THOMAS, the founder of Guy's Hospital in Southwark, was originally a bookseller, and afterwards a stockbroker in London. He made the bulk of his fortune by the South Sea Scheme in the memorable year 1720. He died four years later, leaving L18,793 for the building of an hospital to be called by his name, and L219,499 for its endowment. Guy, during his life-time, had no other reputation than that of an intensely avaricious and selfish man. He left almost all his large fortune, however, in charities, a fact which confirms, while it seems to contradict the judgment of his contemporaries.

rope used to steady any weighty body while it is being hoisted or lowered; also, a tackle to confine a boom forward to prevent the sail from gybing. Guy likewise denotes a large rope extending from the head of the mainmast to that of the foremast, to sustain the tackle used for loading and unloading a ship.

GUY'S CLIFF, in Warwickshire, a great cliff on the west side of the Avon, 1 mile N. of Warwick. Here in the time of the Saxons there was a hermitage, to which Guy, earl of Warwick, is said to have retired from the world. This hermitage was kept up till the reign of Henry VI, when Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, established there a chantry, in which he erected a statue in memory of the famous Guy, at the same time raising a roof over the adjacent springs.