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their venerable cliief. Barneveldt prepared for death, and 

 without afliing any favour for himfelf, merely folicited the 

 proteflion of his children. On the morning of execution, 

 Barneveldt proceeded to the fcaffold with a ferene counte- 

 nance; but being fomewhat difturbed on his arrival, he ex- 

 claimed with uplifted eyes to heaven, " O God ! what is 

 man!" Having prayed with the miuiftcr who attended 

 him, he rofe from his knees with compofure, declared 

 his innocence to the fpecSators, and defircd the cxecutioKer 

 to perform his office. His head was (truck off at a blow, 

 in his yad year, May 13th 1619. The popular hatred foon 

 fubfided ; his mtmriry was revered as that of the pureft of 

 patriots and moft refpectable of men, and his death left a 

 ftain on the characier of prince Maurice which all his great 

 qualities and fen-ices were not fufRcient to efface. The 

 ilates of Holland, in the regiiler of his death, added thefe 

 words, which may ferve as a teftimony to his charafter; 

 " He was a man of great condi:ft, induftiy, memory, and 

 prudence; yes, fmguiar in all. Let him who ftandeth, take 

 heed kit he fall. God be merciful to his foul ! Amen." 

 •' Never (fays the French ambaffador De Manner) was there 

 fo wife and virtuous a man as M. de Barneveldt. He had a 

 majefiic prefence, and faid much in few words, with a grave 

 and fuccinft eloquence." Barneveldt left two fons in con- 

 fiJ';rable employments; who being deprived of them by 

 prince Maurice, engaged in a confpiracy againfl his life. 

 One was beheaded, and the other made his efcape. When 

 the mother of him who was taken sgid condemned, fell at 

 tlie feet of Maurice fupplicating his life, the prince ex- 

 prtffed his furprife that (he who had refufed to aOc her huf- 

 band's pardon, (hould condefcend to intercede on behalf of 

 her fon. " I did not afli pardon for my huiband," faid the 

 mother with a noble fpirit, " becaufe he was innocent. I 

 a(l< it for my fon, becaufe he is guilty." Mod. Un. Hift. 

 Gen. Biog. 



BarneveltV IJlnnds, in Geograph-:., are two fmall flat 

 iflands, clofe to each other, on the weft fide of Terra del 

 Fuego, partly furroundtd by rocks, and 24 leagues diftant 

 from the llraits of Le Maire. S.lat. 55° 49'. W. long. 

 66° 5S'. 



BARNEVILLE, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Channel, and chief place of a canton in the diihift 

 of Valognes, 5 J leagues S.S.W. of Cherburg. 



BARNFIARD, in OrnUhology, is an aquatic bird, of 

 which Oviedo fpeaks in his " Hift. des Indes," book 14. 

 c. 2.; but which it is impoflible to afcertain from^what that 

 author has faid of it. 



BARNSLEY, in Geography, afmall market town of Eng- 

 land, in the weft riding of Yorkdiire, 1 5 miles from Doncafter, 

 and 1 76 r.orth-weft from London. It is (Ituated on the fide of 

 a hill, and about 5 furlongs in extent. I'he town, though 

 well built of ftone, is called Black Barnfley ; probably from its 

 fmoking furnaces, or rather from the footy (oil of the moors 

 with which it is furrounded. The hnd is very proli(ic in 

 wheat and other grain, and coal is alfo exceedingly plentiful. 

 The abundance of ftone, tmiber, iion-ilone, &c. and the 

 cheap living neceffary for population, render this place very 

 appropriate for any kind of trade. At prefcut its wire 

 works are fuppofed the beft in the kingdom : and the wire is 

 of two forts; the hard, made into teeth for cotton and wool 

 cards, the ioft for ftocking-frame needles. Procefles of a 

 kffer kind are weaving of hnen, in which 500 looms are em- 

 ployed, and a glui's manufaftory of black bottles. Bsrnfley 

 has a v/ell built church, which is a chapelry under Silkellon, 

 a free grammar fchool, a market on 'V^ednefday, and three 

 fairs: the population of this townfhip confills of 722 

 houfes, inhabited by 3606 perfons. 



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BARNSTAPLE, a very ancient corporate town and 

 fca-port in the county of Devon, is fituated in a b'oad and 

 fertile vale on the caftcrn bai^k of the river Taw, i.n(f 

 bounded by a femicircular range of hills. It is one of the 

 neatell and moft reputable towns in the north of the county ; 

 the Itreets being fpacicus and regular, and the buildings re- 

 fpeftable. Before the conqueft, Barnftaple was a royal dc- 

 mefne ; and king Athelftan is reported to have conltituted it 

 a borough, and ta have erecled a caftle near the confluence 

 of the rivers North Yeo and Taw: no remains, however, of 

 this fortrefs continue, except a high artiticial mount. la 

 Domefday book it is noticed as containing " forty bnr- 

 geffes within the borough, and nine without ;" and the inha- 

 bitants were exempted from ferving on any expedition or 

 being otherwife taxed, but in equal proportion with Exeter 

 and Totnefs. The town was re-incorporated by Heniy I. 

 but ftill retaining^fome of its ancient feudal privileges, which 

 250 of the commion burgeffes at this day polTefs ; namely, 

 a right to vote with the corporation for two niem.bers of 

 parliament. 



The corporation is compofed of a mayor, high fteward 

 (at prefent earl Fortefcue), two bailiffs, two aldermen, a re- 

 corder, twenty-two common-council men, and other ofHcers, 

 King James I. ratified and confirmed the privileges of 

 the town by a charter in the eighth year of liis reign; 

 and we find by authentic documents, that the firft re- 

 turn for members to parliament was made in the 23d of 

 Edward L 



Refpedting the trade of Barnftaple, its harbour is fo (hal- 

 low that veffels of more than 2ca tons cannot enter; vet 

 the baize, filk-ftocking, and wailtcoat manufactories ilill' 

 give life to the place, and in a great degree conipenfate the 

 lofs of its former woollen trade; added to this, the beautiful 

 fcenery and pleafantnefs of the neighbourhood, and the 

 cheapnefs of living, have induced many independent families 

 to make it their fole rcfidence. 



A noble quay along the rifer is terminated by a handfome- 

 portico, over the centre of which is placed a ftatue of queea 

 Anne. Over the river is a ftone bridge of fixtcen arches. 

 The church is a ftately buiUing, with a handfome fpire and 

 a good organ ; formerly it contained feveral chantries. 

 We find aifo that in the town Judhall de Totnefs fonndeJ 

 a priory for Clnniac monks, which, at the dilTolution, was 

 valued at 123I. 6s. 7d. per annum. 



The grammar fchool is famous for having upon its founda- 

 tion feveiT.l eminent characlers ; bilhop Jewel and his oppo« 

 rent profeflTor Harding, the poet Gay, Dr. Mufgrave, ic 

 For the ufeful education of the lower clafs of inhabitants, a- 

 charity fchool is erefted over the north gate ; near which is 

 a plealant walk, denominated Northtrn Hay, from the 

 fine profpects it commands, as well as an agreeable pro- 

 menade. 



The number of houfes in the whole parifh is eftimated at 

 653, and the inhabitants at 3748. N.lat. 51° 15'. W. long... 



4^' 5'- 



Barnstaple Bay, is an opening in the Briftol channel^ 

 formed by the union of the rivers Taw and Towridge. 

 This is the common bay or road to the towns of Barnftaple 

 and Biddefoid, on their refpcCtive rivers. 



Barnstaple, a county of America, lying upon the 

 peninfula, the point of which is cape Cod, tlie fouth-eaftern 

 point of Maffachalctt's bay, oppofite cape Ann. This 

 county is about 6^ miles long, and in various parts from ■t 

 to 6 and 9 miles'broad. It contains 1 1 townfliips, and the 

 plantation of Marlhpee, having 2343 houfes, and 17,354. 

 inhabitants. Barnftaple was made a. fliire in xt'i^. Sec. 

 CiH'i Cod. 



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