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up with a seal which was given to him by 

 Donne : — 



" When my dear friend coiild write no more, 

 He gave this seal and so gave o'er." 



" When winds and waves rise highest, I am sure, 

 This anchor keeps my faith, that me secure." 



The parish register of Bemerton states that " Mr 

 George Herbert, Esq., Parson of Inggleston and 

 Bemerton, was buried the 3rd day of March 

 1632." 



His widow married Sir Eobert Cook, of 

 Highnam, Gloucestershire. She died and was 

 buried there in 1656. 



(d) RICHARD HOOKER 



(1553-1600) 



"Thy gentleness hath made me great." 



(2 Samuel xxii. 36). 



" Give me the lowest place." 



C. G. ROSSETTI. 



" Not being less but more than all 

 The gentleness he seemed to be." 



Tennyson. 



Hooker was born about 1553 near Exeter. 

 Of his parentage little is known. His mother was 

 a most excellent woman, and Hooker often affec- 

 tionately refers to her. He was educated at the 



