The gold-headed cane . D. Dr. Mead. I am glad you have askedme that question, for the vicissitudes in thefortunes of our body will gradually be forgot-ten, and it would be very desirable before theyare entirely blotted out from our memory, ormisrepresented by traditional inaccuracy, thatsome more public record should be given ofthem, than that which is contained in ourarchives. Though as a narrative of events,which has now been continued uninterruptedlyfor about two centuries *, it would be difficultto find another of fidelity and interest equalto that furnished by the Annals of the Col-lege.
The gold-headed cane . D. Dr. Mead. I am glad you have askedme that question, for the vicissitudes in thefortunes of our body will gradually be forgot-ten, and it would be very desirable before theyare entirely blotted out from our memory, ormisrepresented by traditional inaccuracy, thatsome more public record should be given ofthem, than that which is contained in ourarchives. Though as a narrative of events,which has now been continued uninterruptedlyfor about two centuries *, it would be difficultto find another of fidelity and interest equalto that furnished by the Annals of the Col-lege. Its very first meetings immediately afterits establishment were held in thehouse of Linacre, called the stonehouse, Knight-Rider Street, which still be-longs to the College. The front of that building was appropri-ated to a Library, of the condition or extentof which it may be difficult to form any tol-erable guess after the lapse of so manyyears. It would of course contain copies of * Now more than 300 years. MEAD 115. The stone house, No. 5, Knight-Rider Street. Thearmorial ensigns of the College are placed between thetwo centre windows of the first floor. Their properblazon is as follows:— Sable, a hand proper, vested argent, issuant out ofclouds in chief of the second, rayonee, Or, feeling thepulse of an arm in fesse, proper, issuant from the sinisterside of the shield, vested argent; in base a pomegranatebetween five demi-fleurs-de-lis bordering the edge of theescutcheon, Or. These arms were obtained in 1546. Johanne Barker,Gartero Armorum Rege. 116 MEAD. Linacres * own works, and there arerecords of an early date of donationsand bequests made to it of books, globes,mathematical instruments, and minerals. Rather more than forty years had elapsed from the death of Linacre, before permission having been obtained from Queen Elizabeth, dissections began to be performed 1564. within the walls of the College, and,if I am not mistaken, Dr. Lopus was the firstPhysician appointed
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