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liii fiinoral proccffioii. Of his eftoem, however, he reci-ivod ttopnrtment of Ifcro, and diftrkl of Grcnobli.', fiK Ieaguf» 



a valurtblf teftimony in the lejjacy of his lihmrv, whicli was iioi'th-noith tail i)f Gienoblc. 



licqueathed him for this rcnfoii ; becaiirc the tcllatoi- " well ALLEVEUKIC, the fuiallell copper coin that is ftnick 



knew tliat the hooks in liis hands would be iifefiil wea|)ons i'l Sweden ; it is not wortli quite two drnien Tournois of 



for the defence of the caufe whieli he had during life fo vi- France, or about Jd of Knjrlilh money. 



gnroudy fupported." ALLEVIARE, in Ultl Records, to i,i;vY or pay an ac» 



Soon after the Reftorntion, Alleftiy returned to Oxford, cullomed fnie or compofition. 

 and took the degree of doftor in divinity. In reeonipcnce ALLEVIATION, denotes the art of makir.g a thing 

 of his pall fervices he was foon made a canon of Chrill church, lighter, and eaticr to hear or endure. 



one of the king's chaplains in ordinan,', and regius-prufefior The word is originally Latin, compounded of «</, /o ; and 

 of divinity. Li 1665 the king conferred upon Dr. Allellry kvis, Hs;hl. 



tlie provoftfhip of Eton college, which he held till his death. In which fenfe, alleviation is fynonymous with lightening. 

 To this college he was a munificent benefaclor, by recrencli- and (lands oppofed to aggra\ation. 



in;::; his own dues in order to pay off its debts, and by creftinn- ALLEX, in Geni^raphy, a town of France, in the de- 

 al his own expence the well fide of the outward court of partmeut of the Drome, and diilricl of Cietl, on the north 

 the college ; nor was he lefs liberal in other refpeils, as he iidc of the Drome, 10 miles fouth ot Valence, 

 lettled penfions on indigent perfons and families, and dillri- Ali.fv, William, \\\ Biography, biihop of Exeter, in 

 bute<l his income in ocealional charities. At the inftaneeof the reign of Qiicen Elizabeth, was born at Ciieat Wycomb, 

 Dr. Allellry, and in compliance with the petition of the in Buckinghanilhire, educated at Eton Schuol, and removed 

 provoil and fellows of King's college, Cambridge, the king to King's college, in Cambridge, in 152H. Here betook 

 palled a grant inider the broad feal, that, whereas formerly the degree of bachelor of ails, and afterwards puriued his 

 the fellowlhips of Eton were generally dil'pofed of to perfons lludies at Oxford. He was a zealous reformer ; and upon 

 of foreign education, for the future live of the feven fellows Queen Maiy's aeceffion he quitted his benefice, and travelled 

 /liould be fuch as had been educated at Eton fehool, and in the northern parts of England, where he was not known, 

 were fellows of King's college. In 1679, Dr. Allellry, gaining a decent fublillence by the prartice «jf ])hyfic and the 

 finding his health, and particularly his fight, much impaired, inllrudtion of youth. When Queen Elizabeth afcended the 

 rellgiied his profefTorlhip of divinity ; and in 1681 a dropfy throne, he came to London, and acquired iueh reputation in 

 terminated his life, and he was buried in Eton chapel, under preaching the divinity lefluie at St. Paul's, that he was 

 a monument of white marble, on which is iiiferibed a Latin confecrated to the fee of Exeter in 1 560 ; and in 1561 he 

 epitaph, diflinguiflied by its terfenefs and elegance. A bio- was created doftor of divinity at Oxford. He died in 1570, 

 grapher in an account of his life prefixed to his fermons re- as fome fay, according to others in 1571, and, as Fuller 

 prefcnts Dr. Allelliy as a man of uncommon talents and fays, in 1576, .and was buried at Exeter, in the middle of 

 lingular merit. "Memory, fancy, judgment, elocution, the choir. Over his tomb is a Latin inlcription, reprefenting 

 great modefl;y, and no lefs alTurance ; a comprehenfion of him as " A zealous advocate for the truths of the Gofpel, 

 tilings, and a fluency of words ; an aptnels for the plcafant, eminent for his virtues, and remarkably fl<illed in all the ufe- 

 and fufficiency for the ragged parts of knowledge ; a con- ful parts of learning." He wrote " The Poor Man's Li- 

 rage to encounter, and an induftry to mafter all things, make brary," a mifcellany, in two volumes, containing leifture* 

 up the character of his happy genius. There was not in upon the Epillle of St. Peter, and " An Hebrew Gram. 

 tlie world a man of clearer honelly and courage ; no tein])ta- mar." When the verfion of tiie Bible was undertaken by 

 tion could bribe liim to do a bafe thing, or terror affright him command of Queen Elizabeth, this biihop tranflated the Pen- 

 front the doing a good one. This made his friendlhips as tateuch. " His Judgment concerning the Doclrine and Dif- 

 lalling and inviolable as his life, without the dirty conildera- ciphne of the Church," has been publifhed by Strypc in his 

 tions of profit, or fly referves of craft ; not the pageantry Annals of Queen Elizabeth. Biog. Brit. 

 of ceremonious addrefs, or cold civility, much lefs the fcrvile Alley, derived from nller, to go, in Gardfntng, fignifies a 

 falfenefs of obfequious flattery." Whatever may be thought narrow or confined path between beds, borders, or other 

 of his political principles, no doubt can be entertained of liis compartments of a garden, and is chiefly formed for the con- 

 eonfillcncv ; and of the benevolence of his dilpofition, his venience of going between them, in order to [lerforin the ne- 

 luimerousaCls of liberahty aft'ord fuffieient evidence. Of his celTary bufinefs, fuch as hoeing and weeding the plants, ^id 

 literary talents pofterity can only judge by a volume of 40 alfo to cut, pick, and colleCl the plants or fiiiils. Alleys arc 

 icnnons, printed in folio at Oxford, in 1684 ; and excepting made of different breadths, according to the fizes of the beds 

 <ine lingular inllance of credulity which they furnifh, they or compartments ; but in general a breadth from one to two 

 dii no dlicredit to the memory of the author. His leftiires, feet is fuffieient. In exteiifive kitchen-gardens, where bor- 

 wliich gave fatisfaftion to thofe who heard them, he would ders are carried round next the walks, and immediately ad- 

 Tii ver be prevailed upon to publilh. His valuable hbrary he joining the main quarters of the ground, they fhould be di- 

 left to his college. Biog. Brit. vided from them by two-feet alleys, for the convenience of 



Allestry, Jacob, a poet of the i yth century, was the carrying in dung, water, &c. and the large compartments 



" ~ fliould likewife be divided by one or two crofs alleys, 



with the fame intention. Alleys between afparagus beds 

 flioiJd conllantly be two feet wide ; thofe between flraw- 

 berries, a foot and a half ; but between beds of aro- 



ion of a bookfeller, in London, and entered Chriil church, 

 ill Oxfoid, in 1^171, at the age of iS years. He took the 

 degrees of bachelor and maker of arts, and was mufic-reader 

 i:i 1679, and terrK-liliuj in 1682, both which offices he 



executed with great applaufe, as he was elleemed a good matic herbs, fifteen inches may be fully fuffieient ; and bc- 



philologill and poet. He died in 1686, in confequencc, as tween beds of onions, leeks, carrots, parfnips, lettuce, endive, 



't is faid, of the vices of his youth, and was buried in the and all other fmall crops, the width of ten or twilvc inches 



ehurcli of St. Thomas, at Oxford. The pieces of poetiy, is as much as is rcqiiifite in general ; and the fame dillance 



written by him, were printed in a book, entitled, " Examen between beds of feedling and pricked-out cabbages, favoys, 



Poeticum." Biog. Brit. celery, &c. for the t<nivenience of going in to weed, water, 



ALLEU, or Allode, in ytnttqitily. Se^ Allodium. and draw the young plants for tranfplantalion, will be the 



ALLEVAKD, in Geography, a town of France, iiithe mofl convenient. Alleys are frequently intended both for 



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