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were no kfs ir.ifuitaWe to his office, tlmn ofTfnfivc to tlie 

 church. He was alfo author of a- Latin verl'ion of Boc- 

 cacio's ftory of " Tito ct Gilippo," of clevcii'cartos, in 

 ottava rima, in honour of Liicretia Gonzaga ; and of fomc 

 other works. Nouv. Didl. Hillor. 



BANDELVELLO, or Old Port, in Gography, the 

 name of a good harbour at the mouth of the river Dor.ra, 

 on the eail coall of Africa, in the Indian ocean ; about 

 t venty-fcven leagues north of Magadoria orMagadoxo, on 

 the ianie coalh 



BANDER Abasm. See Gombroon. 

 BANDERAS, a brgc bay of the Pacific ocean, on the 

 «veft coall of Mexico, in North Amc.nca ; running^ inland 

 between two points of land, tlie north point called Tintoque, 

 and the fouth cape C'orientes, with an open entrance, and 

 fufficiently fpacious for the accommodation and anchorage of 

 u fleet of fhips. 



BANDER Congo, a port town of Afia, on the eaft 

 fide of the Perfian gulf, and thirtv-three leagues well from 

 Bander AbafTi. N.'lat. 27° 5'. E.'long. 55" y'. 



BANDERE, a town of Hindolian, in the circar of 

 •Gohud, one hundred miles fouth of Agra, and forty-four 

 S. S. E. of Gohud. 



BANDERET, the name appropriated to the com- 

 manders of the mihtia of the canton ot Bern. 



BANDEROLE, in HeraUry, is a llrcamer affixed by 

 fmall lines or llrings immediately under the crook on the 

 top of the flafF of a crofier, and folding over the ftaff. 



BANDEROLES, \\\ Military I.iiiijua^re, the or.iaments 

 which were given to pikes near the point, in order to render 

 their appearance handfome. Thefe fometimes had the 

 name of pencclls. (Sec Grofe on Ancient Armour, li. 277.) 

 BANDEROLE, in Naval Lan^u-ige, a little flag, in 

 form of a guidon, extended more in length than breadth, 

 ufed to be hung out on the malls of vefl'els, &c. 



BANDEROLES, in Military Languagf, an ancient 

 name for camp-colours. 



BANDI, in Geography, a river of Africa, in the country 

 of Calabar, in Lower Guinea, which runs into the fea by 

 two channels. There is a town of the fame name on an 

 ifland at the mouth of the river. 



BANDINELLI, Baccio, in Biography, a painter of 

 hiftory, was born at Florence in 1497, and became a difciple 

 of Giovanni Francefco Rullico, a good fculptor. He had 

 the ambition to become a rival of Michael Angelo, in paint- 

 ing as well as in fculpture; but hearing that this great 

 mailer treated his works contcmptuoully, he laid afide the 

 pencil, and would never afterwards re fame it. As a llatuary, 

 he poircficd flvill and merit, and in that art he deemed himfclf 

 equal to Buonaroti; however, when he found that the 

 world did not concur with him in opinion, he was nui-h 

 mortified. He died at Florence in 1559. at the ags of 62 

 year?. Several of his pupils became eminent artiHs. The 

 principal of his works are the bas-reliefs of the tombs of 

 Leo X. and Clement VIL at Rome, a St. Peter, a Bacchus, 

 Ih-c Laocoon, and fome figures of fome princes of tlie 

 Medici family at Florenc-. His drawing is generally 

 corrccl, and evinces an extenfive knowledge of anatomy; 

 })>jt his mufcles are too ftro:igly marked, and he is deficient 

 in grace. Argenville, Vie dc Sculpteurs. Pilkington. 



BANDITTL from the Italian lar.dito, perfcns pro- 

 fcribed, or, as we call it, outlawed ; fometimes denominated 

 hanniti, or f oris banniti. 



Banditti, orBANDixi, is alfo a denomination given to 

 highwaymen and robbers, who infell the roads in troops, 

 efpeeially in Italy, France, and Sicily. Mr. Brydone, in 

 his Tour through Sicily, informs us, that in the eaflern part 

 sailed Val Demoni, from the devils that are fuppofed to in- 



habit mour.t TEtnn, it has ever been found .tltogether im- 

 pradicable to extirpate the baiulitti; there being numberlcfs 

 caverns and fubterianeous palfages round that mountain, 

 where no troops could poffibly purfue them; bcfides, they 

 are known to be perfeftly determined and refolute, never 

 failing to take a dreadfvd revenge on all who have oiFendcd 

 them. Hence the prince of Villa Franca has embraced it, 

 not only as tlie faftll, but likevvife as the wifeil and mod 

 political fclieme, to become their declared patron and pro- 

 tedlor ; and fuch of them as think proper to le.ive their 

 mountains and fvrells, though perhaps only for a time, are 

 fure to meet with good encouragement and a certain pro- 

 tedlion in his fervice, where tiiey enjoy the moft unbounded 

 confidence, which, in no inlhince, they have ever yet been 

 found to make an improper or a d fhoncll ufe of. They 

 are clothed in the prince's livjry, ycllov%' and green, with 

 filver lace; and v%car llkewife a badge of their honourable 

 order, which intltles them to univtrfal fear and refpeCl from 

 the people. 



In fome circumftances, thefe banditti are the moil re- 

 fpedtable people of tb.e illand, and have by much the highelt 

 and moft romantic notions of what they call thffir point of 

 honour. However criminal they may be with regard ta 

 fociety in general; yet, with refpedl to one another, and to 

 every perfon to w^hom they have once profeffed it, they have 

 ever maintained the moft unlhaken fidelity. The magiftratcs 

 have often been obliged to protcci them, and pay them 

 court, as they are known to be perfe£lly detenr.ined and 

 defperate, and fo extremely vindidive, that they <\-ill cer- 

 tainly put any perfon to death that has ever given them juft 

 caufe of provocation. On the other hand, it never was 

 known that any perfon who had put himfclf under their 

 proteftion, and (liewed that he had confidence in them, had 

 caufe to repent of it, or was injured by them in the moft 

 minute trifle; but, on the contrary, they will proteft him 

 from irapofitions of every kind, and fcorn to go halves with 

 the landlord, like moft other conduftors and travelling fcr- 

 vants, and will defend him with their hves, if there be occa- 

 fion. Thofe of their number who have thus enlilUd them- 

 fclvcs in the fervice of fociety, are known and refpec^td by 

 the other banditti all over the ifland; and the perfons of 

 thofe they accompany are ever held facred. For thefe 

 rcafons, moft travellers choofe to hire a couple of them 

 from town to town ; and n'lay thus travel over the whole 

 ifland in fafety. 



The term is alfo applied to a fort of free-booters, who 

 pillasfe in the iflands of the Archipelago. 



BANDOBENA, in Ancient Geography, a town of India, 

 on this fide of the Ganges, feated, according to Strabo, orr 

 the river Choafpes. 



BAN-DOG, in Z':ology, a variety of the m.aftiff or Can is 

 MoLOSEUS of Linnajus. It is lighter, fmalier, more acflive 

 and vigilant than the maftifT, but not fo powerful; its nofe 

 is fmailer, and poflclTes, in fome degree, the fcent of the 

 hound; its hair is rougher, and generally of a yellowifli 

 grey, ftreaked with fliades of a black or brown colour. It 

 frequently feizes cattle by the flank, attacks with eager- 

 nefs, and its bite is keen and dangerous. It is not often 

 to be feen at pi-efsjiit. Bewick's Hill. Quadrupeds, 



BANDOL, in Geography, a harbour of the Mediter- 

 ranean, nearly weft, and about five leagues from Toulon. 

 It has a fort, and there is anchorage nrar the call part of a 

 fmall ifland, which lies on the well point of the bay that is 

 here formed by the coaft-. 



BANDOLEERS, from the French bandouliers, in the 

 Military Art. See Bandalef.r. 



BANDON, in Geography, the name of a fine river in the 



county 



