HIS CHAEACTER. Ixxxvii 



tinctly the outline of the form within ; for he lies not in an 

 ordinary coffin, but the cerements that surround the body 

 immediately invested in their turn by the lead. 



So lived, so died one of the great men whom God, in 

 virtue of his eternal laws, bids to appear on earth from time 

 to time to enlighten, and to ennoble mankind. 1 



1 On the Tablet placed in Hempstead church to Harvey's memory are inscribed 

 these words : 



GULIELMUS HARVEIUS, 



Cui tarn colendo Nomini assurgunt omnes Academiae ; 



Qui diuturnum sanguinis motum 



Post tot annorum Millia, 



Primus invenit ; 

 Orbi salutem, sibi immortalitatem 



Consequutus. 



Qui ortum et generationem Animalium solus omnium 

 A Pseudo-philosophia liberavit. 



Cui debet 



Quod sibi innotuit humanum Genus, seipsam Medicina. 

 Sereniss. Majestat. Jacobi et Carolo Britanniarum 



Monarchis Archiatrus et charissimus. 

 Collegii Med. Lond. Anatomes et Chirurgiae Professor 



Assiduus et felicissimus : 



Quibus illustreni construxit Bibliothecam, 



Suoque dotavit et ditavit Patrimonio. 



Tandem 



Post triumphales 

 Coutemplando, sanando, inveniendo 



Sudores, 



Varias domi forisque statuas, 

 Quum totum circuit Microcosmum, 

 Medicinae Doctor et Medicorum, 



Improles obdormivit, 



HI Junii anno salutis CIOIOCLVII, JEtat. LXXX. 

 Ancorum et Famae satur. 



