Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert Part 22

XV. "[Greek: EPINOMIS], seu EXPLANATIO JURAMENTI," &c., inserted in the 'Excerpta e Corpore Statutorum Univ. Oxoniensis,' p. 194.

XVI. "ARTICLES of VISITATION and ENQUIRY concerning MATTERS ECCLESIASTICAL, exhibited to the Ministers, Churchwardens, and Sidemen of every Parish within the Diocese of Lincoln, in the first episcopal Visitation of the Right Rev. Father in G.o.d, ROBERT, by Divine Providence, Lord Bishop of Lincoln; with the oath to be administered to the Churchwardens, and the Bishop's Admonition to them. _London_, 1662." 4to.

XVII. Peck, in the 'Desiderata Curiosa,' Vol. II., has inserted "The HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES of the CATHEDRAL CHURCH of the Blessed Virgin St. MARY at LINCOLN; containing an exact Copy of all the Monumental Inscriptions there, in Number 163, as they stood in 1641; most of which was soon after torn up, or otherwise defaced. Collected by ROBERT SANDERSON, S.T.P., afterwards Lord Bishop of that Church, and compared with and corrected by Sir WILLIAM DUGDALE'S MS. Survey."

Dr. White Kennet, Bishop of Peterborough, had in his possession the copies of two letters transcribed from the originals that were in the hands of Bishop Barlow. 1. Superscribed "For Mr. Thomas Barlow, at the Library in Oxon," and subscribed "Your very loving friend and servant, ROBERT SANDERSON," dated "Botheby Pagnell, Sept. 28, 1656,"

importuning Dr. Barlow, "to undertake the managing that dispute in the question of great importance upon the ancient landmarks, by Dr. Jeremy Taylor; so unhappily (and so unseasonably too) endeavoured to be removed in the doctrine of original sin." 2. Another letter of Dr.

Sanderson to Dr. Barlow, at Queen's College, dated "Botheby Pagnell, Sept. 17, 1657," expressing himself, "That Dr. Taylor is so peremptory and pertinacious of his errors as not to hearken to the sober advices of his grave, reverend, and learned friends, amidst the distractions of these times," &c.

Dr. Sanderson and Dr. Hammond were jointly concerned in a work ent.i.tled "A PACIFIC DISCOURSE of G.o.d'S GRACE and DECREES," published by the latter in 1660.

It would be improper not to observe, that in the Preface to the Polyglott Bible, printed at London in 1657, Dr. Bryan Walton has cla.s.sed Dr. Sanderson among those of his much honoured friends who a.s.sisted him in that n.o.ble work.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

_The numbers at the beginning of paragraphs refer to the pages_

LIFE OF HOOKER

_Frontispiece._--The portrait here given is from Hooker's monument in Bishopsbourne Church.

_Text, etc._--_The Life of Mr. Richard Hooker_ was first published in small _octavo_ in 1665. The second edition was prefixed to the _Ecclesiastical Polity_ of 1666, _folio_, and again in 1676 and 1682.

It was also included in Walton's collection of 1670. A valuable essay on Hooker by Dean Church is prefixed to the Clarendon Press edition of the first book of _Ecclesiastical Polity_, 1876.

_Page_

3. _at this time of my age._ He says at p. 4 that he was "past the seventy of his age."

5. _John Hales._ See vol. i. p. 193, note.

7. _He was born, etc._ "Probably in March, 1553-54," says the _Dict.

of Nat. Biography_.

8. _a school-boy._ He was educated at Exeter grammar school.

14. _the Bishop said to him. Cf._ chap. iii. of the _Vicar of Wakefield_, where this anecdote is referred to. Indeed Hooker is there alleged to have been the "great ancestor" of George Primrose.

23. _elemented._ See note to vol. i. p. 53.

26. _I cannot learn the pretended cause._ It seems probable that the views of Hooker and his friends had offended Barfoot, who was a zealous Puritan.

17. _he entered into Sacred Orders._ About 1581.

30. _her conditions_, personal qualities, manners. Recent investigations tend to show that honest Izaak's account is prejudiced, as Hooker in his will makes his "wel-beloved wife" sole executrix and residuary legatee, and his father-in-law was one of the overseers.

Nevertheless Wood calls her "a clownish, silly woman, and withal a mere Xanthippe."

58. _The forenoon ... Geneva._ The speaker was Fuller, but the quotation is not quite textual.

70. _and behold G.o.d's blessings. Cf._ p. 33.

71. _corps_, endowment. "When the _corps_ of the profit or benefice is but one the t.i.tle can be but one man's" (Hooker, _Ecclesiastical Polity_, v. lx.x.x, -- 11).

94. _Judicious Hooker._ This is the first application to Hooker of this time-honoured epithet. Sir W. Cowper was the grandfather of William, first Earl Cowper. The monument was erected in 1635.

97. _one of his elder daughters. I.e._ Cicely.

97. _both died before they were marriageable._ Alice died unmarried in 1649; but Jane (or Jone) married Edward Nethersole at Bishopsbourne, 23rd March 1600.

99. _dead in her bed._ In March 1601.

108, _regiment_, regimen, regulation, management. _Cf_. Bacon's essay "Of Regiment of Health."

121. _in devise_, in contemplation.

LIFE OF HERBERT

_Text, etc.--The Life of Mr. George Herbert_ was first published in 1670, 12mo, with his letters to his mother, etc. It was also included in the collected _Lives_ of 1670. All his known writings have been edited by Dr. Grosart for the _Fuller Worthies Library_, 1874, and the _Aldine Poets_, 1876.

134. _he was elected ... Cambridge._ He was admitted scholar 5th May 1609, and matriculated pensioner at Trinity 18th December 1609.

135. _her husband died._ Sir Richard Herbert died in 1597.

136. _in Oxford four years._ From 1598 to 1603-4.

142. _Bachelor of Arts in 1611._ The correct date is 1612-13.

142. _Matter of Arts, 1616._ See also p. 143. These data were furnished to Dr. Grosart by the University authorities.

143. _chosen Orator._ 18th January 1620.

149. _many Seals._ See vol. i. p. 72.

150. _a sinecure._ Whitford is in Flintshire.

152. _cross-bias me._ A bowling-green image.

154. _Prebend of Layton Ecclesia._ Grosart points out that Walton was wrong here. Herbert was not a Deacon. He held the prebendary of Layton (Leighton Bromswold) as a laic, as he did the sinecure rectorship of Whitford.

163. _she died in the year_ 1627. In June. On July 1 Donne preached her Funeral Sermon. See _ante_, p. 139. When it was published (London, 1627, 12mo) Herbert appended to it the Greek and Latin poems to her memory, ent.i.tled _Parentalia_; these were the chief verses he published in his lifetime.

165. _three months after this marriage._ It took place at Edington on 5th March 1629.

167. _canonical clothes._ This, as Dr. Grosart says, shows that he "was still a layman."