As a learned patron of the sciences, Kaye ranks amongst the most distinguished men of his country. Through his interest, Gonville Hall was, in the reign of _Queen Mary_, elevated to the rank of a college, better established, and more richly endowed. To the end of his life, he continued to preside[807] over this his favourite institution, and passed his old age[808] there, not in Monkish contemplation, like Linacre, but zealously devoted to study, as the great number of his writings testifies. He was accused of having changed his faith according to circumstances. This pliability served, it is true, to retain him in favour with sovereigns of very opposite modes of thinking: it is not, however, a sign of elevation of mind, and can only be explained in part by the spirit of the English Reformation. _Kaye_ was a reformer in fact, inasmuch as he was a promoter of instruction, and, perhaps, laid no stress on outward profession. His versatility as a scholar is extraordinary, and would be worthy of the highest admiration, had he entirely avoided the reproach of credulity, had he not been too prolix in subordinate matters, and had he shown more decided signs of genius. At one time he translated and illustrated the writings of Galen; at another, he wrote on philology or the medical art—it must be confessed, without much originality, for he took _Galen_ and _Montanus_ as his patterns[809]. But where could physicians be found at that time who did not follow established doctrines? Some essays on History and English Archæology are found among his writings[810]; and his works on Natural History[811], dedicated to Conrad Gesner, are among the best of his age, because he imparted his observations in them quite plainly and naturally, free from the trammels of any school. He died at Cambridge on the 29th of July, 1573, and ordered for himself the following epitaph-“Fui Caius.” CHAPTER VI. SWEATING SICKNESSES. Ἔστι γὰρ τὸ πάθος λύσις τῶν δεσμῶν τῆς εἰς ζωὴν δυνάμιος. ARETÆUS. SECT. 1.—THE CARDIAC DISEASE OF THE ANCIENTS. (MORBUS CARDIACUS.)