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COSDOCK, Bossoc, Bouc de» Bois, and Fomst 

 Antilope, in Zeolo^, the name of Antilope Sylvaiica 

 (^Gmfl.) by (lifTcreiit wiitci-s. Sic Svlvatica. 



liO;5C, Clai'DK Du, in Bio^nf.bv, ;iii infjiavi-r. was a 

 native of Fr.ince, and bciDj; invited to EiigLii'd l)y Nitholas 

 D^rigtiv. itfTillcd him for foiiie lime in tnjjiavliiji; the car- 

 toons of R-;pliMil; and aftcrwarda fcpaiating from Dori^jny, 

 he undertook to <ngravc tlie cartoons for tlic prinlftlltrs. 

 He alfo engraved the duke of Marlboroujih's. battlts, for 

 which lie rccrived Sol. per plate ; and, aiiillcd iirll by Du 

 Gueniier, and afterwards by Beanvais ami B.'ron, he com- 

 pleted thtni within two ycaisin 1717. lie then became a 

 piint-fellcr, and publifhtd, by fubfcription, t!ie tranllations 

 of Picart's Religions Ceremonies. As an cnpraver, he pof- 

 fcfleJ no great merit : his Hylc is coarfe and licnvy, and the 

 drawing of the naked parts of tlie figure in his pl.itcs is very 

 dcfeftive. However, lie engraved from fevcral great maP.ers. 

 The " Continence of Sci])io," ficm a pidnrc of Nicliohis 

 Pouffin, in the Houghton collection, is one of his plates. He 

 flourilhed in J714. Strult. 



Bosc, PtTER Di', an eminent protcflant preacher of 

 Vrance, was born at Baycux in iTizj, educated at Montau- 

 banand Saumnr, and in J 645 ordained one of the minilkrs 

 of Caen. The fame of his eloquence was very extenfive ; and 

 lie was warmly folicited by tlie churches of Chartnton and 

 Paris to become their paftor, but he preferred continuing at 

 Caen. His reputation excited envy and alarm; and he was 

 falfely charged with having ufed olfenfive language with re- 

 gard to auricular confcfilon, and on this charge exiled to 

 Chalons. B'lt his talents ^.<.^d charafler were he-Id in f'lch 

 high edimation, that powerful intcrceffion was made in his 

 favour, fo that he was p^-rmitted to return in the fame year, 

 l6')4, to Caen. His return was the occaliou of very general 

 rejoicing among pcrfons of all parties ; and it was celebrated 

 in a very fuigular manner by a Catholic of fret eharafter, 

 who invited two Francifcans to an entertainment, and urged 

 d; inking to fuch a degree, that one of them died on the 

 fpot. Next dav he paid his refpefts to M. Du Bofc, and in- 

 formed him, " that he had thought it his duty to facriKce a 

 monk to the public joy ; that the offering would have been 

 more fuitable if it had been a Jcfnit, but he hoped it would 

 rot be unacceptable, though only a Francifcan." M. Du 

 Bofc was felcdtcd, on account of his didinguiflied eharafter 

 and addrefs, to draw up remonftranccs againft the fevcrities 

 \''hich were exercifed by the Catholics againll the Prote- 

 llanto ; and on all occafions he exprcfTcd fuch loyalty to the 

 king, and fuch a difpolition to fubinit to civil authority, that 

 he frequently fucceedcd in obtaining relief, and in checking 

 the rage of ptrfecution. At length, however, viz. in i6i'i5, 

 the violence of the adverfaries ot the Protellants became ir. 

 refiftible, and the parliament of Normandy iffued an arret, 

 which prohibited Dn Bofc from the exercife of his miniftry. 

 Upon this he retired to Holland, and difcliarged the duties 

 of his minillcrial office at Rotterdam, till his death, which 

 happened in 1692. During his life he printed two volumes 

 of fermons; and after his death, his fon-iu-law, M. le Gtndre, 

 pubhflied a coUeftion of public papers, fpeeches, letters on 

 theolocical lubjetls, Greek, Latin, and French verfcs, &c. 

 Gen. Dia. 



Bosc, HiPPOLiTus, taught anatomy and medicine at 

 Fcrrara, towards the end of the i6th century. He was alfo 

 A diftinguilhed practitioner of furgery. His works are 

 " De vidneribus a bellico fulniinc illatis," Ferrarix, i I'.jO, 

 4to He attributes the principal part of the mifchicf in 

 srun-fhot wounds to the heat of the bill. " De laefione 

 ipotus digitorum, et macie braehii." This was publiflied 

 by J. Lautcrbach, in his Concilia, at Francf. in i6oj, 4to. 



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" De curandis wlnenbus capitis, brevis tnethodus," Ferr. 

 i6o<), 4to. ; " De facilitate ,matoinica,leaiorcs viij, cum qui- 

 buhlam ibfcrvationibus," ifioo, 4to. ; a judicious and ureful 

 C'-mpendium, ii-terfperfed with lome valuable notes and ob- 

 fervations by the author. Haller. Bib. Anat. et Chirurg. 



Bosc, or Boscius, Ionatius, pubhflied at Ingoldftadt, 

 1580, 4!o. " De lapidib'isqui nafeunlur in corpore humano 

 ac prtcipnc reuibus, ac vefica, el ipforum curatione." 

 Ibid. 



BOSCAGE, denotes a place fct with trees, a grove, or 

 thicket. 



Bosc.\f:t, liof-apum, from Itah Ic/co, w-ood, in a Law 

 fcnfc, fiijuififs mall or fuch fullcuance as v\'Oods and trees 

 yield to cattle. 



Accordi'.ig to Manwood, to be quit tic hofcagio, is to be 

 difcharged from paying any duty of v/ind-fuU wood iji the 

 forell. 



BiiscAGE, among Painien, h fald to denote a pidlurc or 

 landfcape rt-prefenting much wood and trees. 



Bosc.\C£ fonietimes denoted a tax or duty laid ou wood 

 brought into the city. 



BOSCAGER, John, in B'lP^rr.pljy, an eminent French 

 lawyer, was born atlkziers ill if 01, and removing at an early 

 age to Paris, officiated for his uncle, La Foret, during his ill- 

 nefs, as teacher of law, when he was only 22 years old. After 

 having acquired great reputation at the univerfity of Padua, 

 he fucccedcd his uncle, and occupied his chair till his death. 

 His mode of iiillruttioii manifcftcd an accurate and comprc- 

 henfive judgment ; for he reduced ad law to certain principles 

 or definitions, from which he deduced confequences, that com- 

 prifed all the particulars of each topic. Some Latin trea- 

 lifes, which he compofed, were tranflated into French, at 

 the requell of Colbert, and publifhed under the title of 

 " Inftitute of the Roman and PVench law, with remarks by- 

 Francis de Launay," 410. 1686. Another work was pub- 

 liflied after his death, entitled, " De lufiitia et Jure," i2mo. 

 1CS9. His death happened by a fail into a ditch, from 

 which he could not extricate himfelf, after he had attained 

 the age of 87 years. Moreri. 



BOSCAN, MosEN Juan Ai.mogavar, a reformer of 

 Spanilh poetry, was born at Barcelona towards the clofe of 

 the 15th century. By the advice of Andrew Navagero, 

 ambailador from Venice to Charles V., he attempted to in- 

 troduce into the Spanifli poetry, which was before liarfh and 

 barbarous, the Italian meafures and talle ; and he was the firff , 

 who, v.'itli the affillance of his intimate friend, Ga'cilafo de la 

 Vega, fueceeded in the attempt. A collection of the works 

 of thefe coadjutors was pnbli.'hed together in 1544. Gar- 

 cilafo's teflimony to his genius and virtue is thus tranflated 

 by Mr. Southey : 



" Then hand in hand 

 A yon'h approaciicd, with Phoebus ; in his face 

 The fkilful eye might read benevolence 

 And wifdom ; he was perfeftcd in all 

 The love and various arts of courtefy 

 That humanife mankind; the graceful port. 

 And the fair front of open manlinefs 

 Difcovered Bofcan ; and that fire illumed 

 His generous face, that animates his fong, 

 With never-fading fplendour there to fltine." 



Bofcan is faid to have poffcfTed more learning than tafte, 

 and more tafte than genius. Without being fublime, fome 

 of his turns are neat and ingenious. In profe he tranflated 

 the courtier of Cattiglioni. He died in 1542 or 1543. 

 Moreri. Gen. Biog. 



BOSCAWEN, in Geography, a tovvnfhip of America, in 

 Hilllborou^h county, New Haniplhire, feated on the wefteru 



bank 



