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chaplain. \Vliat was his external behaviour on this 

 occasion, we do not know; but it was afterwards 

 surmised by the covenanters, that he had been de- 

 puted by archbishop Laud, as a spy, at once upon 

 the marquis, who was suspected of moderation, and 

 the people with whom he was dealing. It is asserted 

 by Sir James Balfour, in his " Meraorialls of State," 

 that I)r Balcanqual also communicated intelligence 

 of all that linppened in Scotland, to Signor George 

 ( mi. the jni|ie'> legate, " as some of his intercepted 

 letters can beare reconle." Early in tlie ensuing 

 year, was published an npologetical narrative of the 

 court-proceedings, under the title of " His Majesties 

 l.arf Declaration, coiiceniing tlie Late Tumidts in 

 Scotland," whicii, by universal and apparently un- 

 contradicted report, was ascribed to the pen of Dr 

 Balcanqual. While this work was received by tlie 

 friends of the king as a triumphant vindication of his 

 attempts upon the purity of the Scottish church, it 

 only excited new indignation in the minds of the out- 

 raged people, who soon after appeared in arms at 

 Dunse Law, to defend their religious opinions with 

 the sword. On the f 4th of May, 1639, at tlie very 

 time when the armies were about to meet on the 

 borders, Dr Balcanqual, apparently in requital of his 

 exertions, was installed dean of Durham. He had 

 now rendered himself a marked man to the Scottish 

 presbyterians, and, accordingly, his name is fre- 

 quently alluded to in their publications as an incen- 

 diary. When the king could no longer protect his 

 partisans, Dr Balcanqual was forced from his master- 

 ship of the Savoy, plundered, sequestered, and obliged 

 to fly from London. Repairing to Oxford, he at- 

 tached himself to the precarious fortunes of his 

 sovereign, and for several years afterwards, had to 

 shift about from place to place, wherever he could 

 find security for his life. At length, having taken 

 refuge in Chirk castle, Denbighshire, he died there 

 in a very cold season, on Christmas day, 1645. He 

 was buried next day in the parish church of Chirk, 

 where, some years after, a splendid monument was 

 erected to his memory by a neighbouring royalist, 

 Sir Thomas Middleton of Chirk castle. 



BALDE, Jacob ; born at Ensisheim, in Alsace, in 

 1603, died, in 1668, at Neuburg, on the Danube. 

 He was a Jesuit, a preacher at the court of the elec- 

 tor of Bavaria, and one of tlie most distinguished 

 Latin poets among the moderns. He witnessed the 

 melancholy scenes of the thirty years' war with a 

 wounded heart. He relieved such as were expelled 

 from their homes, and, at the same time, endeavoured 

 to awaken a better spirit among the Germans, and 

 to excite them to valour, virtue, and unanimity. An 

 extensive and profound knowledge of the world, with 

 a truly philosophical dignity of mind, are everywhere 

 displayed in his poems. He will be admired in Ger- 

 many in all ages. Augustus William Schlegel says 

 of him, " A deep, strong feeling, often combined 

 with an ardent enthusiasm ; an imagination from 

 which strong and wonderful images spring forth in 

 boundless profusion ; an inventive fancy, always 

 striking out original comparisons, in surprising forms ; 

 a penetrating judgment, which, when not blinded by 

 partiality or early prejudices, catches the human 

 character with a quick and piercing glance ; great 

 moral energy and independence ; a bold security of 

 genius, always choosing its own path, and not fearing 

 even the most untrodden ; all these qualities are so 

 strongly displayed in the works of Balde, that we 

 are constrained to declare him an uncommon and 

 richly-gifted poet." His poems in the German lan- 

 guage are insignificant. A collection of his poetical 

 writings, consisting of lyric, elegiac, didactic, satiri- 

 cal, and other poems, appeared, in 1660, at Cologne, 

 in 4 vols. 12mo; and ai Munich, in 1729, 8 vois.; a 



selection by I. C. Orelf, Zurich, 1805, second edition, 

 1818. 



BALDWIN I., emperor of Constantinople; a prince 

 memorable not only on account of his talents, but as 

 having been tlie founder of the short-lived dynasty 

 of I .at in sovereigns of the Eastern empire. He was 

 born in 1172, and was hereditary count of Flanders 

 and llainault. Having joined in the fourth crusade, 

 he distinguished himself by his courage and conduct 

 in several actions which ensued ; and when Constan- 

 tinople, in 1201, was taken by the French and Vene- 

 tians, Baldwin was unanimously elected emperor of 

 the East. His new subjects revolted against him, 

 being excited by Joannices, king of Bulgaria, whom 

 he had offended by rejecting his proffered alliance. 

 The insurgents seized Adrianople, in besieging which 

 city Baldwin was taken prisoner by the king of Bul- 

 garia, and probably soon after put to death, with cir- 

 cumstances of great cruelty, in 1205. The uncertainty 

 of his fate gave rise to a remarkable deception. 

 Twenty years after his disappearance, a hermit ex 

 hibited himself in Flanders, professing to be the 

 long-lost prince, and was at first gladly received as 

 such by his former subjects. He was, however, 

 taken to the French court, where he was completely 

 detected, and perished as an impostor. 



BALDWIN III., king of Jerusalem, from 1143 to 

 1162 ; a model of that chivalry which grew up in the 

 period of the crusades, from the sentiments of honour, 

 justice, devotion, and love. The crusaders had esta- 

 blished counts of Tripoli and Edessa, and princes of 

 Antioch. The feudal dominions of the Christians 

 extended as far as Tarsus and Cilicia ; but the vassals 

 of B. were always in rebellion against him, or en- 

 gaged in conflicts with each other. Against them 

 and the new hosts of crusaders, against the knights 

 of St Mary, the Templars, and the Hospitallers, the 

 Saracen heroes, Saladin, Noureddin, Zeiighi, and 

 Seifeddin, fought with equal fanaticism and equal 

 dissensions among themselves, but with better fortune. 

 In the army of B. were sometimes seen Saracens, 

 valiantly fighting under the banner of the cross. His 

 unhappy reign was the last struggle to establish the 

 Christian chivalry, the tournaments, and the knightly 

 orders in the East. With it fell the feudal constitu- 

 tion in that quarter, both civil and ecclesiastical B. 

 died not long before the total ruin of his kingdom ; 

 and when his great adversary, Noureddin, was advis- 

 ed to attack the dominions of the deceased during his 

 funeral, he answered, " Let u respect their affliction ; 

 it is just ; for they have lost a king such as is rarely 

 to be found." 



BALDWIN, William ; an English writer about the 

 time of the Reformation, chiefly known as a principal 

 author of the " Mirror for Magistrates," a series of 

 tragical stories of persons of rank and note, said to 

 have been projected by Thomas Sackville, first earl 

 of Dorset, who wrote the poetical preface or induction, 

 and the legend of Henry Stafford, duke of Bucking- 

 ham, and left the work to be carried on by Baldwin 

 and others. It was first published in 1559, and re- 

 printed with a second part in 1563. Ritson says, the 

 legends of Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland, 

 Richard, earl of Cambridge, Thomas Montagu, earl 

 of Salisbury, king James I. of Scotland, William 

 Delapole, duke of Suffolk, Jack Cade, Richard Plan- 

 tagenet, duke of York, lord Clifford, John Tiptoft, 

 earl of Worcester, Richard Nevil, earl of Warwick, 

 king Henry VI., and George duke of Clarence, in the 

 first part, and those of Sir Anthony Woodville and 

 Collingbourne in the second, appear to be the coiqposi- 

 tion of Baldwin. He was at different times a school- 

 master, a printer, and a clergyman. He published 

 verses on the death of Edward VI., and other poems. 

 The time of his d^atli is not known ; but he seems to 



