CHAPTER XI 



"Farrago libelli." — Juv. 



In Warwick Castle may be seen Walton's marriage 

 chest. The inscription on it is : — 



" IzAAK Walton. Rachel Floud. 



Joyned Together In ye Holie Bonde Of 

 Wedlocke on ye 27th Dale Of 

 Decembere. A. 1626. D. 



We once were two, we two made one, 

 We no more two, through life Bee one." 



A writer in Notes and Queries (6th S. XII., p. 

 326) states that at an auction sale of carved oak 

 furniture, which took place at Worcester on the 

 10th of October 1884, the auctioneers described 

 in their printed catalogue a Curious Dower 

 Coffer said to have come from the Cathedral 

 precincts, Worcester, on the centre panel of which 

 was inscribed: — " Izaak Walton and Ann Ken 

 was joyned together in holie wedlocke on ye Eve 

 of Saint Gregory, ano. MDCXLVIL, dom." The 

 cabinet bequeathed by Walton was sold by public 

 auction in 1881. His name was found on it with 

 the date 1672. Full particulars as to the cabinet 

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