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and Bulgaria, taking care to abftain from tliofe aAs of liof- 

 tility and rapine which charafterized, and had c.uifod th.- 

 d -llruilion of the fanatics of Peter tht Hermit. It was not 

 till June IC99, that GodtVey was able to lav Cu-<rt^ to th-.? 

 renowned city, and though his army was greatly diniiiiilheii 

 in jioint of nuuibt-rs, li? was able to fucceed, and on Jnly 

 ijth Jerufalem wa> taken by Uorm. The fanaticilin 

 and madneis of the victors iudulgt'd thenifelvrs in u horrible 

 nialTacre of the vanqiiithed, which, it is believed, their ge- 

 neral and leader was nnubk- to prevent. Godfrey was alnioR 

 immediatelv proclaimed fovereign of the new acquifilion, 

 lull he refuted to atl'ame the title and enfigns of royaitv in 

 the place wliere C'Inill, in whole caufe he was acting, had 

 been crowned with thorns, and he governed under the 

 niodeft appellation of " Defender and Baron of the Holy 

 iSe]ud(hre." Hf was foon after attacked bv the fnltan of 

 Egypt, but the Clirillians foon jiut him and Ills numerous 

 forces to flight, and the whole of Paleftiiie was reduced 

 under the power o( (Godfrey. He eltabhfhed the feudal in- 

 itrtution in his kingdfiin ; and a code of jurif;)rudeiice, 

 under the title of " The Affizc of .lerulalem," gave a 

 model of the pure!! fornr of EuropeaTi !il)erty in the inidll 

 of Aiiatic dcfpotiini. He died, nfter he had fat on the 

 throne absut a year,, and was fucceeded bv his brother 

 Baldwin. The celebritr of Godfrev is iuunortalizcd as the 

 hero of TalTo's " Jcrui'alein Delivered," one of the nublell of 

 epic poems ; nor has the bard found it nccelTary to borrow 

 the colours of ficfion, in order to throw fplendour round 

 a character fo truly ellimable : " Godfrey," fays the hillo- 

 rian in del'criolng his character," was the tirll who afcended 

 the walls of Rome, and his ficknefs, his vow, perhaps his 

 remorfe for bearing arms again II the pope, confirmed an 

 earlv refolution of vHiting the holy fepulchre, not as a pil- 

 grim, but a deliverer. His valour was matured by prudence 

 and moderation ; his piety, though blind, was lincere, and 

 in the tumult of a camp he praCtifed the real and ficlitious 

 virtues of a convent Superior to the private faftions of 

 the chiefs, he referved his enmity for the enemies of Chrift ; 

 and though he gained a kingdom by the attempt, his 

 pure and difinterefted zeal was acknowledged by his 

 rivals." Gibbon Univer. Hift. See alfo the article 

 Ckois.ade. 



GoDKKi'.Y of Viterbo, an Italian hillorian of the 12th 

 century, was chaplain and fecretary to the emperors Con- 

 rad HI., Frederick I., and Henry IV. According to liis 

 own account he was a great traveller for knowledge ; and 

 was converfant in feveral languages. His principal work 

 was a " Chronicle," entitled the " Pantheon," as treating 

 on the " Gods of Earth." is dedicated to pope Urban III,, 

 and is a general hillorical record from the creation of tire 

 woi-ld to the year n86. It is written in the Latin lan- 

 gnmge, and is deemed very worthv of credit for the events 

 of his own time. It was firil printed at Bafil in 1559 ; then 

 at Frankfort in I5?4, and aftvrwards at Hanover m 1613, 

 in the coUettion of German liillorians, edited bv Pillorius. 

 Godfrey was author of a work intitkd " Speculum Rcgiim, 

 five de Genealogia omnium Regum :" the MS. is preferved 

 ill the Imperial Hbrary of Vienna. 



CrOD-GILD, in our Mncient Cu/loms, that which is 

 offered to God, or for his fervice. 



GOD 



GODllE.\H, or Good Hope, in Geography, a fettfe- 

 merit in Well Greenland. N. lat. 64.' 2C. W, Kjnir 



50 10'. *■ 



GODIiV, I.ot IS, ill Biigraphy, was bom at Paris in 

 1704. He Uudied allionoiiiy under de I'Ifles, and in 172c 

 was made adjunct of the Academy of Sciences. To hini 

 was entruftcd the care of editing its n emoirs, and under 

 hir, direction the firfl eleven xoliimes were iijblilhed. In 

 1735 he was fcnt, \»ii.li other members of the academy, to-- 

 nieaiure a degree of the meridian at Peru. He wasYomc 

 tune profellor of mathematics at Lima, and on his return 

 ill '75'' '"■ "^'^ appointed a colonel in the Sjianifli fervice, 

 and direefor of the naval acade;ny at Cadiz, where he died 

 in the year 1760. He v.a-^ author of feveral agronomical 

 papers in the memoi"; of the academy from 1726 to 1730: 

 and he publKhed " Machines et Iiiveiitious approvers par 

 rAcademie des Sciences," in 6 vols. 410. " Connoiffances 

 des Tenis," which he conducted fiv<; years. " Cours des 

 Mathematiques," 1756. Gen. liiog. 



GODING, or HcTDONlNO, in Geography, a town of 

 Moravia, in the circle of Bninn ; 16 miles E.S.E. of 

 Aufpetz. 



GODO, a town of Arabia, on the S. coaft of the Perfian 

 gulf; 140 miles W. of .Iiilfar. 



GODOUA, a fmall town of Fezzan ; 30 miles N. of 

 Mourzouk, and about the fame diftancc from Sebbah, 

 which fee. 



GODRA, a town of Hiiidoollan, and capital of a circar 

 of the fame name in Guzenit ; 55 miles E. of Amedabarf. 

 N. lat. 22" 5.0'. E. long. 73° 40'- 



GOD'.s Hot SE, League nf, a territory of Switzerland, 

 formerly under the dominion of the bifhop of Coire, iinlil 

 the people, oppreffed by their rulers, threw off the yoke, 

 and, forming a general league, compelled the bilhop tt> 

 ratify their independence. The revolution, which finallv 

 e.xalted this league into its prefent Hate of freedom, probably 

 took place between 1424, the era of the formation of thi- 

 Grey league, and 1436, the year in which the ten jurifdic- 

 tions rofe into independence. This league is denominated 

 in Romaulh " La Ligta de la Chiada," in German " Gott- 

 fliaulband," whence is derived the appellation of the " lea-rue- 

 of the houfe of God," which it takes from the catliCdral 

 fituated in its capital, as well as becaufe it was once under 

 the jurifdic^ion of the bilhop of Coire. This league is 

 divided into eleven dillricls, each of which (Coire excepted) 

 is fiibdivided into two little republics, or communities, and 

 fends 22 deputies to the general diet. Formerlv the bur'^o- 

 maller of Coire was perpetual chief of the league without 

 election ; but in the latter end of the 1 7lh centur)- ihv 

 other communities claimed a po»ver of nominariag to this 

 office in their turn. At length, by the arbitration of Zuric,. 

 it was decided, that tlie 22 deputies Ihould chufe two can- 

 didates from tlie members of the fenate of Coire, who 

 ftiould draw lots for tiic ch;uge. The chief thus appointed 

 is called " Buiids-prehdent, ' has feveral privileges which 

 diihnguiih him from the chiefs of the two other leagues ;. 

 he receives all the letters addreffed to the republic of tin.' 

 Grilons from foreign powers, and is perpetual prclidcnt o£ 

 the congrefs, bccauic that atfemblj- is always held at Coire. 

 See CoiBK. 



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