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Brazennose College, to which he was a liberal Bene- 

 factor; in which Picture he is drawn leaning on a 

 desk with his Bible before him, and on one hand of 

 him his Lines, Hooks, and other Tackling lying in a 

 round; and on his other hand are his Angle-rods of 

 several sorts; and by them this is written, 'That 

 he died 13 Feb. 1601, being aged 95 years, 44 of 

 which he had been Dean of St. Paul's Church; and 

 that his age had neither impaired his hearing, nor 

 dimmed his eyes, nor weakened his memory, nor 

 made any of the faculties of his mind weak or use- 

 less.' 'T is said that Angling and Temperance were 

 great causes of these blessings, and I wish the like 

 to all that imitate him, and love the memory of so 

 good a man." 



Continues Walton, " My next and last example 

 shall be that undervaluer of money, the late Provost 

 of Eton College, Sir Henry Wotton (a man with 

 whom I have often fish'd and convers'd) a man 

 whose foraign imployments in the service of this 

 Nation, and whose experience, learning, wit, and 

 cheerfulness, made his company to be esteemed one 

 of the delights of mankind; this man, whose very 

 approbation of Angling were sufficient to convince 

 any modest Censurer of it, was also a most dear 

 lover, and a frequent practicer of the Art of Ang- 

 ling; of which he would say, ' 'T was an imployment 

 for his idle time, which was not idly spent;' for Ang- 

 ling was after tedious study, ' A rest to his mind, a 



