32. Overbury, Sir Thom: His Wife, with Additions of New Characters and many other witty conceits never before printed. Lond. 1638. 160. 33. Pinto, Ferdin. Mendez : The Voyages and Adventures of Ferdinand Mendez Pinto. Done into English by H. (enry) C. (ogan.) Gent. Lond. 1633. fol, 34. Pliny, Junior: The Historie of the World. Commonly called the Naturall Historie of C Plinivs Secvndvs. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, M. D. Lond. 1601. fol. 35. Plutarch: The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by that graue and learned Philosopher and Historiographer, Plutarke of Charonea: Translated out of Greeke into French by James Amyot, Abbot of Bellozane, &c. and out of French into Englishe by Thomas North. (Esq. Controller of the Household to Queen Elizabeth,) Lond. 1579. fol. 36. Rondeletius, Gulielmus: Libri de Piscibus Marinis; in quibus, veræ Piscium effigies expressæ sunt. Lvgd. 1554. fol. 37. Royal Society: The Philosophical Transactions. vol. vi. Lond. 1671. 4to. 38. Salvianus, Hippolytus: Aqvatilivm Animalivm Historiæ. Rom. 1554. fol. 39. Sandys, George: A Relation of a Journey begun An: Dom: 1610. Lond. 1615. fol. 40. Sidney, Sir Philip: The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. Lond. 1655. fol. 41. Topsell, Rev. Edw.: The Historie of Fovre-Footed Beastes. Lond. 1607. fol. 42. The Historie of Serpents. Or the Seconde Booke of liuing Creatures. Lond. 1608. fol. 43. Wotton, Sir Henry: Reliquiæ Wottonianæ, Lond. 1651. 12mo. 44. Xenophon: The Life of Cyrus, translated by Philemon Holland, M. D. Lond. 1632. fol, Page xxv. I, Izaak Walton. Considerable surprise has been expressed, at the peculiar orthography which Walton used with respect to his christian name; but it should be remembered that in his time, it was frequently spelled in the Scriptures Izak, Izaacke, and Izaack; and also that such a manner was agreeable to the original Hebrew of the word, namely, Itzhak, or Laughter, vide Gen. xxi. 6. In this circumstance, Walton most probably acted according to the ideas of the many learned divines with whom he was acquainted. Page xxix. Witness Abraham Markland, &c. The appearance of the above name as a witness to Walton's Will, is an additional proof of the great respect in which he was held by the most eminent clergy of his time. Dr. Abraham Markland was a Prebendary of Winchester Cathedral, where he was installed the 4th of July 1692, and in August 1694, he was named Master of the Hospital of St. Cross, near the above city. He published several Poems, in 1667, 4to. composed in the retirement of Hampshire, and A Sermon, preached before the Aldermen in Guildhall Chapel, London, 1683, 4to. Ath. Oxon. Edit. by Bliss, vol. iv. p. 710. The above circumstances were obligingly pointed out by his descendant J. H. Markland, Esq. F. R. S. &c. Walton's Will, which is given in the text, is recorded in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, in the volume called 1. Hare 375, Art. 24. It was proved by the Executors at London, on February the 4th, 1683-4, before Sir Thomas Exton and Sir Leolin Jenkins, Knights. Page 1. A Conference betwixt an Angler, &c. The First Edition of the Complete Angler has not any descriptive titles prefixed to the Chapters; but the leaf immediately preceding the commencement of the work itself, contains a short Table of Contents to the thirteen Chapters of which that edition is composed, and which is introduced in the following manner: "Because "in this Discourse of Fish and Fishing I have not observed a me"thod, which (though the Discourse be not long) may be some in"convenience to the Reader, I have therefore for his easier finding "out some particular things which are spoken of, made this following Table. The first Chapter is spent in a vindication or com"mendation of the Art of Angling." After having gone through the whole number of Chapters, the Table concludes with," These "directions the Reader may take as an ease in his search after "some particular Fish, and the baits proper for them; and he will "shew himselfe courteous in mending or passing by some few errors "in the Printer, which are not so many but that they may be par"doned." In the Second Edition, there were twenty-one Chapters, entitled as they are in the foregoing pages; and the Third Edition, was the first which had an Index. Page 2. The Thatched-House in Hoddesdon. In the First Edition, there are but two characters introduced in Chapter I.: Viator, or the Wayfarer, whose name in the Second impression was changed to Venator, or the Hunter, and Piscator, woes as time cannot re...cure, Where none but Love shall ev -er find me out, And at my gates and at my gates des -pair shall lin...ger still, To let in death to let in death when love and fortune will. 2 A Gown of grey my body shall attire; My Food, shall be of care and sorrow made; My Drink, nought else but tears fall'n from mine eyes; And for my Light in this obscure shade, The flames may serve which from my heart arise; And at my gates &c. 66 the Fisherman. Instead therefore, of the dialogue as it now stands, including the line above-quoted, the opening passages were originally as follow: "Piscator. You are wel overtaken Sir; a good morning to you; I have stretch'd my legs up Totnam Hil to "overtake you, hoping your businesse may occasion you towards "Ware, this fine pleasant fresh May day in the morning. Viator. "Sir, I shall almost answer your hopes; for my purpose is to be at « Hodsden (three miles short of that Town) I wil not say, before I "drink, but before I break my fast: for I have appointed a friend "or two to meet me there at the thatcht house, about nine of the "clock this morning; and that made me so early up, and in"deed, to walk so fast. Pisc. Sir, I know the thatcht house very well: I often make it my resting place, and taste a cup of "Ale there, for which liquor that place is very remarkable; and "to that house I shall by your favour accompany you, and either “abate of my pace, or mend it, to enjoy such a companion as you seem to be, knowing that (as the Italians say,") &c. Pages 1-2. Hoddesdon is a Hamlet in the Hundred and County of Hertford, partly in the Parish of Great Amwell, and partly in that of Broxbourne.-Vide "The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, by Sir Henry Chauncy." Lond. 1700. page 286." The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford," by Robert Clutterbuck, Esq., of Watford, F. A. S. vol. ii. Lond. 1821. fol. p. 56. The Thatched House, is stated by the Rev. Moses Browne, in a note In his third Edition of the Complete Angler, Lond. 1772, 12mo. p. 1, to be "seventeen miles from London on the Ware road." It is now quite unknown; but it has been supposed, that a thatched cottage, once distinguished by the sign of the Buffalo's head, standing at the farther end of Hoddesdon, on the left hand side of the road, in going towards Ware, about seventeen miles and half distant from London, was the actual building. Page 2. Mews a Hawk. The Verb Active, to Mew, is derived of the old French Mue, which signifies a change, or the period when birds and other animals moult, or cast their feathers, hairs, or horns. In the above passage, it is applied to the care with which a Hawk should be kept in her Mewing-time; and in "The Gentleman's Academie, or "the Book of St. Alban's," Lond. 1595, 4to. Edit. by Gerv. Markham, there are several Sections on the Mewing of Hawks from one of which, p. 9, it may be learned, that the best time to commence, is in the beginning of Lent, and if well kept, the bird will be mewed by the beginning of August. Page 3. Hunting the Ötter. ; In pursuing this sport, which is now almost obsolete, the Huntsmen assembled on each side of the river where an Otter was supposed to harbour, beating up the hollow banks, reed-beds, and |