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tints, is To contrived as to imitate the hatcliings of white 

 chalk upon the lights. 



The daughter of this artift, viz. " Barbara Vanden Bro- 

 cck," learned to draw of her father, and was probably in- 

 ftrudled in the art of engraving in the fchool of the Colaerts 

 Her progrefs, however, was fuch as to refleft no fmall credit 

 mi her talents. Mr. Stnitt notices the following plates of 

 her execution ; the " Lad Judgment," done altogether 

 with the graver, and in the ftyle of Martin Rota ; a '• Holy 

 Family," with St. John and fevend angels ; and anotiier 

 " Holy Family," with St. John kneeling, and attendant an- 

 gels, publifhed by Hendius, A. D. 1621. 



BROECKHUYSE, John, Lat. Broulhuftus, an ele- 

 gant fcholar and Latin poet, was born at Amllerdam 

 in 1649. Difliking the profeflion of an apothecary, 

 to which he was apprenticed, he left his mailer, and 

 entered on board an India fliip ; and by degrees became 

 mailer of an armed vefTtl. In this fituation he felt an incli- 

 nation for letters and poetry ; and, by the advice of Grx- 

 vius, applied to the fludy of the Latin language, of which 

 in a few months he made himfelf complete mailer. He af- 

 terwards abandoned his fta-faring employment, and devoted 

 himfelf with ardour to claflical (Indies. Whilll he was 

 on board his (hip, he wrote feveral pieces, one of which was 

 entitled " Celadon, or Impatience to revifit his Country ;" 

 and a coUeAion of his poems was publilhed at Utrecht in 

 1684, by which he acquired great reputation. Asa critic, 

 ■under which chara&er he excelled, he publiflied valuable 

 editions of Sannazarius, Propertius, Tibullus, and Aonius 

 Palearius. He alfo tranflated into Latin father Rapin's 

 •' Parallel of Homer and Virgil." He died in 1707, and a 

 monument was erected to his memory at Amllerdam, where 

 he was interred. A fplendid edition of his poems in 4to. 

 was publifhed at Amllerdam, in 171 1. Moreri. Gen. 

 Biog. 



BROECKHUYSEN, Benjamin Van, a Dutch phy- 

 iician of confiderable learning and ingenuity, of the 17th 

 century. After taking his degree of doftor in medicine at 

 I^eyden, he was made phyfician to the armies of the repub- 

 lic, and then phyfician to the fort and town of Bois le Due. 

 He was alfo known and efteemed by king Charles II. of 

 this country, when refident in Holland. 



His works arc, " CEconomia Corporis animalis, feu Cogi- 

 tationes fuccindta: de Mente, Corpore, utriufque Conjunc- 

 tione," Noviomagi, 1672. " CEconomia animali ad Circu- 

 lationem Sanguinis breviter dehneata," Gouda, 168', 8vo. 

 He was a follower of the fyilem of Des Cartes, and main- 

 tained that the blood was heated in the heart by fire aftually 

 refident there ; and to this he attributed the impulfe it re- 

 ceived, and which maintained and fnpported its circulation. 

 " Rationes philofophico-medicx," Haag. 1687, 4to. wiit- 

 ten in a florid and poetical ilyle, explaining the animal «:co- 

 nomy on Cartcllan principles. Haller. Bib. Anat. Eloy. 

 Dia. Hill. 



BROEK, Elias Vanden, a painter, was born and (lu- 

 died at Antwerp in 1657, &nd became the difciple of 

 Emell Stuven, and (Indicd De Heem, fays Houbrakcn, or of 

 Mignon, according to Defcamps. He painted, in a loofe, 

 eafy, and natural manner, all forts of fruits, flowers, frogs, 

 and reptiles. He dcligned and coloured eveiy objc£t after 

 iiature. Broek died in 1711, Pilkington. 



Broek, in Geography, a town or rather a large village of 

 North Holland, dillinguifhcd by the elegant neatnefs and 

 beauty of the honfcs and llreets, and alfo of the inhabitants. 

 The honfcs, which are built of wood and covered with tiles, 

 are painted and ornamented on the outlidc with a variety of 

 vivid colours, according to the fancy of the owner ; and the 

 windows are generally fafhed and decorated with cwtsiins. 



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The infide of t'le honfes is alfo equally neat »nd embclliihid. 

 In the front3 of moll of th<-m arc agreeable gardens, diver- 

 filied with gravel walks, Ihellwork, images, and little hcdgci, 

 or painted rails. The (Irtets are paved with bneks, and 

 watered by rivulets that pafs by the fides of the honfes; and 

 in order to their being kept clean, they are too narrow tH 

 admit of carriages, nor arc cattle fnlftrtd to pafs ihrougli 

 them. The fame attention to neatntfs and ornament io ma- 

 iiifeft in the tin irons of Brock. The town is chiefly inha- 

 bited by perfons who have retired from bullnefs, or who arc 

 connefted witli fome commeieial houks at Amderdam. 

 The females are beautiful, but lingubrly referved, particu- 

 larly among llrangers. The principal articles of trade are 

 cattle and corn. Brock is dillant one league \V. from Mo- 

 nikedam. 



BROERS Bank, lies on the coaft of Holland, acrofs a 

 village of the fame name, and the cloy Her of Ten Duyn, 

 running W.N.W. about a league into the fea. 



BROEUCQUES, John Francis du, was born at 

 Mons, in 1690. At a proper age he was fent to Lonvain, 

 and in 1712 was admitted dotlor in medicine ; having finiflicd 

 his ttudies there, he returned to Mons, where he was much 

 elleemed for his profellional abilities, and continued prafti- 

 fing to the time of his death, which happened fuddenly, 

 July nth, 1749. He pabliflied in 1725, in 121110. " Re- 

 fleftions fur la Metliode de traiter les Fievrcs par Ic Quin- 

 quina." In this he combats, and fnccefsfuUy, fome ot the 

 prejudices ftill remaining againft the ufe of that medicine. 

 " Preuves de la Neceflite de regardcr les Urines, et de I'Ufage 

 que les Medecins on doit faire pour la Guerifon des Mala- 

 dies," 1729. 



Brgeucqj-'es, Anthony Francis, one of the fons of 

 the former, took his degree in medicine at Louvain in 1747, 

 and on the death of his father fucceeded to his praflice, in 

 which he continued until 1767, the time of his death. 

 Two fmall ufeful works, the refult of much practice, were 

 publifhed by him : " Difcours fur les Erreurs vnlgaires, qui 

 fe commettent dans le Traitement des Enfans," Mons, 1754, 

 i2mo. " Reformation des Erreurs vulgaires fur le Regime 

 que la Medicine prefcrit aux Malades et aux Convalcl- 

 cenfe." Mons, 1757, izmo. Eloy. Didl. Hill. 



BROGLING, a method of firtiing for eels, olhervrifc 

 called Sniggling. 



BROGLIO, or Broil, in Geography, a town of Pied- 

 mont, in the county of Nice, 15 miles N.E. of Nice. N. 

 lat. 44° : 2'. E. long. 6^ 42'. 



BROGNE, a town and abbey of the county of Namur; 

 10 miles V/.S.W. of Namur. 



BROILING OF Meats, in Domejlk Economy, See 

 Dressing of Meats, 



BROJO Castra, in Geography, a town of Europ'san 

 Tnikey, in Livadia ; 22 miles N. of Livadia. 



BROKEN, among PalnU'ri, a colo'.iiis laid to be broken, 

 when it is taken down or degraded by the mixture of 

 anotiier. 



Broken Arrow, or Clay-Calfiay in Geography, an Indiau 

 town in the Creek country, in Weft Florida, 0:1 the weft 

 fide of Chatauchc river ; 12 miles below the Cuffitah and 

 Coweta towns, where the river is fordable. 



BiiOKEN backed, in Si-a-Langangf, denotes the ftatc of 

 a (liip which is fo impaired and loofeiied in her frame. 

 as to droop at each end ; a diforder to which the French 

 fliips are mod expofed, on accoui.l of their length, &c. 



IjROK!-'N Bay, in Geography, a capacious inlet, being the 

 aifluary of the Hawkibury and other rivers, on the eailern 

 coafl of New Holland, about 8 miles to the northward of 

 Port Jackfon. S. lat. 33° 20'. E. long, j 51" 27'. 



Bro;:sn IJiauJs, a name given to an afleinblagc of rocky 

 Z z z eminences, 



