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fecond, or royal North Britifli drugoon?', called the " Scots 

 Groys," were raifi'd in Scotland during the reign of 

 .'air.os II. The luiiform is red, with gold lace, no facings, bnt 

 blue collar and cuff. The horles are of an iron-grey colour, 

 except thofe of the officers and trumpeters, which are of a 

 light grey, approaching to white. The fittli, or royal Irifli 

 regiment of dragoons, was raifed in or about the year 1688. 

 In confequehce of the good behaviour of this regiment at the 

 battle of Hochftet, in Augull 1 704, three additional troops 

 were put upon the eitablifliment, making its ftrength to con- 

 fift of nine troops. Again this regiment, affifted by the 



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thofe who had places near enough to hear his liftramcnti, 

 was exquilite; but the imperfedtions of his voice and figure 

 dilgnlled thofe at a dilbnce, to whofe ears only the word 

 part of his performance arrived. 



ItEGINO, a celebrated German ecclefiallical writer and 

 chronicler, who ilourifhed in the nintli and tenth centuries 

 He embraced the monallic life at the Uenedidine abbey of 

 Prum, in the diocefe of Treves, and by his conduft gained 

 fuch general relpedt among the fraternity, that in the year 

 892 he was made abbot, which office, however, from the 

 jealoufy of his rivals, he was obliged to reiign in 899. After 



Scots greys,' diftingui(hed itfelf at tlie battle of Ramillies in this he probably retired and fpeiit the remainder of his day 



1706; and both corps were diiliiiguiflied from other ca- 

 valry regiments, by being permitted to wear grenadier caps. 

 The permanency of the nine troops was fecured by an order, 

 dated in 179S. At this time there was an infurreftion of the 

 rebels in the difaffefted parts of Ireland, and this regiment 

 was ordered to refill and fuppref-i it. In order to fupply 

 the lofs it fuftained in feveral conflifts with the rebels, its 

 officers were inftrufted to receive eligible recruits. Many 

 were enliited, who, as the event afterwards proved, were 

 rebel-partifans, who entered into a defperate plot for ieizing 

 the garrifon at Lehaunftoun and mallacring every officer and 

 loyal foldier. The confpirators were feized, and fuffered 

 according to their deferts. Tlie regiment, however, had the 

 mortification to find it announced in the public papers, that 

 feveral privates belonging to the fifth or royal Irifh dragoons, 

 had been found guilty by a general court-martial of joining 



in the abbey of St. Maximin at Treves. He died about the 

 year 908. He was author of " A Chronicon," extending 

 from the birth of Clirill to the year 907, which is faid to be 

 very ufeful in illuilrating the hiftory of his time, and par- 

 ticularly that of the Franks and Germans. Tiiij chronicoa 

 was publifhed at Frankfort in 1583, with an appendix by 

 another liand, continuing it from the year 907 to 972, and it 

 is to be found in Piilorius's colleftion, entitled, " Scriptores 

 de Rebus Germanicis." Regino was author likewife oi 

 " De Difciplinis Ecclefiailicis et Rehgione Chriltiana," in 

 two book;., of which the firll contains thofe canons which 

 relate to ecclefiallical perfons, and the fecond, thofe which 

 regard the laity. This work was undertaken by him about 

 the year 906, at the defire of the arclibilliop of Treves, for 

 the fpccial benefit of his diocefe. It was firfl publiflicd, with 

 an appendix, by Joachim Hildebrand, at Hclmlladt, in 1659, 



the rebels. In confequence of this the regiment was, on the from a manufcript of Flacius Illyricns ; and afterwards by 

 lOth of April following, dilbanded by an order from his M. Balufe, with additions, and a learned preface and notes, 

 majefty, dated April 8th, 1799. See Grofc's Mil. Ant. vol.ii. 

 appendix. 



REGIMENTAL Court-maytial. See Covrt ■MartlaL 



RiiGiMENTAL Staff". See Staff. 



REGIMENTALS, the uniform clothing of the army, 

 confiding of a hat, coat, waillcoat, breeches, fhirts, ftocks, 

 fhoes, dockings, fpats, fpatterdafhes, &c. 



REGINA, in Geography, a town of Naples, in Calabria 

 Citra ; 12 miles N. of Cofenza. 



Regina Aurarum, in Ornithology, a name given by Nic- 

 remberg to a bird called by the Mexicans co%eacoauhtli. It 

 has obtained its name from its being able to fly againft the 



M. Balufe, with additions, and a learned preface and notes, 

 in 1 67 1. Trithcniius pronounces Regino to have been the 

 belt German writer of his age. 



RKGiNO, in Geography, a town of Golo, or the ifland of 

 Corfica, in the department of Calvi ; the canton of which 

 contains 3913 inhabitants. 



REGIO AssENsf, in La'w, is 3 writ by which the king 

 gives his royal adent to the elcdlion of a bifhop. 



REGIOMONTANUS, in Biography. Sec MuLLKli. 



REGION, in Anatomy, denotes a divifion of the hu- 

 man body. Some anatomiils have divided the body into 

 three regions, or venters. 



The upper region is that of the head, reaching as low as 



flrongeft winds. It is of the bignefs of an eagle, and its the firft vertebra, and comprehending the animal organs, the 

 ihole body is of a blackifh purple, variegated with a brown- brain, &c. See Head, &c. 



idi-yellow and deep black ; its wings are variegated with 

 black, yellow, and grey ; its legs are rrd ; its claws very 

 ftrong and diarp ; and its beak like that of a parrot ; it has 

 fome rugofc fkin on the forehead, and about the beak ; and 

 its tail is black above, and grey underneath. It feeds on 

 fnakes, rats, and other vermin, but will alfo eat human dung ; 

 it flies very high ; it is a native of Mexico, and breeds in 

 fpring ; its feathers are faid to be a remedy for many dif- 

 eafes ; but the truth of this account is much to be doubted. 

 Ray. 



Rkgina, Sahe. See Salve. 



The middle region is that of the thorax or bread, which 

 Hippocrates calls the upper venter, and which reaches from 

 the clavicles to the diaphragm : in this are contained the 

 vital parts, as the heart, lungs, &c. See Heart, Lungs, 

 &c. 



The third, or lower region, is the abdomen or belly, 5cc. 

 containing the natural parts, dcdined for digeftion, purga- 

 tion, and generation. See Abdomen. 



Region, epicolic, cpigajlric, and umbilical. See the ad- 

 jeftives. 



Region, Regio, in Geography, a country, or particular 



REGINELLI, Nicola, in 5;oj'r^//iv, an Italian opera divifion of the earth ; or a tradt of land inhabited by people 

 finger, renowned for his knowledge and the purity of his tade. of the fame nation. 



He arrived in London in the autumn of 1 746, an old but The modern adrologers divide the moon Into feveral rc- 



great finger, whofe voice as well as perfon were in ruin. He gions, or provinces, to each of which they give its proper 

 firll appeared on our dage in a padiccio, called " Annibale 

 in Capua." This performer was now turned of fifty ; his 

 voice a foprano, but cracked, and in tot.d decay ; his figure 

 tall, raw-boned, and gawky ; but there were fine remains 

 of an excellent fchool m his tade and manner of finging ; 

 indeed, he had fome refinements in his embelhfhments and 

 cxpreffion, that cannot be defcribed, and which we have not 

 ijncc heard in any other finger. In a cantabile, his tade, to 



name. See Moon. 



Region, in Phy/iology. Authors divide the atmofpliere 

 into three dages, called the upper, middle, and loiver regions. 

 See Atmosphere. 



The lowefl region is that in which we breathe, and is 

 bounded by the reflexion of the fun's rays, that is, by the 

 heiglit to which they rebound from the earth. 



The middle rcgio.n is that in which the clouds refide, where 

 4 I 2 meteors 



