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«frc coppcllcJ by ilc A.-bs or Saracens, wl.o overran tV.fe Mves.and unknot to the Moors, nuift both ba^e bad the 

 XT^L of A rica. about :he middle of the fcvc.uh cen- faxe or.g.n, not.Khlla.d.ng the d.n-cre.ce that fubfilU m 

 uAT o leek a Lie r tr.;,t among the vail vidgcs of ah«oft their relpcefve modes of -..c I he SbeUu hve on the frontiers 



n,uu.,t.i.uM>.,nrtSi fome of them n-.n^e from plaec to place, fame manner wth the Moors, and both of ih.m employ 



3„a live in teits or portable huts, others in fcattercd villages, Arabic words. 1 he bhellu enumerate the days after he 



•.,void.:ur, jruHTallv. all intermixture with other nations, fame metliod, but m then- own language. Both the Breoes 



Thefc arc reckoned' the richellofall the various inhabitants of and .Shellu ocnote the months of the year l.ke the Moors 



litt country ; and thty carry on a mucli larger traffic of and the Arabs, and date from the fame a;ra, or the year of 



catde, hides, wax, honey, iron, and other commodities; 

 tln.y have likcwife fome artificers in iron, and weavers. 

 The Drtbes and the Moors form the two principal claffcs, 

 comprehendinir the dillerent tribes that people the enipn-e of 

 Morocco. Ilie Brtbes, as well as the Moors, adopted, 

 willi'.uit doubt, the Maliometan religion, analogous as it was 



the Hegira. The Koran, and books of prayer of the 

 Brebes and Shelhi, are in Arabic ; and fo are their ads ar:d 

 title-deeds, which are written by their Talbes, or learned men. 

 Chenier's Morocco, vol.i. 



BREBEUF, George m., in Bingraphy, a French poet, 

 was born at Torigny, in the Lower Normandy, in i6j8, 



" " " During 



to thtirmaanorsaad prevalent cuftoms, on the firft invafion and ftudied pohte literature at Caen and Pans. 

 of the Arabs ; but thev are ignorant, and pay little regard his refidence at Rouen, where he lived feveral years, he pub- 

 toaiiv of the precepts of their religion, except to that which lifiud, in 1636, a parody on the 7th book of the ^neid, 

 ipfphis them with a hatred for others of a different profef- and the f^rft book of Lucan travtftied, which latter work 

 lion. Mahometanifm, however, has not effaced the ancient ha- was intended as a fatire againft the titled vanity of great 

 bits and prejudices of thefe people ; for thev eat fwinc's fielh, lords, and the feivile bafeiicfs ol their flatterers. He atter- 

 and, in thofe places which have vineyards, drink wine ; alltg- wards laid the foundation of his celebrity by a tranflation of 

 ino-, asanapolo<ry, that it i.sof tbeirown manufafture. In the Lucan's Ph.irfalia, which firft appeared in 1658. Although 

 fot.Lhcrnpa.1s.olmountAtlas,theyprtferve it in earthen jars, this performance was cenfured on account of its dazzhii^ 

 and in barrels made of the trunks of hollow trees, the butt- and hyperbolical feiitimeuts, and inflated language, and of its 

 ends of which they fpread over with pitch, thus keeping it in conftquent tendency to cornipt the tafte of young perfons/ 

 caverns, and even'in' water. In the provinceiif Rit, toward it poffofled the attraftions of a rich llyle and fonorous verfifi- 

 the north, they give it a flight boiling, which deprives it cation, and became fafliionable even at court, where cardinal 

 of its fumes, and makes it kfs intoxicating ; and, perhaps, Mazarin excited the hopes of the author by various piomifes, 

 they alio think, that it is thus rendeed congeiKal .to the which his death prevented from being fulfilled. Difap, 

 fpirit of the Koran. Bred in thtlr mountains, -the Brebes pointed in his expectations from other patrons, he retired to 

 maintain their refentment againft the Moors, whom, con- Venuix near Caen, where he died in 1661. His character 

 founding with the Arabs, they regard as tifurpers. In was modeft. and gentle ; and the la;t years of his lii'e wer§ 

 thtfc afylums they contraft a ferocity of charadter and fpent in pious cxercilts, of which we have a fpecimen in his 

 ftrciigth'of body, which render them more proper for war " Entretiens Solitaires," a colleAion of religious poems, in- 

 and labour than the Moors of the plain generally are ; and feriorin merit to his other performances. A coUeC'tion of his 

 the independence thev profcfs imparts more of charafttr to pofthumous works was publiflied in two volumes, containing, 

 their countenance, which is vifible to thofe who refide long among other pieces, 152 epigrams, written in confequence 

 among thefe nations. Although they are fubjed to the em- of a wager on the lingle fubjett of a lady's painting. He 

 perors of Morocco by religious prejudices, they fct afide his was likewife the author of "Poetical Eulogies," and a 

 authority whenever they think pioper; and, intrenched in " Defence of the Romifli church." Nouv. Diet. Hill. 

 their mountains, it is difficult to attack and vanquifli them. BREBIETTE, Peter, a painter and engraver, who 

 The Brebts have a languajje of their own ; and they never fiouriflied in 1625, was born at Monte upon the Seine, in 

 marry but among one another. They have tribes or cafiles France, and acquired fome eminence as a painter ; but as an 

 »mong tliem, which are exceedingly powerful, as to both engraver he is well known. His etchings, which are 

 theiV number and courage. Such are thofe of Gomera on fpirited, evince genius, and great fertility of invention. His 

 the borders of Rif,. of Gayrfan towards Fez, of Timoor ex- compofitions abound with figures, which, though not cor- 

 ten-^ing along mount Atlzs from Mequintz to Tedla, of reflly drawn, are well grouped, and executed in a mafterly 

 Shavoya from Tedla to DuqucUa, and of Milliboya from manner. Among others are the following : " St. Georoe's 

 Morocco to the fouth. The emperor of Morocco retams Martyrdom," from Paulo Veronefe ; " Paradife," from old 

 the children of the chiefs of thefe tribes at court as hoftages Palma ; "A holy family, with St. John, v^ liofe foot is 

 for their fidelity. The Brebes have no dillinftion of drefs ; upon the cradle," from Raphael; the "Virgin kneelino- 

 they are always clothed in woollen like the Moors; and, by the fide of Chrift," attended by two ancrels, from a 

 though they inhabit the mountains, fcldom wear caps, dcfign of his own; the " Battle of the Lapitlix," and the 

 Thefe mountaineers, as well as their wives, have very fine " Death of the Children of Niobe,"' from his own defi"-ns." 

 teeth, and exhibit figns of vigour, which diftinguilh them Strutt. 



from the other tribes. They commonly hunt lions and BREBINCE, orBouRBiNCE, in Geography, a river of 

 tigers ; and the mothers have a cuftom of decorating their France, in the department of the Saone and Loire which 

 children with a tiger's claw, or the remnant of a lion's hide itfnes from the lake of Lon^pendu, in the diflricl of Mont- 

 on the head, thinking that they thus acquire flrength and cenis, and joining tiie Arioux, difeharges itfelf into the 

 courage. Similar fuperllition, without doubt, induces young Loire, near Digoin. 



wives to give their hufbands the fame fort of amulets. The BRECCA, from the Fr. hreche, in fome ancient deeds is 

 JJrebts and the Shellu, having a language common to them- ufed to denote a breach or decay. See Breach. 



BRECCIA, 



