20 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book VII. 



Newcastle, being at Newmarket at this meeting", was 

 appointed Gentleman of the Bedchamber, not because 

 of his great abilities or qualification for the post, but 

 because "he hath paid ^2000 for it."* A comedy- 

 was performed in the queen's presence-chamber, which 

 was fitted up specially for the occasion by the Board 

 of Works, in which her Majesty played a leading part. 



On October 21st the king arrived in London in 

 good health, from Newmarket, "two days after the 

 queen, who arrived here on Monday."^ 



We must not omit to mention that during this 

 royal visit to Newmarket, Dr. William Harvey was 

 in attendance on the court in his capacity of Physician 

 to the Household, and obtained the usual allowance 

 of ^1 per week for lodgings out of court, in lieu of 

 apartments in the palace. It was at Newmarket, 

 some years previously, he perfected the discovery 

 of the circulation of the blood in the genus homo ; but 

 as to beasts of venery the " discovery " was known to 

 all the " Maisters of the Game " who wrote on venerie 

 in England from the time of Edward H. Harvey 

 having been reared on the borders of Epping Forest, 

 in which his uncle was a keeper of one of its walks, 

 was probably indebted to that circumstance for the 

 idea of a similar system to be found in the human 

 frame. At any rate this was placed as the third 

 great discovery of modern times : Columbus being 

 first, on the Western Hemisphere ; Copernicus second. 



* "The Court and Times of Charles I.," vol. ii., p. 187. 

 t Mr. Prior to Lord Brooke, London, Oct. 25, 1862 ; " The Court and 

 Times of Charles I.," vol. ii. 



