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 laid his noble head upon the block, 'which was struck off (says Evelyn) by three butcherly strokes.'

Five years afterwards when James the Second stood on the brink of ruin, he did not disdain to apply to the Earl of Bedford for help. 'My Lord,' he said, 'you are an honest man, and of great credit in the country, and can do me signal service. 'Ah, sire,' replied the Earl, 'I am old and feeble, and can be of little use, but I once had a son who could have assisted you, and he is no more.' By which answer James was so struck, that he could not speak for several moments.

No. 14.

WILLIAM HARVEY, M.D.

''Black gown. Black skull-cap.''

BORN 1578, DIED 1657-8.

Son of Thomas Harvey of Folkestone, in Kent, by Joan Hawke, and eldest of seven sons and two daughters. The parents were well-to-do people, who brought up their children carefully and respectably. Mrs. Harvey seems to have been a most estimable woman, if we only believe one half the virtues ascribed to her on the tablet in Folkestone Church, where she lies buried; the epitaph, though couched in the eulogistic and lengthy style which was the fashion of the day, is sufficiently characteristic to merit insertion. The mother of a great man is in our eyes always deserving of notice.

'She was a godly, harmless woman, a chaste, loving wife, a charitable, quiet neighbour, a comfortable and friendly matron, a provident housewife and tender mother. Elected of God,