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in iGi^i. Tiefides the works already noticed, Dr. Godwin 

 vas the author of " Florilegiiim Plirallcon,'' — or A Survey 

 of the I-atin Tongue. And Three Arguments to prove 

 eleAion upon forefight of faith. Gen. Biog. 



Gouwix, or Goodwin Sands, in Geography, a bank in the 

 fea, about five mik"s from Deal, near the coall of Kent, 

 England, were formerly part of theeftate of the celebrated 

 carl Godwin, but were feparatcd and overwhelmed by a 

 fuddon inundation of the fea, about the end of the eleventh 

 century. Tliefe fands are frequently fatal to mariners, but, 

 notwithtlanding, are of confiderable ufe, as it is by thern alone 

 that the Downs are conlHtuted a road or harbour for (hip- 

 ping. In all eaflerly winds tliey ferve as a pier, or break- 

 "M'ater, and greatly mitigate the force and immenfity of the 

 waves, which, in itormy v/eather, wonld otherwife roll upon 

 this (hore with unabated fui-)'. The fands extend in length 

 about ten miles ; tlie north fand-head being nearly oppoiite 

 to Ramfgate, and the fouth fand-head to Kingfdown. The 

 danger of llrikiiig upon them arifes from their nature, which 

 Mr. Sm.:aton defcribes as that of a quick-fand, clean and 

 unconnected, yet lying fo clofe, as to render it dilRcult to 

 work a pointed bar to tiie depth of more than fix or feven 

 feet. Their ingurgitating property is fo powerful, that 

 even the kwgeft veifel driven ujion them would, in a few days, 

 be fvvallowed up, aiid feen no more. At low-water they are 

 in many parts dry, and parties frequently land upon them ; 

 but when tlie tide begins to flow, the fand becomes foft, and 

 is moved to and fro by the waves. The largcit portion of 

 this bank which becomes dry, is known to feamen by the 

 name of the Jamaica illand. Some years ago, in order to 

 prevent the many accidents which occur to (hipping on thefe 

 (jnds, the Corporation of the Trinity-houle formed the de- 

 iign .of eretling a light -houfe on them ; but after the fand 

 had been penetrated by boring augers to a great depth, the 

 fcheme was given lip as impraiAicable, as no folid foundation 

 aouldbc obtained. Floatino; lijjhts have, however, been 

 placed off thelc fands, confiding of three dillintt lights in the 

 form of a triangle, of which the midcUcone is confiderably 

 the highell ; when they are obfcured in hazy-weather, a bell 

 is kept contlantly ringing. 



GODWIT, in Ornitholegy. See ScoLorAx JEgoce- 

 phala. 



GoDwiT, Great, or American. See ScoLOPAX Fedoa. 

 GoDWiT, T.ejfer. See Scoi.opax L:nwfa. 

 . GoDWry, Red. Seif ScoLOPAX Lttpponica. 

 GoDWiT, White. See Recurviuo.stra Alia. 

 GOEI^ANS,. Point au, in Geography, a promontory on 

 the N. iide of lake Ontario ; about 33 miles S. W. of fort 

 Frontinac. 



GOELHEIM, a town of France, in the department of 

 Monte Xoiinvn e, and chief place of a canton, in the diilriif; 

 of Kaiferflautern. The place contains 860, and the canton 

 j^599 inhabitants, in 16 communes. 



GOELICKE, Andkf.vs' Ojton, inBiography, a German 

 phyfician, who acquired conliderable reputation at the begin- 

 ning of the eighteenth century, and taught tlie fcience of me- 

 dicine at Halle, in Saxony, and at Franckfort on the Oder, 

 with (liftinCtion- His writings were in higk etfiiiiation among 

 the followers of the doftriues of Stalil, of whom he was one 

 of the ableil defenders.. Nothing more is known refpefting his 

 life. He left feveral works, which relate principally to tlie 

 hiftory of anatomy, of ancient and modern furgerv, and 

 of medicine. His " Hiltoria Medicinse Univerfalis, qua 

 celebriorum quorumcunque Medicorum, qui a priinis Artis 

 natalibus ad nollra ufque tenipora inclaruerunt, vitic, noiuina, 

 dogmata fingularia, ratiocinia, hypothefes, lecta;, &c. accu- 

 rate pertraftantur,'' was printed in fix different portions or 



epochs, between the years 17 17 and 1720. The firft folif 

 brouglit down the hiflcry to Hippocrates; the fifth tir.ited 

 of the Hippocralic medicine alone ; and the laft part includv-d 

 a iketch, of the defccndants of the father of medicine, until 

 the time when the art was divided into three profeirioivj. 

 Eloy. Dia. Hill. 



GOELL, in Geography, an ifland of Denmark, in Lym- 

 ford gulf, ab. ut 10 miles in circwniterence ; on wbicl: area 

 town and a \ illage or two ; 6 miles \V . of Aalborg. N. lat. 



SI s- ^- i'"ig'- 9' 49'- 



GOELMA, a port of Egypt, in the Red fea, capable 

 of accommodating only fmail vefleh. 



GOELWAIlA, a circar of Hindoo(l:m, in Guzcrat.on 

 the W. coail of the gulf of Cambaye. 



GOEREE, William, in Biography, who flouriflied in 

 the 17th centurv, was born at Middleburg,in Zealand, m the 

 year 1635. He had a decided turn for literature, but by 

 the death of his father wliilc very young, lie was conligncd 

 to the care of an illiterate llep-father, who would not permit 

 him to purine the bent of his mind. Being obliged taiix 

 upon a trade, inllead of fludying for one of the learned pro- 

 feilions, he iixed on that of a bookfeller, as that wliicli he 

 imagined bell adapted for the improvement of his leifure 

 hours in the acquifition of knowledge. His various worlcs 

 will fliew how well he filled his time, and to what advantage 

 he turned thole intervals from occupation, which are tou 

 frequently fpent in lilllefliiefs or deioted to pleafure. He 

 died at Ainllerd.im in 171 1, leaving his " Jewifli Antiqui- 

 ties,'' in two volumes, folio. " The Hillory of the Jewiflt 

 Church,'' in four volumes folio. " Hillory Sacred and Pro- 

 fane.'' " An Introduclion to Painting." " A Treatife 

 on Architecture ;" and fome other ufeful works. Moreri. 



GOERZEOD GiiEZKKE, in Geography, a town of Afi- 

 atic Turkey, in Natolia ; 25 miles S. of Sinob. 



GOES, a town of Portugal, in the province of Beira ; 

 9 miles E. of Coimbra. — Alio, a town of Holland, in Zea- 

 land, called " Ter-Goes," fituated on the N. coart of the 

 illand of South Bevelandt, on an arm of the Scheldt, with 

 wliich it is connefted by means of a canal. The grea^. 

 church is a handfome llruClurc ; and though the town is not 

 large, it carries on a confiderable trade, particularly in fait 

 and grain ; 10 miles E. of Flulhing. N. lat. 51" 33'. E. 

 long. 3^ 46'. 



GOETIA, rt»;l6ix, a fpccies of magic, oppofed to Theur- 

 gia, the objetl of which was mifchief ; and accordingly it in- 

 voked only the malevolent genii. 



GOEZ, Damiaxa, in Biography, a learned Portuguefc, 

 of the 16th century, was born at Alenquer, and educated 

 in the court of the king Emanuel, to whom his brother was 

 gentleman of the chamber. He was, as he advanced in life, 

 employed in various negociations from his court to the court 

 of France, Germany, Poland, and the Low Countries. In 

 1534, we find him at the univerfity of Padua, in wliich he 

 Itndied fome years under Buonamico, and contratted a friend- 

 Uiip in Italy with Bcmbo, Sadolet, and other great men. He 

 carried forward his Itudies at Louvain, where he .fixed his 

 relidence after his marriage, and was the principal means of 

 defending the city againlt the attack of Martin van RofTcm. 

 He was, however, Ici/.ed by the enemy, under the pretence 

 of a violation of the truce, and obliged to ranfom himlelf. 

 He was after this recalled by the king of Portugal, who 

 wilhed to employ him to write the hillory of that country. 

 The materials put into his hands were in fo confufed a ilate, 

 and fo fcaiity in regard to quantity, that he was able to per- 

 form but a fmall part of the talk. He was malignantly ac- 

 cufed, arrefted, and tlirown into prifon. At length, as tiiere 

 was nothing found againll him, he was liberated, and return- 



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