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t)p]iovere." (See EEiON-iTrs and Nazaren-es ) This rx- ivgularly fortifiL-d on the land fide by a line of baftiors re- 



cc'llent writer elfewhere obfervcs, it is not necefTr.ry for doubts, coiinterfcarp', &c. that exti'nds from Weo'vi'l to 



us to fuppofe, that the ancient fathers wlio mention other Stoke, or more properly, Alverlloke lake. Within the 



gofpels, thought, "that all, if any of thofe gofpcls, were works on the Weovil fide,' are the king's brewery and coonf-r- 



written bofore St. I.ukes, or that he fpokc of them ; for age, with an imn-.enfc ranfr.j of ftorehoiifcs for wine, m'ah 



Bufaides and Apell« could not write gofpels before the hops, &c. Tliis place communicates with the fca by 'means 



focond century: and they might fuppofe, that feveral, if of a large baCn and canal, with cxtenfivc 



I by 



iiol all the others, mentioned by them, were written after veffels of confiderable biirlhcn can take in iheir' (lores. 



St. Luke's. The meaning of what thefe ancient writers Many fmall floops belonging to Weovil are employed in the 



lay i.s that the ' chureh recei-.es four gofpels only. There conveyance of wine, beer, and water, to the (hips in the harl 



■ were many others. But t<;> them may be applied the words hour. On the Weovil fide are alfo the new barracks, an 



of St. I,uke ; they only took in hand, or attempted. They 

 did not jjjrform, as Matthew, and Mark, and Luke, and 

 .lolin did. And they niiglit exprtTs themrelvcsin that man- 

 y.^r eonceruing gofpels written after St. Luke's, as well as 

 bcJr.re it." 



extcnfive range of buildings, with ever)' convenience for a 

 great number of foldicrs. Gofport, confidercd as a fea-port, 

 is handfomely built, and the police w;ll regulated. The 

 town is a chapcli-y to the neighbouring village of Alvcrftoke: 

 the chapel is a fpacious edifice, (landing in a large wcll- 



rii3 gofpel of " Peter" has been taken notice of by many planted cemetery, to the foulh of the town ; the interior is 



of tke ancient writers, as Serapion, Tertullian, Origen, Eu 

 febius, and Jerom. Some have fiippoied, that this was the 

 gofpel of St. Mark, who was the companion of Peter, and 

 W!-ote the gofpel now extant under his name. But there is 

 reafon For believing that the gofpel of Peter was different 

 from that of St. Mark. It is not very certain by v.-hom it 

 v\'as forged. Dr. Grabe, and after him, Dr. Mill, fuppofe 

 it to have been maJe by Lcucius, v.-hom they reckon to 

 have been a heretic of the fecond century ; but Leucius did 



neat, and difpofed into a middle and two fide ai.lcs. The 

 work-houfe for the poor is a large, airy, and commodious 

 building. Here are alio feveral charity -fchools ; and feme 

 alms-houfes for dillreffed widows. The markets arc held 

 three days weekly, and are nuieh frequented : fi(h and vege- 

 tables are f;!d in great abundance ; the latter being brought, 

 not only from a confiderable diflance inland, but alfo from 

 f!ie Ifie of Wight. Two fairs are held annually. Several 

 breweries are ellabiifhed ; and a very extenfive iron foundcry. 



not live till the latter end of the third, or the beginning of where numerous articles are manufafturcd for government, 

 the fourth century ; whereas this gofpel appears to have been Gofport is 78 miles di(!r.nt from London : the population 

 extant in the fecond century, as we may infer from the ac- of the parilh of AlverlLokc, including the inhabitants of 

 cojnt of it by Serapion, who v.as bifliop of Antiocli in the this town, was returned, under the aft of 1 801, at 11,29;; 

 I Ith year of the emperor Commodus, ?. f. A.D. 190. Mr. the number of houfes being 1906. The connexion betweea 

 Jones apprehends, tliat this gofpel was compofed by thofe Gofport and Portfniouth is preferved by numerous ferr}'- 

 ancient heretics in the fecond century, called Docete (fee boats that ply acrofs the harbour, which in thii place is about 

 that article) ; and he conjetlures that the gofpel of Bafllides tliree quarters of a m.ile in width, 

 above-mentioned, was either wholly, or in a great meafiire, 

 tlie fame with this apocryphal gofpel under the name of 

 Peter. The gofpel of " Perfedlion" was one of the nume- 

 rous forgeries of the Gnoftics, who pretended to a greater 

 perfection in knowledge and virtue than all oti-.ers, raid hence 

 took their name. (See Gn'Ostics. ) The gofpel of " Phi- 

 lip" was another forgery of the fame perfons. The gofpel 

 of " Scythianus" was compofed by him who was the fource 

 and author of the Manichean herefy. The gofpel of 

 " Tatian" was no other but a harmony of four gofpels, or a 

 fort of epitome of the whole liiftory contained in our four 

 gofpel?. The golpel of " Tli,\ddcas" is merely mentioned 

 in the decree of pope Gelafius. The gofpel of " Thomas," 

 or the gofpel of the " Infancy of our Saviour," is men- 

 tioned by Origen, Eufebius, Cyril, Am.brofe, Athanafius, 

 and .Terom, and is unqueftioiiably apocryphal ; though this 

 is different from the gofpel of Thomas, one of the followers 

 of Manes, the head of the Manichees, for Origen, who men- 

 tions the former, lived a confiderable time before the Mani- 

 chean herefy was divulged. The gofpel of "Truth" was a 

 forgery of the Valentinians in the fecond century. This 

 is fuppofedby fome to be the fame with the gofpel of " Va- 



At a fmall diftance fouth of Gofport, is the Royal Hof- 

 pital of Hafler, built between the years 1746 and 1762, for 

 the reception of fick and wounded feamen, on the earned 

 recommendation of the late earl of Sandwich. It is fituatcd 

 within 400 yards of the extremity of the point of land 

 which bounds the weft fide of the entrance to Portfmouth 

 harbour ; and confifls of an extenfive front, and two wing.s,, 

 each comprifing two dillind ranges of buildings. In this 

 hofpital upwards of 2000 patients can be accommodated ;. 

 the regular cxpence of the e(labh(hmcnt in falaries, &c. ii 

 above 5000.'. annually. 



Nearly a mile fouth-weft from Hafler hofpital is Fort 

 Monkton, a modern and reguLir fortification, exceedingly 

 (Irong, and defended by thirty-two pieces of heavy 

 ordnance ; to the wefiward, ranges a llrong redoubt ; and 

 this, together with the fort, effectually fecures this part of 

 the coall. On the fhore, to the eaftward, a high and matTive 

 ftone wall has been erected, to preferve the land from the 

 ravages of the fea. 



Near the extremity of the neck of land which terminates 

 the entrance of the harbour on the eaft fide, is the Bl.^ck 

 houfe, a very ftrong fort, defended by a formidable battery. 



lentinus," but others are of opinion that he had a gofpel of Beauties of England and Wales, vol. vi. 



his own, different from that called the gofpel of Truth ufed Go.si'oiir, formerly called Appicikre^ a fifliing town of 



by his followers. For further particulars we refer to Jones's America, on Star i.(}and, belonging to Rockingham countv. 



of the ifland of Sar- 



Canon and Lardncr's Works 



G03P1NI, in Geography, a town 

 dinia ; 24 miles S. of Onltagni. 



GOSPOlvT, is a fea-port tov/nof Hampfliirc, England. 

 In th? time of king Henry VIII., v.heu Leland vifited this 

 part of the ifland, Gofport was only a poor village inhabited 

 by fifliermen, but it has gradually become a town of confi- 

 derable extent and importance ; and of late years has been 



New Ilampfhire, containing 85 inhabitants; about 12 miles- 

 E.S E- of Pifcataqua harbour. 



GOSS, in RurnI Economy, a term cccafionally applied to 

 the common v, liin in different places, and which is fonielimcs. 

 written gcrfe. See Fvuze. 



GOSSAINGUNGE, in G.-ogrjbhy, a town of His, 

 dooflan. in Oud,- ; 15 miles S.E. of Lucknow. 



GOSSAMER is the name of a fine filmy fabftance, like- 

 cobwebs, 



