IZAAK WALTON AND HIS FRIENDS 91 



This seems to be the secret of the ' tears ' and 

 ' raptures ' that were at the command of the 

 crabbed Donne, and were not at the command 

 of the rich eloquence and graceful fancy of Jeremy 

 Taylor."^ 



I am not going into the question whether 

 Walton may not have brought too much sentiment 

 into his Life of Donne, and certainly I admit that 

 he is very often very inaccurate and too trusting. 

 Walton anticipates the criticism bestowed upon 

 him. He writes : " There may be some that may 

 incline to think my friend hath transported me to 

 an immoderate commendation of his preaching." 



(6) HENRY WOTTON 



(1568-1639) 



"We shall not look upon his like again." 



" Companion of the Saints ! " 



Sir Henry Wotton was the youngest son of 

 Thomas Wotton, of Bocton or Boughton, Mal- 

 herbe, in Kent, where he was born. He refers 

 to his father as, "my father, the best of 

 men." After receiving his education at Win- 

 chester and at New College and Queen's Col- 



^ In the Life of Herbert, by Walton, he states that in July 1627 he 

 "saw and heard" Donne "weep, and preach" a funeral sermon on 

 Lady Danvers, in the Parish Church of Chelsea. 



