160 Cottons Marriages. 



asham'd to own me for his adopted Son. 

 . . . My father Walton will be seen twice 

 in no Man's company he does not like r 

 and likes none but such as he believes 

 to be very honest men, which is one of 

 the best Arguments, or at least of the best 

 Testimonies I have, that I either am, or 

 that he thinks me one of those, seeing I 

 have not yet found him weary of me. 



" Viator. You speak like a true Friend, 

 and in doing so render your self worthy of 

 his friendship." 



That the friendship between Walton 

 and Cotton, which found so charming an 

 expression in their letters and works, was 

 continued to the last, is proved by the 

 fact that, in Walton's will, dated August 

 1 6th, 1683, among those named to receive 

 a ring, with the motto " A friend's farewell, 

 I. W., obiit," was " Mr. Chas. Cotton, "- 

 a fitting end to one of the most delightful 

 episodes in literary history. 



COTTON'S FAMILY AFFAIRS AND DEATH. 



Cotton was married about the year 

 1656 to Isabella, daughter of Sir Thomas 

 Hutchinson, of Owthorp, by whom he had 

 three sons and five daughters. He was 

 married a second time, his second wife 

 being the widow of Wingfield Cromwell, 



