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cost me £50, and much fatigue on every 

 journey." 



That still more primitive Churchman, the 

 judicious Hooker, must have fared far worse 

 than either of his clerical brethren, when he 

 undertook a journey on foot from Oxford to 

 Exeter, taking Salisbury on his way, to see his 

 friend and patron, the good Bishop Jewel. 

 The story is so quaintly told by that genial old 

 fisherman, Izaak Walton, that I am tempted to 

 quote the passage verbatim : — 



" At the bishop's parting with him, the 

 bishop gave him good counsel and his benedic- 

 tion, but forgot to give him money ; which 

 when the bishop had considered, he sent a 

 servant in all haste to call Richard back to 

 him ; and at Richard's return, the bishop said 

 to him, ' Richard, I sent for you back to lend 

 you a horse, which hath carried me many a mile, 

 and I thank God with much ease ; ' and 

 presently delivered into his hand a walking-staff, 

 with which he professed he had travelled through 

 many parts of Germany. And he said, * Richard, 

 I do not give, but lend you my horse ; be sure 

 you be honest, and bring my horse back to me 

 at your return this way to Oxford. And I do 

 now give you ten groats to bear your charges 

 to Exeter ; and here is ten groats more, which 

 I charge you to deliver to your mother, and tell 

 her I send her a bishop's benediction with it, 



