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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."