LIFE OF HOLBEIN, 5

tance to the lord-chancellor, Sir ThomasMore, having brought with him Erasmus'spicture ; and letters recommendatory fromhim to that great man. Sir Thomas receivedhim with all the joy imaginable, and kepthim in his house between two and three years;during which time he drew Sir Thomas's pic-ture, and those of many of his friends and re-lations. One day Holbein happening to men-tion the nobleman who had some years agoinvited him to England, Sir Thomas was verysolicitous to know who he was. Holbein re-plied, that he had indeed forgot his title, butremembered his face so well, that he thoughthe could draw his likeness ; and this he did sovery strongly, that the nobleman, it is said,was immediately known by it. This noble-man, some think, was the Earl of Arundel,others the Earl of Surrey. The Chancellor,having now sufficiently enriched his apart-ments with Holbein's productions, adoptedthe following method to introduce him toHenry VIII. He invited the king to an en-