He [William Harvey] did not care for chymistrey, and was wont to speake against them with an undervalue.
John AubreyHow these curiosities would be quite forgott, did not such idle fellowes as I am putt them downe!
John AubreyI have heard him [William Harvey] say, that after his Booke of the Circulation of the Blood came-out, that he fell mightily in his Practize, and that 'twas beleeved by the vulgar that he was crack-brained.
John AubreyArise Evans had a fungous nose, and said, it was revealed to him, that the King's hand would cure him, and at the first coming of King Charles II into St. James's Park, he kissed the King's hand, and rubbed his nose with it; which disturbed the King, but cured him.
John Aubrey