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But were ftrongly oppofed by Mcrfyn Fr^'cti, the WelHi 

 piince, who after fome fevcrc battles expelled the invaders 

 from this illand. 



Two miles north of Friars are t!ie remains of the priory 

 of Pinmon, confifting of little more than the ruinous refec- 

 tory and part of the church. This priory for Benediftine 

 monks was endowed, if not founded, by prince Llewelyn ap 

 Jorwerth before 1 22 1. 



Near Penmon is a av// furronnded with a wall and ftone 

 feats, having two doors or entrances. Tliis was a facred, 

 baptifmal, or holy well. About a qnarterof a mile diftant 

 is an ancient crofs, fix feet high, the fhaft of which is cun- 

 oufly ornamented with fculpturcd checquered work. At 

 the diilance of about one mile from the fhore is 7'nis Stiricl, 

 or Seiriol's iflaiid, now called Prieft-holme. This was once 

 appendant to the monaftery of Penmon ; and the remains c<f 

 a fquare tower ftill msrk. its religions appropriation. This 

 ifland is fometimes called Puffin iiland, from its being much 

 frequented by birds of that name. From the beginning of 

 April to the beginning of Auguft, immenfe numbers of thefe 

 and other fcH-fovvl refort to this fpot. To the well of Prieft- 

 Iiolme are three fmaller illands, called Ynis Llygod, or the 

 Ivloufe idards. 



In the channel which waters thefe iflands, the large oyfters 

 called the Penmon are taken by the dredge, and great quan- 

 tities are pickled, packed in fraail ca&s, and fent to differ- 

 ent parto of the kuigdom. 



Baron-hill, the feat of lord Bulkcley, is finely featcd on 

 an eminence overlooking the town, callle, &c. The ori- 

 ginal manfion of this t:imily in Wales was Court maivr, 

 in Caftle-ftreet, Beaumaris. The prefent manfion was built 

 by fir Richaid Biilkeley, for prince Henry, foa of James 1. 

 The houfe has fince been enlarged and greatly improved 

 by its prefent pofTellor, under the direction of Mr. S. Wyatt. 

 The grounds of this domain are fmgularlv fim and beautiful, 

 and the various profpctls of fea, mountain, and fylvan fce- 

 nery, are highly grand and interefting. 



About feven miles fouthwell of Beaumaris is PLis-NeivyilJ 

 an elegant modern manfion, built in a callcllated ftyle, be- 

 longing to the earl of Uxbridge. The houfe is large, com- 

 modious, and handlome, and the ancient woods around it 

 give it a venerable charafter. Clofc behind the houfe are 

 two Cromlechs, the largcft of which has been long defig- 

 nated by the name of " Cromlech of Mona." See Crom- 

 lech. See an interelling pocin called "Beaumaris Bay," with 

 notes ; " A Tour round North Wales," by the Rev. W. 

 Bingley ; and " Mr. Pennant's Tours in North Wales." 



BEAU-MASS. See Mass. 



BEAUME Cave. See Baume. 



BEAUMEILLE, Laurent-Angliviel de la, in 

 Biovral>hy, a modern Fr^-nch writer, was born in 1727, at 

 Vallcraugues, in the diocefe of AUais. Plaving been invited 

 to Denmark to undertake a proftlTorfhip of French Belles 

 Lettres, he ope-.'ed his courfe bv a " Difcourfe," printed in 

 1751. But the clmate b.ing too fevere for his conflitution, 

 he quitted Denmark with a penlion and the title of counfel- 

 lor. In his return by way of Berlin, he wiihed to form an 

 acquaintance with Voltaire, of whofe writings he was a paf- 

 Conate admirer ; but their irritable difpolit'ions produced a 

 quarrel, which admitted of no reconciliation, and which pro- 

 duced perfonalities equal'y difreputable to both. On his ar- 

 rival at Paris, in 1753, ^'^ pubhcation, entitled " Mes Pen- 

 fees," cauled hiin to be confined in the Baftiie ; and foon 

 after his liberation he was committed to the fame prifon on 

 account of his " Memoirs of Maintenon." After his fecond 

 liberation, he retired into the country ; but in 1772, he was 

 called back to Paris to occupy the port of king's librarian, 



from which death removed him in confequence of a difordcr 

 of his bread, in November 1773. The principal of hij 

 works are " A Defence of the Spirit of Laws ;" "Mes Pen- 

 fees," a fatirical work ; "Mem. of Mad. Maintenon," 6 

 vols. l2mo. foon followed by 9 voU. of her " Letters ;" 

 " Letters to M.de Voltaire," 1761, l2mo.i;pon the perufal 

 of which Voltaire acknowledged, " the ra:eal his a great 

 deal of wit ;" " Thoughts of Seneca," Latin ziid French ; 

 and " Commentary on the Henriade," 1775, ^ ^'"^*- ^^°* ^-^ 

 left fome MSS. He is faid to have been of an open and 

 frank temper, but lially, captious, and addicted to fatire. 

 Nouv. Did. Hift. 



BEAUMENIL, in Geography, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Eure, and chief place of a canton, in the 

 diftrift of Bernay ; 2 leagues S.S.E. of Bemav. 



BEAUMETZ-LES-LOGES, a town of Fi-ante, in 

 the department of the Straits of Calais, and chief place of 

 a canton, in the diilricl of Arras ; 2 leagues S.W. of Ar- 

 ras. 



BEAUMONT, Elie de, in Biography, was bora at 

 Charenton, in Normandv, in 1732, and admitted an advocate 

 in 1732, in which profeffion he did not fucceed for want of 

 voice. Upon his retirement from the bar, he became a wntcr, 

 and addrefled a variety of eloquent pieces to the magiflrates 

 and to the public. His memoir in behalf of the unfortunate 

 Calas family produced a permanent effeft. This was fucceeded 

 by many others, no lefs interefting and pathetic. Beaumont's 

 imagination was lively, but like other perfons of the fame 

 caft, he was liable to dejeftion. He was lord of Caen, in 

 Normandy, where he inftituted an interefting feftival, called 

 " Fete des bons gens," or the good folks' feaft. He died 

 at Paris, in 1785. 



The wife of the preceding, Madame Elie dv Beau- 

 mont, was born at Caen in 173c, and i, known with repu- 

 tation by her " Letters of the Marquis de Rofelle," i2mo. 

 a novel, which exhibits a faithful picture of the manners and 

 charafters of the courtiers of the day, and of their fvco- 

 phants and dependants. In fociety (lie was beloved and re- 

 Ipedled by reafon of the amiablenefs of her difpofition, t!;e 

 polite eafe of her manners, the fouadnefs of her underftand- 

 ing, and the extent of her knowledge. She died at Paris in 

 1783. Nouv. Diet. Hift. 



Beaumont, Francis, an eminent dramatic poet, was the 

 fon of Francis Beaumont, one of the judges of the common 

 pleas, and born at Grace-Dieu, in Leicellerftiire, an ancient 

 feat of the fa-tiily, in 15S5 or 1586. He was educated at 

 CambriJge, and afterwards admitted a ftudent in the Inner 

 Temple, where his devotion to the Mufes diverted his atten- 

 tion from the ftudy of the law. Beaumont and Fletcher 

 were fo intimately conne£ted, and wrote fo much in concert, 

 that it is difficult at this diftauceof time to afticrnto each his 

 appropriate part in tlie numerous compolitions, tragic and 

 comic, which have been publilhed under their common 

 names. Tradition reports, and probably with truth, that 

 Beaumont was peculiarly diftinguidied by judgment, which 

 was commo:ily employed in correfting and retrenching the 

 fuperfluities of Fletcher's wit. It appears, however, from 

 an examination of Beaumont's diftincl produftions, and par- 

 ticularly his little Mafque of the Inner Temple and Gray's 

 Inn, and alfo a poem entitled the " Hermaphrodite," that 

 he was by no means dcftitute of poetic imagination and in- 

 vention, and that his verfilication is elegant and harmonious. 

 Beaumont was efteemed fo accurate a judge of plays, that 

 Ben Joiilon, who exprcfied his afFeflionate regard for him 

 in a copy of verfes, fubmitted all his writings to his cenfure, 

 and is thought to have availed himfelf of his judgment in 

 correcting, if not in contriving, all his plots. He died be- 

 fore 



