ALA 



p. 191 — 197, 8vo. Gibbon's Hift. of tbe Decline and Fall 

 vt tuc Roman linijiiic, vol. v. p. 1-8 — 530, fivo. 



Ai.ARic II. kiiiji of tlic Vifiijotlis, liKi-coded his fntlitr 

 Kuiic ill 4S4, and rcijfni-d over nil tlic country bttwecn the 

 Rhone and the (jaioinic ; adaiJtiiig to his own Hates the 

 Theodolian colletlion of laws, whieh he piiblKhcd as tiic 

 law of tiie N'ifigoths, and whieli has been fiiiee known liy 

 the title of the e<'de of Alarie. By peniiilTion of this Arian 

 prince, the orthodox prelatti held a eoiineil at Agdt in yo6 ; 

 but notwithllandinjr this inllance of toleration, Clovis, the 

 powerful kiiif^ of the Franks, engaged in a war witii a view 

 of difpofledini; him of his dominions, and alledgrd ;'S the 

 motive of it, that he was grieved to lee the Arians j.-ro- 

 prietors of the fairell portion of Gaul : " kt us march,'' 

 lavs lie in his speech to the Nobles at Paris, " and with the 

 aid of God vanquiih the heretics, and then potfefs and divide 

 their fertile provinces." After holding a eonfcrcnee with 

 Alarie, in a fmall iiland of the Loire, near Amboilc, wliieh 

 feemcd to terminate amicably, Clovis marclied againil him 

 with the confidence and enthuliafm of a ineflVnger com- 

 niiifioned from heaven, and hv.ving pafTtd the ford of the 

 Hart, over the \ivonne, to which he v. as guided by a white 

 hart of fingular fi/t and bi.'au!y, lie haiteiied, under the di- 

 rection of a flaming meteor tln.t hovered over the cathedral 

 of Poitiers, to attack the Gothic army, more numerous 

 than his own, but enfeebled by a long and luxurious peace. 

 At a village about ten miles fouth of Poitiers, ftill named 

 Champagne St. Hilaire, tlie two armies engaged ; but that 

 of tlic Croths was prepared for a defeat by terror and con- 

 fuiioii. Thev rallied, however, in their extreme dillrefs, 

 and the martial youths, who had clamoronlly demanded the 

 battle, rcfufed to lurvive the ignominy of (light. The two 

 kings encoimtercd each other in fingle combat. Alarie fell 

 by the hand of his riv.-:l, A. D. 507, and the victorious 

 Frank was preferved by the goodneis of liis cuirafs, and the 

 vigour of his horfe, from the ipears of two defperate Goths, 

 v-ho furioufly rode againft him, to revenge the death of 

 their u^vereign. Alarie was fucceedcd by a natural fon, 

 Gefalaic, who took poffeflion of his throne. Mod. Un. 

 Hii'l. vol. xvi. p. 6. Gibbon's Hill. &c. vol. vi. p. 330 — 



335- ^ . 



A LA RIO, m Ornithology, Cap.' finch of Latham, or 

 fparrcw from the Cape of Good Hope of Albinus, a 

 fpeeies of Fringilla, with the head and breail black, the 

 body chefnut-colour and iinder white, and the four lateral 

 feathers of the tail marked with a fmall black line. It is in 

 length about 43 inches, ai;d found at the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



ALARIS vena, in Anatomy, the innioft of the three 

 Veins in the bend of the ann. 



ALARM, in the Mihtary Art, properly denotes a fuddcn 

 apprehenfion, conceived from forae noife, or report, called 

 aifo alarm, and liguificd by firing a cannon, beat of a drum, 

 2£c., which makes men run to their arms, and ftand on their 

 guard. 



Tiie word is Fn-iich, formed from the Italian nil' annc, !o 

 arms ; whence ^•/•;V,'a/V all' arme, q. d. to cull to arm^. 



Alarms are either true, that is, founded on jult notice, 

 or falfe. Falls; alarms arc frequently given by an enemy, 

 either to fatigue the other's army, oir by way of diveriion ; 

 to keep tliemftlves fafc ai>d quiet from attacks. Alarms of 

 this kind are fometimes defigncd to try the vigilance of the 

 picket-guard, and to render them ftrictly attentive to their 

 duty. To remedy the inconveniences of formal alarms, and 

 prevent the horror and confnfion of trumpets, and noife of 

 warlike cries, the captains ufually give the alarm, by filent 

 advice, w/iihout noife. 



Alasm bell, that which is rung to call the people to- 



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gather, on fomc fueli rccaficn as a fue, mutiny, or the 

 appearance of an enemy. This is wiuit the French call 

 torfiri. See IiKliry. 



"A i.ARM-/^.', is the ground appointtd to each regiment, 

 by the (luarter-mafter-genend, to wiiich it is to march in cii(e 

 of an alarm. In a garrifon, the alarm-poll is the place 

 where every regiment is ordered to draw up, on ordinary 

 occafions. 



Alarm, in l\ridng, denotes a Hep, or llamp, made on 

 the ground v itli the ad\ancing foot. 



'i'his coincides v\ith what is otheiwife called an appel, or 

 challenge. 



Alarm, or rather Alarum, is alfo ufed for an inflru- 

 mcnt to nwaken pcrfons at a certain hour; one very fimple 

 contrivance of this kind, is that ufed by weavers. iSee 

 \Vr A\ lr's Ahum. 



ALARO, in Gi-ogrnphy, a river of Italy, which rife« 

 in the Apenniue, and runs into the fea near Cape Stilo, in 

 Calabria Ultra. 



ALARODII, in Auc'unt Geography, a people who pro- 

 bablv inhabited a country near Colchis, whicli was terminated 

 by the weittrn jiart of the Enxine fea. tJtephaii. Byz. Not. 

 Herodot, lib. vii. c. 79. 



ALARUM Thrush, va Ornhhohgy. SeeBrtFRY. 



ALARYS Bay, in Geography, lies on the well coaft of 

 Ireland, nearlv fouth-eaft from Achill-head. 



ALASARNE, a nation of the ifland of Coj. 



ALASCANI, in Church H'ljlory, a feci of Antilutherans, 

 whofe diilinguilhing tenet, beiides their denying baptifm, is 

 faid to have been this, that the words. This is my boily, in 

 the inllitution of the euchariit, are not to be underftood of 

 the bread, but of the whole atlion, or celebration of the 

 fupptr. Thev are faid to have taken t!ie name from one 

 Joannes a Lafco, a Polifh baron, fuperintendant of th« 

 church of that country, in England. 



ALASCHA, or Alaska, in Geography, a long penin- 

 fula on the north-weft coall of America, formed by Brillol 

 bay and tlie ocean on the north-weft and north, and by the 

 ocean and the waters of Cook's river, on the fouth and 

 fouth-e;i!t. A number of iflands, at its extremity, of which 

 the chief in their order wellward, are Oonemak, Oona- 

 lafka, and Oeumnak, form part of the clufter of iflands^ 

 called the Morthern Archipelago. N. lat. 55 ' 30' to 58". 

 W. long. 151/' to 162". 



ALASCHEIR, a town of Natolia, which, according 

 to fome Geographers, is the ancient Hypfus ; and according 

 to ethers, Philadelphia. 



ALA SCO, John, in BiograJ^hy, a Polifh nobleman, 

 uncle to the king of Poland, as Fox (Ac1i and Monuments, 

 vol. iii. p. 32.) informs ns, was a member of the Catholic 

 churcli, and, as it is laid by fome writers, poffefTed epifcopal 

 dignity. But imbibinij the principles of the Reformation, 

 he became a Proteftant Divine ; and being under a necefTity 

 of leaving Germany by the perfecution that followed the 

 impofition of the Interim, he and his congregation found 

 an afvhim in London, under the protection of Edward VI. 

 Thisexrellent prince granttdthem-the church which had lately 

 belonged to the Auguftin Friars; and by a charter, A. D. 

 1550, crefted their congiegation into a ccrpoiation. John 

 Al'.ilco was aj)pointed fuperintendant, and four other mi- 

 nifters v'ere alibciated with him. Tliere were alfo 380 of 

 the congregation, that were made Denizens of England. 

 Burnet fay;', that he did not conduft himfelf with that 

 decency which became a ftranger who was fo kindly re- 

 ceived ; as he wrote againft the orders of the Englilh 

 church, " both in the matter of the habits, and the poihire 

 of the facranient, being for fitting rather than kneeling. 

 After die acceiTwn of Qiieen Mary, in 1553, their cou- 

 I gi-egatioft 



