IZAAK WALTON AND HIS FRIENDS 179 



He read for the Bar, but was in 1669 ordained by 

 Bishop Morley. In 1670 he wrote some compli- 

 mentary verses to Walton, addressed " To his very 

 worthy and much honoured friend Mr Isaak 

 Walton upon his excellent Life of Mr George 

 Herbert. " When referring to the lives of Herbert 

 and Donne he wrote : — 



" Herbert and Donne again are join'd. 

 Now here below, as they're above." 



In 1670 he wrote some verses upon Hoo'ker's 

 Life by Walton, and he also wrote a sonnet to 

 Seth Ward. He composed a Paraphrase on the 

 Psalms and made many translations. In 1676 

 we find him Canon of Chichester. The next year 

 Archbishop Bancroft conferred upon him the 

 degree of D.D. by diploma. In 1680 he was ap- 

 pointed Canon of Winchester. He married and 

 had issue, his youngest son becoming a Fellow of 

 New College, Oxford, and Regius Professor of 

 Medicine in the University. The Canon died at 

 Winchester. 



There were many more ecclesiastical friends 

 of Walton besides those already mentioned. 

 Among others may be named the Rev. 

 Thomas Weaver, the Rev. Edward Powel, the 

 Rev. Henry Bayley or Bagley, Dr Honiwood, 



