Out of the olde fieldes, as men saithe,

Cometh all this newe corn fro yere to yere And out of olde bookes, in goode faithe, Cometh all this newe science that inen lere.

CHAUCER.

CAMBRIDGE:

E. W. METCALF AND COMPANY,

Printers to the University.

LIVES

OF

DONNE, WOTTON, HOOKER, HERBERT,

AND SANDERSON.

HILLIARD, GR A Y, AND COMPANY.

CAMBRIDGE:

BROWN, SHATTUCK, AND CO.

MDCCC XXXII.

“ Dr. Johnson talked of IZAAK Walton's Lives, which was one of his favorite books."

BOSWELL.

THE LIFE

OF

MR. RICHARD HOOKER,

THE AUTHOR OF THOSE LEARNED BOOKS

OF THE LAWS OF ECCLESIASTICAL POLITY.