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to the fpacfs © r. O i, they comliuk-cl upon Tl-.ecdore, but 

 by a mjiiake, iiiUead of" Tbeoilolius. The truth of this ftory 

 is difputed. 



There ire a!fo other fpecies of aleftoromantia : in fome the 

 aii^nry was taken from the crowing cf the cock, whcrtiu 

 regard vas had to the time of the day, whether hcfore noon 

 or after ; to which fome added the confideratioii of the fign 

 the f\i:i was in, and the motio.iofthe moon. Others fpcak 

 of a kii.d of alccloroinantia performed by help of a ring. 

 Phil. Tranf. N^ 162. 



ALECTRA, in Botany, a genus of tlie di(^ymmia aripo- 

 fpiiinia clalsand order: its characters arc, that tlie calyx is a 

 periawthinm, one-leafed, two-lipped, upper lip two-cltft, 

 lower three -cleft ; the clefts ovate, obtufe, fliorter than the 

 tube ; the corolla one-petallcd, tubular ; the tube gradually 

 widened ; the border expanding, five-parted; the parts broad- 

 lanceolate, obtufe; the llamina, four filaments, inferted into 

 the tube, filiform, bearded, of the length of the tube, two 

 of them a little fliortcr, anthers twin ; the piftillum, a germ 

 ovate, llyle fihform, of the length of the filaments, ftigma in- 

 curved, a little thicker than the ftyle, andof the famelength, 

 ilriated on both fides ; the pericarpium, a capfule, ovate, ob- 

 tufe, twin, fmooth, two-celled and tv.-o-valved ; the feeds fo- 

 litary and ovate. There is one ipecies, viz. A. Caperjls, a 

 native of the Cape of Good Hope, in graffy places near ri- 

 vers, flowering in November and December, and growing 

 black in drving. Martyn. 



ALECtRUONURUS^oTflw«. SeeFEsrucA. 



ALED, in Geography, a river of Wales, in Denbighfhire, 

 which runs into the Elwy. 



A-LEE, in Sta-Laiiguagi, the fituation of the h.elm, 

 when it is pulhed down to the lee-fide of the fliip, in order to 

 p<it the fliip about, or lay her head to the windward. See 

 Hard-o-Ac 



ALEFCHIMO, in Geography, a balia or diftrid of the 

 ifiaiid Corfu, fituate on the coall, containing 28 villages, 

 and 10,000 people. 



ALEGAMBE, Philip, in Biography, a learned Jefuit, 

 was born at Bruffels in ijyz ; and having iiniflicd his educa- 

 tion, entered into the fervice of the duke ofOITum in Spain, and 

 accompanied him to Sicily. After he affumedthe habit of a 

 Jefuit at Palermo in 1613, he taught philofophy at Gratz in 

 Auftria; and became profeflbr and doitor of divinity in 1629. 

 During this period he travelled through Germany, France, 

 »)pain and Italy, as tutor to the fon of the prince of Eggem- 

 berg, a favourite of the Emperor Ferdir.and II. and attended 

 him asconfeflbr, in 1658, in his embaffy to pope Urban VIII. 

 When this miffion was fininied, he was retained at Rome by 

 the general of the Jeiuits as fecretary of the Latin difpatches 

 to GerTnany, and afterwards appointed prefident of fpiritual 

 affairs, and auditor of confefTions in the profefied houfe. He 

 died of the dropfy in 1652. His chief work was a " Bi- 

 bliotlieque des Autcurs Jefuites," printed at Antwerp in 

 1643 ; and at Rome, by Sotuel, in 1675. Gen. Did. 



ALEGER, a name given to an inferior fort of vinegar, 

 made of ale, or malt liquor, inllcad of wine. Power has 

 given a defcription of the eels in alever. V. Power, Expcr. 

 Philof. Obf. 3. p. 32. 



ALEGRANZA, in Geography, one of the fmaller of the 

 Canary iflands, fituated at the north-call end of the Lance- 

 rota, one of the larger. 



ALEGRE, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Upper Loire, and diftritl of Puy-en-Velay, five 

 leagues fouth-eaft of Brioudc, and four north-eall of Puy-en- 

 Velay. 



A LEGRETE, a town of Portugal in Alentejo, upon 

 \\xc nvtt Caia, with the title of a marquifate, and containing 



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p.hcut 9CC InhabitriTitsj 2' leagues fouth-cail of Pont-AIegrj, 

 N. lat. 39^ 6'. W. long 6" 36'. 



ALEGRINUS, John, in Biography, cardinal and pa- 

 triarch of Conftantir.ople, was a native of Abbeville in Pi- 

 cai'dy. He was legate a latere in Spain and Portugal, and 

 died in 1240. His works were formerly in eltimation, but 

 are now difregarded. 



ALEHOOF, in5»/(7,T)'. See Glechoma. 



ALEI, in Geography, a river of Ruflla, w-hieh runs into 

 the Oby on the left fide of it. 



ALEIPHA, froma?.!iSM, I ano'itil, \\\\\\<i Miitcria Medica 

 of the ancients, a woi-d ufcd for all fatty bodiis whatever. 

 The oils of vegetables, and the fat of animals were all called 

 by this general name. But thefe Cm.ple fubftances were not 

 the only ones called by it, for it is very frequently ufed to 

 exprefs any fort of medicated oil impregnated with aromatic 

 vegetables ; but its general acceptation in this fcnie, was for 

 fnoh compofitiono as were intended to anoint the body ; and 

 therefore they were properly only vegetable or animal fats 

 impregnated with the lighter parts of plants, and not clogged 

 with an addition of powders, or with wax, or any thing of 

 that kind, which might have given them the confilltnce of 

 ointments. The ancient phyficians were very fond of thefe 

 compofitions, which they applied either to fome difeafed 

 part only, or to the whole body, and after they had made 

 the patient ufe the wamibathto relax and open the pores. 



ALEIUS Campus, in Ancient Geography, aplain of Ci- 

 licia, placed by Strabo to the eaft of Sarus, between Adana 

 and the fea. It is fo called from Bellerophoii's wandering 

 and perifning there, after being thrown off Pegafus. 



ALEKSEVSKI, in Geography, a town of Rufiia, in the 

 government of Sim.bir/lc, 30 leagues fouth fouth-eall of Sim- 

 birlli. N. lat. 53° 15'. E. long. 50° 14'. 



ALEKSIEPSKOE, a town of RufTia, in the govern- 

 ment of Saratov, 37 leagues north-eaft of Saratov. 



ALEKSlN,a townof Ruflia, in the government of Tula 

 on the Occa, nine leagues north-eait of Kaluga. N. lat. 



54° 44' £■ long- 36' 44'- . , 



ALEMA, a city of Gilead, beyond Jordan, mentioned 

 I Maccab. v. 26 ; and perhaps the fame v\'ith Helmon- 

 Deblataim. 



ALEMAN, Louis, in Biography, was born in 1390, 

 and advanced rapidly through fevei-;il gradations of eccleiiaf- 

 tical prefemient to the archbifliopric of Aries. He was much 

 refpefted by Louis III. king of Naples, who, on his account, 

 confirmed the privileges granted to the city of Aries ; and 

 he was honoured by pope Martin V. who had employed him 

 in feveral fervices, with the dignity of cardinal. After the 

 death of Martin V. he embroiled himfelf with pope Eugc- 

 nius IV. by holding the council of Bafil, of which he was 

 prefident, in contradidtion to his widies; and he was excom- 

 municated by this pontiff. He was again reftored to his 

 conmmnion and dignities by pope Nicholas V. and fent a8 

 his legate into Lower Germany. On his return to his dio- 

 cefe, he was uiefuUy employed in reforming the clergy, and 

 inftrufting the people. He died at Salon in 1450, and was 

 canonizi.d. With the virtues of an ecclefiaftic he united the 

 talents of a ftatcfinan. Nouv. Did. Hill. Gen. Biog. 



Alemam, Louis Augustine, was born at Grenoble in 

 1653, where he followed the profeffion of an advocate. His 

 works were, " Remarks of M. de Vaugelas on the Frencli 

 Language," with a preface by himfelf; " New Obferva- 

 ticns, or a Civil War in France upon Language," 1 2mo. 

 Paris, 1683 ; " Monadic Hiilory of Ireland," l2mo. Paris, 

 1690 ; " Hiftorical Journal of Europe for the Yeai- 1694." 

 Nouv. Did. Hiih 



ALEMANNI, Allemanni, cr Alemans, in^sc/VM* 



Geogrnphy 



