REX 



bending and profecuting of burglars. Stat. 5 Ann. cap. 31. 

 See Larceny. 



The fame reward for apprehending of money-coiners, 

 or clippers, &c. 6 & 7 W. III. And the like reward for 

 the apprehenlion of thief-takers, not profecuting felons ; 

 and of perfons refilling the officers of the cuftoms, by force 

 of arms, &c. 6 Geo. I. cap. 20. 22. See Discovery of 

 Accomplices. 



REWARI, in Geography, a circar of Hindooftan, in 

 the Subah of Delhi, between Ballogiftan on the N. and 

 Mewat 011 the S. — Alfo, a town of Hindooftan, and capital 

 of the forementioned circar ; 48 miles S.W. of Delhi. N. 

 lat. 28 1 3'. E. long. 36 52'. 



REWEY, a term among Clothiers, figmfying cloth un- 

 evenly wrought, or fall of revues. 43 Ehz. cap. 10. 



REX Amaroris, in Botany, Rumph. Amboin. v. 2. 

 129. t. 41, a fhrub or tree, fo called on account of its fu- 

 preme bitternefs, as well as its reputed medical virtues. 

 The natives of Ternate, according to Rumphius, efteem it 

 a perfeft panacea. In cholera, pleurify, and various kinds 

 of fevers, it is particularly recommended. The fruit, of a 

 comprelTed heart-like lhape, and coriaceous texture, is cut 

 into fmall pieces, and chewed with Betle-nut. Its exceffive 

 bitternefs caufes a naufea, fuppofed to be beneficial to the 

 patient. Linnaeus cites the above chapter of Rumphius, in 

 his Syjl. Veg. under Ophioxylon, but incorreftly, Rex amoris. 

 A fpecimen of the true plant is found in his herbarium, but 

 it has no affinity to Ophioxylon. We have a more perfeft 

 fpecimen, gathered in the ifland of Honimoa, by the late 

 Mr. Chriftopher Smith, in March 1797, by which the plant 

 feems to belong to Pentandria Digynia. The leaves are 

 elliptical, entire, a fpan long, alternate, on long (talks ; 

 their under fides filky, efpecially when young ; with one 

 ftout midrib, and many ftraight parallel tranfverfe veins. 

 Flowers very fmall, in numerous, fimple, filky, axillary, 

 folitary clufters. Calyx minute, apparently of only two 

 acute leaves. Petals five, larger than the calyx, uniform, 

 oblong, concave, at length reflexed. Stamens awl-fiiaped, 

 fimple. Anthers roundifh, fimple, two-lobed. Germen fu- 

 perior, obovate, compreffed, cloven at the top. Styles none. 

 Stigmas obtufe, converging. The ripe fruit we have not feen. 

 Rumphius fays it confifts of two cells, with a white feed, 

 like that of a cucumber, in each. The foliage bears con- 

 fiderable refemblance to fome of the Contort*, but there is 

 no charafter of that tribe in the fruftification ; as far, at 

 lead, as we can difcern. The germen and fligmas are not 

 unlike thofe of Ulmns. The half-formedyVajV proves intenfely 

 bitter, as foon as it is put into the mouth. 



Rex Minflrellorum, king of the minftrels. About the 

 year 1330, the minftrels of Paris formed themfelves into a 

 company, and obtained a charter. The police frequently 

 reprefted their licentioufnefs, and regulated their conduct. 

 Philip Auguftus banifh d them the firft year of his reign ; 

 but they were recalled by his fucceflors, and united under 

 the general name of mcnejlraudie, minltrelfy ; having a i-nief 

 appointed over them who was called king of tie; minftrels. 

 Lewis IX. exempted them from a tariff or toll at the en- 

 trance into Paris, on condition that they would fing a long, 

 and make their monkies dance ►& the tollman, perhaps to 

 prove their title to f«£' n indulgence; and hence arofe the 

 will-knoy.T. proverb, " Payer en gambades et en mormon- de 

 finge." 



'I'll'- aflociated minftrels inhabited a particular ftreet, to 

 which they gave the name, which it ftill retains, of St. Julien 

 des Meneftricra. It was here that the public were provided 

 with muficians for weddings, and parties of pleafure ; but as 

 a greater number of them ufually attended on fuch occafions 



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than were ordered, and all expefted to be paid the fame 

 price, William de Germont, provoft of Paris, in 13 'i 

 prohibited the jongleurs and jonglereffes from going to th >fe 

 who required their performance in greater numbers than had 

 been ftipulated, upon a fevere penalty. In 1395 their 

 libertinifm and immoralities again incurred the cenfure of 

 government, by which it was ftriftly enjoined that they 

 mould henceforth, neither in public nor private, fpeak, aft, 

 or fing any thing that was indecorous or unfit for modeft 

 eyes and ears, upon pain of two mouths' imprifonment, and 

 living on bread and water. 



In the reign of Charles VI. they feem to have rclinquifhed 

 ,n< -' j u gg'' n g art > an d to have confined themfelves more par- 

 ticularly to the practice of mufic. It was about this time 

 that treble and bafe rebecs, or viols with three firings, 

 began to be in ufe, either to play in oftaves to each other, 

 or perhaps in a coarfe kind of counterpoint, of which the 

 laws were now forming : on this occafion the minftrels 

 aflumed the title of players on high and low inftruments 

 (joueurs des iuftrumens taut haut comme bas), which feems 

 to imply treble and bafe inftruments. And the charter 

 under this denomination was confirmed in 1401. 



Rex Mullorum, in Ichthyology, a name given by fome 

 authors to a fpecies of mullet, diftinguifhed from all the 

 others by its having a prominent belly, and having no beards 

 under the mouth. 



Rex Sacrificulus, the King-priejl, in Mythology, was in- 

 ftituted, after the expulfion of the kings of Rome, to per- 

 petuate the memory, according to Dionyiius Halicarnaffeus, 

 of the great fervices fome of their kings had done to Rome. 

 A law was made, that the pontiffs and augurs ihould choofe 

 one of the oldeft to have the charge of divine worfhip ; 

 but for fear that the name of king fhould again create 

 jealoufy, it was appointed at the fame time, that the rex 

 facrificulus Ihould be fubjeft to the high prieft. He 

 had likewiie the name of " Rex Sacrorum," and his wife 

 that of " Regma Sacrorum." The firft perfon that was 

 chofen under this appellation, after the expulfion of the 

 Tarquins, was Maxim Papirius, of Patrician extraction. 



Rex, in Ornithology, a fpecies of Turdus ; which r 



Rex Vulturum. See Vultur Papa. 



REY, in Geography, a town of Perfia ' ,1 

 c t 1 11 1 d r J 1 • u 1 ' ,n t,le province 



or Irak, called Rae ; which lee. r 



Rey, a river of England, in Y^Mk, which runs into 

 the I names, near Cricklade. 



J^JA"' a fma " 'I 3 "" 1 - m t,ie ba 7 of Panama. N. lat. 

 8 . W. long. 79° 41V 



REY-Grafs, in AgrUu&ure, a hardy early fort of prafs, 

 muchefteemed amo; fl g f armer3 . S ee Louum P.rcnne, and 

 Rw-Grafs. 



REYES f , n Geography, a town of New Navarre; 64 

 miles ,_,, f Cafa Grande.— Alfo, a town of Peru, in the 

 Audience of Lima ; 12 miles N. of Tarma. 



Reyes, Los, a town of South America, in the province 

 of St. Martha; 140 miles W. uf Maracaylio. N. lat, 1 

 15'. W. long. 73" 30'.— Alio, a fmall ifland near the coaft 

 of Patagonia, at the entrance of Port Defire. S. lat. 

 47° 5°'- 



Reyes Magos, a town of Brazil ; 40 miles N. of Spirit 11 

 Santo. 



Reyes le Tapey, Los, a town of South America, in the 

 province of Buenos Ayres; 1H0 miles S.E. of Corricntes. 



REYGADA, a town of Portugal, in the province of 

 Bella ; fix miles N.N.I'., of Pinliel. 



REYGATE, or Riu. \ rB, a borough and market-town 

 in the weft half hundred of Reygate, and county of Surrey, 

 England, is fituated at the Jiftancc of 19 miles call' from 



Guilford, 



