ii6 IZAAK WALTON AND HIS FRIENDS 



to the ''Holy life and happy death of George 

 Herbert, as it is plainly and I hope truly writ 

 by Mr Isaac Walton." Of course this reference 

 may possibly have been made in order to deceive 

 the world as to Walton being the writer. 



There are only two copies of Love and Truth in 

 the British Museum ; one is of the edition of 1680 

 (Press-mark c. 40. c. 16), and the other is of the 

 edition of 1795 (Press-mark 4105, bb.). The 

 former edition has a MS. note by William 

 Pickering in it, which runs thus: "The present 

 is the only copy I have met with after twenty 

 years' search, excepting the one in Emmanuel 

 College, Cambridge.— W. Pickering." A copy of 

 Love and Truth is in a volume of tracts, formerly 

 Archbishop Bancroft's, in Emanuel College, Cam- 

 bridge ; in the MS. contents at the beginning of 

 the volume is written, probably by Archbishop 

 Sancroft : " Walton J. two letters on ye distempers 

 of ye times," which is Dr Zouch's authority for 

 attributing them to Walton. The copy described 

 above appears to be the same edition as the 

 present, but has the following variation, after the 

 title-page is printed : " The Author to the Stationer 

 Mr Brome, &c.," and ends with "your friend 

 without the N N which is found in this copy, but 

 what is more remarkable the printed word Author 

 is run through and corrected with a pen and over 

 it written Publisher, which is evidently in the hand- 



