REN 



petals linear-lanceolate ; inner fcarcely twice as large, obo- 

 vate-oWoiig. Filaments united half way up.— Gathered by 

 Mr. Bro.vn, ntar Port Jackfoii, New South Wales. Tlic 

 Icava are all iTo;.T ten to eighteen inches long, and for tlie 

 moft part rough-edged. 



2. R. ■^randiflora. Large-flowered Rencalfnia. Brown, 

 under the former.— Stem panicled. Leaves ribbed ; roughifli 

 at the edge. Inner petals four times as large as the outer. 

 Filaments' united half way up. — Gathered by the Rt. Hon. 

 fir Jofeph Banks, in New Zeeland. Akin to the former, 

 but differing in the proportion of its inner petals, which are 

 four or five times the fize of the outer. 



t.'K. puhhella. Elegant Small Rcncahnia. Brown ;i. 2. 



Stem nearly fimple. Leaves with fmootli edges. Outer 



petals oval-oblong ; inner obovatc, with (hort claws. Fila- 

 ments diftintt. — Gathered by Mr. Brown near Port Jack- 

 fon. Tlie haves are only three or four inches long. 



RENEGE DK France, in Biography, duchefs of Fr rrara, 

 born at Blois in 15 lO, was daughter of Lewis XII. and 

 Anne of Britanny. She was affianced, when very young, 

 to Charles of Aullria, afterwards emperor, and fome years 

 after was fought m marriage by Henry VIII. of England, 

 but neither of thefe matches took place, and Francis I. 

 gave her to Hercules II. of Efte, duke of Ferrara. This 

 princefs is celebrated for her talents : file had a great ca- 

 pacity, and an infatiablc third for knowledge, and her 

 ftudies were not limited to hillory, the languages, and ma- 

 thematics, but embraced various other topics, efpecially 

 aftrology and theology. The religious controverfies of the 

 time greatly interelted her, and (lie became zealoufly at- 

 tached to the tenets of the reformers ; her court at Fer- 

 rara became the refuge of all who were fufpefted of herefy ; 

 and her condufl gave fo much offence to the court of France, 

 that Henry II. lent a dodor to the duke with the following 

 inllruftions : " If the duchefs perfift; in her errors, flie mull 

 be feparated from all converfation : her children mull be 

 taken from her, and all her domeflics who are fufpefted of 

 herefy, and who are to be profecuted ; with regard to the 

 princefs herfelf, the king refers to the prudence of her huf- 

 band to proceed agaiait her as he fhall judge proper, avoid- 

 ing, neverthelefs, what might occafion too much fcandal." 

 After the death of the duke, in the year 1559, this princefs 

 returned to France, and refided at her callle of Montargis. 

 In the religious w-ars the duke of Guife fumnioned her to 

 deliver up Tome partizans who had taken fhelter with her, (he 

 replied, " I will never deliver up thofe who look to me for 

 proteftion ; and if you attack the caftle, I will be the firfl 

 to appear in the breach, to fee if you will have the audacity 

 to kill a king's daughter." She was, however, at length 

 obliged, much againtl her will, to fend away 460 perfons, 

 to whom file had afforded an afylum. She parted with them 

 in tears, after providing for the expences of their journey. 

 At the maffacre of St. Bartholomew fhe was the means of 

 faving the lives of a gieat number of Proteflants. Her 

 four childrea were taken fucceffively from her, and brought 

 into France, to be educated in the principles of the Catho- 

 lic church. She died at Montargis, in the year 1575. 

 Moreri. 



RENEGADO Reef, in Geography, a rocky flioal in 

 the bay of Honduras, near the coail of Mexico. N. lat. 

 i6^ 16'. W. long. 88' 50'. 



RENEGATE, Renegado, a perfon who has apofla- 

 tized, or renounced the Chriftian faith, to embrace fome 

 other religion, particularly Mahometanifm. 



They are the renegadoes who prove tiie moft barbarous 

 to the Ch.rillians when they fall into their hands. The rene- 

 gate is thus called, quaji n-r.egat Chri/lum.—Hoyeien men- 



REN 



tions this in the year 1 192, under the name of renirr, from 

 the Frencli, renter, to deny again. 



RENDLE, in Geography, a river of France, which runs 

 into the Seine near Rouen. 



RENDLING Cukd, in Rural Economy, a term ufed 

 provincially to fignify the broken curd in cheefe-making. 

 See Cheksb and Dairying. 



RENES, in Anatomy, the Latin name for the kidnies. 

 See Kidney. 



Renes Succenliiriati, the two fmall bodies, of which one 

 is placed above each kidney. The literal tranflation of the 

 exprefiion, referve hldnies, fcems to indicate a notion, en- 

 tirely unwarranted by our knowledge of their organifation 

 and fundtions, that they might fuppTy the place of the kid- 

 nies if they failed in their office. Thefe bodies are alfo 

 called capfulfE renalcs or atrabilariae, and glandulse fupra- 

 renales. They are defcribed in the article Kidney. 



RENESBONA, in Geography, a river of America, 

 which runs into lake Erie, N. lat. 41° 47'. W. long. 



8'" 55'- 



RENETTE, in the Manege, is an inflrumcnt of polifhed 

 fteel, with which they found a prick in a horfe's foot. 



RENEWING of Lenjes and Lives. See Reversion, 

 AxNurry, Political Arithmetic, &c. 



RENFORCER, Fr., in Mufc, to reinforce, to pafs 

 from foft to loud, from loud to very loud, not all at once, 

 but by degrees, fwelling and augmenting the found, whe- 

 ther a fingle note fuflained, or a feries of notes, till the 

 order to rcinfcu-cc the note or padage is fulfilled, and then 

 return to the common degree of force. 



RENFREW, in Geography, a royal borough-town in 

 the county of Renfrew, Scotland, is fituated near the fouth 

 bank of the river Clyde, at the diftance of fix miles from 

 Glafgow, and 49 miles W. by S. from Edinburgh. Though 

 much inferior in magnitude and population to Paifley, it ii. 

 the head-town, or capital of the county. This dittinftion 

 it derives from its fuperior claims to antiquity, and from the 

 circumflance of its being incorporated ui:der a royai charter, 

 originally granted by king Robert II., who had a palace in 

 the immediate vicinity. In virtue of that deed it is governed 

 by a provoft, two baillies, and fixteen counfellors. Infor- 

 mer times it fent one reprefentative to the parliament of 

 Scotland, and is now a contributary royal borough with 

 Rutherglen in returning a member to the Britifh legiflature. 

 About 200 years ago the Clyde pafTed clofe to the town, 

 but the river afterwards deferted its ancient courfe, which 

 has been converted into a canal communicating with its pre- 

 fent channel. By this canal veflels of 200 tons burthen are 

 enabled to reach the town in fpring tides ; but notwith- 

 flandnig the advantage of that conveyance, the trade of 

 Renfrew is very inconfiderable ; owing, as Mr. Forfyth 

 juftly remarks, " to the pernicious effedls of borough poli- 

 tics, m withdrawing m.en' from induftrious habits and pur- 

 fuits." A fmall manufa&ure of thre.id, and fome foap and 

 candle works, on a confined fcale, conftitute the chief fup- 

 port of the town ; but many of the lower orders are like- 

 wife employed in weaving for the manufafturers of Paifley 

 and Glafgow. With refpedl to building?, Renfrevp confifts 

 chiefly of one principal flreet, about half a mile in length, 

 with feveral lanes diverging from it. The houfes are 

 wholly conftrufted of flone, but are extremely irregular as 

 to fize, form, and pofition. The public buildings are the 

 church, which is parochial, the town-hall, and a grammar, 

 fchool. The laft is under the patronage of the town- 

 council, and is at prefent condufted with much ability. 

 There is no regular market held here, but provifions of all 

 kinds may always be obtained at a r.'nfonable price. The 



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