[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. * * * * * AN ELEGIE UPON DR. DONNE. 1633. [_Juvenilia: or Certaine Paradoxes and Problemes, written by I. Donne. London, Printed by E.P. for Henry Seyle, and are to be sold at the signe of the Tygers head, in Saint Pauls Church-yard, Anno Dom_. 1633 (pp. 382-384)._ _Poems, by J.D. with Elegies on the Author's Death. London. Printed by M.F. for JOHN MARRIOT, and are to be sold at his Shop in St. Dunstans Church-yard in Fleet-street, 1635._ The text is printed from the revised version of 1635, and the original readings of 1633 are given at the foot of the page.] _An Elegie upon_ DR. DONNE.