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fore he had attained the age of 30 years, in March, 161 J ; 

 and left a daiightci, who was in ponelTion of feveral poems 

 of her father's writings, but they were all loll at fea in a voya;f e 

 from Ireland, where (he had lived for foinc time in the 

 duke of Ormond's family. Befidcs tlie plays in vvliith he 

 was jointly concerned with Mr. Fletcher (for an accomit of 

 which fee r'LKTCMER), he wrote the dramatic piece above 

 mentioned, entitled, " A Mnfijnc, S:c." " A Poetical Kpif- 

 tle to Ben Joiifon," " Verfes to his Friend Mailer John 

 Fletcher upon his Faithful Shepherdtls," and other poems, 

 printed together in 165^, Svo. The elder brother of the 

 preceding, fir John Leaumont, was dillinguilhcd by his 

 poetical talents, and was the anthor of feveral pieces which 

 had confiderable merit. A volume of his mifctllaneons 

 poems was publillied bv his fon in 1629. Gen. Dift. 13iog. 

 Brit. 



Beaumont, in Geography, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Calvados, and chief place of a canton, in 

 the dirtrifl of Pont I'Eveqiie, 6 leagues E.N.E. of Caen. 

 — Alfo, a town of France, in the department of the Cote 

 d'Or, and clilef place of a canton, in the diilrict of Is-fur- 

 Tille, 16 miles N.E. of Dijon. — Alfo, a town of France, 

 in the department of the Channel, and chief phce of a can- 

 ton, in the dillriit of Clitrburg, 8 miles wed of Clierburg. 

 — Alfo, a town of France, in the department of Pny de 

 Dome, and chief place of a canton, in the dillrift of Cler- 

 mont-Ferrand, 2 miles fouth of Clermont. — Alfo, a town of 

 France, in the department of the Seine and Oife, and cliicf 

 place of a canton, in the dillriol of Pontoife, on the Oife, 

 33 miles north of ]'aris. — Alfo, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Dordogne, and chief place of a canton, in 

 the diltricl of Belvez, 3; leagues weft of Ijelve/,. — Alfo, a 

 town of France, in the department of the Sarte, and chief 

 place of a canton, in the dillrift of I"rcnay-le-Vicomte, 5 

 leagues N.E. of Le Mans. 



Beaumont en Argontu; a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the .A.rdcnMes, and chief place of a canton, in the 

 diftricl of Sedan, 3^ leagues S.S.E. of Sedan. 



TSf-.w: ■sio\T-Les-Forgcs, a town of France, in the depart, 

 ment of the Nycvre, and chief place of a canton, in the di- 

 flrid of La Charite, on the Nycvre, 13 miles north of Nevers. 



Beaumont on Galinois, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Seine and Marnc, and chief place of a 

 canton, in the dillrid of Nemours, 4. leagues S.W. of Ne- 

 mours. 



Beaumont ^i- Loma'^rt, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Upper Garonne, and chief place of a can- 

 ton, in the dillrift of Grenade, 5 leagues NAV, of Grenade. 



Beaumont Le Ro^er, a town of France, in the deixut- 

 meut of the Eure, and chief place of a canton, in the di- 

 ftricfi of Bcrnay, 25 leagues eaft of Bernay. N. lat. 49^ 5'. 

 E. long. 0° 41'. 



Beaumont fur Vejle, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Marne, and chief place of a canton, in the di- 

 ftrict of Reims, feated on the Vefle, 8 miles S.E. of Keinis. 



BEAUNE, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Mayncand Loire, and chief place of a canton, in the dillriil 

 of Bange, 3 leagues call of Angers, and 3 weft of Bauge. 

 — Alfo, a town of France, and principal place of a dillridt, 

 in the department of the Cote d'Or, 7 leagues fouth of 

 Dijon. N. lat. 47°. E. long. 4" 50'. — Alfo, a town of 

 France, in the department of the Loiret, and chief place 

 of a canton, in the dillrict of Bois-Commun, I league nortii 

 of Bois-Commun. 



BEAU-PLEADER, or Bew-Pleadfr, in Law, a 

 •writ on the ftatuteof Marlbridge, 52 Hen. IIL c. 11. where- 

 by it is provided, that no fine Ihall be taken of any man in 



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any court \ot fan-plcLul'mg, i. e. for not pleading aptly and to 

 the purpofe. And beau-pleader is as well in refpeft of vi- 

 cious pleadings, as of the fair-pleading, by way of amend- 

 ment. 2 lull. 122. 



BE.\UPRE', in Geography, an idand in the Pacific 

 ocean, fo called after the name of Beaupre, engineer-geo- 

 grapher to the expedition fitted out for fearch of La Peroufe, 

 lying welt of the New Hcbride;-., in S. lat. 20° 14', E. long, 

 ifii ~' 27'. It is very low, and about 1500 toifes long. 



BEAUPREAU, a town of France, in the depaitment, 

 of the Mayne and Loire, and chief place of a canton, in the 

 dillrift of St. Florent, 3 leagues S. of St. Florent. 



BEAUQJLJESNE, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Soninie, and chief place of a canton, in the dill rift of 

 Doulens, 2 leagues S.E. of Donlens. 



BEAUREGARD, a town of France, in tlie depart- 

 ment of the Dordogne, 4 leagues fouth of Pcrigueux. — 

 Alfo, a tov.'n of France, in the department of Pny de Dome, 

 3 leagues eall of Clermont-Fenand. — Alfo, a town of 

 France, in the depnnment of Lot, 5 leagues E.S.E. of 

 Cahors. 



BE.VUREPAIR, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Saone and Loire, and chief place of a canton, in the 

 dillricl of Louhans, 2 1 leagues eaft of Louhans. 



BEAUREPAI'RE"', a town of Fiance, in the depart- 

 ment of the Ifere, and chief place of a canton, in the di- 

 lliift of Vienne, 3 leagues S.E. of Vienne. 



BEAITRIEUX, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Aifne, and chief place of a canton, in t!ie dilhicl of 

 Lacm, 3j leagues N.W. of Reims. 



BEAUSdi^RE, Isaac de, in Biography, a learned 

 French Calvinill miniller, was born at Niort in Swifferland, 

 in 1659, and dcfcended from a family of Provence, origi- 

 nally named Boffart, and changed into Beanfobrc on their 

 retreat into Sv.'ifferland from the maflacre ot St. liartho- 

 lomew's. H.-.ving completed his education at the protellant 

 college of Saumur, he declined the profeflion of the law, in 

 which he was tempted to engage by flattering prnfpefts, 

 and determined to devote himfelt to the Chriilian niiiiiflry. 

 Accordingly he was ordained at the age of 22 years, and 

 ferved a church in France lor 3 or 4 years ; but when his 

 pi ice of worfhip was (hut up, his zeal prompted him to 

 break the king's feal, which v>'as affixed to the doors ; and 

 on this account being condemned to an " amende honora- 

 ble," he left his country, and took refuge in Holland. 

 Under the patronage of the princefs of Orange, he was ap- 

 pointed chaplain to her daughter, the princefs of Anhalt 

 Defliin ; and in 16S6, fettled at Deffau, where he had lei- 

 furc to piolecute his iludies. In 1693, he pnblifiicd the 

 firll refnlt of his theological acquifitions, under the title of 

 " A Defence of the Reformsd," which was very favourably 

 received by his partv. In 1^)94, he obtained a very advan- 

 t.igeons fetlleineni among the French refugees at Berlin, 

 wliich was the place of his refideiice for the remainder of his 

 life. Here he lultaincd feveral offices of dil^inftioii among 

 his brethren, and dilcharged the duties connefted with them 

 in a manner honourable to himfelf and fatisfaftory to them. 

 At the fame time he was affiducnis in his application to his 

 iludies, and thus acquired that extenfive erudition, for which 

 he was fo eminent. Tne firft work which he undertook, 

 and which occupied many years of his lift, was " A Hiftory 

 of the Reformation." This work, which he left in manu- 

 fcript for the pref':, was publilhed at Berlin in 2 vols, large 

 8vo. in 1784, 1785, under the title of " Hilloire de la Re- 

 formation, on Origin ct Progres du Lutheranifme dans P 

 I'impire, 6lc." i. e. A Hillory of the Reformation, or an 

 Account of the Origin and Progrefs of Lutheranifm in the 

 8 Empire, 



