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REGATTA i^ a name gives at Venice to a kind of 

 exhibition on the water, in which the gondohers conteit 

 for fuperiority in the art of rowing their gondolas. 



A fplendid entertainment, under this appellation, was 

 exliibited on the Thames in 1775. 



REGAU, in Geography, a town of Auftria ; 12 miles 

 W. of Steyr. 



REGE Inconsulto, in Law, is a writ iducd from 

 the king to the judges, not to proceed in a caufe which 

 may prejudice the king, until he is advifed. A rege incon- 

 fuho may be awarded, not only for the party to the plea, 

 but upon fuggeilioM of a llranger, on caule Ihewa that the 

 king may be prejudiced by the procaeding, &c. 

 Reoe Quirela Coram. See Qukkkla. 

 REGEL, or Rigel, in AJhonomy, a lixed ilar of the 

 firft magnitude, in Orion's left foot. 



REGELSBRUN, in Geography, a town of Auitria ; 

 fcven miles N. of Brugg. 



REGEN, a river which rifes on the borders of Bohemia, 

 and runs into the Danube, near Racilbon. — Alfo, a town 

 of Bavaria, on the above-named river ; 40 miles E. of 

 Ratifbon. 



REGENERATED Tartar. See Tartar, Regene- 

 rated. 



REGENERATION, in Theology, the aft of being 

 born again by a fpiritual birth, or becoming a child of 

 God : or it is that change of heart and life experienced 

 by a pcrfon, who farfakes a courfe of vice, and fincerely 

 embraces a life of piety and virtue. 



When an infidel is converted, baptifm is always ad- 

 miniftered as a fign of regeneration. 



The term is alfo ufed to fignify the change of Itate that 

 takes place at the refun-eftion. Matt. xix. 28. 



REGENSBERG, in Geography, a town of Switzer- 

 land, in the canton of Zurich, fituated on a mountain, and 

 furrounded with walls in the year 1687 ; it is the principal 

 place of a bailiwick formerly fubjedl to the dukes of Aulbina ; 

 6 miles E. of Baden. 



REGENSBURG. See Ratisbon. 

 REGENSTAUF, a town of Bavaria, in the princi- 

 pality of Neubnrg ; leven miles N. of Ratifljon. 



REGENSTEIN, a town of Wellphalia, in the bifhop- 

 ric of Halberftadt ; feven miles W. of Quedlinburg. 



REGENSTORF, or Old Rcgenjberg, a bailiwick of 

 Switzerland, in the canton of Zurich, which derives its 

 name from that of an ancient caille, deftroyed in 1443. 



REGENT, Rege.vs, a perfon who governs a kingdom 

 during the minority or abfence or incapacity of a king. 



In France, the queen-mother has the regency of the 

 kingdom, under the title of queen-regent, while the king is a 

 minor. Some have urged, that women, being incapable of 

 fucceeding to that crown, were incapable of the regency ; 

 but cuilom has declared in their favour. 



Regent is alfo ufed for a profelTor of arts and fciences, 

 who holds a clafs, or fet of pupils, in a college. 



The foreign univerfities are generally compofed of doftors, 

 profellors, and regents. Regent and fcholar are relative 

 terms. See Tutok. 



Regent is generally reftrained to the lower clafles, as regent 

 of rhetoric, regent of logic, &c. ; thofe of philofophy are 

 rather called profeflbrs. 



REGENWALDE, in Geography, a town of Hinder 

 Pomerania, on the Rega ; 30 miles N.N.E. of Stargard. 

 N. lat. 53° 49'. E. long. 15'' 24'. 



REGERENDARIUS, among the Romans, an officer 

 who fubfcribed and kept a regifter of all petitions prefented 

 to the prxfecl. Pitifcl in voc. 



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REGESTOLA, in Ornithology, a name ufed by fome 

 authors for the mattageis, or larger butcher-bird, a very 

 Imall hawk, not exceeding the fize of a common tiirufh, but 

 very fierce and voracious. See Laniu.s Excubilor. 



REGETZ, in Geography, a town of Hungary ; 18 miles 

 S. of Cafchau. 



REGGE, a river of Holland, which rifes near Enfchede, 

 and after paffing by Ghoer, Ryfen, &c. joins the Vecht 

 near Ommens. 



REGGIO, PiETUo, in Biography, a native of Genoa, who 

 feems to have been the firit Italian who gave our country a 

 taile for the vocal refinements of his country. Before his 

 arrival here, he had been in Spain, Germany, Sweden, and 

 France. Befidcs refinements in florid fong, he was much 

 admired for his exquifite manner of accompanying himfelf 

 on the lute. His firll refidence in England was at Oxford, 

 where he pubHfhed, in 1677,3 fmall tract, entitled " A Trea- 

 tife to ling well any fong whatever." In 1684 his book of 

 fongs, in folio, the words chiefly from Cowley, appeared. 

 We know not what were the tafte and expreffion which 

 rendered his vocal powers fo captivating ; but his airs are 

 very dry and monotonous, and in as old an Italian tafte as 

 thofe of Lulli. 



Reggio, in Geography, a city of Italy, capital of the 

 department of the CroHolo, and formerly of the duchy of 

 Modena, the fee of a bifliop, fuffragan of Bologna. It 

 was founded by the Tufcans, and became a Roman colony 

 under Lepidus the triumvir. It was dellroyed by Alaric, 

 and rebuilt by Charlemagne. Its number of convents is 16, 

 and of inhabitants about 18,000. The cathedral contains 

 many capital pidlures and fculptures. The inhabitants of 

 this city were the firft of all the Italians, who in 1794 

 renounced their allegiance to their own fovereign, Her- 

 cules III., who fled to Venice, afterwards took up arms^ 

 and folicited the protedion of Bonaparte. He took poffef- 

 fion of the city, proclaimed the hberty of the inhabitants, 

 and inltituted a legiflativc committee, who took the oath of 

 allegiance to the Freuch republic. Reggio is the native 

 place of the poet Ariofto ; 14 miles W.N. W. of Modena. 

 N. lat. 44° 41'. E. long. io° 38'. 



Reggio, a fea-port town of Naples, in Calabria Ultra, 

 fituated on the ftraits of Meffina. The inhabitants carry 

 on manufaftures of ftockings, gloves, and waiftcoats of 

 thread or filk. This place is the fee of an archbilhop, 

 founded by the patriarch of Conftantinople, and contains 

 two colleges and feven convents. The environs abound in 

 oranges, citrons, mulberries, and grapes, with fome fugar- 

 canes. This town was called by the Greeks Rhegion, de- 

 rived according to Diodorus from the Greek word piyiuju., 

 to break or tear, becaufe Sicily was torn from Italy, either 

 by the fea or an earthquake. It is vefy ancient, founded 

 as fome fay by Jocaftrus, fon of jEolus, king of Lipari, 

 who entertained Ulyfles ; or, according tu others, by the 

 Clialcidians, who came hither from Eubcea. The territory 

 of the Rhegini was free and powerful, though fometimes 

 governed by tyrants. In the Peloponuefian war they fufFered 

 much from their neighbours the Epizephyrian Locri, and 

 were diftrafted by intenud coatei.tions. In the time of 

 Dionyfius the elder they were very powerful and aflerted their 

 hberty, refufing an alliance with that tyrant, who demanded 

 a daughter of the city. When Pyrnius waged war againit 

 tlic Romans, the latter fint a legion for the proteftion of 

 Rliegium ; but the foldiers murdered the citizens and feized 

 on the city. After the war the infurgents were taken by 

 the Romans, and put to death for their treachery and cru- 

 elty. St. Paul, on his journey to Rome, pafled through 

 this city. In 'he yenr rySjk wa- almoil totally deftroyed 

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