194 IZAAK WALTON AND HIS FRIENDS 



Lines engraved under a Portrait of Donne 



TAKEN IN HIS EIGHTEENTH YEAR 



This was for youth, Strength, Mirth and 



Wit that Time 

 Most count their golden Age ; but 



'Twas not thine. 

 Thine was thy later yeares, so much refind 

 From youths Drosse. Mirth and wit; as thy pure 



mind 

 Thought (like the Angels) nothing but the Praise 

 Of thy Creator, in those last, best Dayes. 

 Witness this Booke (thy Embleme) which begins 

 With Love, but endes, with Sighes, and Teares for 



Iz. Wa. 



smnes. 



In praise of my Friend the Author, and his 



BoOKE ^ 



If thou would'st be a Statesman, and survey 

 Kingdoms for information ; heres a way 

 Made plaine, and easie ; fitter far for thee 

 That great Ortelius his Geographie. 



If thou would'st be a Gentleman, in more 

 Than title onely ; this Map yeelds thee store 



1 Verses prefixed to The Merchant^ Map of Commerce, by Lewes 

 Roberts, merchant (1638). 



