G O f, 



where thofe monks were tducatpd whe were intended to be 

 fcnt vn iniiTions mio tlie Ealt. Goiius was dt-'lllncd to this 

 fcrvicc, and having viiitcd eviry part of S) ria and PalctHnc, 

 founded a monaltcry of his order on moui.t Libanjs., over 



G O L 



GOLDYLOCKS, in Botany. Sec ClliU.sot ()\rA and 



GnAI'II ALIL'-M. 



GOLEEAH, in Geography, a town of Bengal ; iS nules 

 E. oi Ramgiir. N. lat 22 2S'. E. long. 8j 51'. 



GOLETTA, a fottrefs of Africa, fituated on a canal, which he prelidi-d tiil he was recalled to Rome. Here he 



in the kingdom of Tunis;. 25 miles N. of Tunis Alfo, a v/as employed as one of tlie principal afilJbnts of Scrgiu* 



narrow channel l.etween the lake of Tunis and the fea, de- Riliiis, archbifhop of Darnafcus, in preparing his edition of 



fended on each (ide by a calUe. the Arabic bible, wiiich was publiflied in 1671 by the di- 



CiOLF, or Gouf, tlie name of a diverlion or exerciic, re«i<jn of the college " De propaganda." After it was 



much uied in Sootlnnd, and played upon the lawns or links, completed, Goluii was appointed vilitor of the mifliont of 



as they are there called. the Ealt Indies. He dud in this employ.ner.t at Surat 



It conliils oi driving a ball with clubs, between two about the year 1673. He was author of trantlations into 



goals or holes, half a mile or a mile afunder. He who can Arabic of I'liomas a Kempis' imitation of Jefus Chrill : 



do this with tlie fewvft llrokes of his club is, the 

 queror. 



GOLFO Tristf, in Geography, a bay on the coail of 

 South America, in the government of Caraecas. N. lat. 

 10 30'. W. Long. 6(>. 20'. 



GOL.GAM, a town of Hindooflan, ia Dowlatabad; 

 15 miles N. of Beder. 



COLGOM, a town of the ifland of Cevlon ; 48 miles 

 N.W. of Candy- 



GOLGOTHA. See Calvary. 



GOjilATH, in Scripture H'lflary, a f.inious giant of 

 Gath, who delied the arniies ot Ilrael, and was (lain by 

 David. I Sam. xvii. 4, &;c. 



GOLICH, in Geography, a town of Ruflia, in the go- 

 .vernment of Irkutfch, on the Lena ; two miles S. of Or- 

 lenga. 



GOLINDA, a fmall illand near the N. coaft of Cuba. 

 N. lat. 23 ' 2o'» W. long, yo' 4. 



GOLISANO, a town of Sicily, iji the valley of De- 

 niona ; 9 miles S. of Cefalu. 



GOLITZ, a town of Nubia, on the left Tide of tlie other being Liamune. Golo comprehends the northern di 

 Nile; 45 milts W.N.W. of Dongola. vilion of Corlica, in N. lat. 42 30', and containing 165 



GOUUS, Jame.s, in 5w^m/>^v, was born at the Hiigue fc;unre leagues, and 103,466 inhabitants, is fubdivided into 

 in 1596 ; but he purfued liis iludies at Leyden with three circles, x'ja. Ballia, whofe inhabitants arc 47,842 ; 

 the moll unremitting dihgence and ardour, and- be- Calvi, having 20,282 inhabitants; and Coitc containing 

 came diftinguiftied, for his deep knowledge of the learned 35,342 inhabitants. There are feveral lofty mountains near 

 languages, antiquities^ philofophv, and mathematics. In the centre of a chain that traverfes the illand longitudinally. 

 1622 he accompanied an euibad'ador of the United Pro- The moll coiiliderable lakes are Ino and Crcno, the former 



of lennons on tlie Evangelills : an " Hi:i<iric diicourfe of 

 St. Gregory of Decapoli> :" feveral fmuU devotional pieces, 

 and a tranllation from Arabic into Latin of a " Collection 

 ot Parables and Proverbs." Moreri. 



GOLLl, or Colli, in Geography, a town of Africa, 

 near the river Grande, the inhabitants of wiiich trade in 

 flaves, ivory, and cotton. 



GOLLING, a town of the archbiftiopric of Sali^burg, 

 cni tiie Sul/a ; 14 mi es S.S E. of Sa'zburg. 



GOLLOSING, a town of Bengal; 70 miles W. of 

 Midna])i)ur. 



GOLNTTZ, a town of Hungary, oa a river cf the 

 fame name ; 14 miles S.E. of Kapfdorff. 



GQLNOAV, a town of Anterior Pomerania, furmcrlT 

 Hanfeatic, fituated on the Ihna ; 12 miles N. of Stargard. 

 N- l^it. 53 37. E. long. 24 57- . 



GOLO, a river of Corlica, which rifes nearly in the 

 centre of the ifland, and puriuing a N.E. courfe, runs into 

 the lea;. 12 miks S.S E. of Baltia. It gives name to one 

 ot the two departments into which the illand is divided ; the 



;vinccs to Morocco, where he exelted the admiration of the 

 emperor Muley Zeidan, with, whom he had fivquent in- 

 terviews. After his return to his native country he fuc- 



.ceeded to the Arabic profefTorlliip on the death of Erpenius, 

 under whom he had formerly lUidied. In 1625 he obtained 

 penniffion to travel in the Levant, and palTed more than a 

 year at Aleppo, whence lie made various excurfions into 



, Arabia and Mefopotaraia. On his return he vilited Conlhin- 

 tinople, wlvcrc he obtained very diltinguilhed notice from 



of wiiich is of unknown depth. The foil is tolerab'y fec- 



ii Idiiii' barli'i 



millet, olives, chcliiuts, wi.io, fruits. 



Sec 



tile, 



See. On the hills are forells and exeelkiit pallures. 



Cou.sic.v. 



(iOLOBGUKGE, a town of Bengal ; 10 miJi-s E. of 

 Silhet. 



GOLPHINGTON, tlw chief town of Wafliington 

 county and Hate of Georgia, in .\merica, lltuated near the 

 head of Ogeechee river, about 26 miles E. S.E. of Occonee 



the learned in that capital, by whofe means he had acccfs to town 



the belt libraries. During his abfence he was appointed GOLPS, in HeraUry, are roundlcs, or tocteaux, of a 



profeiTor of mathematics, and returned to Leyden in 16^9, purple colour. 



and applied himlelf to the duties of his office. He diid in GOLTBERGENSIS Tkura, in the Materia Medico, p. 



1667, having occupied with m.uch credit the arduous ijtuation whitllh earth, ul'ed in the (liops of Germany and Italy as 



i>f profclfor for more than forty years, and patted tlu-ough an altringmt, u cordial, and a ludurilic, but httle known 



all the academical honours. As an author he publillied the 



" Saracen Hiltory of Elmacin,' which had been begun by 



Erpenius : alfo a hfe of the great Tamerlane, \\ ritten by 



an eminent Arabian author: " The allronomical Elements 



of .^Ifergan," with a new verfion and learned commen- 



tai-ics : " An Arabic Lexicon ;" a " Periian Dictionary," 



which was printed in I^ondon. Bayle. Moreri. 



GoLiLS, Pf,tf.!i, brother of the preceding, entered 

 when very young among the Carmelites; like his brother 

 he excelled in the knowledge of the Arabic language, and 

 taught it in the ftminary belonging to his order at Rome, 



iinong tlie Englilh apothecaries. It is dug in many pj-rts 

 of Germany, as Goldberg and Strigaw, and Lignit/ m 

 Silelia ; but partieulariy at this time in the neiglibour- 

 hood of Haflelt, in the bilhopric of Liege, in the circle 

 of Wellph.ilia. It is taken up there in confiderable 

 quantities, and ufually is fealed with the iir.preflii.n of an 

 eagle, and with its old name Gollbergenlis terra under 

 it. It was imagined to contain foine particles ot lilver, 

 and thence to derive fomc of its virtues: on this account 

 Montanus called it j.\UHi;;j /u.-/y; but experience fliews that 

 it doth not contain a p.u-iicle of tlat meta'. It is a deiil'c 



compa<;\ 



