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principallv .levoted to the bell«lettr«: ami l.ad «cqmrcd 

 an accuse acquaintance with all the dead hn.guages, parti- 

 cularly the I.a-.in, and with moll of the modern la..gua>,'esol 

 Europe. He was alfo well verfed in ancient and modern 

 hiftory, chronolofo-, coins, medals, infcr.pt.ons, and the 

 ufaResof antiquity: and he had colkaed a great mafs of 

 materials for a new hiftory of France, winch he was pre- 

 Tcnted from undertaking. On the diiTolinion ot the order 

 of Jefuits, he found a pleafant afyhim in the houie ot M. de 

 la Tour, an eminent printer, and in this retreat he fpent the 

 lall I'-' years of his life. Here he pMblilhtd his edition of 

 «• Tacitus," enriched with notes ai.d learned difTertations, 

 and fupplements ; and alfo a new edition of " Pliny the 

 Naturalill," to whicli he lias added notes and illullrations, 

 being merely a concife abridi,'ment of what he had prepared 

 w-ith a view of correaiiig and enlarging the edition of Har- 

 douin. and of givinsr an hiftorical account of all thenew dif- 

 coveriesmade fmce^he be.rinningof the iSth century. His 

 other works of inferior importance were a beautiful edition of 

 •' Plixdrus ;" an edition of Rapin's poem, " De Hortis," 

 to which he fubjoined a " Hillory of Gardens," written in 

 Latin with great elegance, and abounding in the moft beauti- 

 ful imagery. Befi Its a lively imagination, Brotier pofTeffed 

 a found a-id difcrimiiiating judgment, and an elegant tafte. 

 His conceptions were clear, and his mode of communicating 

 knowledge pcrfpicuous. From the abbe Fonttnay's further 

 delineati^m of his c!iar?.ftcr, we (hall fclccl tlie following par- 

 ticulars. " Flumble and unaO'iiming, and of fuch delicate 

 modellv as caufcd him to blj(h when'tlie lead encomium 

 was patTed upon him ; good-tempered, plain in his manners, 

 and giving himfclf up to fociety with the fmiles and fimpli- 

 city of a child ; his converfation was engaging, and always 

 inftruelive when it turned on fubjcfts of literature and 

 fcience. Widely differing in this refptd from thofe men of 

 letters, who, if we may be allowed the exprcffi n, are mifers 

 of their knowledge, and feem to hoard it up for themfelves, 

 or that they may make an olltntatious difplay of it in fome 

 publication, the abbe Brotier anfwtrtd with great readinefs 

 the queftion? of every perfun who applied to him for informa- 

 tion, and inftrnaed thofe around him with the utmoft affa- 

 bility and condcfcenfion." " That intimate friendlhip which 

 united me to the abbe Brotier," fays Fontenay, " gratitude 

 for the fcrvices he did me, his talents, and his virtues, will 

 always endear his memory to me ; and I may juftly fay with 

 the Roman poet : 



" Multis ille bonis flebilis occidit, 

 Nuill flebilior quam mihi." 

 This accon pliflied and elegant fcholar died at Paris, 

 Feb. 12th 1789, at the age of 67. 



The foliowiiig is a lift of the abbe Brotiei's works, as 

 given in La France Liteiaire, by J. S. Erfch, publifhed at 

 Hamburgh in 1797, and cited in Aikin's General Biogra- 

 phy : " Exainen de I'Apologie de M. I'Abbe de Prades," 

 I753> ^^'^ ' " Conclufiones ex univcrfa Theologia," 1754, 

 4to. ; " Traite des monnoies Romaines, Grecques, et Hebr. 

 comparees avec l-.s monnoies de France, pour I'intelligence 

 de I'Ecriture Sainte ct de tons les auteurs Grecs ct Ro- 

 mains," 1760, 410. " " ProfpcAus d'une edit. Lat. de Ta^ 

 cite, en 5 vols, 4to.," 1761 ; "C. Corn. Taciti Opera, recog- 

 novit, emend, fuppl. explcvit, notis, diiTert. tabulis geogr. 

 ilhiftravit," 1771. 4 vols. 4to. ; " Supplementa, lib. 7. 

 10 Annal. Taciti," 175';, ^>vo. ; " CI. viri de la Caille vita," 

 176^, 4to. ; " C. Plinii Hiftoria naturahs," 1779, 6 vols. 

 i2mo. ; " Renati Rapini Hortonim, lib. iv. et cult'Jia hor- 

 teitfis, hiftoriam hortorum addiclit," 177S, 8vo. ; " Phxdri 

 Fabidarum, lib. v. cum notis et fuppl. accefs. Parallela J. de 

 I3 Fontaine Fabidse," 1785, izmo. A. C. Brotier, the ab- 



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be'a nephew, who was arretted in February 1797, as being 

 the chief of a confpiracy, publiftied, in 1790, " Paroles me- 

 moiabhs recueillits par Gabr. Brotier," i2mo. 



BROTO, in Geography, a town of Spain in AiTagon ; 

 6 leagues from Jaca. 



BROUAGE, a maritime town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the lower Charcnte, 2 leagues S.W. o"" Rochefort ; 

 it confills of ^ or 6 ftreets, which terminate in a large- fqnarc, 

 and is famous for its falt-works. N. lat. 43" 50'. W. long. 

 1" o'. 



BROUCA, a town of Sicily, on the fouth fide of the 

 gulf of Catania, and 5 leagues S. of it. N. lat. 37'' 25'. 



E. long i.i°,30- 



BROUCK. SccBrucg. 



BROUGH, or Brough under Stainmor, a fmall 

 town of Weftmoreland, in England, confifts chiefly of one 

 long ftreet, and is feated on the great road between York 

 and Carlifle. The furrounding country, though bleak and 

 naked, contains fome good foil. Here the long chain of 

 mountains, which bound the callern fide of Weftmoreland, 

 is interrupted by another range of hills, which croffes it from 

 the eaft to the weft. A charter was obtained for a market 

 and fair in the time of Edward III. ; but the greater mar- 

 kets at Kirkly Stephen and Appleby have entirely fuper- 

 feded this at Brough. Here are the remains of a caftle, 

 which bears marks of great antiquity ; and its keep is 

 called in old records, " Ca:far's Tower." Antiq'iaries are 

 agreed in placing the Roman llation," Verteris,"at this place; 

 and this appears extremely probable from the various Roman 

 coins, &c. that have been found here, from the charafter 

 of the caftrametation, and its diftance from the ftations "La- 

 vatris" (Bowes), and " Voreda" (Old Penrith). The remains 

 of the caftle occupy an eminence, which rifes rather abruptly 

 on the north and weft from a plain ; and on the fouth and eaft, 

 where not fo fteep, it is additionally fortified with a ditch 

 and vallum. Soon after the Norman conqueft, this was a 

 place of meeting and confultation w ith fome of the borderers, 

 who confpired againft the conqueror. 



Near Brough is a large cotton-fpinning manufaftory, be- 

 longing to John Carlton, efq. who has a beautiful feat near 

 the town called Hillbeck hall. Brough has three fairs an- 

 nually ; one of which, in September, is noted in the north 

 of England for the great quantity of cattle, horfes, &c. 

 which are brought to it. This town is 261 miles N.W. from 

 London ; and contains 1 1 7 houfes, with 694 inhabitants. 

 Hoiifman's Topograph. Defcript. of Cumberland, &c. 8vo. 

 BROUGHTON, Hugh, in Biography, a learned di- 

 vine, was born in 1549 at Oldbury, in StaiFordfhire. Of 

 his early education nothing is now known ; but it is faid by 

 the biographers of Bernard Gilpin, that he was met by this 

 excellent perfon in his journey to Oxford, whither he was 

 travelhng on foot foi" the purpofe of becoming a fcholar 

 there, and taken to his own fchool at Houghton, whence 

 he was fent to Cambridge. At that univerfity he became 

 one of the fellows of Chrift's College, and here he fo diftin- 

 guiftied himfelf by his application and proficiency, and par- 

 ticularly by his knowledge of the Greek and Hebrew lan- 

 guages, as to attracl the notice and obtain the patronage of 

 the earl of Huntingdon, who encouraged and alfifted him in 

 his ftudies. From the univerfity he removed to London, and 

 there became a celebiated preacher. His mode of preaching, 

 according to Dr. Lightfoot, W3s to fcleCl two parallel texts, 

 one from the Old Teftament, and the other from the New, 

 and to difcourfe upon them in their mutual connediion ; in- 

 dulging many fanciful and over-ftrained interpretations. 

 Notwithftanding his popularity as a preacher, he purfued his 

 ftudies without intcimifiion ; and he is faid to have fre- 



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