78 THOMAS KEN AND IZAAK WALTON 



Mr. Bowles says Dryden's poem "The Good 

 Parson " was written soon after Ken's examination 

 before the Privy Council. The following is said 

 closely to apply to Bishop Ken — 



" And undeprived, his benefice forsook." 



And again — 



" Rich was his soul, though his attire was poor." 



" Of sixty years he seem'd, and well might last 

 To sixty more, but that he lived too fast ; 

 Refined himself to soul, to curb the sense 

 And almost made a sin of abstinence!^ 



NEAR GHEE TOR, RIVER WYE 



