cxlviii. Churchey, George, fellow of Lyon's Inn, the translator of Dubravius's treatise of "Fish and Fish-ponds," 133 2.
Clarenceux king-of-arms, xlii, vide Bysshe. Clarendon, Lord, the friend of Charles Cotton the elder, clxiv; his account of him, clxiv, clxxi; his opinion on the sub- ject whether contemplation be preferable to action, 39 n.
Cleare, Jane, the wife of Richard, xlii n. Cleobury, Sir John. Bart. of Bradstone, in the county of Devon, cxxxv.
Cleopatra, a feast of wild boars given by, to Mark Antony, 30; used the recreation of angling, 50.
Clerkenwell, Walton's residence in, xli, xlv; extracts from the parish register of, xli n. Clifford, Mr, the editor of the "Academy of Compliments," 111 n.
Clifton, Sir Clifford, an epistle to, from Charles Cotton, clxxvi. Cock, the, his want of care in hatching his brood, 47.
Cockle, the, of Shelsey, considered superior to others, 73, 140.
Cockspur, the case-worm so called, 190; produces the may-fly, 190 n. Cod-worm, the, a bait for chub, 69. Cokayne, the family of, connected with that of Cotton by marriage, clxiv; anecdote of Cotton's having been disinherited by a female relative of that name, clxxvii.
Anne, wife of Sir Francis Boteler, ccii. Sir Aston, ccii; "Small Poems of divers sorts," written by him, London, 12mo, 1658, xlv.; verses written by him, on the death of his cousin, Mrs Cotton, clxiv .; educated at Cambridge, clxv n.; verses addressed by him to Charles Cotton, the poet, clxvi, clxvii, clxxi; an epitaph by him on the death of his sisters, clxxviii. -, Isabella, died unmarried, ccii.
Katherine, wife of Richard Weston, ccii. Lettice, wife of Gilbert Armstrong, ccii. Mrs Lucy, daughter of Sir Thomas, of Ashbourn, clxxviii ., ccii. Coke, Anne, 21 n.
Sir Edward, chief justice, 21 n. Coleman, Charles, doctor of music, 178 2. Collar of SS., anecdote respecting a, found amongst the king's baggage, after the battle of Worcester, xlv.
"Come live with me and be my love," a song, 79; doubtful whether written by Christopher Marlowe or by Shakespeare, 80 n. imitations of it, 82 n.; a song in imitation of, written by Marlowe, 158. "Come, Shepherds, deck your herds," a song, 79; copy thereof, 277-
"Commentary on the Somnium Scipionis of Cicero," by Aurelius Macrobius, 33. "Commentaries," the, of De Montluc, Marshal of France, translated by Cotton, clxxxi.
Complete Angler," the, first edition of, published in 1653, xlvi; the second edition in 1655, xlviii; observations upon, and analysis of the contents of that edition, xlviii, lxii; the third edition, published in 1661, lxvii; the fourth edition, in 1668, lxxv; the fifth, in 1676, lxxxv; price and advertisement of the first edition of the, 274. "Compleat Gamester," the, published in 1674, attributed to Cotton, clxxxi. Comprehension, Walton said to have written a letter to a kinsman at Coventry, on the rejection of the Bill of, Ixxiv.
Compton, Charles, son of George, fourth Earl of Northampton. cci, cciii.
-, Charles, seventh Earl of Northampton, cciii.
Charles, ninth Earl of Northampton,
-, Spencer, eighth Earl of Northampton, cciii.
Spencer Joshua Alwyne, second Mar- quess and tenth Earl of Northampton, one of the present representatives of Charles Cotton, cciii.
Condé, the Prince of, 144, vide Chantilly. Conger, the, 165.
"Considerations," by John Valdesso, 40 2. Contemplation, question whether preferable to action, 39; Lord Clarendon's opinion thereupon, 39 n.
"Contemplation on God's Providence," by Mr George Herbert, quotation from, 44. "Contentation," the, a poem, by Charles Cotton, cxcvi. Cony-fish, the, 43.
Cooke, Clarenceux king-of-arms, ccv. Coppinger, a Nonconformist, his death al- luded to by Walton, cxi.
Corbet, Major, brought to the Parliament a collar of SS. and a garter found amongst the king's baggage, after the battle of Worcester, xlv.
Coriate, Tom, biographical account of, 233 #. Cormorant, the, 63.
Corneille's tragedy of Horace, translated by Charles Cotton, clxxii.
"Corona Florida Medicinæ sive de Con- servatione Sanitatis," fo. 1491, 168 n. Cornwall, famous for otter-hunting, 59. Corracle, description of a, 122.
Cotswold Hills, the Olympic Games annu- a ly celebrated upon, by Mr Robert Dover,
Cotton, Charles, father of the poet, the friend and companion of many of the most emin- ent of his contemporaries, clxiii; his character by Lord Clarendon, clxiv n.
, Charles, the poet, born April 28, 1630; is supposed to have been educated at Cambridge, clxv; his affection for his tutor, Mr Ralph Rawson, strongly ex- pressed in the translation of an Ode of Johannes Secundus, clxv; did not take his degree at either University, clxv; possessed considerable classic attainments, and an extensive knowledge of modern Languages, clxv; little known of his pur- suits until after the Restoration; probably went abroad before his twenty-fourth year; many of his poems published after his de- cease, written at an early period of his life, clxvi; an Elegy upon the death of Henry Lord Hastings, 1649, and a copy of verses prefixed to Edmund Prestwich's translation of the Hippolitus of Seneca in 1651, attri- buted to him, clxvi #. ; verses addressed to him by Sir Aston Cokayne, clxvi, c xvii ; the "Triumphs of Philamore and Amoret," inscribed to him, by Col. Lovelace, clxviii; is stated by Aubrey, to have relieved Love- lace in his distress, clxviii; was a zealous Loyalist, and an uncompromising enemy of Cromwell, c'xix; his political opinions strongly expressed in his verses on the execution of James, Earl of Derby, in 1651, and in his castigation of Waller, for writing a panegyric on the Protector, about the year 1654, clxix; neither the name of his father nor of himself, found in connection with any political event during the Commonwealth, clxx; became one of the intimate friends of Izaak Walton, clxx; married in August 1657, his cousin, Isa- bella, daughter of Sir Thomas Hutchinson; settlement of the manors of Bentley, Bor- rowashe, and Beresford, and of rectory of Spoondon, made in contemplation of his marriage, clxxi; lost his father in Decem- ber 1658; first appeared before the public as an author on the Restoration of Charles the Second: birth of his eldest son Beres- ford; published a burlesque poem, entitled "Scarronides, or the First Book of Virgil Travestie," in 1664, and prepared for the press a translation of "The Moral Philo- sophy of the Stoics," from the French of Du Vaix, published in 1667, clxxii ; an Act passed in 1665, to enable him to sell part of his estates, for the payment of his debts; translated Corneille's Tragedy of Horace for the amusement of his wife's sister, Miss Stanhope Hutchinson; the dedication dated 7th November 1665; published in 1671; wrote some verses on the poems of his friend, Alexander Brome, about the year 1667, clxxii: his dislike at being obliged to live in the country, and at being separated from his literary friends, frequently ex- pressed in his works, clxxiii; his "Voyage to Ireland in Burlesque," composed about the year 1670 or 1671; extracts therefrom,
descriptive of his history, situation, and feelings, clxxiv, clxxv; allusions made to himself in his Epistle to Sir Clifford Cliften, clxxvi; published a new edition of his "Virgil Travestie," in 1670; critical re- marks thereupon, clxxvi; some lines in that work said to have given such offence to a female relative, whose name he had used in allusion to her ruff, that she changed her intention of leaving him her fortune; this anecdote extremely doubtful. clxxvii; published a translation of Gerard s History of the Life of the Duke of Esper- non, dedicated to Dr Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1670, Cixxviii; his motives for inscribing it to that prelate, as explained in a letter to the archbishop. 30th Oct. 1669, clxxviii; extracts from the preface, clxxviii, et seq; translated the Commentaries of De Montluc, Marshal of France, between 1670 and 1674, clxxx; alluded to in a letter from Walton to Lord Chesterfield, in Feb. 1673, ixxx; his liter- ary labours attended with little success, clxxx; authorship of "The Compleat Gamester," published in 1674, attributed to him, c xxxi; published "The Fair One of Tunis," in 1674, clxxxi; printed a work entitled "Burlesque upon Burlesque," in 1675, and "The Planter's Manual," in same year, clxxxiii; death of first wife, and issue by her, clxxxiv; remarried Mary, daughter of Sir W. Russell, before 1675, cixxxiv; ap- plication made to Parliament for authority to sell part of his estates, for payment of his debts, clxxxiv; was applied to by Walton to write a treatise on Fly-Fishing, lxxxv; treatise thereon written in ten days, Feb. 1676, lxxxvi, cxxxv; published "The Wonders of the Peak," in 1681, clxxxvi; translation of Montaigne's Essays, printed in 1685, considered to be his most im- portant contribution to English literature, clxxxvii; complimentary letter to him from George, Marquis of Halifax, to whom that work was dedicated, clxxxvii; said to have sold Beresford, in 1681, clxxxviii ; a ring bequeathed to him by Walton, in 1683, cil; was engaged in translating the Memoirs of the Sieur de Pontis, at his death, in Feb. 1687, clxxxviii; adminis- tration of his effects granted. Sep. 12, 1687, clxxxviii; an imperfect edition of his works published soon after decease, clxxxviii; the most valuable and interesting facts relative to his feelings and character, ob- tained from this volume, clxxxix; extracts therefrom, cxci; his "Ode to Hope," cxciii; his poem entitled "Contentation," cxcv; anecdotes relative to his pecuniary embarrassments, cxcvii; his literary merits not sufficiently appreciated at the present day, excvii; the idea that he was an author by profession, shown to be erroneous, cxcviii; his conduct and character, excviii; his portrait in possession of John Beres- ford, Esq., of Ashbourn, cxcix; account of his children and present representatives,
excix: commemorated in a poem entitled the "Innocent Epicure, or Angling," pub- lished in 1697, 274. Cotton, Charles, son of Charles, of Beresford, cciii.
Sir George, of Warblenton, co. Essex, clxiii, cciii.
-, Isabella, first wife of Charles, of Beres- ford, cciii.
Isabella, daughter of Charles, ccii. Jane, daughter of Charles, cciii. Katherine, daughter of Charles, cciii. Mary, wife of Sir George, clxiii n. Mary, second wife of Charles, of Beres- ford, ccii.
Mary, daughter of Charles, cciii.
Olive, mother of Charles Cotton, the poet, clxiv. cciii; her death, clxiv; verses to her memory, by Sir Aston Cokayne,
Olive, wife of Dr Stanhope, ccii.
Persis, daughter of Charles, clxv n. Sir Richard, comptroller of the house- hold, and privy councillor to Edward VI, of Warblenton, county Essex, clxiii.
Susan, sister of Sir G., of Warblenton, and wife of Charles, Earl of Kent, clxiii 2. Wingfield, son of Charles, of Beres- ford, ccii.
"Counterblast to Tobacco," by King James I., 240 n.
"Country Contentments," by Markham, quotation from, 37".
"Country Parsons," Herbert's, eulogised by Walton, lxxvi.
Court of Judicature for determination of differences touching houses burnt in Lon- don, lxxix.
Covenanters, the Scottish, invited into Eng- land by the Presbyterian party in 1643, xxxiv; their motto, xxxiv.
"Covent Garden Drollery," 1672, 15 ". Cow-dung fly, a, for May, directions for making, 257.
"Cowley's Works," fol. 1674. copy of, for- merly belonging to Walton, in the cathe- dral library of Salisbury, exlviii. "Cowper's Heaven Opened," 4to, 1631, copy of, formerly belonging to Walton, in the cathedral library of Salisbury, cxlviii. Cowper the poet, one of Walton's ideas beau- tifully expressed in his "Task," 285. "Cozen's Devotions," referred to by Walton, cxlviii.
Craber, the, or water-rat. 64.
from Dr King, Bishop of Chichester, to Izaak Walton, Ixxii. Cranmer, Humphry, cliv.
Jane, xxii, cxxxv. Margaret, xxii, cxxxv.
Rachael, wife of John Blowfield, gent., xxii, cxxxiv.
Susan, sister and co-heiress of Sir William, cv, cxxxiv.
Susanna, the daughter of Thomas, of Canterbury, married Floud, xxi, xxii, cxxxiv.
Thomas, xxii, cxxxiv.
William, the intimate friend of Izaak Walton, xxii, cxxxiv.
Sir William, governor of the Merchants' Adventurers of England, xxii, cxxxiv. Crassus, the orator, his grief for the death of a tame lamprey, 160.
Crawley, Thomas, a witness to Izaak Wal- ton's will, cii.
Crew, Anne, daughter and co-heiress of John, Esq., 1.
John, of Crew, Esq., 1. Crispes,, Isabel, widow of, cxxxii. Crocodile, the. 75; longevity of the, 142. Cromwell, Lord, an instance of his gratitude to Sir Frescobaldi, a Florentine merchant, 118 1.
-, Oliver, offered a pension of £300 per annum to Dr Casaubon, to write a history of his time, 42".
Wingfield, fifth baron, clxxxiv. Crook, John, a publisher, of the Ship, in St Paul's Churchyard, 210".
Crooked Lane, many fishing-tackle shops formerly in, 182 n.
"Crown of Laurell," the, by Skelton, ex- tract from, 149 ". Crowther's Well Alley, near Aldersgate Street, the residence of a descendant of Charles Kerbye, famous for the shape and temper of his hooks, 188 ".
Crucian carp, brought into England, from Germany, since Walton wrote, 192 n. Cuckoo, the, its want of care of its eggs, 48. Cuckow's spit, 73: Cul en, R., clxxxi ",
"Cunning Lovers," the, a tragedy, 1654.15. Curiosities, formerly the custom to exhibit, in coffee-houses, 285. Cuttle-fish, account of the, 46. Cyrus, hunting one of the qualifications be- stowed upon him by Xenophon, 30.
Cranefield, Thomas, of Bromham, county of DACE, the, swims in shoals, 132; baits for.
Cranmer, pedigree of, cxxxiv. cxxxv.
Anne, wite of John Sellar, xxii, cxxxv. Dorothy, supposed to have married Dr Richard Field, Dean of Gloucester, xxii, CXXXV.
Elizabeth. the wife of Alexander Nor- wood, xxii, CXXXV.
Francis, son of John, cliv.
George, of Christ's Church, Oxford, uncle of Mrs Walton, biographical account of, xxii n., cxxxiv; aliuded to in a letter
184-186, 188; their haunts, and instructions for angling for, 187; directions for cook- ing, 189 n.
Dalbin, Mrs, mentioned in Walton's will, cii; not identified, cvi.
Dallaway's "Letheræum sive Horti Le- theræani," 41 n.
Dale, Mr, a pedigree of Ken compiled by, cxxii n.
"Damon and Dorus," an humb'e eclogue, addressed by Walton to "his ingenious friend, Mr Brome," lxvi.
Danow, the river, 196. Danube, the river, 167. Darbishire, Mr John, bequests made to by Walton, ci, cii; not identified, cvi. Dark brown flies for February and April, directions for making, 254 255- Darley, county of Derby, 231. Darneford Magna, a farm belonging to Mr Hungerford, the uncle of Sir John Evelyn. 284.
Davenant, Sir William, the poet, intimate with Charles Cotton the elder, clxiv; sup- posed author of some verses quoted by Walton, in praise of music, 179 . Davers, or Danvers, Agnes, daughter of Sir Robert, 276, vide Davers.
, John, supposed to be the author of the "Secrets of Angling," 37; and of the Angler's Wish," 54, vide Dennys.
Daves. John, 54 m., 276; the old way of spelling Davers, or Danvers, 276. David, the prophet, quoted, 48.
Davison, Anne, sister of Mr Secretary Davi- son, married John Carpenter, of Rye, in Sussex, xxiii, cxxxv.
Deighton, the cliffs of, 276.
Deloney's "Strange Histories, or Songes and Sonnets," 12m0, 1607, 81 n. Dennys, John, Esq. of Oldbury-sur-Montem, co. Gloucester, 54 . ; reasons for believing that the Secrets of Angling" were written by him, and not, as commonly supposed, by John Davers, 276.
-, Sir Walter, of Pucklechurch, co. Glou- cester, 276.
Derby, the county of, famed for trout and grayling, 224.
-, James, Earl of, verses on his execution, by Charles Cotton, clxix. Derwent, the river, 196, 229, 231; made sub- ject to the fence months by stat. 13 Edw. I. c. 47, 62 n.
"Description of the spring on a bank, as I sat a fishing," by Sir Henry Wotton, xliv. Devonshire, the Countess of; Cotton's "Wonders of the Peak," dedicated to her, in 1681, clxxxvi.
Dew-worm or lob-worm, 91; directions for baiting with, 93.
Dibbing, instructions for, by an anonymous
Dickenson, the lord mayor in 1757. destroyed ail the stops or weirs in the Thames, be tween London and Staines, 183 m. Diodorus Siculus, quoted by Walton, 177. "Discourse of Credulity and Incredulity," by Casaubon, 42".
Dixon, Cecily, widow of -, ccv. Dock-worm, 91; directions for finding, 91 *. Dogfish, the, 43-
Dolphin, the, fond of music, 42. Donne, George, son of the dean, biographical account of, lxx n.
Dr John, Dean of St Paul's, intimate friend of Izaak Walton, xx; was attended by him in last hours, and presented to him a seal of blood-stone, engraven with a re- presentation of the Saviour extended on an anchor, xxiv; edition of his poems, printed in 1633, xxiv; second edition, with a portrait, published 1655, xxvi; first volume of his sermons, with Life by Izaak Walton, prefixed, published 1640, xxvii; author of the song, "Come, live with me and be my love," Iviii, 158; said to be author of a poem called a "Farewell to the Vanities of the World," lx; also poem called "The Bait" 81 .; second edition of his Life, published 1658, Ixiii; republished with the Lives of Herbert, Hooker, and Wotton, about 1670, lxxvi; again in 1675, lxxxi ; sermons bequeathed by Walton to Hawkins, ci; Letters, 4to, Lond. 1651; and his Eighty Sermons, fol. 1640, formerly belonging to Izaak Walton, now in the cathedral library of Salisbury, cxlviii; in- timate with Charles Cotton the elder, clxiv.
Dr John, the younger, bequeathed his father's collection of extracts to Bishop King, for the son of Izaak Walton, xxiv: letter to Walton, thanking him for having written his father's Life, xxix; death, lxx; character of, by Anthony Wood, lxx; bio- graphical account of, lxx .; extracts from will, lxxi; copy of will, cxli. Dorchester, the town of, 195 *. Dove, the, 27; dissertation on two passages in Scripture, respecting descent of the Holy Ghost in the shape of a dove, 27 %.
the river, lxxxvi, 196, 231, 232, 234, 246; made subject to the fence months, by stat. 13 Edw. I. 62 .; divided the counties of Derby and Stafford, 229; Cotton's de- scription of, 236, 286. Dove bridge, clxxxvi.
Dovedale, description of, 229 n.
Dover, Mr Robert; a poem by William Basse upon the Olympic games annually cele- brated by him upon the Cotswold Hills, 4to, 1636, 282. Drake, Dr, a passage from "Complete Angler," on singing of birds, quoted by him in "Literary Hours," cxiv. Dravus, the river, 196.
Drayton, Michael, poet, biographical account of, 124 .; quoted by Wa ton, 197.
Droxford, Walton's books at, mentioned in his will, c, ci, civ.
Dryden, imitation by, of lines quoted by Walton, from an unknown poet, lii n. Du Bartas, quoted by Walton, 45-47, account of his works, 45 2. Dubbing, list of materials for, 103 n. Dubravius. Janus, biographical account of, 133 .; his treatise "De Piscinis et Pis- cium qui in eis aluntur naturis," quoted by Walton, Ixi, 133, 134, 144, 145, 199; anec- dote related by, 289.
Duck, the, destructive to fish, 63. "Ductor Dubitantium," by Bishop Taylor, cited, 27.
Dugdale, Sir William, showed to Walton a letter from Sir Thomas Herbert, wherein he and others were directed to compare with the original King Charles the First's translation of Dr Sanderson's lectures "De Juramento," xxxvii. Dug-worm, the, 91.
Dulas, the name of, common to many rivers in Wales, 230 n.
Duncombe, Mr, extract from his "History of Herefordshire," relative to the salmon of the Wye, 126 n.
Dun-cut fly for May, the directions for mak- ing, 257.
Dundell, co. of Herts, the source of one of the heads of the river Thames, 195. Dunnington, the town of, 229. Duport, Dr James, Latin verses addressed by him to Walton, lxxxviii, 18; translation thereof by Archdeacon Wrangham, 274; biographical account of him, 18 n. Duppa, Dr, presented by Dr Donne, with a seal of bloodstone, engraven with a repre- sentation of the Saviour extended on an anchor, xxiv.
Durfey's "Pills to purge Melancholy," 83 n.
"Dutch Fair," the picture of a, cxlii. Dyrham, in Gloucestershire, 276.
EAGLE, the, styled Jove's servant in ordinary, 25; a species of hawk, 28.
Eastcarlton, county of Norfolk, tenure of the manor of, 198 . Eaton-fords, clxxxvi.
Eaton, James, of Stafford, apprenticed by Izaak Walton, cxlix.
Eccleshall, in Staffordshire, xlv; a farm near, bequeathed by Walton to the town of Stafford, ci.
Edghill, Thomas, Walton's servant, a be- quest made to him, ci.
Eels, said to be found in river Ganges, thirty feet in length, 42; unbed themselves and stir during thunder, 118; better for age and size, 130; much esteemed by the Romans, 158; different opinions as to their mode of generation, 159, 164 n; those bred in rivers near the sea said never to return to fresh water, 160; supposed to lie torpid half the year, 160; varieties of, 161; baits and direc- tions for fishing for, 161; mode of sniggling for, 162; bobbing for, 162 n.; directions
for cooking, 163; very large one caught at Peterborough, 163; their haunts, 164 #. Eggington, county of Derby, 299. Erie, the, a species of hawk, 29. Elephant, the, 30, 33.
Elijah, the prophet, fed by ravens, 27. Elizabeth, Queen, often wished herself a milkmaid all the month of May, 81. Elusina, the river, 41. "England's Helicon," published in 1600, 80 2. "English Guzman," the, or the history of that unparalleled thief, James Hind, 4to, 1652, 113 2.
"Epigrams," by Sir John Harrington, xix. Epirus, a river in, that puts out any lighted torch, and kindles any that was not lighted,
Eroways, the river, county of Derby, 231. Espernon, Gerard's Life of the Duke of, translated by Charles Cotton, clxxviii. Evans, Eyans, or Janes, Thomas, of Bow, county of Middlesex, cxxxiv.
"Eusebius, Socrates, and Evagrius, Eccle- siastical Histories," fol. Lond. 1636, for- merly belonging to Izaak Walton, now in the cathedral library at Salisbury, cxlviii. Exton, Sir Thomas, cii.
FAIRCLOUGH, alias Featley, Dr Daniel, 13 . Fairfax, Sir Thomas, 33 .
"Fair One of Tunis, or the Generous Mis- tress; a new piece of gallantry, out of the French," published by Charles Cotton, in 1674, clxxxi.
Faithorne, the fish in the first edition of the "Complete Angler," supposed to have been engraved by, 3 ".
Falcon, the, a species of the hawk, 28. Falkland, Lord, his visit to John Heals, cxlvi. Faringdon, Mr Anthony, cxlvi; Mr Fulman
referred to him for information relative to the Life of John Hales, lxxx; his sermons bequeathed by Walton to Mr John Darbi- shire, cii.
"Farewell to the Vanities of the World," a poem said to have been written by Dr Donne, lx.
Farnham Castle, in Surrey, a seat of the Bishop of Winchester, xcvi; visited by Walton in May 1683, xcix; prints and pictures at, bequeathed by him to his son Izaak, ci, cv.
Farwell, Mrs Anne and Mrs Elizabeth, bequest made to by their "cousin" Izaak Walton, the younger, cxviii; not identified, cxxiii.
Faulkner, "an industrious angler." men- tioned by Robert Frank in his "Northern Memoirs," lxi.
Feathers for fly-making, directions for choosing, 104 1.
Fell, Dr, master of Christ's Church, lxxxv; expelled from the university, xxxv.
Fence months, the, regulated by stat. 13 Edw. I. c. 47, and stat. 13 Rich. II. c. 19, 62 n.
Ferabosco, Sig. Alfonso, 111
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