FOOTNOTES:

FOOTNOTES:[1]Walton confuses this Edward Herbert with a namesake entered at Queen’s College; and he follows the erring dates of theAutobiography of Lord Herbert of Cherbury. The boy’s age is correctly given as fourteen in the college registers.[2]Donne had been in residence at both Universities, but took no degree at either, as he had scruples against accepting the conditions imposed. He was at that time, and until about 1593, like his parents, a Catholic. His father was of Welsh descent: a fact which may have borne its share in attracting him towards the Herberts.[3]Anne Donne, it may be remarked, was also the name of Cowper’s mother.[4]Sir Richard Baker’sChronicle, 1684, mentions Dr. Donne as one of his “heroic Grecians,” and adds, in the same breath, that he was “a great visitor of ladies.”[5]Dr. Donne’s conceit about the ages of his friends is better handled in the young Cartwright’s“Chloe, why wish you that your years,”a little later. It is not impossible that Cartwright, an Oxonian and an observer, may have drawn upon Donne’s report of this very wedding for his charming and ingenious lyric.[6]This august personage was one of the Spencers of Althorp. At this time she had been for six years the wife of her second husband, the Lord Keeper Egerton, although retaining the magnificent title of her widowhood. At their estate of Harefield in Middlesex, Milton’sArcadeswas afterwards given, and it will be remembered what fine compliments to the then aged countess-dowager figure in its opening verses. Spenser’sTeares of the Museshad been dedicated to her, in her prime, and she was the Amaryllis “highest in degree” of hisColin Clout’s Come Home Again.[7]Sir James Sandelyn, Sandalo, or Sandilands (who cuts his finest figure as Jacobus Sandilandius inThe Muses’ Welcome) was appointed Maistre d’Hostel to the beloved and beautiful Princess Elizabeth on her marriage to Frederic, Count Palatine of the Rhine, afterwards King of Bohemia, in 1612. As Sir James’s name is down on the lists of the Exchequer for a gift in 1615, and as his little son Richard was baptized in Deptford Church two months after the date of Lady Danvers’s letter, we may conclude that he came back to England just when the “ambassatore” expected him.[8]Edward Herbert served as a volunteer in the campaign of 1614-15 in the Netherlands, under the Prince of Orange. Richard Herbert, here mentioned, was his eldest son, a future Cavalier and captain of a troop of horse in the Civil Wars; Edward was the baby, and “Bettye” the child Beatrice, destined, like her sister, to a short life.[9]This 1614-15 was an eccentric and un-English year throughout. The winter signalized itself by the Great Snow; “frigus intensum,” as Camden says, “et nix copiosissima.”[10]Lord Bacon dedicated to Edward Herbert, “the father of English deists,” his very flat translation of the Psalms! George wrote three Latin poems in his honor, one being upon the occasion of his death.[11]He was, in July of 1626, ordained deacon, and prebendary of Layton Ecclesia in Huntingdonshire. Readers of Walton will remember how his dear mother invited him to commit simony on that occasion.[12]The standing marble figure in a winding-sheet which Dr. King had modelled upon this strange painting on wood, may yet be seen in the south ambulatory of the choir of St. Paul’s; almost the only relic saved from the old cathedral which perished in the Great Fire of 1666. It is not only of unique interest, but of considerable artistic beauty, and “seems to breathe faintly,” as Sir Henry Wotton said of it.[13]Dr. Donne’s papers were bequeathed to Dr. Henry King, the poet-Bishop of Chichester, then residentiary of St. Paul’s. The “find” were a precious one, if they yet survive.[14]The half-romantic reference, which occurs more than once in Donne’s poems, to his own long-dead arm which still shall keep“The bracelet of bright hair about the bone,”—has it nothing to do with this blond head?Honi soit qui mal y pense.The internal evidences inThe Relic, with its mention of St. Mary Magdalen, and its boast of purest friendship, and the roguery of the closing line inThe Funeral, are somewhat strong, nevertheless.[15]The famousAutobiography, indeed, boldly assures posterity that Lady Herbert, after 1597, “continued unmarried,” and, in brief, “was the woman Dr. Donne hath described her.” The acknowledgment of the accuracy of that funeral sermon, containing, as it does, its very specific Danvers passages, is in our fearless philosopher’s best style.[16]There was afterwards, in France, a Gentleman of the Bedchamber who had other notions. “Gratitude,” said Thierry to his executioner in the court-yard of the Abbaye—“gratitude has no opinions. I am leal to my master.”[17]An elder Charles, son of the Lady Elizabeth Danvers, was baptized in 1632, and must have died early.[18]Edward Herbert sided eventually with the Parliament, which indemnified him for the burning and sacking of Montgomery Castle.[19]The six very innocent, cheerful, pious ten-syllable stanzas, attributed inThe Complete Anglerto “another angler, Jo. Davors, Esq.,” are not, it is hardly necessary to add, from our scapegrace’s pen. He ceased to be “Jo. Davors, Esq.,” when Walton was fourteen years old.

[1]Walton confuses this Edward Herbert with a namesake entered at Queen’s College; and he follows the erring dates of theAutobiography of Lord Herbert of Cherbury. The boy’s age is correctly given as fourteen in the college registers.

[2]Donne had been in residence at both Universities, but took no degree at either, as he had scruples against accepting the conditions imposed. He was at that time, and until about 1593, like his parents, a Catholic. His father was of Welsh descent: a fact which may have borne its share in attracting him towards the Herberts.

[3]Anne Donne, it may be remarked, was also the name of Cowper’s mother.

[4]Sir Richard Baker’sChronicle, 1684, mentions Dr. Donne as one of his “heroic Grecians,” and adds, in the same breath, that he was “a great visitor of ladies.”

[5]Dr. Donne’s conceit about the ages of his friends is better handled in the young Cartwright’s“Chloe, why wish you that your years,”a little later. It is not impossible that Cartwright, an Oxonian and an observer, may have drawn upon Donne’s report of this very wedding for his charming and ingenious lyric.

[5]Dr. Donne’s conceit about the ages of his friends is better handled in the young Cartwright’s

“Chloe, why wish you that your years,”

a little later. It is not impossible that Cartwright, an Oxonian and an observer, may have drawn upon Donne’s report of this very wedding for his charming and ingenious lyric.

[6]This august personage was one of the Spencers of Althorp. At this time she had been for six years the wife of her second husband, the Lord Keeper Egerton, although retaining the magnificent title of her widowhood. At their estate of Harefield in Middlesex, Milton’sArcadeswas afterwards given, and it will be remembered what fine compliments to the then aged countess-dowager figure in its opening verses. Spenser’sTeares of the Museshad been dedicated to her, in her prime, and she was the Amaryllis “highest in degree” of hisColin Clout’s Come Home Again.

[7]Sir James Sandelyn, Sandalo, or Sandilands (who cuts his finest figure as Jacobus Sandilandius inThe Muses’ Welcome) was appointed Maistre d’Hostel to the beloved and beautiful Princess Elizabeth on her marriage to Frederic, Count Palatine of the Rhine, afterwards King of Bohemia, in 1612. As Sir James’s name is down on the lists of the Exchequer for a gift in 1615, and as his little son Richard was baptized in Deptford Church two months after the date of Lady Danvers’s letter, we may conclude that he came back to England just when the “ambassatore” expected him.

[8]Edward Herbert served as a volunteer in the campaign of 1614-15 in the Netherlands, under the Prince of Orange. Richard Herbert, here mentioned, was his eldest son, a future Cavalier and captain of a troop of horse in the Civil Wars; Edward was the baby, and “Bettye” the child Beatrice, destined, like her sister, to a short life.

[9]This 1614-15 was an eccentric and un-English year throughout. The winter signalized itself by the Great Snow; “frigus intensum,” as Camden says, “et nix copiosissima.”

[10]Lord Bacon dedicated to Edward Herbert, “the father of English deists,” his very flat translation of the Psalms! George wrote three Latin poems in his honor, one being upon the occasion of his death.

[11]He was, in July of 1626, ordained deacon, and prebendary of Layton Ecclesia in Huntingdonshire. Readers of Walton will remember how his dear mother invited him to commit simony on that occasion.

[12]The standing marble figure in a winding-sheet which Dr. King had modelled upon this strange painting on wood, may yet be seen in the south ambulatory of the choir of St. Paul’s; almost the only relic saved from the old cathedral which perished in the Great Fire of 1666. It is not only of unique interest, but of considerable artistic beauty, and “seems to breathe faintly,” as Sir Henry Wotton said of it.

[13]Dr. Donne’s papers were bequeathed to Dr. Henry King, the poet-Bishop of Chichester, then residentiary of St. Paul’s. The “find” were a precious one, if they yet survive.

[14]The half-romantic reference, which occurs more than once in Donne’s poems, to his own long-dead arm which still shall keep“The bracelet of bright hair about the bone,”—has it nothing to do with this blond head?Honi soit qui mal y pense.The internal evidences inThe Relic, with its mention of St. Mary Magdalen, and its boast of purest friendship, and the roguery of the closing line inThe Funeral, are somewhat strong, nevertheless.

[14]The half-romantic reference, which occurs more than once in Donne’s poems, to his own long-dead arm which still shall keep

“The bracelet of bright hair about the bone,”—

has it nothing to do with this blond head?Honi soit qui mal y pense.The internal evidences inThe Relic, with its mention of St. Mary Magdalen, and its boast of purest friendship, and the roguery of the closing line inThe Funeral, are somewhat strong, nevertheless.

[15]The famousAutobiography, indeed, boldly assures posterity that Lady Herbert, after 1597, “continued unmarried,” and, in brief, “was the woman Dr. Donne hath described her.” The acknowledgment of the accuracy of that funeral sermon, containing, as it does, its very specific Danvers passages, is in our fearless philosopher’s best style.

[16]There was afterwards, in France, a Gentleman of the Bedchamber who had other notions. “Gratitude,” said Thierry to his executioner in the court-yard of the Abbaye—“gratitude has no opinions. I am leal to my master.”

[17]An elder Charles, son of the Lady Elizabeth Danvers, was baptized in 1632, and must have died early.

[18]Edward Herbert sided eventually with the Parliament, which indemnified him for the burning and sacking of Montgomery Castle.

[19]The six very innocent, cheerful, pious ten-syllable stanzas, attributed inThe Complete Anglerto “another angler, Jo. Davors, Esq.,” are not, it is hardly necessary to add, from our scapegrace’s pen. He ceased to be “Jo. Davors, Esq.,” when Walton was fourteen years old.

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