234 & r - Sanderson. 



the " great judgment and integrity " with 

 which Walton had compiled the Life of 

 Hooker. 



In his " Epistle Dedicatory " of his Life 

 of Dr. Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln, 

 Walton, addressing Dr. George Morley, 

 Bishop of Winchester, thanks him for 

 having introduced him to " Dr. Sanderson, 

 Mr. Chillingworth and Dr. Hammond," 

 men whose merits ought never to be for- 

 gotten ; and he mentions that his friend- 

 ship for Dr. Sanderson " was begun almost 

 forty years past." 



The Bishop of Lincoln, dating his letter 

 London, May loth, 1678, thus addresses 

 Walton : 



" MY WORTHY FRIEND MR. WALTON, 

 I am heartily glad that you have under- 

 taken to write the Life of that excellent 

 person, and (both of learning and piety) 

 eminent Prelate, Dr.Sanderson,late Bishop 

 of Lincoln ; because I know your ability to 

 know, and integrity to write truth." 



After furnishing some particulars about 

 Sanderson asked for by Walton, he con- 

 cludes thus : 



" Pray pardon this rude, and I fear, 

 impertinent scribble, which (if nothing 

 else) may signify thus much, that I am 



