Chub or Chavender, the, 11; reckoned the
worst of fish, 64; an engraving of the, 65:
called by the French "un villain," 67; re-
ceipts for cooking, 67, 68; directions for
angling for, 68, 105; baits for, 69, 70, 184,
185, 189; the flesh of, accounted best in
winter months, 70; haunts of, 71.
"Chudley's Elegies," referred to by Walton,
cxlviii.

Churchey, George, fellow of Lyon's Inn, the
translator of Dubravius's treatise of "Fish

and Fish-ponds," 133 .

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: "Smal Poems of
divers sorts," written by him, London,
12mo, 1658, xlv.; verses written by him,
on the death of his cousin, Mrs Cotton,
clxiv n.; 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 1.
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 .; 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, lxxiv.

Compton, Charles, son of George, fourth
Earl of Northampton, cci, cciii.

, Charles, seventh Earl of Northampton,

cciii.

cciii.

cciii.

Charles, ninth Earl of Northampton,

Spencer, eighth Earl of Northampton,

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 n.
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.

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 ».

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 n.; verses addressed to
him by Sir Aston Cokayne, clxvi, cixvii;
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, clxix; 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 Clifton,
cixxvi; 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, clxxviii;
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, lxxx; 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, clxxxiv; 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,
Ixxxv; treatise thereon written in ten days,
Feb. 1676, lxxxvi, clxxxv; 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, cii; 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, cxçi; 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, cxcvii; the idea that he was an author
by profession, shown to be erroneous,
cxcviii; his conduct and character, cxcviii:
his portrait in possession of John Beres-
ford, Esq., of Ashbourn, cxcix; account of
his children and present representatives,

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 n.
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.

-

Francis, eldest son of Secretary Davi-
son, biographical account of, 113#.; editor
of the Poetical Rhapsody," xxii; author
of the "Beggars' Song, in the
"Com-
plete Angler," xxiii, lvii.

Mr Henry, of Gray's Inn, godfather to
Walton's last son Izaak, xlii, cxl; his will,
xlii n.

Jane, the wife of Richard Cleare, xlii n.
Mary, xliin.

William, Secretary of State to Queen
Elizabeth, xxii.

Davy, Sir Humphrey, cxxv, vide Bury.
Debat, Elizabeth, wife of Henry Archer, ccii.
Decimus Brutus, 27, vide Hircus.
Dee, the river, 166, 196.

Defoe's "Tour through England," quoted,

41 22.

Deighton, the cliffs of, 276.

Deloney's "Strange Histories, or Songes
and Sonnets," 12mo, 1607, 81 n.
Dennys, John, Esq. of Oldbury-sur-Montem,
co. Gloucester, 54 m.; 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.

-

the town of, 231.

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
writer, 106 n.
Dickenson, the lord mayor in 1757, destroyed
all the stops or weirs in the Thames, be-
tween London and Staines, 183 .
Diodorus Siculus, quoted by Walton, 177.
"Discourse of Credulity and Incredulity,"
by Casaubon, 42 N.

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 2.

—

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 aa
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," lviii, 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, lxiii; republished with the
Lives of Hebert, Hooker, and Wotton,
about 1670, lxxvi; again in 1675, lxxxi:
sermons bequeathed by Walton to Dr
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 я.
-the river, lxxxvi, 196, 231, 232, 234, 246;
made subject to the fence months, by stat.
13 Edw. I. 62 m.; divided the counties of
Derby and Stafford, 229; Cotton's de-
scription of, 236, 286.

Dove bridge, clxxxvi.

Dovedale, description of, 220 .

Dover, Mr Robert; a poem by William Basse
upon the Olympic games annual y 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.