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vrlierevor tliey were necell'ary, thefc cities were to be cafy of 

 neccfs ; and at crofs roads polls were crefted vvitli iiifcrip- 

 tions, dircdling tlie way to the " city of refuge." Ujion 

 this Hottiiif^fcr remarks, that it was probably in allufion to 

 this culloni, that .John the Baptilt is delcribed as " tlie voice 

 of one crying in tiic wildernels, prepare ye the way of the 

 Lord, make his paths ilraight." (Luke, iii. 4 — 6.) He 

 was the Mefliah's forerunner, and in that charadlcr was to 

 remove tlic obftaclos to men's flying to him as their alylum, 

 and obtaining triltiiicj rb- Ssy, tlic falvation of God. Every 

 year, on the 15th of Adar, (February,) the magillratcs 

 were to infpedt tiie roads, and afcertain their good condi- 

 tion. Thefe cities were to be fupplied witli water and pro- 

 vifions ; but they were not to be the refidence of any artilts 

 who made weapons, by the ufe of whicii the relations of the 

 deceafed might gratify their revenge. It was necedary that 

 thofe who took refuge in thefe places fliould underftand fomc 

 occupation, that might prevent their being chargeable, 

 whilll they were waiting for their trial. In order to excite 

 and maintain the greater horror even of involuntary blood- 

 fhed, the law punifhed it by a kind of banifhment, for the 

 accufed perfon was to remain in this city, without departing 

 from it, till the death of the high-prieli, but after the high 

 priefl's death, he might fafely go wherever he plcafcd. 



REFUGEES, French Protefl;ants, who, by the revoca- 

 tion of theedift of Nantes, in 1685, have been conftrained 

 to quit their country, and retire for refuge into Holland, 

 Germany, England, &c. to fave themfelves from the ne- 

 cefliiy of abandoning their religion. 



REFUGIO, El, in Geography, a harbour in one of the 

 iflands of Mayorga, where Maurelle was fupplied with water 

 in 1781, and which, he fays, affords (helter from the mod 

 furious winds. S. lat. 18° 36'. E. long. 177° 32'. 



REFVINGE, a town of Sweden, in the province of 

 Halland ; nine miles N.N.W. of Helmflad. 



REFUSAL, in Law, is where one hath by law a right 

 and power of having or doing fomething of advantage to 

 him, and he declines it. An executor may refufe an exe- 

 cutorlhip : but the refufal ought to be before the ordinary ; 

 jf an executor be fummoned to accept or refufe the executor- 

 ihip, and he doth not appear upon the fummons and prove 

 the will, the court may grant adminiitration, &c. which fliall 

 be good in law till fuch executor hath proved the will ; but 

 no man can be compelled to take upon him the executorfliip, 

 unlefs he hath intermeddled with the ellate. ( i Leon. 154. 

 Cro. EHz. 858.) Where there are feveral executors, and 

 they all refufe, none of them Ihall adminifter afterwards ; 

 but if there is a refufal by one, and the other proves the 

 will, the refufmg executor may adminifter when he will, 

 during the life of his co-executor, (i Rep. 28.) If there 

 is but one executor, and he adminiiters, he cannot refufe 

 afterwards, and if once he refufe, he cannot adminifter after- 

 wards. 



There is a refufal of a clerk prefented to a church, for 

 want of literature, &c. and if a bifhop once refufes a clerk 

 for infufficiency, he cannot accept of him afterward, if a 

 new clerk is prefented. (5 Rep. 58. Cro. EUz. 27.) In 

 attion of trover and converfion, a demand of the goods, 

 and refufal to dehver them muft be proved, &c. 10 Rep. 56. 



REFUTATION, Refutatio, in Rhetoric, that part 

 of the anfwer made to an opponent, which difproves what 

 had been advanced by him. 



REGA, in Geography, a river of Pomerania, which rifes 

 •three miles N.W. of Dramburg, pafTes by Regenwalde, 

 Plate, Grieffenberg, Treptow, &c., and thq^i runs into the 

 fea, 1 2 miles S. W. of Colberg. 



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REGAH, a town of Egypt, on the left bank of the 

 Nile ; fix miles N. of Atfieli. 



PEGAL, Rkcius, ot Regalis, fomething belonging to 

 a king. Regal is of the fame import with royal ; the former 

 being formed of the Latin rex ; the other of the French 

 roy, king. 



Regal, Fr., a mufical term, which the Encyclopedic de- 

 fines, "Jirjl, an ancient inftrumei:t compofed of many fticks 

 of fonorous wood of different lengths, forming a fcale, 

 played upon by an ivory ball faftened to the end oi a ftick." 

 This is exaftly the defcription of the fticcado, faid to 

 be invented by the brother of Bremner, the late mufic- 

 ieller in the Strand, who pubhftied a book of inftruftions 

 for playing upon it. 



" Regal \s,,fecondly, a fpinet organized, or rather a fmall 

 organ of two or three ftops placed under a keyed inftru- 

 ment, very common in Spain and Italy. In France this 

 kind of inftrument is called 3. pofitif." Craing, an organ- 

 builder in London about the middle of the laft century, 

 furnifhed organs of this kind to many harpfichords and 

 fpinets in a virginal form. Sftetzler, when he firft came 

 hither from Strafburg, was employed by Shudi to organize 

 his harpfichord. 



But regal in all Roman Catholic countries is a portable 

 organ ufed in proceflions, carried by one perfon and played 

 by another. We have feen that ufe made of this kind of 

 organ at Naples. The pipes are of reeds, for the lightnefs 

 of carriage. 



In the lift of Edward VI. and queen Elizabeth's muKcal 

 eftabhftiments in the Sloane MSS. at the Britifh Mufeum, 

 among the initrument-makers, the regal-maker is allowed 

 20/. yearly. And in our own memory there was an office 

 in the chapel royal under the title of " tuner of the re- 

 gals;" but it was abohflied, and united to forae more 

 ufeful officer in the chapel. 



In the fupplement to the folio Encyclopedie, we are told 

 that the regal is a portable organ, which has no pipes, or 

 at moft fuch as are very {hort, the tones being produced by 

 reeds. This we believe to be the truth. The inftrument 

 is fometimes fo fmall as to be fet o» a table. 

 Regal Fijh. See Royal Fi/h. 

 Regal Suit. See Suit. 



REGALE, in the French Jurifpnidence, is a right be- 

 longing to the king over all benefices in that kingdom. 



The regale confifts in enjoying the revenues of biftiop- 

 rics, during the vacancy of their fees, and of prefenting 

 to the benefices dependent on them, which become vacant 

 during that time, and till fuch a fucceffbr have taken the 

 oath of fidelity, and have procured letters patent, to fecure 

 him from the regale. 



The enjoyment of the fruits of the fee is called the tem- 

 poral regale ; that of prefenting the benefices, the fpiritual 

 regale. 



Some refer the origin of the regale to the time of Clovis ; 

 and fay, the clergy granted this privilege to the king upon 

 his defeating the Vifigoths ; others allege, that pope 

 Hadrian 1. gratified Charlemagne with it, in a council 

 held at Rome. It is obferved by others, that the regale 

 was originally no more than a ward, or adminiftration ; and 

 that the kings were only depofitaries of the fruits of the 

 vacant bifhoprics ; and appointed osconomi to look to them 

 during the vacancy. 



It is added, that the kings of the firft and fecond race 

 never enjoyed any fuch privilege ; and that it was only 

 introduced in the twelfth century, in favour of invefti- 

 tures. 



Whatever was the origin of the regale> it occafioned a 

 4 H very 



