[1] "Happy old man, whose worth all mankind knows
Except himself, who charitably shows
The ready road to Virtue, and to Praise,
The road to many long, and happy days;
The noble arts of generous piety,
And how to compass true felicity.
----he knows no anxious cares,
Thro' near a Century of pleasant years;
Easy he lives and cheerful shall he die,
Well spoken of by late posterity."
June 5, 1683.
_(Flatman's Commendatory Verses prefixed to "Thealma and Clearchus;"
Poems and Songs by Thomas Flatman, Third Edition.)_
[2] _The Love of Amos and Laura. Written by S.P. London. Printed for
Richard Hawkins, dwelling in Chancery-Lane, neere Serieants Inne,
1619._ Printed at the end of a volume entitled, _Alcilia, Philoparthens
louing Folly, &c._, which, from its being signed at the end with the
initials "J.C.," has been attributed to Walton's friend, John
Chalkhill, whose posthumous poem, _Thealma and Clearchus_, he published
in the last year of his life. The lines to Walton do not appear in the
earlier quarto edition of the book issued by the same publisher in 1613,
or in the later quarto of 1628.
[3] _Thealma and Clearchus; a Pastoral Romance, by John Chalkhill.
First Published by Isaac Walton, 1683. A New Edition. Revised and
Corrected (by S.W. Singer). Chiswick: 1820._
[4] Vol. iv. (1821), pp. 230-249.
[5] Ticknor's _History of Spanish Literature_ (Lond. 1849), vol. iii.
p. 177.
[6] _Love and Truth: / in / Two modest and peaceable / Letters /
concerning / The distempers of the present Times. / Written /
From a quiet and Conformable Citizen of / LONDON, to two busie
and Factious/ Shop-keepers in Coventry./_
1 Pet. 4. 15.
But let none of you suffer as a busiebody in other mens /
matters. /
LONDON, / Printed by _M.C._ for _Henry Brome_ at the Gun /
in St. _Pauls_ Church-yard. 1680.
COLLATION: 4to. pp. iv. (with Title) 40 (Sig. A 1 and 2;
B to E 4).
[7] York, 1795, pp. x. 70.
[8] _The School of Pantagruel_, Sunbury, 1862, p. 9.
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