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1705, Se was admitted into tlit academy of iiifcriptions and 

 beftes lettres, and in the following year appointed perpetual 

 fecretai-y. He became a member of tlie French acadifmy 

 in I7i5;andin 1719, lie was appointed keeper of the royal 

 cabinet of medals, tlie treafnres of which he augmented by 

 his journey to Holland in the cnfuinp, year. Upon his le- 

 tnrn to Paris, be devoted himfelf wholly to his academical 

 and official duties, except that he contributed alfo fome 

 occafional papers to the " Journal des Seavans." He died, 

 tinich elleemed for tiie ger.tlenefs and polittnefs of his man- 

 ners, in 17.54. 



His publications are, the 15 Inft volumes of the " Me- 

 moirs of the Academy of Infcrlptions, fee." to which he 

 added the hillorica) eulogies of its members, publifhtd 

 feparately in 2 vols. l2mo., and much valued as elegant and 

 judicious compofitions, particularly the latter of them ; the 

 fecov.d edition of the " Mcdallic'hillory of Lewis XIV." 

 brought dov.'n to that king's death, 173.5, fol. ; " The hif- 

 tory of the emperor Tctricus, illuilruted by medals ;" and 

 feveral dilTertations on medals and other fubjedls of anti- 

 quity, in the academical memoirs. A catalogue of his 

 valuable library was publifhcd in 1745, and is highly prixed 

 by bibliographers. Another was publLlhed after his death, 

 PariSj 175.^1 Svo. Moreri. Nouv. Dift. Hiftor. 

 ■ B07.E, in Geography, an ifland and river in the ifland of 

 Sardinia. The town is on the fouth fide of the river, 

 which falls into the ocean on the weft ; and the ifiand of this 

 name lies off the weft to the fouth, between the mouth of 

 that river and another fituate to the fouth of it. 

 BOZEN. See Bolzano. 



BOZENTIN, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 

 Cracow, feated at the foot of Kaleberg mountain, and fur- 

 rounded with a wall and rampart. 



BOZIN, BosiNO, Basineck, Bazinga, or Bazinium, 

 a fnidll, but handfome, free royal city of Lower Hungary, 

 in the upper outward diftrift, feated on a rifing ground. 

 The inhabitants are induftrioufly employed in the cultiva- 

 tion of vineyards, trade, and handicrafts. In 1605, 1620, 

 and 1655, this place was laid in aOies. 



BOZOCK, or BzowiK, a fmall town of Hungary, 

 with a caftle, in a diftrift of the fame name. 



BOZOULS, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Avevron, and chief place of a canton, in the diftriA of 

 Rodes, or Rhodez, and 10 miles N. E. of it. The town 

 contains 2,506, and the canton 6,427 inhabitants ; the 

 tenitoiT comprehends 237' kiliometres, and 12 communes. 

 BOZRAH, in yfticttnt Geography. See Bostra. 

 BozRAH, in Geography, a town of America, in New- 

 London county, and ilate of Connefticut ; 36 miles E, 

 from Norwich. 



BOZZASOTRA, Anthony, in Bwsrnphy,zce\ehra\.tA 

 profefibr of medicine in the univerlity oi Naples, his native 

 country, flouriftied the early part of the 1 6th century. His 

 works are " Qiinsfitmis de calido innato," Neapoli, 1542, 

 /^\.o. " De venefeflioue in uterum gerenti, adverfus ne- 

 gantes hujufmodi auxillum pro cautione abortus," Romse, 

 1545, 4to. The author (lievvs that the prohibition of Hip- 

 pocrates, to the bleeding of pregnant women, arofe from the 

 rude cuftom of bleeding ad dehquium ; but that blood might 

 be drawn in fmall quantities from women in that ftate, not 

 only fafely, but with advantage. " Traflatus quatuor- 

 decim medendi methodi, tx Galeno," Neapoli, 1549, 8vo. 

 ,He died Jan. Ij, 1557. Haller, Bib. Med. Eloy. Did. 

 Hift. 



BOZZOT^O, in Geography, a town and fmall principa- 

 lity of Italy, in the duchy of Guaftella, adjoining to the 

 Cremonefe, formerly belonging to the duchy of Mantua, 

 Vol. V. 



BRA 



from wbich it was feparated. The town was fottifit.d' in 

 1734. It ij ikuate 15 miles W. of Mantua, and 20 L. of 

 Cremona. 



BRA, HenrV DE, in Biography, ^r,mmw\)' called Umryo 

 Bra, a phyfician of coniid-irable eminence, borji at Dockiirn, 

 in Weft Friefland, the 25th of September, IJjy, was ini- 

 tiated into the ftudy of mtdicine by his father, who wag 

 penfionary phyfician te the town. To improve him in 

 knowledge his father fent him to vifit the different univtr- 

 fities in France, Italy, and Germany. After fpendincj 

 eight years, he returned by I'afle, where he took his degree 

 of doilor in medicine, utider John Bauhine, the elder. He 

 now went to Kempeu, where he praftifed about eight years, 

 but was at length invited to Zutphen, and made penfionary 

 phyfician, and there continued to the end of his days. His 

 works, which vvere in requclt in his time, are " Medica- 

 mcntorum fimplicium et facile parabiliura ad it\eruin, 

 tt hydropem, catalogus, et qunmodo iis utendum," 

 l^eid. i^'jo, Svo. " De curandis venenis per medicamcnta 

 fimplicia, et facile parabilia," Anaheim, j6o?, Svo. with 

 others of a fimilar kind. " De novo qnodam morbi geneie, 

 Frifiis et Weftphallx- ptcnliari," publilhed in the works of 

 Peter Foreftus. Haller, Bib. Med. Eloy. Didt. Hifl. 



]5ra, in Geor;r,iphy, a town of Italy, in the principaliiy 

 of Piedmont, including 5 parilh churches ; 10 miles S. E. 

 of Carmagnola, and 2 N. W. of Cherafco. 



BRAAN, a river of Scatland, which runs into the Tay, 

 near Dunkeld, in the county of Perth. 



BRAAWICKEN, or 'Bravicxen. a gulf of Eaft 

 Gotliland, on the weft fide of the Baltic fea, about 30 

 leagues S. W. from Stockholm, into which the river 

 Motala difcharges itfelf near the town of Nordkioping. 



BRABANCIONES, in Middle Age Writers, a kind of 

 Netherland foldiery, infamous for rapine, being little better 

 than commiffioned banditti, who hired themfelves to fight 

 for any tliat could pay them bcft. 



The word is varioufly written by the hiftorians of thofe 

 days ; all given them from the country of Brabant, which 

 was the chief nurfery of thofe troops. They are alfo fre- 

 quently confounded with the Routiers, Jiolurierr, Ruptnrii, 

 Ruterarii, Coteraux, &c. Daniel. Hift. de la Mil. Franc, 

 liv. iii. chap. 8. 



Towards the clofe of the 12th century, when the goveni- 

 ment in all the ftates of Europe was relaxed, and it was 

 almoft impoffible to enforce any general execution of the 

 laws, troops of banditti under thefe denominations were em- 

 boldened to difturb the public peace, to infeft the highways, 

 to pillage the open country, and to brave all the efforts of 

 the civil magiftrate, and even the excommunications of the 

 church, which were fulminated againft them. Some of thefe 

 troops were occafionally enlifted in the fervice of one prince 

 or baron, and others in that of another : they often afted in 

 an independent manner, under leaders of their own '; the 

 peaceable and induftrious inhabitants, reduced to poverty by 

 their ravages, were frequently obliged to betake themfelves 

 to a like diforderly courfe of Iii: ; and a continual inttftine 

 war, pernicious to induftry, as well as to the execution of 

 juftice, was thus carried on in the bowels of every kingdom. 

 Thefe mercenary ruffians formed a kfndoffociety or govern- 

 ment among themfelves, which fet at defiance the reft of 

 mankind. The greateft monarchs were not afhamed, on ur- 

 gent occafions, to have recourfe to their affiftance ; and as 

 their habits of war and depredation had given them expeii- 

 ence, hardinefs, and courage, they generally compofed the 

 moft formidable part of thofe armies, which decided the po- 

 litical quarrels of princes. Accordingly Henry II. enhftcd 

 numerous troops of them in his fervice ; and the fituatioo 0/ 

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