LAUDATORUM CARMINA BY Dr JAMES DUPORT Ad Isaacum Waltonum, Virum et Piscatorem Optimum. Hac arte Petrus principi censum dedit; A TRANSLATION. To Isaac Walton, Best of Men and Anglers. ISAAC, good luck to thee in the art of fishing! By this art Peter gave tribute to Cæsar. In this art, not long before Peter, that great Tranquillus, so Tranquillus (Suetonius) says Cæsar Augustus skilled in all knowledge of hook and line was wont to find recreation. Thou now, oh my friend, art after Cæsar the greatest glory of the hook and fishing tribe. Well done! professor of no ignoble art, learned doctor deeply steeped in fishmarket-lore! Verily thou master and I thy disciple we two were born, for they say that I too am a novice of the rod, comrades in this noble art. What more, Walton, remains to be said? Our Lord Himself was on earth a Fisher! JAMES DUPORT, D.D. Note.-In Notes and Queries, 1st S. VIII., p. 193, some other lines to Walton, by Duport, are to be found. (g) LAUDATORUM CARMINA BY HENRY BAYLEY, ARTIUM MAGISTER Clarissimo amicissimoque fratri, Domino Isaaco Walton, UNICUS est medicus reliquorum piscis, et istis, Litera mysterium quaelibet hujus habet. Hunc cupio, hunc cupias (bone frater arundinis) ιχθύν : Solveret hic pro me debita, teque Deo. Piscis is est, et piscator, mihi credito, qualem Vel piscatorem piscis amare velit. A TRANSLATION. To my most distinguished friend and brother Master Izaac ONE fish and one only is doctor of the rest, and health is assured to those to whom it is given to touch the doctor. Here is a wonderful image of our Saviour Jesus, where every letter1 holds His secret. This fish I desire, and mayest thou catch this fish (good brother of the rod): He would pay my debts and thine to God. Fish is he and fisher, believe me, a fish would wish to love such an one though he were a fisher. HENRY BAYLEY, M. A. The reader may note that the fish was the usual emblem of Christ, chosen because the Greek word forms the initials of His name and titles, and also because Christians are born by baptism in water. The fish symbol is only found in the Latin Church. I Ixous, Piscis. I 'Inooûs, Jesus. X Xplords, Christus. Ο Θεοῦ, Dei. 'T 'Tids, Filius. Σ Zwrhp, Salvator. 2 Lecky's Rationalism in Europe, Vol. I., p. 202. INDEX A Angler's Ballad, The, verses by Cotton quoted, 219 Angler's Sure Guide, The, 85 Angling Literature in England, by An Humble Eglog, verses by Walton Animadversions on a Pamphlet en- titled The Naked Truth, by Dr Anne, Queen, granted pension to Armagh, Ussher, Archbishop of, 175 Art of Angling, The, by Thomas Ashmole, his History of the Order of Aspenden, birthplace of Seth Ward, Aston, Sir Walter, quotation from Aubrey, John, Walton's letter on B Bacon, George Herbert, friend of, 98 Barham, Rev. R. H., 37 Barlow, Richard, 141 Barlow, Thomas, Bishop of Lincoln, Barrow, Isaac, his fondness for Barton Seagrove, birthplace of Barwick, Dr John, preached Morton's Baxter, Richard, possibility of Wal- Bayley, Rev. Henry, friend of Bayne, Mr, quoted on Hooker, 104 Bayne, Paul, Sibbes converted by, Beeching, Canon, quoted on Walton's Belt, his bust of Walton in St Mary's Church, Stafford, 126 Bemerton, George Herbert as clergy- Benson, Archbishop, on Herbert, 99 Beresford Hall, described, 54, 55; Bethune, Dr, quoted on Walton's Boyle, Robert, see note, 141 Bristow Park, Joseph Hall born at, British Angler, The, by John Brome, Alexander, Walton's eclogue Brown, Moses, his edition of The Buckden, Sanderson desired to be Bunyan, John, his opinion of prayer, 13 Burlesque upon Burlesque; or, The Burnet, Bishop, on the controversy Bible, King James's translation of, Bishopsbourne, Hooker, rector of, Blague, Colonel, Charles II. com- Bocton or Boughton, in Kent, 91 Book of St Albans, The, issued in four parts dealing with sport, 29 Boscobel; or, The Compleat History of Boswell James, quotation from his с Canterbury, Marriage of Walton at, 171 Carlisle, Ussher made Bishop of, Cary, Dr, his funeral sermon on Casaubon, Isaac, Walton probably Case of Toleration in Matters of Re- Chalkhill, John, author of Thealma Chancery Lane, Walton in business Character of a Happy Life, The, by Charles I., Sanderson, chaplain to, |