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Tliere were formerly four ftones, raifed iiprigbt in the 

 ground, but one of them was demolidicd in tht Iciil century. 

 TIse remaining tbice ll«nd about two huudivd feet from each 

 otlier, are ot an obelilkal (liapc, and of a (hiper.dyud fi/.e. 

 Tlic tops feetn as if I'plit, and the lides are ir.dcntcdj or fur- 

 rowed, ior a certain fpace downwards. This appiitrance inr 

 duecd fon-.e writers to alferf tiiat they were fluted by art.; 

 but it is more probable tliat the weatlier etteclcd this operai- 

 tion. The height of the tallcll (tone is twei»ty-tvvo feet and 9 

 iialt from the ground, and its greatcll circumference {i,x- 

 teen feet. Its depth in tiie ji;rouud is four fet;t an^ 9 

 liali. Another ilone mcafures twenty-one feet highj by 

 feventeen feet in girth ; and the third Ilone is feyentCLU feet 

 .high, by twfnty-two fett in circumference. .Mr. iDr.ilte (in 

 Jiis hillory of Yorii) fuppoft-s they were tropliies raifed oy 

 the Romans ; Lehuid is ot tiie fame opinion : but Dr. Gale 

 conicclurcs, tliat tlicy were Herma;, and from their particu- 

 lar polition pointed to fo\n- different Roman .roads tli.at met 

 at this place. Dodors Plolt and Stnkely attribute them to 

 the BriionS; and this feems the more probable, as we are well 

 allured that the primeval inhabitants of Britain raifed various 

 fmgle upright ftones, and different circles of Hones of varied 

 diameter and maL>-nitude. Theie, fays Mr. Pennant, were 

 either monumental memorials of departed iicroes, or the rude 

 obiec'ts of wordiip, Inch as the Ifraelites bowed to, when they 

 departed from the purity of adoration. Such objefls are 

 lU'led in Wales Mtini-hirion, or the long ftones, and Meini- 

 gwyr, or the ambrofial ftones, as defcribed by Bryant and 

 others. 



The river Ure is not navigable higher than Borough- 

 bridge, near which the canal trom Ripon comm\micates with 

 it by means of a lock. About two miles and a half below 

 the town, the river Swale joins the Ure. Borough-bridge, 

 Aldborough, and the manor, honour, and caftle of Knaref- 

 borough were, in the l.Uh of Henry III. granted to the 

 famous Hubert de Burgh, upon his paying icol.a year into 

 the e.\chequcr, but were forfeited by his Ion in the fame reign 

 for joining Simon de Montfort at the battle of Eyeftiam. 

 Borough-bridge remained in the crown till the reign of 

 Edward H. wiio beftowed it on his infolerit favourite .Piers 

 .Ojvefton. It now belongs, with the intcrcft of the two 

 .boroughs, to the duke of Nevvcaftle. Near this pljce, in 

 1322, a battle was fought between the foldiers of Edward IF. 

 and prnice Thomas, earl of Lnncafter, when the latter was 

 taken prifoner, and, after fuffering various indignities, was 

 bcheiided. Moft of his panizans were talien, and fonie were 

 llain ; among whom was John de Bohun, earl of Hereford, 

 who, in paiTing over the wooden bridge of this place, was 

 tilled by a lance from a foldier lurking beneath the -bridge. 



This town has a weekly market on Saturdays, and Icveral 

 fairs annually ; the principal of which, in June, continues 

 for a week, and is much frequented by the nianufaClurers 

 from Sheffield, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, &c. Har- 

 grove's Hiftory of Knarciborough. Gough's edition of 

 Camden's Britannia. Pennant's Tour Irom AUlon Moor 

 to Harrowgate, 4to. iSo^. 



BOROVTTCHI, a town and diftria of Pvuflia, in the 

 government of Novogorod, fitnated on the river Mfta ; 

 tiS milesE.S.E. of Novogorod, and 16S S.E. of Peterlburg. 



BOROWA, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Czallau, 

 8 miles E.N.E. of Teutfch Brod. 



BOROWICA, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 

 VoHiynia ; 20 miles N. of Lucko, 



BOROWICK, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 

 Jviou, .32 miles S.E. of Czerkafy. 



BOHOWNIZA, a town of Bohemia, in the circbof 

 Konigingratz, 18 miles S.E. of Ilopigingratz. 



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BOllOWSKO, a tow.u of Bohemia, :Hi tlie circle of 



C/.aftau ; 7 miles W. of Lcdetfoh. 



DOROZAIL, in 2Jitluini, a diftafe which rcfembles the 

 yawsj frequent among the ^'Cricans iuhabitiiig tht banks o[ 

 .the river Scncg;d. See Xaws. 



BORCZ.DINKA, in ficosrofh^, ? /ortrefs of KufTiaa 

 Tartary, in the government of C^ycafuB, on the Ural ; ^z 

 miles N. .of Guiiel. 



BORRAGO, in Boiony. Sec Boraco. 



liORRELISTS, m Ecckfmjlkalliijhry, a fcft or fort of 

 AnabaptilU in Hojijind, wlio allow ol no ufe of faci amenta^ 

 public prayers,. or olher external woidiip, nor of any human 

 glofs or explication of icripture; but profefs to adhere to 

 .the faith and manners of the New Ttftament tunes in ail their 

 fimpllcity. 



They look their dci-.omination from their founder, Bor- 

 .rel, a pcilon of great learning in the Hebrew, Greek, and 

 Latin tongues, and brother of M. Borrel, ambanador of the 

 States to the French king. 



BORRl, jostPH Francis, in I.,atin Burrhus, in Bio- 

 graphy., an impoftor and empiric of the X7th century, was 

 born at Milan, about the year 1625, and educated in the 

 Jefuits' feminary at Rome. In early life he was notorious 

 for his licentious couduft ; but afterwards affuining thecha- 

 ra6ler of a religious devotee, he dechiimed againit the cor- 

 ruption of the age, and pretended to fupernalural vifion.s and 

 .revelations. Dreading the powers of the inqnilltion ac Rome, 

 he removed to Milan, where he ellabliftied a new fcft, con- 

 fifting of perfons whom he attached to himfclfand his caufe 

 by vows ot fecreey, and whom he deprived of their prep rty 

 by enforcing the obligation of voluntary poverty. Witlx 

 the afflftaiice of his deluded followers, and by means of a 

 fwoid which he pretended to have received from heaven, he 

 propofed to compel all mankind to unite in one (licep-fold, 

 of which he was to be the fticpherd and fupcrintendant. 

 Among his other fancies and chimeras, one of his moll 

 diftinguithing doftrines was that of the delfieati<m of the 

 virgin Mary, whom he conceived to be the only daughter of 

 God, and the Holy Ciholl incarnate. Arrogating to him- 

 felf a divine milTion, he affumed the privilege of conveyinrj 

 illumination to his followers by the impotition of hands ; and 

 after gaining a fufFieicnt number of adherents, it was his in- 

 tention to open his commiffion st the great fquare of Milan, 

 .and there to inveigh agaiidl the civil and eccltfiatlical abufe* 

 of government, to animate the people to recover their liberty, 

 anil to fcize the city and its territories, with a view to more 

 extenlive conquefts and dominions. As foon as fome of his 

 .difciples Were arreftcd and imprifoned, he made his efeape ; 

 and the inquilition pioceedir.g againft him, declared him con- 

 tumacious, condemned him as a heretic, and caufed his 

 effigies tojie publicly burnt at Rome. At this time, viz. in 

 .l'66l, he fought an al'ylum at Amfterdam, and here he found a 

 convenient theatre for the further excreite of his impolturcs. 

 Having affumed the characters of a chemift and a pliylician, 

 he pretended to extraordinary il;ill in the cure of ail kinds of 

 dittsnipers, fet up a Iplendid equipage, and ulurped the title 

 of exc(;jlence. But wheu his credit funk, and his rcfources 

 derived from the art of fwindhng fniled, lie fled from Am- 

 fterdam in the night, taking with him all the money and 

 jewels he could colkei, and removed to Hamburgh, where 

 he impnfed upon queen Chriilina, by pretending to thcfecret 

 of the philofophir'^ ftone ; but when her means of encourag- 

 ing this delulioii failed, he removed to Denmark, and ob. 

 tained from tlie king profnle lupplies. Upon the death of 

 the king, he thought it moft prudent to make his efeape, and 

 in his flight towards Turkey, he was apprehended on the 

 Gerraiui frontier by miftake, as a pohticai criniiual. Hi* 

 Iv name 



