_Chambre_ and _Linacre_ were in holy orders, a circumstance which has been cited against the present bye-law of the College, that no priest can be admitted; it must be remembered that it is the policy of the present day to restrain the clerical encroachments, which constituted a leading feature of the Papal usurpation; our Inns of Court observe the same rule. Footnote 69: _Jo. Alph. Borellus_, in speaking of the pretensions of _Honoratus Faber_ to this discovery, concludes _Omnes enim sciunt Harveium Anno Dom 1628 Fancofurti typis Gual. Fitzeri suam exertationem primum edidisse_; _scilicet decem annos antequam Fabri sanguinis circulationem docuisset_. _See Goodall’s Proceedings of the College._ His work de _Generatione Animalium_, although eclipsed by his superior discovery, must be considered as a valuable acquisition to the science of Physiology; its luminous reasonings overturned the doctrine of _Equivocal Generation_, that had been maintained in the schools since the days of Aristotle, and established the universal principle “OMNIA EX OVO.” Footnote 70: _Henry Marquis_, of Dorchester, who was admitted a Fellow in 1658, left at his death in 1680, a collection of medical and other books to the College which were valued at £4000. Footnote 71: This power has however been questioned; the words of the Act 25 _Hen._ 8. are, “All manner of Licences, Dispensations, Faculties, &c. as heretofore hath been used and accustomed to be had at the See of Rome.” The term Degree does not occur in the act, yet in _The King v. the Bishop of Chester_, a degree of Bachelor of Divinity granted by the Archbishop was held a good qualification. 8 _Mod._ 364: _Strange_ 797. This judgment was ably controverted in a pamphlet published at Oxford in 1791; we may say with the author, “As to the Archbishop of Canterbury I have no design to rob his See of any privileges belonging to it. He may give as many titles, and bestow as many honours as the POPE himself does, provided they are not admitted into the same rank with those conferred by the favour of the Crown, and they do not challenge any place in the construction of Charters and Acts of Parliament.” See Serj. _Hill’s_ Law Pamphlets in fol vol. 1. in Lincoln’s Inn, Lib. A recent Act of Parliament, 55th _Geo._ 3. recognises only Physicians licenced by the College and by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Footnote 72: