Chapter 12 A SUNDAY WITH FALCONER.

How happy is he born and taught,

That serveth not another's will;

Whose armour is his honest thought,

And simple truth his utmost skill.

This man is freed from servile bands

Of hope to rise or fear to fall:

Lord of himself, though not of lands,

And, having nothing, yet hath all.

SIR HENRY WOTTON.

It was not often that Fal