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aWy treatci?, but he died of his wounds in lefs than three 

 davs. Hif Irtlt words (lic-w the temper of the hero, better 

 than any eulogium that could be formed for him ; they were 

 fpoken in the Spanifli language, " Here die I, Richard 

 Greenville, with a joyful and quiet mind ; for that 1 have 

 ended my hfe as a true loldicr ought to do, figliting for his 

 country, queen, religion, and honour ; my ioul departing 

 from this body, leaving beliind tlie lulling fame, of having 

 behaved as every valiant foldier is in duty bound to do." 

 This noble minded man has been blamed for rafiineis ; but 

 excefs of bravery, if fuch it may be denominated, in a 

 liritifll feaman meets with a ready pardon, and fuch exam, 

 pies as Greenville and a Nelfon, though not aKvays to be 

 juHified on the fcore of prudence, have effeeted more ad- 

 vantages for this fea-girt iiland, than can be well defcribed. 

 Biog. Brit. 



GuKENVlLi.K, <$■(> Bkvil, grandfon of the preceding, was 

 born in the year 1 596. He was educated at Exeter college, 

 Oxford, under the celebrated D. Prideaux, where he ac- 

 quired a large ftock of knowledge, and an ardent attachment 

 to the eilablilhed religion of his country. When became to 

 his ellate he dillinguifhed himfelf as a mod refpeClable coun- 

 try gentleman, and fat, very often, in parliament, as knight of 

 the fliire for the county of Corjiwall, and burgels of Laun- 

 cefton. In 1638, he attended tie king with a troop of 

 horfe, raifed at his own expence, in an expedition to Scot- 

 land. For this fervice he received at the hands of h.is love- 

 reign the honour of knighthood. He dillingui filed himfelf 

 during the civil wars, and had a command in the batlie of 

 Stratton, gained by Hopton againll the earl of Stamford, 

 in May 1643. He was prefent, and made a confiderable 

 ftand in other engagements, particularly in that which was 

 fought at Lanfdown, near Bath, in which the parliament 

 forces were commanded by fir William Waller. In this ac- 

 tion fir Bevil, at the head of his Cornifhmen, received a fatal 

 blow with a pole-ax. His body was afterwards found, fur- 

 vounded by thofe of his officers ; and it was obferved, to the 

 honour of the gentlemen of England, that there were more 

 officers and gentry, than common men, {lain on the king's fide. 

 Sir Bevil was extremely lamented : his character was drawn 

 by lord Clarendon :' '• That which would have clouded any 

 victory, was the death of fir Bevil Greenville. He was, in- 

 deed, an excellent perfon, whofe attivity, intercil, and re- 

 putation was the foundation of what had been done in Corn- 

 wall, and his temper and alTeftion fo public, t!;at no accident 

 which happened could make any impreffion on him ; and his 

 example kept others from taking any thing ill, or at leail 

 feeming to do fo : in a word, a brighter courage and gentler 

 difpofition were never married together, to make the moll 

 cheerful and innocent convcrfation." A monument v,as 

 crefted to his memory on the foot on which he fell. Bio"-. 

 Brit. 



Greenville, in Gcofra/i/i)), a county in Wafliington dif- 

 tridl, South Carolina; fituated in theN.W.corner of the Hate; 

 containing 1 1,504 inhabitants, of whom 1439 are (laves. This 

 county is mountainous and hilly ; but it is well watered, and 



the climate is pleafant and healthy Alfo, a poll -town of 



South Carolina, and chief town of Cheraws diftrift ; fituated 

 on the W. fide of Great Pedee river, in Darhngton county. 

 It contains about 30 houfes, a court-houfc, gaol, and aca- 

 demy ; 55 miles E.N. E. from Camden. — Alfo, a poll-town 

 and capital of Pitt county. North Carolina, on the S. bank 

 of Tar river, diftant 23 miles from Wafhington, and contain- 

 ing about 50 houfes, a court-houfe, a gaol, and a feminary, 

 called the Pitt academy. — Alfo, a poft-town of Meck- 

 lenburg county, Kentucky; 766 miles W. by S from 

 Wafhington.— Alfo, a poll-town in Jefferfon county, Miffi- 



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fippi territory ; 1217 miles from Wafliington. — Alfo, a fmall 

 poll-town in Green county, in the (late of TenefTce, fituated 

 on the W.fide of the north-eallernmoftbranchof Nolachucky 

 river, about fix miles N. by E. of Greenville college ; 653 

 miles S.W. of Pliiladelphia — Alfo, a fort and feltlemejit in 

 the Hate of Ohio, on the S. fide of a north-wellern branch of 

 the Great Miami, fix miles N.W. of fort Jefferfon, on the 

 fame bi-anch, about 23 miles S E. of fort Recovery. It 

 has baflions at each angle, and is capable of accommodating 

 2000 men. 



GuEENViLLE Bny, or La Buy, a town and port of entry 

 on the E or windward fide of the ifiand of Grenada. It 

 has about 60 dwelling-houfes, a church, and fcveral rich Itores 

 of Indian and European goods, and plantation utcnfils. Its 

 fituation is low and rather unhealthy. 



GliEK.sviLLi: College, a college m Green county, in Ti;- 

 neflee, founded in 1794, by the firll ad of the firil afTen.bly 

 of the fouth-weftern territory. 1 1 is fituated between two 

 fmall northern branches of Nolachucky river, not far from 

 Gretnviile, (which fee) the county town. Its local iituation 

 conduces very much to its utility, as it is retired, healthy^ 

 cheap, and near public roads in every direction. It is under 

 the management of I4trultees, and pofielfes a library of be- 

 tween one and two thoufand volumes, and philoio^hxal ap- 

 jiaratns, and a convenient building. 



GREENWICH, a market-town and parifli in the hun- 

 dred of Blackheath, and county of Kent, Englai.d, is 

 iltuated on the banks of the Thames, adjoining to Dept- 

 ford, and ^\ miles diftant from London. There are traces 

 of a royal refidence at Greenwich lo early as the reign of 

 Edward I., A.D. 1300. Henry IV'. dated his will in 

 1408 from this manor, which was granted by Henry V. to 

 Tiiomas duke of Exeter, after whole death it was conferred 

 on Humphrey duke of Gloucefter, uncle to Henry VI., 

 who, in 1433, gave the duke licence to fortify and embattle 

 lijs manor-hoafe, and to make a park of 200 acres ; under 

 this grant the duke rebuilt the palace, and inclofed the park, 

 in which he eretled a moated tower. ,0n the duke's death 

 in l.<47, the manor reverted to the crown ; and was a fa- 

 vourite refidence of Edward IV^., who enlarged and fjnilhed 

 the palace. Henry VII. fpent much of his time at Green- 

 wich, where his two fons, Henry and Edmund, were born. 

 Henry VIII. made confiderable additions to the buildings, 

 and during his reign Greenwich became one of the principal 

 fcenes of that feflivity for which his court was celebrated. 

 Tournaments and revels were frequently held ; and in 15 13 

 the firft mafqucrade ever feen in England was here introduced. 

 Edward VI. kept his Chrillmas here in 1552, and died 

 in this palace in July following. The queens, Mary and 

 Elizabeth, were both born here, and the latter chrillcned 

 with peculiar (late. Slie was particularly partial to this 

 manfion, and made it her fummer refidcr.ce, pafling the feilive 

 hours of that romantic period in various diverfions and fjden- 

 did exhibitions. This palace was frequently vifitcd by James I. 

 and Charles I.; was afterwards alDgned by parliament to 

 the Protetlor ; and, after the reiloration, again devolved, 

 with tlie park and appendages, to the crown : when the 

 king, finding the whole building in a ruinous Hate, ordered 

 It to be pulled down, and comm.enced a magnificent palace of 

 free-done on its fcite, under the direction of Webb, the fon-in- 

 law of Inigo Jones, from whofe papers thedefignsare faid 

 to have been made. One wing, however, was ail that was 

 completed, at the expence of 36,000/., in which the king 

 occafionally refidcd ; but no further progrcfs was made in 

 the building either in that or the fucceeding reign. Soon 

 after the acceflion of Wilhani and Mary, a project w<is 

 formed for providing an afylura for aged and difabled fea- 



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