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and exactly fimihr. Tlie fides are about four feet high ; 

 and for the conveiiicncc of the rowers, four or five benches 

 are laid acrofs, and i"omcti;nes more, according to tlie length 

 of the bateau. It is a heavy and awkward vcffel both for 

 rowii'.g and failing; ; but it is pieferrcd to a boat with a keel 

 for two very obvious reafons : Crft, hecaufe it draws lefs 

 water while it carries a larger burthen ; and fecondly, be- 

 caufe it is much faftr in lakes or wide rivers, where ftorms 

 are frequent. An oil-cloth awning may be thrown over 

 the wideil part of it, and fupporttd by hoops fimilar to 

 thufe of a waggon ; and thus may be formed a very ex- 

 cc'lcnt cabin, which fccures from the inclemency of the 

 weather, and at the fame time allows a view of the beauties 

 of the fceiicrv on each fhore. 



BATECUMBE, or Badecomdf., William, in Bto- 

 graphy, an eminent mathematician, fiippofed by Pits (De 

 Illulh Angl. Scriptor. An. 1420. n. 7S4. ) to have flouvilh- 

 cd pboUt the year 1420, in the reign of Henry V. He 

 ftudied at Oxford, and made great proficiency in mathema- 

 tics ; which appears from his writings. It is not known 

 •where he died. He wrote " De Sphxrx concavre fabrica et 

 ufu," " De Sphxra folida," " De Operatione Aarolabii," 

 and " Concluliones Sophis." Biog. Brit. 



BATELEUR, in Ornithology, a name given by Sonniiii 

 and others to Falco Ecaudatus of Latham, &c. 



BATELLO, .St. in Geogrnphy, a town of Italy, in the 

 kingdom of Naples, and province of Calabjia IHtia, three 

 miles r.-irth of Rcggio. 



BATEMAN Bay, lies on the fouth fide of point Up- 

 right, on the eaft coaft of New Holland, in which are 

 three or four fniall iflands. Tlie north point is in S. lat. 



IS" 35'- 



Batf.man's Drops, in Pharmacy, are the ai'.odyne bal- 

 fam made with a weaker fpirit, fo that a larger dofe can be 

 taken ; thev are tinctured with anifeed. 



BATENBOURG. or Battf.nburg, in Geography, a 

 town of the duchy of Gneldres, featcd on the north fide of 

 the Meule, nearly oppofite to Ravcllein. N. lat. 50° 55'. 

 E. long. 5° 35'. 



BATENl, in yfncient Geography, a people of Afia, 

 placed by Pliny and Solinus towards the 0;ais and Bailri- 

 ana. 



BATENITES, a feft of apoftates from Mahometanifm, 

 difperfed over feveral parts of the Eall, who proftffed the 

 fame abominable principles witli the Ifmaelians and Karma- 

 tians. The word fi^nifies Efoterics, or people of inward 

 or hidden light or knowledge. Sale's Koran, p. 186. 



BATENKETOS, in yljlronomy, a liar about the third 

 magnitude, in the conftcUalion of Cetus. 



Bates, William, in Biography, an eminent non-con- 

 formill divine, was born in 1625, and educated at Cam- 

 bridge, where he took his degree of B. A. in 1647. He 

 afterwards became a celebrated preacher among the prefbv- 

 terians in London. Upon the icltoralion, he was appointed 

 chaplain to Charles II. ; and receivL-d a degree of doclor in 

 divinity, by royal mandate from Cambridge. He was one 

 of the conimifTioners at the Savoy conference for reviewing 

 the liturgy, and one of the difputauts on the fide of the 

 prefbyterians againft Dr. Pearfon and other epifeopalians. 

 He took the oath required of non-cor.formills by the five- 

 mile aA, and was concerned in feveral unavailing efforts for 

 efFefting a comprchenfian of the dilFentcrs by certain altera- 

 tions and confeflions. Moderate in his temper, and accom- 

 pUfiied as a fchoiar, he was a fit perfon to be employed for 

 fuch purpofes ; and he was always t.-eated with rcfpcft by 

 the members of the eftablifliment. He was alfo much re- 

 jjarded by king William, and queen Jilary frequently perufed 



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his wiitings. Dr. Bates, towards the clofe of his life, re- 

 fided at Hackney, where he died in 1(^)99. His works, 

 confiding chiefly of ftrmons and difcourfes, were collected 

 after his death, and publifhed in one volume folio. Be fides 

 thcfe, a pofthumous volume appeared in 8vo, confifting of 

 " Sermons on the everlafting Reft of tl'.e Saints." He 

 likewife edited a volume of the lives of eminent pcrions, 

 written in Latin, and entitled, " Vita: felcCtorum aliquot 

 Viiorum, qui doftrina, dignitate, aut pietalc iiiclarutre," 

 Lond. 1681, 4to. The llyle of Dr. Bates has been com- 

 mended for its elegance ; and he appears to have read 

 many books in polite literature, as well as in theology. 

 Biog. Brit. 



Bates, yoah, Efq. late commifiioner of cuftoms, was 

 born at Halifax, in Yorklliire, where he began his fchool 

 education under the celebrated Dr. Ogden, with whom he 

 remained till the doctor returned to refidc at Cambridge. 

 During this time he received the rudiments of mufic from 

 Mr. Hartley, the organill of Rochdale. When Dr. Ogdcu 

 quitted Hahfax, Bates was removed to the fchool of Man- 

 cheller, under Mr. Paniell ; and it v/as there, as he has 

 frequently told his friends, that the grand llyle of organ- 

 playing, in wliich he fo eminently excelled, was fuggelled 

 to him by the performance of old Wainwright on the or- 

 gan in the eo'legiate church. While he remained at Man- 

 chefter, he had made fuch a proficiency in muiic as to be 

 able frequently to officiate for his old mafter Hartley, when 

 his a\'ocations called him away from Rochdale. 



Bates, on quitting that feminary, was removed to the 

 foundation at Eton ; but there his progrefs in mufic received 

 a confiderable check, and was in danger of being totally 

 Hopped ; for it was contrary to the rulss of that fociety 

 for any ot tiie boys on the foundation to be permitted the 

 ufe of mufical inllrumtnts. In this ftate of mufical priva- 

 tion Bates remained fome months, and had no other means 

 of praclifing than by playing on imaginary keys on the 

 table, which for a confiderable time was his cullom every 

 day. At length, having by chance had an opportunity of 

 touching the college organ,, his talents for mulic were re- 

 ported to Mr. George Graham, one of the affiftant mailers, 

 who having a harpfichord, invited him to his rooms ; and 

 finding what an extraordinary performer he was, obtained 

 permilfion for him to purfue his mufical iludies, accommo- 

 dated him with the ufe of his harpliehord, and procured 

 him liberty to play on the college organ at his leifure 

 hours. 



When he went to Cambridge, the vacancies for King'a 

 college were fo few, that he was in danger of being fuper- 

 annuated, and was aftually entered at Chrill's "college, 

 where, while he was a member, twoof the univt rlity fcho- 

 lardiips became vacant, and he declared himfclf a candidate. 

 It proved on this occafion a fortunate circumflance, that 

 he had not gone off to King's ; for as Dr. Heath and Mr. 

 Keate, both of King's college, and his feniors, were can- 

 didates, the cudom of that college would not have permit, 

 ted a junior to become a candidate. But though he was 

 now a member of Chrift's, that circumdance did not pre- 

 vent his being a candidate for a univerfity fehularlh'p ; the 

 examination for wliich is confidercd as the mod fevere of 

 any clafTical examination in the univerfity of Cambridge. 

 Some of tlie mod dillinguiHied under-graduates were at 

 this titne candid.rtes ; and after an examination of feveral 

 days, Zouch of Trinity, and Bates, were elefled. 



This fuecefs edabliditd his literary charafter in the uni- 

 verlity as high as his mufical had been before : and foon 

 after, as the term of fuperannuation was expired, a va. 

 cancy happening ai King's, he was admitted a fchoiar, and 



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