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.gafC proofs of a fupcrior iinderllandinp; even at colli-gc by 

 his treatifcs " On Logic," •' On the Nature of the Soul," 

 and "On Meteors." In 131-4 he was apj)oiiited graiid- 

 maller of the college of Navarre, where he had been edu- 

 cated. His zeal for the Catholic faith contributed to his 

 advancement as much as his learning. Having pleaded in 

 I'^Sj, in favour of the miraculous co'iccption, before the pojie, 

 he was appointed contelForto diaries VI. and chancellor of 

 the U-.ivcrlity, and iji l^ijl billiop of Canibray. He dif- 

 tinguilhed himfelf on various occcil'ions as an advocate for 

 tbe doclrines and ceremonies of the church ; and at the ge- 

 neral council of Conllance, whicli lailed from the year 1414 

 to the year 1418, lie was principal agent in the prt)eeedings, 

 which convicted W'ickhff and Huls of lierefy, and at hit 

 brought the latter to the flake, upon whom he pronounced 

 the feiitence of death. Notwithllanding his zeal againll 

 lierefy, he is faid to have been a friend to reformation, and 

 that he wrote a book " On the Reformation of tjie Cluueh," 

 which, however, is not found among his works. His ideas 

 of refmmation mull have been very partial and rellri-^led, as 

 lie took pains to obtain a general council for terminating 

 fehifm, and was attached to the abfurdities of judicial 

 allrology. On this fubjeCt he wrote a treatife, in which lie 

 maintained, that Noali's flood, the liirth of Clirill, and other 

 fuch miraculous events, miglit have been prediilled by allro- 

 logy. He died in 1425, as fome fay, and according to 

 others in 1419 or 1420, with the charad:er of " the Eagle 

 of France, and the indefatigable Mallet of Heretics." The 

 epitaph on his tomb is as follows : 



" Mors rapuit Petrum ; petram fubiit putre corpus : 

 Sed petram Ciiriihim fpiritus ipfe petit." 



i. e. " Death fei/.es Peter, and under this ftone, 

 His body decays ; his fpirit is flown 

 To jefus his rock." 



Of his numerous works feveral treatifcs and fermons were 

 printed at Stran)urg in 1 490 ; his " Quiciliones in Splueram 

 Mundi" was printed at Paris in 149S, and at Venice in 

 1508 ; his "Treatifeof Meteors" appearedat Paris in 1504, 

 and his " Life of Cxleftin V." in 1539. Cave Hill. Lit. 

 vol. ii. Append, p. 84. Gen. Dift. 



AILRED, Etuelred, or Ealred, abbot of Revelby, 

 in Lincolnfliire, was born in 1109, and educated in Scot- 

 land, with Heni-y, fon of David. He dechned ecclcfiaftical 

 preferment, and lived in ftndious retirement. His " Hillory 

 of the War of the Standard in the reign of Stephen ;" 

 " Genealogy of the Englilh Kings ;" " Hifliory of the Life 

 and Miracles of Edward the Confelfor ;" and " HKtory of 

 the Nun of Watthun," written in Latin, are extant in the 

 Decern Scnplnres, publiflied by Twyfden, in London, 1652. 

 His "Sermons," " Mirror of Charity," treatife " On the 

 Child Jefus," and another "On Spiritual Friendlhip," were 

 publiflied at Douay, in 1631, and maybe found in the 

 Bibliolheca Patrum. torn, xxiii. He died in 1 1 66. Cave 

 Hill. Lit. vol. ii. p. 227. Biog. Crit. 



AIIjSA, in Cer.graphy, an infnlated rock near the ifle 

 of Bute, in Scotland, about two miles in circumference and 

 900 feet high, acceilible on the north-eaft lide, and the ha- 

 bitation of goats and rabbits, and lea-fowl, particularly the 

 Solan gcefe, fome of whicli are taken for food, and others 

 for their feathers. The banks about it are vvcll-ftockcd 

 with cod and other fifh. 



AIMAKAN, a river of Siberia, which runs into the fea 

 of Ochotflcoi. E. long. 139° 14'. N. lat. 54° 44'. 



AIMARGUES, or Aymarguks, a town of France, 

 with the title of a barony, in the department of the Gard, 

 and diocefe of Nifmes, fituateJ in a mavfliy country -on the 

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river Viftre ; 5 Icaguea weft of Aries, and 3! roulli Nifniei. 

 E. long. 3'=4'. N.lat. 44" 5'. 



AIME, AiMO, or AxiMA, a fmall town of Savoy, on 

 the river Ifere ; fj\ leagues call -north-call of Moiiilier. 



AIMEER, one of the .Soobahs, or graiid divifions of 

 Hindoflan, according to the Ayeen-.Akberv', or dillribution 

 of the emperor Ahbar, is entirely in the pofTcnioii of Sin- 

 diah and the Maratlalis, and contains fewn circavs or counties, 

 and 197 pergunnahs or hundreds. Its revenue is 22,841,507 

 daums, 320 daums being equal to a pound llcrling. It has 

 86,500 cavalry, and 347,000 infantiy. 



AlMON, in Bio^^raphy, a Bcnediftine Monk, wrote 

 about the vear 840, and is chiefly known as the author of 

 a " Hilloi)- of France." 



A 1 MONTE, in Geo^mphy, lies on the call fide of the 

 river Gaudiana near its mouth, wliich is the boundary from 

 Portugal on the weft, and is one of tlic bed havens on the 

 whole coall. W . long. 7° 15'. N. lat. 37° 5'. 



AIMOIITIER, a town of Fi-ance, in the department 

 of Upper N'ienne, and dillrict of St. Leonard; fevcn leagues 

 fouth-eall of Limoges. 



AIN, J'y, rignirying_/c/«nM/n, is an initial word prefixed 

 to feveral Hebrew and Arabic appellations of places. 



AiN,. a river of France, whence one of the departmenli 

 derives its name. It rifesin Mount Jura, near Nozeroi, and 

 after traverfing a courfe from North to South of about 35 

 leagues, difcharges itl'clf into the Rhone, about five leagues 

 above Lyons. The department of the Ain Is one of the 

 four departments, wliicli are compo.'"ed of the c'l-tlevanl 

 Brefle, Bugey and Valromey, and the principality of Dom- 

 bes ; and into which the former province of Bourgogne is 

 divided. It is bounded on the north by the department of 

 Jura ; on the eaft, by thofe of Leman and Mont Blanc ; on 

 the fouth, by the river Rhone, which feparates it from that 

 of Ifere ; and on the iveft, by the department of the Rhone. 

 Its furface is about 1,077432 fquare acres, or 549,905 

 heftares ; its population amounts to about 2^^,700 perl'ons ; 

 and it is divided into four communal diihiils. Its chief 

 town is Bourg. 



Aim, a town of Afia, in the Arabian Irak; 30 league* 

 well of Batforah. 



AINAD, a town of Arabia, in the province of Hadramaut. 



AINAY-LE-CHATEAU, a town of France, in the 

 department of Allicr and diftrict of CeriUy ; eight leagues 

 north-well of Moulins. 



AINCREVILLE, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Meule, and dillrift of Stenay ; one league fouth- 

 well of Dun. 



AINEB-GUL, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Natolia j 

 40 miles north-weft of Degnizlu. 



AIN-EL-CALU, a town of Africa, in the province of 

 Tremccen, and kingdom of Fez. 



AIN GEBEL, a town of Afia, in the province of Diar- 

 bekir ; 16 leagues foutii-well of Moful. 



AINLING, a market town of Germany, in Upper Ba- 

 vai'ia ; ten miles north-well of Augfburg. 



AINOD, a town of Germany, in the duchy of Stiria; 

 eight miles north of Cillcy. 



AINSA, a fmall town of Spain, in the kingdom of 

 Aragon, on the river Ara ; fix leagues north of Balbaftro. 



AINSWORTH, Henry, in llio^raphy, an eminent 

 Nonconformill divine and Biblical commentator, flouriflied 

 at the clofe of the l6th and commencement of the 17th 

 century. About the year 1590, he united with the Brow- 

 NisTS ) and after Uruggling for fome years with the dangers 

 and troubles to which perfons of this defcription were ex- 

 pofed by the indifcrcel zeal of the bilhops and the jntolerauce 

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