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«vents of that fanatical expedition from its commencement 

 to the year 1099, when Jerufalem was taken bv Godfrey 

 of Bouillon. This work may be found in " Geila Dei per 

 Francos a Bongaro," folio, 151 1. He alfo wrote " Poems," 

 preferred in the fourth volume of Du Chefne's collection of 

 French hiiforians. Nouv. Did. Hiftor. 



BAI.DERN, in Cfo^mphy, a town of Germany, in the 

 circle of Swabia, and county of Ottingen, one mile S.S.E. 

 of Zobing. 



BALD-HEAD, a cape of the north-weflcoall of Ame- 

 rica, and on the weft coall of Norton found. N. lat. 64^ 

 43'. E. long. 198"' iS'. 



Bald-head is alfo the fouthernmoft of two heads on the 

 eaft coaft of Newfoundland, between Fermowes harbour on 

 the S.S.W. and fort Agua on the N.N.E. 



BaUbead lies alfo at the mouth of Cape Fear river in 

 North Carolina, and being at the fouth-well end of Smith's 

 ifland, forms with Oak ifland the main entrance into the 

 river. 



Bald-head makes alfo the fouth-weft part of what is called 

 Wells bay, in the diftriiEl of Maine. 



BALDI, Bernardino, in &«)fra/>Zy', a learned Italian, 

 was born at Urbino, in 1 553. Such was his ardour in the 

 profecution of knowledge, that he facrificed both his meals 

 and his fleep to the attainment of it. Having ftudied ma- 

 thematics under Commandino in the place of his nativity, 

 he purfued his ftudies in the univerfity of Padua ; where in 

 his twentieth year, he was diilinguiflied by his literary appli- 

 cation and proficiency. Such was his acquaintance with 

 the Greek language, that he tranilated the Phenomena of 

 Aratus into Italian verfe, and other Greek writers into La- 

 tin ; and he poffelfed fuch a talent for acquiring the know- 

 ledge of languages, that he learned twelve of them, fe- 

 veral of which were oriental. When he left Padua, he be- 

 came mathematician to Ferrante Gonzaga II. duke of Gu- 

 aftalla ; and in 1586, he was created abbot of Guaftalla, 

 which church he governed for many years with great repu- 

 tation. At Rome, where he fpent part of his time, he ob- 

 tained the title of apollolical prothonotary. Towards the 

 ■latter part of his life, he refigned the church of Guallalla, 

 and retiring to Urbino, devoted hinifelf entirely to his llu- 

 dies. He died in that city in 1617, at the age of 64 years. 

 Baldl obtained as high a rank among the Italian poets as he 

 poncfied among the fcholars and mathematicians. In paf- 

 toral poetry, his " Celeo," or " Orto," is tho\ight to be 

 excelled by few works in the language ; and his blank verfe 

 is much ellecmed. In mathematics and mechanics his la- 

 bours were numerous. He tranilated into Italian the Greek 

 work of Hero of Alexandria, " On Automata, or fclf-mov- 

 ing Machines ;" and into Latin, the fame a\ithor'b treatife, 

 " On warlike Machines." He alfo wrote " Excreita'.ions 

 on the Mechanics of Arillotle," and publilhed two Latin 

 works relative to Vitruvius, the one containing an explana- 

 tion of all the terms ufed by him, and the other inqviiring 

 into the meaning of his " Scamilli imparcs." A ijollhu- 

 mou3 woik, intitled, " Cronica de' Mathcmatici," being a 

 compendium of a larger one on the lives of mathematicians, 

 was printed in 1707. Many other monuments of his genius 

 and indullry, which obtained reputation in their time, are 

 now configned to oblivion. Nonv. Did. Hiftor. Gen. Biog. 



Baldi, he L^uai.dis, a celebrated lawyer, was born at 

 Pfrngia in 1319, and carefully educated by his father Fran- 

 tis LTbaldi, a learned phylician. After having ftudied law 

 at Penigia under Bartoli, he became a preceptor, and ac- 

 quired high reputation In moft of the nniverfities of Italy. 

 Ke was the rival of his mafter Bartoli, and contradicied 

 many of his opinions. The duke, John Galeaz/o, was Jiis 



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gfnerous patron ; and he was liberally rewarded by pope 

 Uiban Vl. for pleading his caufc cgainft Clement. Hav- 

 ing retained the full vigour of his faculties and hib diftin- 

 guirtied reputation as an oracle of jurifprudencc till the 

 year 14CO, when he had attained the age of 76, he died 

 at Pavia, in confequence of the bite of a dog, with which 

 he was playing. His numerous treatifes of law, publifhed 

 in three volumes folio, manifeft deep knowledge and excel- 

 lent talents ; but they are written too much in the barbarou* 

 ftyle of the age. His reputation was fo great, that his fa- 

 mily after his death alTunied the name of Baldefcbi inftead 

 of that of Ubaldi. Nout. Did. Hiftor. 



BALD INGE R, Ernrstus Gottfried, a medical writ- 

 er, of whom we have no memorial, but that, in 1 764, he pub- 

 liflicd at Berlin " Introdudio in Notitiam Scriptorum Mc- 

 dicinx Militaris," 8vo. a valuable work, in which, befide* 

 the titles of the books, the author has given a critical ac- 

 count of their contents. Haller. Bib. Med. Prad. 



BALDINI, John Anthony, Count, was born at Pla- 

 centia, July 7, 1654, finiftied his ftudies at Bologna and 

 at Rome, and then travelled into France and Poland. In 

 1698, he went to Spain, and continued there nine years as 

 ambalfador from the duke of Parma. On his return to 

 Parma, he was again difpatclnd to German courts, and at 

 lall to Englar.d, whence he was fent to attend the congrefs at 

 Utrecht. His figure was handfome, and hi» m.anners en- 

 g3g'"S ' ^'"^ "^''^ greater part of his time was devoted to 

 the ftudy of natural philofophy, mathematics, and more 

 efpecially civil and eccleliaftical hitlory. In England, he 

 was eleded fellow of the Royal Society ; and in Spain, he 

 coUeded many rare gems, with a view of having them en- 

 graved ; but in the progrefs of this work he was interrupted 

 by his public occupations and travels. At Amfterdam, he 

 enriched his cabinet of curiofitiee with many Indian and 

 Chinefe fnbjeds ; and he purchafed, at a great expence, 

 all the lexicons, atlaftes, and books of travels he could 

 procure that related to the Eaftern countries. The editor 

 of the " Atlas Hiftorique," in 5 vols, publilhed at Am- 

 fterdam in 1719, was much indebted to Baldini's collec- 

 tion ; and the difeourfe annexed to thefe maps was origi- 

 nally written in Italian by Baldini. On the 23d of Febru- 

 ar)' 1725, Baldini died, in confequence of a ftroke of the 

 apopL'xy. Gen. Biog. 



BALDINUCCI, Philip, was bom at Florence in ». 

 1624 ; and diftingnidied himfelf by his knowledge of the 

 arts of defign, and his relearches concerning the lives of 

 their profcllurs. His great undertaking was a general hif- 

 tory of the moft eminent painters from Cimabuc to his own 

 time, comprehended in fix volumes, and divided into centu- 

 ries. A new edition of this whole work was pubUftied at 

 Florence in 173 i, and it has been fince reprinted at Flo- 

 rence and at Turin, with copious notes and additions, by Sig. 

 Ingcijnerc Piaccnza. Baldinucci hkewife publithed " A 

 Vocabulary of Defign," in confequence of which he was 

 admitted into the Academy della Crufca. His work, in- 

 titled, " Tlie Commencement and Progrefs of the Art of 

 Engraving on Copper," Florence, i686, 4to. abounds witk 

 curious information. He alfo publilhed fevcral fmaller 

 works ; one of which drew upon him a furious and unjuft 

 attack from Cinelli. He died in 1696, at the age of 72 

 years. Nouv. Did. Hillor. 



BALDINUS, Bernard, an Italian phyfician, who 

 flouriflitd about the middle of the fixteenth centun,-, taught 

 medicine at the univerfity of Padua, and afterwards at Mi- 

 lan, where he died in the year i6co. In 1562, he pnb- 

 li.hcd at Venice, " Problemata excerpta cs Commentariis 

 Gakni in Hippocratcui," 8vo. 



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