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and the king, before the church of Notre Dame, he was 

 committed to prifon in 1535, and afterwards fentenced to 

 be banifhed to the abbey of mount St. Michael, where he 

 died in the year 1537. He was a fnrions perfecutnr of the 

 proteftants, and one of tlie chief promoters of the puuilh- 

 ment of Lewis de Berguin, the proteftant martyr. His La- 

 tin works were a treatife " De unica Magdalena," againft 

 Faber, Paris, 15 19 ; "Two books againil Faber's Commen- 

 taries and Erafmiis's Paraphraies," Paris, 1526; " An Apo- 

 logy againll the fecret Ijiitlierans," Paris; and "An Apo- 

 logy for the daughters and grand -children of St. Anne," 

 againll Faber. His works in French were " A Reilitution 

 of the Benediction of the Pafchal taper," and " A Con- 

 fefiion of Faith." Gen. Dift. Nouv. Did. Hill. 



Beda, a facred book of the religion and law of the 

 Brahmins of Hindootlan, called alfo Vedam and Vicdam, 

 which fee; fee alfo Brachmans, and Shastah. 



BEDALE, in Geo^^niphj, a market town of England. 

 It is fituated in that divifion of the north riding of York- 

 (hire called Richmondlhire, at the dillance of 6 miles from 

 North Allerton, and 273 miles north of London. Seattd 

 on the bank of a fniall river, it enjoys a pleafant and fertile 

 fitHution ; but being at fome dillance from any public road, 

 its principal trade is derived from a weekly market and five 

 annual lairs. Tlicfe are abundantly fupplied with horfes ; 

 the buying and fclhng of whicli are the chief bufintfs of many 

 perfons in this part of Yorklhire. The reftory of this town 

 is very valuable ; and th; church, which is a large handfome 

 ftruc^ure, contains fome ancient monuments, one of which 

 commemorates Brian Fit7. Alan, the lad male heir of that 

 family. A Roman road palTcd through this town to Bar- 

 nard callle, &c. ; and iome Roman encampments are remain- 

 ing on the high grounds between this town and Ripon. 

 Here is a charity fchool ; and the townfhip contains 226 

 houfes, with 1005 inhabitants. 



BEDANG, a commentary on the Beda of the Brahmins 

 of Hindoollan, called alfo Shajier or Shajlah; which fee. 



BEDARRIEUX, in Geography, a town of France, in 

 the department of the Hcrault, and chief place of a canton, 

 in the diftrift of Beziers, fcated on the Oi-be, jj leagues 

 north of Beziers. The inhabitants carry on a manufafture of 

 druggets and other woollen ftuffs. N. lat. 43^ 27'. E. long. 



BEDAS, Bedahs, orVADDAHS, a name given to a fpe- 

 cies of favages, who occupy a fmall diftrift in the northern 

 part of the ifland of Ceylon, and who fecm to be (fays Buffon) 

 of a peculiar race. The fpot which they inhabit is entirely 

 covered with wood, where they conceal themfelves in fueh 

 a manner, that it is difficult to difcovcr them. Their com- 

 plexion is fair, and fometimes red, like that of the Euro- 

 peans. Their language has no analogy to that of any of 

 the other Indian languages. They have no villages or houfes, 

 and hold no intercourfe with the rell of mankind. Their 

 arms are bows and arrows, with which they kill a number of 

 boars, flags, and other animals. They never drtfs their 

 meat, but feafon it with honey, of which they have great 

 abundance. The wildell of thefe woodland wanderers re- 

 cognize no authority, except that of their own chiefs ; but 

 others, without formally acknowledging the fovereignty of 

 the king, funiifh him with ivory, wax, and deer. Such of 

 them as llvirt the European territories, barter their articles 

 with the Cinglefe for the fimple things which their mode of 

 life requires. To prevent themfelves from being furprifed or 

 made prifoners, while carrying on this traffic, the method 

 they employ is curious : when they (land in need of cloth, 

 iron, knives, or any other articles of fmith's work, they 

 approach by night fomc town or village, and depofit, in a 



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place where it is likely to be immediately difcovered, a cer- 

 tain quantity of their goods, along with a talipot leaf cx- 

 prcfhve of what they want in return. On a following night 

 they repair again to the fame place, and generally find their 

 expcfted reward awaiting them. For although they are ca- 

 fily fdtisfied, and readily allow the advantage to the perfo^i 

 with whom they deal, yet if their requells arc treated vith 

 negleft, they will not fail to watch their opportunity of 

 doing him a mifchief. The Cinglefe, as tliey can afterwards 

 difpole of the articles afforded by the Bedahs, find the traffic 

 profitable ; and in fome parts frequently go into the woodo, 

 carrying with them articles of barter. This trade, however, 

 can only be carried on in the manner already dtfcribed ; for 

 no native of the vvoi.ds can be more afraid of approaching a 

 llranger than the Bedahs. Few will venture even to convtrle 

 with otiier natives ; but the wilder clafs, known by the name 

 of " Ramba-Vaddah^," are more feldom feen even by ftealtli 

 than the n-.oll timid of the wild animals. The origin of thii 

 fmall tribe, who live in detached families, is tinknown, 

 Thefe Bedas, as well as the Chacrelas of Java, who are both 

 fair and few in number, appear (fays BufTon) to be of Eu- 

 ropean extraction ; and he conjectures, that fome European 

 men and women have been formerly left on thcle iflands by 

 fliipwreck orotherwife, and that, for fear of being maltreated 

 by the native?, they and their dcleendants confined themfelvcj 

 to the woody and mountainous parts of their country, where 

 they retain a favage lite. Sec Ceylon. 



BEDA.SPES, in Ancient Geography, the name given by 

 Ptolemy to the Hydafpes, or modern Behut, a river of Hin- 

 doollan. See Hydaspes, andBtHUT. 



BEDAT, Le, in Geography, a river of France, wluch 

 runs into tlie AUier, near Montferand. 



BEDBURG, a town of Germany, in the circle of the 

 Lower Rhine, and eleftoratc of Cologne, feated on the 

 Erfft, 14 miles weft of Cologne. N. lat. 51*. E. long. 

 6^ 20'. 



BEDDING, /fi^cr/a, in refpecl of horfes and other cattle, 

 denotes flraw or httcr fpread under them to lie on. 



Bedding, in fpcaking of a roe, is ufed by fportfmen for 

 the lodging of that beafl. A roe is faid to bed ; a hart to 

 harbour ; a fox to kennel. 



BEDE Point, in Geography, the eaflern cape at the 

 mouth of Cook's river, on the north-weft coafl of North 

 America. 



BEDEA, Badeah, or Baideah, the name of a valley 

 near the Red fea, which, according to Niebuhr, is 6 Ger- 

 man miles from Suez, and where the fea (Bruce fays) i» 

 fomething lefs than 4 leagues broad, by 50 feet deep. 

 This valley ends in a pafs between two confiderable moun- 

 tains, called Gewoube on the fouth, and Jibbel Attakah on 

 the north ; and opens into the low ftripe of country which 

 runs along the Red fea. The mouth of this valley, opening- 

 to the flat country and the fea, was called " Pihahiroth ;" 

 and through this valley it has been fuppofed that the Ifraelites 

 made their paffage from the purfuing army of Pharaoh to 

 the Red fea ; and it is added, that they encamped in the bay 

 which terminated this valley, at Pihahiroth, oppofite to Ba al- 

 Zephon (which fee), betwixt Migdol and that fea. In 

 thefe circumllanccs, fays Dr. Shaw, the Egyptians might 

 well imagine, that the IfraeUtcs could have no poflible 

 way of efcape ; inafmuch as the mountains of Gewoube 

 would flop their flight or progrefs towards the fouth, as 

 thofe of Attakah would prevent their paffing towards the 

 land of the Philiflines : the Red fea likewife lay before them 

 to the eatl ; whilft Pharaoh clofed up the valley behind 

 them, with his chariots and horfemen. This valley, adds 

 Dr. Shaw, is called " Tiah Beni Ifrael," i.e. the road of 

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