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indeed for the edifice in which we are now assem- 

 bled. On the announcement towards the end of 

 the sixteenth century by Dr. Caldwell and Lord 

 Lumley of their intention to found a surgery 

 lecture, and to endow it with ^40 a year, the Fellows 

 determined to appropriate ;^ioo out of the common 

 stock (and this was nearly all the money the 

 College possessed) to enlarge the building and make 

 it more ornamental and better suited for the meet- 

 ings of their body and the celebration of the 

 lectures. We next learn that just before Harvey 

 entered upon his tenure of the Lumleian lecture- 

 ship, contributions from its members and some 

 others were forthcoming which enabled the College 

 to take more suitable premises to which it removed. 

 Subsequently, during the troubled times of the 

 civil wars, the College was brought to the greatest 

 straits. In consequence of the heavy taxes imposed, 

 and the other exactions made, it became unable 

 for a time to pay its rent to the Dean and Chapter 

 of St. Paul's. To add to its distress, its premises 

 were now condemned, as part of the property of 

 the Church, to be sold by public auction. One 



