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tccoont of the frtedom with which it reprcfcntcd the de- 

 ftfti a» wll :• ihr cXfcUencici of the chjrailtr of liis old 

 fn-'J. 'I'lie jvirtrai: it exhibits is, however, Jccmt-d more 

 f3itliftil tlian feverjl others of a iTH>re flittering kind. In 

 I7J3 lord Orrery fucccedcd to the Irilh titles of Richard the 

 tliirj carl of Biulington and fourth earl of Cork, who died 

 without male iffuc. His lordlhip continued to araufe himfclf 

 and the world by occafional writings; and coniniunicatcd 

 fever^l t>ap--r<, chieflv of tlie humourous kind, to the periodi- 

 cal publiciiions, eniiiled, " The World," and " The Con- 

 roiUeur;" tlie former cunduacd by Mr. Moore, and the 

 latter by Mr. Thornton antl Mr. Colman. In 17J4, he fet 

 out on a tour to Italy, and rclided nearly a year at Florence, 

 where he acquired ui'iiverfal elleem, and where he collecled 

 nn'crialB for his hiftory of Tufcany, w'luch he propofcd to 

 pubhrti, in a ferics of letters ; but of tlicfe he only tiniihed 

 twelve, which were publilhed after his de?tii in J774. From 

 lta»y he rerumcd to Marllon in 1755 ; but the lall years of 

 his life were rendered peculiarly dillreffing to him by the lols 

 of hij wife and his tldeft fon, and by frequent and fevere 

 paroicyfms of the gout. Thcfe trials, however, he bore with 

 a fortitude and refignation which did honour toTiis principles 

 and character, both as a philofopher and a Chriilian. In 

 Ilia ditlrefs he fought refuge, like Pliny, in his ftudies ;«and 

 amufed himfclf by pubhlVing, in 1759, from an original MS. 

 «« Memoirs of the life of Robert Cary, earl of Monmouth," 

 with a preface, explanatory notes, and a tender^ledication to 

 his youngell fon. He alfo, in the fame year, wrote a preface 

 to Mrs. Lennox's tranflation of Brumoy's Greek theatre ; 

 and he tranflated " The Difcourfe upon the theatre of the 

 Greeks," " The original of tragedy," and " The parallel 

 of the theatres." Some fmaller pieces, written by his lord- 

 ftiip, are difpcrfed in the periodical publications of his time. 

 His lafl work, which was pollhumous, is his " l..etters from 

 Italy," written in the years 1754 and i~',s, and publidied 

 in 1774. ^y '''^ ^'^" J"*^" Duncombe, who hath prefixed a 

 life of his lordlhip. In his laft itlntfs he is laid to have burnt 

 many MSS. and, among them, the continuation of his letters 

 from Italy, on account of their not being corrected ar. J fairly 

 tranfcribed. It is alfo apprehended, that his Florentine 

 hitlory underwent the fame fate. At length this truly ac- 

 complilhed and amiable nobleman fell a facrifice to an here- 

 ditary gout, at a comparatively early period, in November 

 1762, in the 56th year of his age ; and his remains were in- 

 terred near to thofe of his fecond lady, in the burial-place of 

 liis family in Frome church. He was fucceeded as earl of 

 Cork and Orrery by Hamilton, his fecond fon by his fufi; 

 countefs ; and on his death the titles and ellate of the family 

 devolved on Edmund, his fon by his fecond lady, who became 

 the feventh earl of Cork and Orrery. 



From the tribute of juft refpeft paid to his memory by the 

 writer of Wm life, we learn, among other particulars, that " in 

 every domelHc and focial relation, in all the endearing con- 

 neclions of life, as a hnfband, a father, a friend, a mailer, he 

 had few equals. The lullre which he received from rank and 

 title, and from the perfonal merit of his family, he reflected 

 back, unimpaired and undiminilhed ; and though the poll of 

 honour, which he chofe and preferred, w-as " a private fla- 

 tion ;" though he was neither a ftatefman nor a foldier, like 

 the lirft lord Cork, the firll lord Orrery, and his own father ; 

 the rival of Pailadio, like the late lord Burlington ; or the 

 rival of Bacon, like Mr. Robert Boyle ; yet, in a general 

 tailt for literature, and, as they are commonly called, polite 

 ftudies, he was by no means inferior to his ancellors." — " He 

 loved truth even to a degree of adoration. He was a real 

 Chrillian ; and, as fuch, conllantly hoped for a better life ; 

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here ftruck him with wonder, but not with doubt." Mr. 

 Duncombe proceeds to exhibit, in fevc-al inftances, the 

 ftrikin-r r. fer.iblance between the earl of Orrery and Phtiy, 

 his favourite Roman. With regard to religion, his fenti- 

 mcnts were rational, and his moral conduft as irreproachable 

 and exemplarv, as bis manners were elegant and accomplilhed. 

 His political'principies were thofe of a difinterelled patriot, 

 and an ardent lover of liberty. His fentiments and feelings 

 on this latter fnbjett are admirebly difplaycd in the follow- 

 ing lines, extracted from, one of his pieces annexed to his 

 " I'l-anflation of Pliny," and expreffing the love of Britons 

 for liberty :— 



" With native freedom, as with courage bkfl. 

 Chains, and each mark of thraldom we delcfl:. 

 'Tis heaven's high gift, 'tis n iture's great decree. 

 That none bj flaves, whom God him.fcif made; free. 

 Revere we ought thofe powers which we enuuft, 

 But to ourfe-lvts be refo!!:tely jull : 

 Scorn bafe corruption, r.or, like Haves, d-fown 

 The laws that fix'd our monarch in his throne : 

 I'or well we know, tjy Truth's eternal rules. 

 Where flaves are fubj:fts, tubjccls mull be fools. 

 Exert but reafon, liberty will reign. 

 And tyranny exalt her impious he-ad in vain." 

 Biog. Brit. 



Boyle, in Geo-^raphy, a market and pod town of the 

 county of Rofcommon, and province of Cnnauglit, Ire- 

 land, iomctimes, but improperly, called Abhey-Buyk. It is 

 fituated OH the river Boyle over which it has two iloi.e 

 bridges. In 1786, it contained about 200 families, and has 

 probably incrcafed ; its linen markets having of late become 

 confiderable from the improved Hate of the yarn and linen 

 manufaftures in its neighbourhood. This town had a caflle, 

 which was of great llrcngth, having held out during the 

 civil war of 1641. It was one of the new corporations in 

 the reign of James I. and continued to fend t«'o members to 

 parliament until the aft of union deprived it of that privilege. 

 In the neighbourhood, and at prefent inclofed within the 

 demefne of lord Kingfton, is the ruin of the abbey of Boyle, 

 finely fitnatcd near Lough Kev, from which the town 

 derived its nam.e, and probably its exiftence. It belonged 

 to the Cillertian monks, and was founded in 1161, after 

 three or four other places had been tried, and not found 

 fufiiciently agreeable. The monkiih records mention feveral 

 noble converts who took the habit of the order, and probably 

 enriched it with confiderable benefaftions ; and they 

 alfo mention fome inftances of facriiegious plunder, in the 

 wars which for fo long a time dillraCled Ireland. When the 

 diffolntion took place, the property of the abbey was found 

 to be very confiderable, and was granted to fir John King 

 anceftor of the earl of Kingfton, by James I. in 1603, in 

 reward of his fervices. The remains of this ancient ereftion 

 arc fufficient to {hew its former magnificence, and deferve 

 the attention of the antiquarian. The architefture is Gothic, 

 and the arches are efteemed for their noble elevation and 

 grandeur ; and are of fo firm a texture as to have with- 

 ftood the fevereft {hocks. Boyle is 84 miles N. W. of 

 Dublin. N. lat. 53° 58'. W. long. 8° 13'. Beaufort— 

 Monafticon Hibernicum. 



BovLE, or BuELLE, the nam.e of a river which, rifing in 

 the county of Mayo, flows iuto a romantic (lieet of water 

 called Lougii Gaza ; thence meandering through woods 

 and dales, it enters Lough Kee, or Kingfton lake, a beau- 

 tiful piece of water, interfperfed with feveral iflands, fome 

 of which are adorned with old caftles and ruins ; others in 

 the ftate of nature, wooded with lofty timber trees ; and 

 fome highly improved without a tree to be fccn, but the 



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