J. W.
Nouer. 22, 80.
I forgot to tell, that I heard the sermon preacht for the lady Danuers, and have it: but thanke yr ffriend.
Notes.
[D] An anecdote of Ben Jonson (possibly from some Book of Jests) is communicated to me by Professor York Powell as still current in Oxford in oral tradition:—
'One day as Ben Jonson was working at his first trade a fine lady passed and greeted him—
"A line and a trowel
Guide many a fool:
Good morning, Ben!"
—"In silk and scarlet
Walks many a harlot:
Good morning, Madam!"
answered the poet.'
[E] Aubrey, writing Aug. 7, 1680, in Wood MS. F. 39, fol. 343, says:—'Pray ask the deane of Welles what countreyman Ben Johnson was. To my best remembrance I heard him say (1648) Warwickshire; and I have heard some say that he was of Trinity College Cambridge.'
[F] This is an autograph letter by Izaak Walton, with a heading (here in italic) added by Aubrey.