Physicians.
WILLIAM GIL•…•…T was born in * 1.1 Trinity Parish in Colchester, his Father being a Counsellour of great Esteem in his Profession, who first removed his family thither from Clare in Suffolk, where they had resided in a Gentile Equipage some Centuries of Years.
He had (saith my informer) the Clearness of Venice Glass without the Brittleness thereof, soon Ripe and long Lasting in his Perfections. He Commenced Doctor in Physick, and was Physician to Queen Elizabeth, who Stamped on him many Marks of her Favour, besides an Annuall Pension to encourage his Studies. He addicted him∣self to Chemistry, attaining to great exactness therein. One saith of him that he was Stoicall, but not Cynicall, which I understand Reserv'd, but not Morose, never married, purposely to be more beneficiall to his Brethren. Such his Loyalty to the Queen, that, as if unwilling to survive, he dyed in the same year with her 1603. His Stature was Tall, C•…•…plexion Cheerfull, an Happiness not ordinary in so hard a Student and re∣tired a Person. He lyeth buried in Trinity Church in Colchester, under a plain Monu∣ment.
Mahomets Tombe at Mecha is said strangely to hang up, attracted by some invisible Load-stone, but the Memory of this Doctor will never fall to the ground, which his in∣comparable Book De Magnete will support to Eternity.