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and Birmingham, for ajfay'ing wrought plate. The affiir- 

 nialler is to retain eight grains of eveiy pound troy of 

 filver brought to him ; four whereof arc to be put in the 

 pix, or box of deal, to be xt-affaycd the next year ; and 

 the other four to be allowed him for his walte and fpillings. 

 12 and 13 W. III. c. 4. i Ann. c. 9. 



Note. The number of peiuiy-wciglits fet down in the 

 aflay-mafter's report, is to be accounted z^ per pnunil, or fo 

 much in every pound of twelve ounces troy. For every 

 twenty penny-weight, or ounce troy, the filver is found 

 by the affay to be worfe than ftandard, or fterling, fix- 

 pence is to be deducted ; becaufe every ounce will coft fo 

 much to reduce it to ilandard goodnefs, or to change it for 

 ilerling. 



In gold, for every carat it is fet down to be worfe than 

 ftandard, you nuift account that in the ounce troy it is 

 worfe by fo many times 3 J. 8 cl. And for every grain it is fet 

 down worfe, you muft account it worfe by fo many times 

 1 1 d. in the ounce troy. And for every halt grain 5 il.\ ;' 

 for fo muck it will coft to make it of ftandard goodnefs, 

 &c. Touchftone of Gold and Silver Ware, S:c. p- 41. &c. 



AssAY-Ba/ancf, a balance ufed in the operation of affay- 

 ing. See Balance. 



Assay of IVAghts and Meajures, figiiities the trial or 

 examination pf common weights and mcafuies, by the 

 Clerk of the market. 



ASSE LE Beran'GEr, in Geography, a town of France, 

 in the department of the Mayenne, and chief place of a 

 canton in the diftrift of Evron, one league from Evron. 



AssE la Boij've, a town of France, in the deparment of 

 the Sarte, and chief place of a canton in the diftridl of 

 Frenay le Vilcomte, eight miles S.S.W. of Alengon 



ASSECOMA, in Anc'tmt Geography, a place of Spain, 

 between Pria and Brevis. Itin. Anton. 



ASSECTATOR, in Entomology, a fpccies of Ichneu- 

 mon that inhabits Europe. It is black ; abdomen falcated, 

 with three rufous fpots on each fide ; pofterior fhanks 

 clavate and black. Fabricius. 



ASSED-ABAD, in Geography, a fmall town of Perfia, 

 towards Amadan. 



ASSELEN, a town of Germany, in the circle of Weft- 

 phaha, nine miles S. E. of Paderbom. 



ASSELO, a town of Perfia, in the province of Far- 

 fiftan, on the north coaft of the Perfian gulf, 47 leagues 

 fouth of Schiras. 



ASSELYN, John, in Biography, a painter, was born 

 in Holland about the year i6to, and after receiving his 

 education under Ifaiah Vanden-Velde, a battle-painter, at 

 the Hague, travelled into France and Italy. He iludicd 

 at Rome, and particularly imitated the manner of Bam- 

 bochio. His hands and fingers were crooked, and from 

 this circumftance he was denominated by the Fleniifii 

 iludents " Krabbate." After improving his time during 

 his refidence at Rome, he paffed through I^yons on his 

 return, and there married the daughter of a merchant at 

 Antwerp, whom he brought with iiini to Amfterdam in 

 1645. His countrymen received him with applaufe, and 

 from him the Dutch painters firll acquired the idea of imitat- 

 ing the natural manner of colouring landfcape, for which 

 Claude Loirain has been fo much admired; and abandoning 

 the fomhre ftyle, with the prevalent blue and green tints 

 of Paul Bril and Braugel. Alftlyn was in great reputa- 

 tion at Amfterdam, and his paintings, coi;fifting of hiftory 

 pieces, battles, and landfcapes exhibiting antiquities, and 

 alfo men and animals, were purchafed at a high jiricc ; they 

 ivcre diftinguifhed by their correftnefs and admirable bril- 

 liance of colouring ; and a fet of 24 of his landfcapes and 



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ruins has been engraved by Perelle. Aflelyn died at Am- 

 fterdam in 1650. D'Argenville, Vies des Pcintres. Gen. 

 Biog. 



ASSEM, or Great Ardrah, in Geography, a town of 

 Africa, on the Slave coaft, the capital of the kinirdom of 

 Ardrah. It was formerly the refidence of the kings of 

 Ardrah, and five or fix leagues in circuit. The ftreets are 

 very wide, and each houfe furrounded by its own rampart, 

 as a fccnritv againft fire. The walls are of mud, but high 

 and thick, and alfo compaA as if they wire formed of 

 ftone and lime. The gates are defended by deep ditches 

 in the infide, which are crolfcd by draw-bridgis, and near 

 each gate is a guard-rooil? for the convenience of the officers 

 and f'oldiers. The river Euphrates compafles one half of 

 the city. The buildings are of clay, covered with I'traw, 

 and the ftreets are kept in good oi-der. The people are 

 numerous, and the women are richly dreffed. In the con- 

 queft of the kingdom of Ardrah by the king of Dahom?.y, 

 in 1724, this city Uiffered very much. It is fituatcd 16 

 leagues from the fea, and to the north-eaft of Little 

 Ardrah. 



ASSEMBLi\GE, the joining, or uniting, of feveral 

 things together ; or, the things themfelves fo joined or 

 united. The afiemblage of two bones for motion, is called 

 Articulation. Carpenters and joiners have various kinds 

 and forms of affemblage; as, with mortifes and tenons, with 

 dove-tails, &c. See Dove-tail, Mortise, &:c. The 

 Europeans admire the Carpentry of fome Indians, where 

 the afiemblage is made without either nails or pins. Her- 

 rera. 



Assemblage is alfo ufed in a more general fenfe, for a 

 coUeftion of feveral things, fo difpofed together, as that 

 the whole has an agreeable effeft. It is with difcourfe as 

 with bodies, which owe their cliief excellency to the juft 

 ajfemblage and proportion of their members. 



ASSEMBLY, formed of adfnnulare ; compounded of 

 ad, to, and Jimu!, together; a meeting of feveral perfons in 

 the fame place, and with the fame common defign. AfTem- 

 blies of the clergy are called convocations, fynods, and 

 councils of the clergy ; though that annual one of the 

 kirk of Scotland retains the name general aflembly, &c. 



The nlfemblies of judges, &c. are called courts, &c The 



aftcmblies of the Roman people were called comitia. — The 

 affembly of a preacher, &c. is his audience. — The acade- 

 mies have their aftemblics, or days of affembly. 



Under the Gothic governments, the fupreme legiflative 

 power was lodged in an affembly of the ftates of the king- 

 dom, held annually for the fike purpofes as our parliament. 

 See Parliament. 



Assembly, General, in Ecclefiajl'ical Hijlory, is an affembly 

 poffefling the highcll authority in the church of Scotlard, 

 and confifting of a certain number of minifters and ruling 

 elders delegated from each prcfbytery, and of commiflioners 

 from the univerfities and royal boroughs. A prelbytery, 

 compofed of fewer than 12 paridies, fends two minifters and 

 one ruling elder to this aftcinbly ; if it contain between iz 

 and 18 minifters, it fends three of thefe, and one ruling 

 elder; if it contain between iS and 24 minifters, it fends 

 four minifters and two ruling elders ; and of 24 minifters, 

 when the prefjytery confifts of fo many, it fends five with 

 two ruling elders. Eveiy royal borough deputes one ruling 

 elder, and Edinburgh two; and their ekdlion muft be atteft- 

 cd by the kirk-felfion of their refpeftivc boroughs. Every 

 univerfity fends one commiffioner from its own body. The 

 coramiffioners are chofen annually fix weeks before the 

 meeting of the affembly; and the ruling elders are often 

 men of the firft eminence in the kingdom for i-ank and 

 Q_ talents. 



