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where he was kinclly received by Placidia, and advanced to 

 the rank of patrician, and the dignity of mafter-general of 

 the Roman armies. The haughty and perfidious foul of 

 Aetius was exafperated by the honourable mode of his re- 

 ception, and he haftenedto return from Gaul to Italy, with an 

 army of Barbarian followers, and to decide his quarrel with 

 Boniface in a bloody battle. Boniface was fucccfsful ; but 

 in the conflltt he received a wou'.id from the fpear of his ad- 

 verfary, of which he expired within a few day^, A.D.452. 

 Before his death he is faid to have tellified his forgiventfs of 

 Aetius's treacherous conduft, to fuch a degree, as toexh«rt 

 his wife, a rich heirefs of Spain, to accept him for her fe- 

 cond hnfband. Anc. Un. Hill. vol. xiv. Gibbon's Hill. 

 &c. vol. vi. 



Boniface, Natams, an encjraver of gre;lt merit, who 

 flourifhed in Italy, towards the conclulion of the i6th cen- 

 tury. His works are chiefly etchings, performed in a fligiit, 

 fine ftyle ; and his fmall figures he executed with great fpi- 

 rit. His chief work was the plates compofed by D. Fon- 

 tana, architeA to pope Sixtus V. concerning the removal of 

 the Vatican obehflcs. Strutt. 



BONIFACIA, in Botany (J. Bauhin). See Ruscus 

 racemofiis. 



BONIFACIO, oi-BoNFACio, in Geography, a fea-port 

 town of the ifland of Corfica, department of I^iamonc, and 

 chief place of a canton, in the diilrift of Sartenc, on tlie 

 fouth coaft, and in the ftrait between tlie iOands of Sardinia 

 and Corfica. The town is fmall and fortified, and the can- 

 ton contaiiis ,3172 inhabitants; 28 leagues fouth ofBallia. 

 N. lat. 41'' 34'. E. long. 9° 20'. 



Bonifacio Point. See Baldivia. 



Bonifacio Strait, commences near the town of the fame 

 Tiame, on the S.E. of the ifland of Corfica; and its length 

 to point Tico, the moll northerly point of Sardinia, is 25 

 leagues. 



BONING, in Surveying and Levelling, Sec. is the placing 

 of three or more rods or poles, all of the fame length, in or 

 upon the ground, in fuch a manner, that the tops of them 

 all may be in one continued flraight line, whether it be ho- 

 rizontal or inclined, fo that the eye may look along the tops 

 of them all, from one end of the line to the other. 



BONJOUR, William, in Biography, a learned Au- 

 euftin, was born at Touloufe in 1670 ; and at Rome, whi- 

 ther he was fent for by cardinal Norris in 1695, he became 

 diHinguiflicd by his learning and piety. He was employed 

 by pope Clement XI. in fcveral matters of importance, and 

 particularly in the examination of the Gregorian calendar. 

 Bonjour had alfo the fupcrintendence of the feminary ella- 

 blifhcd by cardinal Barbarigo at Montefiafconc, and denomi- 

 raated the Academy of Sacred Letters. He was acquainted 

 with almolt all the oriental tongues, and more elpecially 

 with the Coptic, or ancient Egyptian. Aftuated by a zeal 

 for acquiring knowledge, and for propagating the gofpel, he 

 vifited China, where he died in 17 14, whilil he was em- 

 ployed in forming a map of that empire. His works are, 

 «• Seleft Diifertations on the Scriptures ;" " An Account 

 of the Coptic MSS. in the Vatican;" " A Coptic Gram- 

 mar ;" and " A Roman Calendar." Moreri. 



BONIS ARRESTANDIS NE DISSIPENTUR. See ArRES- 



tandis. 



'Stotiii non amovendis, a writ diredled to the flierifTs of 

 London, &c. where a writ of error is brought, to charge 

 them that the perfon agaiiift whom judgment is obtained be 

 not fuffered to remove his goods, till the error is tried and 

 determined. 



Bonis, terris, et catallis rehabendis pojl piir^ationenu See 

 Te&ris. 



yfrre/lo/a^o/iiper Boms mercalorum. See Arresto. 

 BONITO, in Ichthyology, fynonymous with the French 

 bonite. This appears to be a name afligned indifcriminately 

 to more than one or two kinds of fifhes, although it feems to 

 be confined in fome dtgree to thofe of the Scomber genus. 

 T\\t /comber pelamis of Loefl. is the Qih mentioned under the 

 name of lanilo by Ofbeck, v. ho alfo calls \t /comber pidcher. 

 The lonilo is vag/uely defcribed as a large fea-fidi, with a 

 long, broad, and thick body ; eyes, and likewife the gills, 

 large ; and the greater part of the body free from fcalts. It 

 is obferved ilill further to be a filh of great beauty, and 

 very common in fome fcas ; our Eall India lliips ufually fall- 

 ing in with inimenfe (hoals of them. It, is impofiible to fay 

 whether this may be the /comber pelamis, or not ; but as a 

 matter of opinion, we think it to be the fame, btcaufe the 

 latter is found in immtnie (hoals belw-een the tropics, and in 

 the Atlantic ocean. The bonito of Bloch (/,• lonite Je Btoch) 

 bears the Latin name oi /cornier Jarda. 



BONITON,- the commoi> French name of Scomeer 

 amia of Linnsus. 



BONIZO, in Geography, a town of Italy, in the duchy 

 of Mantua, on the fouth fide of the Po, oppofite to 

 Olligha. 



BONKOSE, in Ichthyology, the Sci.'ENA nehulo/a, a fi(h 

 difcovered by Forihal in the Red fea. Bonkofe is the name 

 it bears in Arabia. 



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

 department of the Ardcciie ; j leagues N. N. W. of 

 Tournon. 



BONN, in Latin Bonna, a fmall but populous and forti- 

 fied city of Germany, in the circle of the Lower Rhine, and 

 electorate of Cologne, or, according to the French arrange- 

 ment, tlie chief place of a diilrift, in the dcpartnient of the 

 Rhine and Mofclle ; the place contains 8S37, and the can- 

 ton 18,951 inhabitants; and its number of communes is 31. 

 The number of houfes is faid not to exceed a thoufand ; 

 and as it has little foreign trade, moll ot the inliauitants are 

 attracted thither by its being the refidence of the elector of 

 Cologne. The ftreets are narrow, crooked, dirty, and 

 badly paved, and in winter badly lighted. The public 

 walks are few, and not very agreeable. The churches are 

 (lately ; and the town-houfe is adorned with fine paintings. 

 The Jews at Bonn have a llreet to themfelves, confifling of 

 21 houfes; and their number is eftimaied at 250. Bonn 

 was taken from Lonis XIV. into whofe hands it was fur- 

 rendered by the eleiElor, in 1673, by William prince of 

 Orange ; in 16S9, by the marquis of Brandenburgh ; in 

 170J, by a detachment of the duke of Marlborough's army^ 

 after a fiege of three weeks, and the lofs on both fides of 

 2000 men ; and on the 6thof Odober, 1794, by the troops^ 

 of the French repubhc. It is Ctuated J4 miles S.S.E. of 

 Cologne, 30 E. of Aix-la-Chapelle, and 28 N.N.W. of 

 Coblentz. N. lat. 50"^ 40'. E. long. 7°. 



BONNA, in Zoology, iynonymouswith Bonasus ; which, 

 fee. 



BONNAGHT, o,' Bonnagh, an old term, which oc- 

 curs frequently in Irijh hijlory, and was the fame with coin 

 and livery ; being a certain proportion of meat, drink, and 

 money tor the maintenance of a foldier, and lometimes free 

 quarter. HoUingfhead fpeako of it as an Iriili impofition, 

 which beggared the farmers ; and fir John Davis, the emi- 

 nent attorney general of Ireland in the reign of James I. in. 

 his juftly admired tra<£l, entitled " A Difcoverj- of the 

 Caufes, why Ireland was never fubdued," has thefe words : 

 " But the moll wicked and mifchievouscullom of all others, 

 was that of coin and livery, which confilled in taking of 

 man's meat, horfe meat, and money, of all the inhabitants 



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