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p'lrfuit of knowledge, and pafTed the remainder of liii life 

 in retirement. He died of a fever, Nov. 4th 1613 ; and was 

 buried in the chancel of St. Helen's church, witiiout any 

 monument or other memorial. From his works on a va- 

 riety of fubjefts, which were printed after liis death, we 

 may conclude that he was a very general fcholar. Thcfe 

 are as follow : i. " De ponderibiis ct pretiis veterum nuni- 

 morum, eorumque cum recentioribus eollatione," lib. i. 

 Lond. 1614, 4to. printed alfo in the " Critici Sacri," vol. viii. 

 and in the Apparatus of the " Biblia I'olyglotta." 2. 

 '• Enquiries touching the diverfity of Languages and Reli- 

 gions through the chief parts of tlie World," Ivond. 1614, 

 23, 2 1, 4to. ; 1647, ^'^- Svo. To this was prefixed a 

 learned preface by his nephew and heir, Robert Brerewood. 

 ■3. " Elementa logicE, in gratiam ftudiofa; juventutis in aca- 

 demia Oxonienli," Lond. i6r4, 1615, &c.Svo. 4. " Trac- 

 tatus quidam logici de predicabilibus, et predicamentis," 

 Oxon. 4to. 1628; and 1637, &c. 8vo. 5. " Traftatus 

 duo ; quorum primus eft de meteoris, fecundus de oculo," 

 Oxon. i6j I, 1638, 8vo. 6. " A Treatife of the Sabbath," 

 i6i I ; Oxf. 163 1, 4to. 7. " Mr. Byfisld's Anfwer, with 

 Mr. Brerewood's Reply," Oxf. 163 1, 4to. S. " A fe- 

 cond Treatife of the Sabbath," or " An explication of tlie 

 fourth Commandment," Oxf. 1632, 4to. 9. " Commentarii 

 in Ethica Aritlotelis," Oxon. 1640, 4to. 10. " A Declara- 

 tion of the Patriarchal Government of the Ancient Church," 

 Oxf. 1641, 4to.; Lond. i'547; Bremen, i7oi,8vo. Ward's 

 Lives of the Profeflbrs of Grefiiam College, p. 74, &c. 

 BRESANY, or Brezan, in Geography. See Brze- 



ZANY. 



BRESARGTA, a fmall town of Sardinia, in the north 

 part of the ifland deriominated " Capo di Lugatori." 



BRESCIA, or II Bressano, or Bresciano, a country 

 of Italy, formerly a part of Lombardy, but now belonging 

 to the Cifalpine republic, is bounded on the north by the 

 county of Bormio, on the north-eaft by the Trcntin, on 

 the call by the Veronefe, from which it is feparated by the 

 lake Garda, on the fouth by the Mantuan and Crcmoncfe, 

 and the fmall lake of Idro, and on the weft by the Berga- 

 mafco, from which it is in a great part divided by the lake 

 Ifco. Brefcia, though mountainous, is fertile in wine, oil, 

 and maize, and has excellent pafturages, and fome mines of 

 copper and iron, and alfo manufactures of iiik, paper, S:c. 

 The air is wholefome, and the country populous. Its prin- 

 cipal rivers are tlie Adige and the Oglio. It became a 

 province of the Venetian ftates in 15 17; but Brefcia, its 

 capital, was taken by the French under Bonaparte, in 1796, 

 and it formed a part of the Cifalpine republic by the Sth 

 article of the treaty of Campo Formio in lycj", confirmed 

 by the 12th article of the treaty of LuneviUe in 1801. 



Brescia, in I^atin Brixia, the capital of the above pro- 

 vince, is fituated on a beautiful plain on the Iniall river 

 Garza. It is large, being reckoned about a league in eir- 

 •cumfererence, well fortified, having a caftle on a hill, and is 

 faid to contain about "Jo, 000 inhabitants, fome of whom are 

 rich and noble, and others are ingenious and diligent in 

 carrying on levcral manufaftures of linen, and particularly 

 tire-arms, fwords, knives, and other cutlery wares. It is 

 encircled with walls, in which are five gates ; the ftreets 

 are handfome and clean, moll of them being watered by 

 little ilreams from the river, and the buildings are good. It 

 hasfeveral public fquares, the largeft of which is lurromulcd 

 with piazzas, and in the centre of it Hands the town-iioule. 

 The palace, where public bullnefs is tranfaftcd, is a magni- 

 ficent Hone ftrutture, built from the ruins of a temple of 

 Vulcan, and remarkable for its architetlure and paintings in 

 frefco. Belides the cathedral, this city has 19 parifli- 

 churches, 30 convents, a general hofpital, and feveral ehari- 



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table foundation?. The cathedral is a modern edifice, to 

 tht rearing of which cardinal Qiiirini, once bilhop of this 

 city, contributed liberally ; and he alfo prefentcd the tily 

 with a library ; in acknowledgment of which the ma- 

 giftracy, in J 7 50, erefted two marble ftatucs to hi» 

 honour, one in the church, and the other at the entrance of 

 the librai-y. In the cathedral is exhibited the Kimoiis 

 llandard of Conftantine ; and this, as well as feveral of the 

 churches, are adorned with beautiful llalues and p;iintii;gs. 

 The magiilracy, before the revolution, confifted of Coo 

 citizens, divided into inferior council:, under a noble Vene- 

 tian, who prefidcd as governor, or podeftat. This city waj 

 the fee of a bilhop, fullVagan of Milan. Brefcia is faid to 

 have been built by the Ceiiomani, commanded by Belovefus ; 

 and as others affirm, by Brennus ; and it afterwards became 

 a Roman colony. It w,ns burnt by Radagaflus, king of the 

 Goths, in 412, and re-cftabhftied by Attila in 452. It wai 

 afterwards poftelVed by the Lombards. Charlemagne, 

 having defeated king Uidier in 771, entered Brefcia, and 

 built the church of St. Denis. In 1426, after having fuf. 

 fered much by the troubles occafionedby the duke of Milan, 

 it furrendtred itfelf to the repubUc of Venice. Gafton de 

 Foix, general of Lewis XLL took it in 1512 from the 

 Venetians, and abandoned it to pillage, with the exception 

 of the houie inhabited by Chevalier Bayard: but in 1517, 

 it was rcllortd to the Venetians. It was vifited by a 

 plague in 147S, which fwept away 21;, 000 perfons ; and 

 again by a fimilar calamity in 1524. Brefcia was the birth- 

 place of Tartaglia, the famous mathematician, and of Gam- 

 bara, the pott, who died in i';96. it is dillant about 44 

 miles E. of Milan, and 32 N. W. of Mantua. N. lat. 45° 

 31'. E. long. lo"^ 5'. 



BRESCICATI, in Commerce, a kind of bays, which 

 fupplies the negroes between the river Gambia and Sierra 

 Leona. The beft forts for this trade are the blue and red. 



BRESCOU, in Geography, a fmall ifland of France, with 

 a fort upon it, in the gulf of Lyon?, near the coaft of Lan- 

 guedoc, or lierault, about a league S. of Agde ; which fee. 



BRESELLO. See Bersello. 



BRESINI, a fmall town of Poland, in the palatinate of 

 Lenczicz. 



BRBSINS, or Bresons, a fmall ifland of the Atlantic, 

 near the foulh-weft coaft of England. 



BRESK, or Brescan, a town of Africa, in the king- 

 dom of Algiers, feated on ih.e fca coaft, at the bottom of a 

 bay in the Mediterranean; 50 miles W. S- W . of Algiers. 

 N.'lat. 36' /;o'. E. long. 2° 30'. 



BRESKENS, a town of Flanders, in the i£and of Cad- 

 fand ; 10 miles N. of Slurs. 



BRESLAU, or Wratislav, a principality of Silefia, 

 bounded on the N. and N.E. by tliat of Otis, on the S.E. 

 by that of Brieg, on the S. and S.W. by thole of Brieg 

 •and Sehweidnilz, and on the W. by tliofe of Lignitz and 

 Wohlau. This diftrict forms a kind of long fquare, about 

 25 iniles in length, by 16 in breadth. The country is very 

 level; and the parts of it near the rivers, are cither fandy or 

 fwampv. It is, however, an excellent corn country, and 

 not dcilitute of r;ch pafturage ground ; it abc-mids v.itk 

 flieep and cattle ; and near the capital, the cows are ol an 

 uncommon fize, and yidd a proportionate quantity of milk; 

 and this part of the country produces great quantities of 

 madder. Wood is e^cry where fcarce, except in the circle 

 of Namflau ; and the roads are fo. bad, as to be in fome 

 places impnlTable ; but this inconvenience is remedied, par- 

 ticularly in the vicinity of Breflau, by dykes and canalt, 

 which are kept in repair at a great annual expencc. 



On the paikitiun of Siieiia in 11O4, among. the font o( 



Ul.idiflaus II., BiclTrv'.; fell to the ftcre cf Boleflnus Altus •, 



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