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 



