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Greek vciTc, with a Latin tranflation in the oppofite page 

 and Greek, fcholia; to which i= added, "An Homeric 

 Parody on the fame Story." " The Hiftory of that moll: 

 viaorioiis monarch Edward III. &c.;" Camb. foL 1688. 

 Tiiis hiftorical work, for wliich the author's talents feem to 

 have been vciy ill adapted, abounds in falfe inferences and 

 tedious digreffions; and in long and elaborate fpeeches, after 

 the manner of Thucydides and other ancient hiftorians, which 

 feem to be the refiilt of his own imagination ; the whole dif- 

 phyinpj ncitlier the judgment of a politician, nor the tafte 

 of a good writer. " Euripidis qua: extant omnia, &c." 

 ■Camb. fol. 1694. Belldes a correition of tlic text of Euri- 

 pides, this edition contains a preliminary diflertation on the 

 ancient Greek tragedy, and another on the life and writings 

 of Euripides. " Anacrcon Teius, &c." Camb. 1705. In 

 this edition, the poems of Anacreon are correfled, and much 

 enlarged by the addition of feveral whole pieces and fra^;- 

 ments. The life of Anacreon is annexed ; and in the Pro- 

 legomena, the author treats of the antiquity and invention of 

 lyric poetry, and the peculiar charaftcr and metre of that 

 poet. The dedication to the dnke of Marlborough is fol- 

 lowed by a Greek Anacreontic ode upon the vidory at Blen- 

 heim. The editor has alfo fubjoined the epigrams of the 

 ancients and moderns upon Anacreon, and fome odes of his 

 own compofition under the title of " Anacreon Chriftianus." 

 •" Hom.eri Ilias et Odyfiea, &c.;" 2 vols. 410. Camb. 1710. 

 This edition is furniihcd with an exaft Latin tranflation, 

 with the ancient Greek fcholia, many notes upon the text 

 and fcholia, and various readings ; to which are fubjoined 

 the " Batrochomyomachia," the " Hymns and Epigrams," 

 the " Fragments," and " Two Indexes." This edition 

 of Homer has been generally efteemed as correft and com- 

 plete; though in the Afta Eruditorum for Jan. 171 1, there 

 are fome objeftions againft it, v.'hich have been afcribed to 

 Dr. Bentlcy. Barnes's editions of the Greek claffics have 

 «f late years been finking into difrepute; and modern critics 

 place little confidence in his judgment or fagacity. He 

 has been charged, in fome of his various readings, by the 

 learned Dr. Clarke, with audacity and unfliilfulnefs. 



As for his other woiks, both in profe and vcrfe, it would 

 be tedious to enumerate even their titles; and this is the 

 lefs ncceflary, as tbcy are now configned to total cbhvion. 

 Biog. Brit. 



BARNET, denominated alfo High, and Chipping Barnet, 

 in Geography, a town of England, fituated in the hundred of 

 Caifho and county of Hertford, 1 1 miles north of London. 

 It has a market on Mondays, which lias exifted fince 

 Henry II. ; and iiere are alfo three fairs annually. At this 

 town, which is a great thoroughfare, the north road divides 

 for York and Liverpool. Being fituated upon an eminence, 

 the profptCls are extenfive and agreeable; but there are no 

 public buildings worth notice, except the church and a 

 grammar fchool. The latter was founded by queen Eliza- 

 beth, and afterwards endowed by alderman Owen of the 

 Fishmongers' company of London, for the education of nine 

 ■children gratis. There are likewife almshouies for widows, 

 founded by James Ravenfcroft Efq. and his wife, in 1672. 

 At the twelfth mile ftone beyond the town, is erefted a 

 pillar to commemorate a fignal battle fo\ight on that fpot 

 on Eafter day, April 14, 1471, between the houfe of York 

 headed by Edward IV., and that of Lancafter condufted 

 fcy the fl:out earl of Warwick, who, with many of the nobi- 

 lity and nearly 10,000 m.en, were flain. This was a decifive 

 viilory for the Yorkifts, as it firmly eftablifhed Edward IV. 

 on the throne; altiiough in a fubfequent battle at Tewkefbury, 

 the queen of Henry VI. and her fon were taken prifoners. 

 JJariiet is goverjied by a magiilrate, high conftable, aiid 



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other officers ; and a court leet is held at Eafter. In the 

 town are 22 j houfes, inhabited by 1 258 perfons. Salmon's 

 Hiftory of Hertfordfiiire. 



Barnet, a townfliip of America, in Caledonia county, 

 and Hate of Vermont, containing 477 inhabitants, and diilant 

 112 miles N. E. from Bennington. 



BARNEVELDT, John-Olden, \\\ Biography, z. mi- 

 nlfter of Holland, eminently dillinguilhed by his abilities ar,d 

 patriotifm, was born in 1 547. In his early negociations on 

 behalf of the dates general with France, England, and the 

 neighbouring powers, he gave great fatisfaftion to thofe 

 who employed him, and gained equal credit and elleem in 

 the judgment of FIcnry IV. and queen Elizabeth. As grand 

 penilonary of the Hates of Holland, he obtained extenfive 

 influence; and firmly attached to the liberty of his countiy, 

 he obferved the growing power of the houfe of Orange, di- 

 retied by the warlike and afpiring prince Maurice, witli 

 jealoufy and apprehenfion. Amidll the coUifion of different 

 parties, he was regarded as the leader of the oppofition to the 

 meafures of that prince. The authority of Maurice de- 

 pended, in a great meafure, on the continuance of the war 

 with Spain, and Barneveldt was veiy dtfirous of terminating 

 it. By his zealous endeavours to effeft this purpofe undvr 

 the mediation of the king of France, he incurred the violent 

 odium of the adverfe party. At length, however, he fuc- 

 ceeded by obtaining, in 1609, a truce for 12 years ; the firll 

 article of which recognized the independency of the united 

 ftates. Soon after this event, the difputes between the Ar- 

 minians and Calvinifts, or Remonlbants and Contra-remon- 

 ftrants, furioufiy agitated the Dutch provinces. Barneveldt, 

 inclined to the former, and the advocate of toleration, exerted 

 himfelf in procuring for the Arminians or Remonfirants that 

 liberty of confcience to which they had an equitable claim. 

 Prince Maurice placed himfelf at the head of the other party, 

 which was the moft numerous ; and probably took pleafure in 

 the oppofition and calumny encountered by Barneveldt in his 

 endeavours to promote the caufe of religious freedom and 

 moderation. At this time, notwithftanding the fufpicions 

 excited againft Barneveldt, as if lie wifiied to fubjttl his 

 country again to the yoke of Spain, he was effcntially ferv- 

 ing it by negotiating with James I. the reftoration of the 

 towns of Fludiing, Rammekens, and the Brille, which had 

 been put into the hands of Elizabeth as fecurity for the 

 money which fhe had lent to the ftates. Barneveldt's 

 fuccefs in this negotiation added James to the number of his 

 enemies. 



The religious difputes, which had been appeafed in the 

 province of Holland by the influence of Barneveldt, pre- 

 vailed fo much in the other provinces, that a national fynod 

 was afieinbled at Dordrecht in 161 8 in order to bring them 

 to a termination. To this fynod the kings of England and 

 France, and moft of the Proteftant ftates of Europe, fcnt 

 deputies; and the Arminians, who did not comply with the 

 cdtatioB to appear before this aflembly, incurred a formal 

 condemnation. On this occafion, Barneveldt, Grotius, and 

 other Remonftrant chiefs of the anti-Orange party, were 

 arrefted and imprifoned in the caftle of Louvenftein. Bar- 

 neveldt, however, was the devoted viftim. Many accufa- 

 tions were alleged againft him, as the fomenter of the difturb- 

 ances that had occurred at Utrecht, and as an enemy to the 

 public liberty; and being tried by a court, compofed chiefly 

 of his enemies, and admitting inadequate proofs, he was 

 capitally condemned. Prince Maurice, to whom application 

 was made from various quarters in his favour, remained in- 

 exorable; and he would only promife a paidon upon con- 

 dition of its being folicited by the family of Barneveldt: but 

 they refufed to do an ad, which would i.-nply the guilt of 



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