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Walton^ who have converfed with him) to be- 

 llow a tenth Part of his Revenue, and ufually 

 all his Fifh, amongft the Poor that inhabited 

 near thofe Rivers in which they were caught. 

 And at his Return to his Houfe he would 

 praife God that he had fpent that Day free 

 from worldly Trouble, both harmlefsly, and 

 in a Recreation that becaine a Churchman. 

 Nay he was even content, if not dcfirous, that 

 Poflerity fhould know he was an Angler, which 

 is evident from his Pi(5lure, now carefully kept 

 in Brafen-Nofe- College^ where he is drawn 

 leaning on a Defk with his Bible before him ; 

 on one Hand of him his Lines, Hooks, and 

 other Tackling lying in a Round *, and on the 

 other his Angle- Rods of feveral Sorts, with 

 this Infcription by them : That be died 13 Feb. 

 1601, aged ^^ Tears ^ 44 of which he had been 

 Dean ofSt» PaulV Church 5 and that his Age 

 had neither impaired his Hearings nor dimm'd 

 his Eyes, nor weakened his Memory^ nor made 

 any of the Faculties of his Mind weak 

 or ufelefs. 'Tis faid that Angling and Tem- 

 perance were two great Caufes of thefe inelU- 

 mable BlcfTings. 



Our Author's next and lad Example is, that 

 Defpifer of Money S'w Henry TVotton^ with 

 whom he had often fifhed and converfed. A 

 Man whofe foreign Employments in the Ser- 

 vice of this Nation, and whofe Experience, 

 Learning, Wit, and Chearfulnefs, made his 

 Comp.iny to be eftesmed one of the Delights 

 of Mankind j and whofe very Approbation of 



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