168 THOMAS KEN AND IZAAK WALTON 

 IZAAK WALTON'S MARRIAGE CHEST 



" By the courtesy of the Earl of Warwick," says 

 the Fishing Gazette, "we are enabled to give a 

 photograph of the linen chest which belonged to 

 Izaak Walton, which was discovered in Warwick 

 Castle by Mr. E. H. New, the artist, when he 

 illustrated Mr. Lane's edition of 'The Compleat 

 Angler.' " 



The inscription on it is 



" IZAAK WALTON RAICHEL FLOVD, 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." 



With reference to the Walton Wedding Chest 

 Mr. New sends the following account. He says 



"The finding of Walton's Marriage Chest 

 was an accident. A cousin of mine was 

 sketching some time ago at Warwick Castle, 

 and the housekeeper took her over the private 

 rooms to see the old furniture, pictures, etc 

 The chest stood in a rather dark passage, but 



