Izaak Walton.' 9. Camerarius', Living Library, fol. Lond. 1621. Izaak Walton, given mee by my very good friend Mar henry ffield, July, 29, 1634.' 10. R. Sibb's, The Saint's Cordiall, fol, 1658. Izaak Walton, 1682.' 11. Pat. Symson's Historie of the Church, 4to. Lond. 1624. 'Izaak Walton.' 12. Dr. Donne's Letters, 4to. Lond. 1651. 'Izaak Walton.' 13. Mornay, of the Christian Religion, 4to. 1617. "Izaak Walton, July 5, 1621, 14. Cowper's Heaven opened, 4to. 1613. 'Liber Izak Walton.' "Izaak Walton, pr. 5s.' 19. Sibb's Returning Backslider, 4to. Lond. 1650. On the title, Of this blest man let this just praise be given, 'Heaven was in him, before he was in heaven. 'Izaak Walton.' 20. Eusebius, Socrates, and Lond. 1636. Evagrius, Ecclesiastical Histories, fol. On the fly leaf, erased, Francis Garrard his booke. On the inside of the cover, in Walton's writing: 'At his conversion take out of Jeremy the ways of man are not in his owne power.1 Loke doc, dones letter to Tilman.2 And on Sr Philip Sidneys Salms.3 On this booke folyo 28 himns and psalms wch was his holy recreation the latter part of his life and is now his imployment in heven where he makes new ditties in the praise of that god in 3 persons to whome be glorie. And his better part is now doing that in heaven which was most of his imployment on earth magnyfying the mercies and making himus and singing them, to that god to whome be glory and honor. Vew Hookers preface; and hooker 226 & 229 Vew the verses before Sands psalms and Sir Tho. Haukins his Horrace doc dons letters and the elegies on him In heaven wher his imployment is to sing such himns as he made on erth in prase of that god to whome be glory and honor His deth was the prolog to joye and the end of troble Vew Chudleys elegies and godolphins on docr done where they are scratcht and vew the elegies on Cartwrite.1 Vew Doc. Cozens devotions Vew the complete woman of a good grace. Vew the penygerick on Mr Harvie Make his description that he was 10 for his complexion, then his bebaviour, then his stature, then his discourse in my lord grace to the honor that he was like the dove without gall. docr taylor, living and dying docr Pridiex Mr Gouldsmithes poem. Vossius then.' NOTE F. [Referred to in P. cxxxii.] ACCOUNT OF WALTON'S CHARITIES. The following statement occurs in the parish church of St. Mary, at Stafford : "The Gift of Mr Isaac Walton, borne in ye Burrough of Stafford, A worthy & generous benefactor to this Burrough as followeth. First ye said Mr Walton in his life tyme gave a garden of eight shillings a yeare in ye possession of widdow Tildesley to buy coales for ye poore yearely about Christmas. Alsoe ye said Mr Walton in his life tyme gave 22 pounds to build a stone wall about St. Chad's church yard in this Burrough, and alsoe set forth 9 boys apprentices, and gave to each 5 pounds, viz. Samuel Henshaw Daniel Bullock Francis Battey Richard Lees Adam Hubball The said Mr Walton at his death gave by his Will to this Burrough one Messuage or Tenement in Shalford in this county wth all the lands thereto belonging of the yearly value of £20. 10. 6. besides Taxes and Repairs to the use hereafter as in & by his Will is mentioned, viz. "I 1 See Donne's Poems, p. 372, ed. 1635. 2 See p. 369, ib. * See ib. p. would have & doe give 10 pounds of the said rent to bind out yearley 2 boys ye sonns of honest & poore parents to be apprentices to some tradesmen or handicraft men to ye intent ye said boys may ye better afterwards gett their owne living. And I doe also give 5 pounds yearley out of ye said rent to be given to some maid servant yt hath attained ye age of 21 yeares not less & dwelt long in one service or to some honest poore Man's daughter yt hath attained to yt age to bee paid her at or on ye day of her marriage. And this being done my will is, that what rent shall remaine of ye said farme or land shall be disposed of as followeth. First I doe give yearley 20 shillings to bee by the Major of Stafford and those that shall collect the said rent and dispose of it as I have or shall hereafter direct. And that what money or rent shall remain undisposed of shall bee employed to buy coles for some poore people that shall most need them in the said town: the said coales to bee delivered in the last weeke in January or every first weeke in February I say then because I take that tyme to bee the hardest and most pincheinge tyme with poore people." Before inserting the following account of the present state of those Charities, from a pamphlet which was published about twenty-seven years ago, it must be observed, that the farm there mentioned did not become the property of the Corporation of Stafford until the death of Canon Walton in 1719. "This farm is now [1808] let at the yearly rent of £80, and, excepting the application of the money directed to be given to some maid servant or poor man's daughter, I believe that the trusts of the will have for some years past been complied with. With respect to that sum, it has been the practice almost invariably for the mayor to give it to his own servant, without even considering, in some instances, the time she may have continued in her service. "Upon St. Thomas's day last, the only application made was by the mayor's servant, so useless is it supposed to be to oppose the pretensions of a person claiming the money under such authority. "It seems to have been the intention of Mr. Walton, that whether the money be given to a servant or poor man's daughter, it should be paid on the day of her marriage; but, admitting that construction of his words to be wrong, to bestow it upon a servant who has not 'dwelt long in one service' is certainly incorrect. That the mayor's servant may sometimes be as well entitled to it as any other person is not to be disputed, but that it should so happen nine years out of ten, is somewhat too improbable to obtain belief; and such a disposition of this charity must unquestionably create a suspicion as to the motives of the gift which, it is to be presumed, the chief magistrate of a town would be desirous of avoiding."-P. 41, 42. The author of the pamphlet next proceeds to describe Startin's charity, and Mr. Walton's gift in his lifetime. "Richard Startin, who was a baker in Stafford, gave £60 to the corporation to be put out at interest, and to be applied and given weekly in bread for ever, in the parish church of St. Mary. By the advice, and with the assistance of Mr. Isaac Walton, the money was laid out in the year 1672 in the purchase of a fee-farm rent of £3. 6s. 8d. payable to the crown from the borough. In a deed made in the following year, A Letter to the Inhabitants of Stafford. |