xvi PREFATORY 



quote the following passage from the * Compleat 

 Angler ' : 



'And now look about you, and see how plea- 

 santly that meadow looks ; nay, and the earth 

 smells as sweetly too. Come, let me tell you 

 what holy Mr. Herbert says of such days and 

 flowers as these, and then we will thank God that 

 we enjoy them.' 



