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 *plexion, like unto wainscott; little eye, round, bright, and black, and hair like the raven, but quite white before his death,' which could scarcely be wondered at, as he was then eighty years of age. His friend, the learned Mr. Hobbes, says that Harvey was 'the only man, perhaps, who ever lived to see his own doctrines established in his lifetime.' This statement, the truth of which appears more than questionable, it is easy to imagine, was put forth under the influence of mortified feeling on the part of the 'philosopher of Malmesbury.' We refer the reader who is curious in such research to the catalogues of the principal scientific libraries, both in England and on the Continent, for a list of this great physician's professional works, as their names alone would enlarge in an inconvenient manner the bulk of our volume.

No. 15.

THE HONOURABLE EDWARD RUSSELL.

''In armour. Red sash over right shoulder. White collar, with tassels. Long hair.''

DIED 1665.

He was the youngest son of Francis, fourth Earl of Bedford, by Catherine Brydges. He married Penelope, daughter and co-heir of Sir Moses Hill of Hillsborough Castle, Ireland (Knight Marshal of Ulster, and ancestor of the present Marquis of Downshire), and widow of Sir William Brooke, Knight, by whom he had five sons and daughters. His second son was eventually raised to the Peerage by the title of the Earl of Oxford. Edward Russell survived his wife, and, dying in 1665, was buried at Chenies.