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proper to command them by proclamation to difperfe, it 

 they contemn liis orders, and continue together for one hour 

 afterwards, fuch contempt (hall be felony, without benefit 

 of clergy. And farther, if the reading of the proclama- 

 tion be. by force oppofed, or in any manner wilfully 

 hindered, fuch oppofers and hinderers are felons, without 

 benefit of clergy; and all perlbns concerned, knowing of 

 fuch hindrance,' and not difperfing, are felons, without 

 benefit of clergy. And the aft indemnifies the peace 

 officers, and their affiftantst, if they kill any of the mob in 

 endeavouring to difperfe them. Moreover, if any perfons, 

 fo riotoufly aflembled, begin, even before proclamation, 

 to pull down any church, chapel, imvting-houfe, dwelling. 

 houfe, or out-houfes, they ihall be felons, without benefit 

 of clergy. Blackit. Comm. book iv. ch. xi. 



RIOU, in Geography, a fi.iall ifland in the Mediterra- 

 nean, near the eoait of France. N. Lit. 43° 1 1'. E. long. 



6° 25'. 



Riou'j IJland, or Rovahoga, an ifland in the Pacihc 

 ocean, about 24 miles in circumference ; discovered in the 

 year 1 792, by lieutenant Herget, commander of the Didalus 

 itorefhip. S. lat. 8° 50'. E. long. 220= 50'. 



RIOXA, a province of Spain, fituated in Old Caltile, 

 on the borders of Bifcay, on the banks of the Ebro. 



RIPA Candita, a town of Naples, in the province of 

 Baiilicata ; fix miles S.W. of Venofa. 



Rita Llmofdra, a town of Naples, i:i the county of 

 Molife ; nine miles E. of Moliie. 



Rii'A Tranfona, a town of the marquifate of Ancona, 

 the fee of a bifhop, fuffragan of Fermo ; 12 miles N.E. 

 of Afcoli. N. lat. 42° 58'. E. long. I g° 49'. 



RIPA1LEE, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Leman lake, on the S. fide of the lake of Geneva, with 

 a convent ; one mile N. of Thenon. 



RIPEN, a fea-port of Denmark, in North Jutland, on 

 the Gram ; the fee of a bilhop, and capital of the diocefe. 

 This town was probably built about the time of the intro- 

 duction of Chriftianity into this kingdom, and, next to 

 Wiborg, is deemed the molt ancient town in North Jut- 

 land. It was formerly one of the moll celebrated and 

 flourifhing cities in the North ; as it had four parifh 

 churches and live chapels, beiides the cathedral, four con- 

 vents with their churches, a llrong caftle, and between 600 

 and 700 free burghers. A considerable number of Ihips 

 traded to Norway, France, England, Holland, Sec. from 

 this port ; and the city had the privilege of coining money. 

 But its grandeur and opulence were almolt annihilated by a 

 dreadful lire in 1580, and other conflagrations, by inunda- 

 tions, and by the ravages of war. The merchants' old 

 Exchange is converted into a town-houfe. Some little 

 trade is Hill carried on at this place, in grain, horned 

 cattle, horfes, &c. ; but the fhallownefs of the river ad- 

 mits only fmall veffels to come up to the city, and thefe 

 only at high water ; 77 miles S. of Wiborg. N. lat. 55 21'. 

 E. long. 8 : 46'. 



RIPENERS, in Medicine, a fort of topical remedies, 

 called alfo drawers, dlgeftlves, maturantia, J'uppuratives, &c. 

 See Maturation. 



RIPENING of Fruit, in Gardening, may be forwarded 

 feveral ways. See CapRIFICATION, Hor-Beds, and Forc- 

 ing. 



RIPER A, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in 

 Berar ; 2; miles N.E. of Notchegong. 



RIPERTNAU, a town of Weftphalia, in the county 

 of Lippe ; three miles E.N.E. of Lemgow. 



RIPIENO, Ital. in Mufic, implies full, in oppoiition 

 ro folo. In C'orelli's concertos, the folo part6 are faid to 



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be del concertino, the little concert ; and the tulli parts, or 

 ripieno, del concerto grojfo, of the great concert. The firft 

 eight of Corelli's concertos were compofed for the church, 

 a due cor'i, for two bands or choirs, which are often in dia- 

 logue. By ripieno is always meant a fubordinate part, to 

 which few difficulties are entruited ; being what the French 

 call compliffage, or parts to till up and complete the har- 

 mony. 



RIPIERS, RlPIARII, in our Old Writers, thofe that 

 bring fifh from the fea-coail to the inner, parts of the 

 land. 



They were thus called zjifceUa, qua in dcoehendis pifc'i- 

 bus utuntur, Angllce, a rip. 



RIPLEY, in Geography, a market-town and parifh, 

 partly in the lower, and partly in the upper divilion of the 

 wapentake of Claro, Well-riding of Yorkfhire, England, is 

 five miles N.W. from Knarelhoroiigh, and 2 14 miles N.N. W. 

 from London. The town had formerly a caftle attached to 

 it, fome part of which is yet Handing. The market here is 

 held on Monday, weekly; and there are annual fairs on Eailer 

 Monday, and the 25th, 26th, and 27th days of Auguft, 

 for horfes, horned cattle, and lheep. A free-fchool at this 

 place, as appears from an infeription over its entrance, was 

 built and endowed in the year 1702, by Mary, and Catha- 

 rine Ingilby, daughters of fir William Ingilby, then lord 

 of the manor. The church is ancient, and contains many 

 monumental erections in memory of that family. In the 

 church-yard ftands the pedeltal of an ancient crofs, which 

 contains eight niches curioufly ornamented, but the effigies 

 are gone, as likewiie the fhaft of the crofs. This parifh, ac- 

 cording to the parliamentary returns of 1S11, contains 222 

 houfes, and 1053 inhabitants. 



Ripley -caftle, the feat of fir John Ingilby, baronet, ad- 

 joins the town. The chief part of it was built by fir William 

 Ingilby, in the reign of Philip and Mary, but the great 

 tewer is far more ancient, having belonged to a former 

 ftru&ure. It has been much enlarged of late years ; and 

 is now a ftately and commodious family manfion. Some of 

 the apartments are finiihed with great elegance ; and the 

 ftaircafe difplays a large Venetian window of ilained glafs, 

 on which is reprefented a feries of fhields, fhewing the 

 quarterings and inter-marriages of the Ingilby family, fince 

 their fettlement at Ripley, towards the clofe of the fourteenth 

 century. 



Eaftward from Ripley is Copgrove, an elegant manfion 

 belonging to H. Duncombe, efq. which contains an excellent 

 collection of paintings, bulls, and prints from the moll cele- 

 brated mailers. The pleafure-grounds are extenfive, and are 

 ornamented with a fine lake. Near this feat is that of Al- 

 lerton-Mauleverer, the property of lord Stourton. The houfe 

 is a modern edifice, built by his royal highnefs the duke of 

 York. It is furrounded by a park, containing 400 acres of 

 land, chequered by hills and dales. At this place was 

 formerly a priory of Benedictines, fubjedt to the abbev of 

 Marmontier in France. It was founded by Richard Maule- 

 verer in the reign of Henry II., and was diffolved by 

 Henry VI. who fettled its revenues on King's college, Cam- 

 bridge. Beauties of England Wales, vol. xvi. by John 

 Bigland. 



RIPOGONUM, in Botany, fo called by Fsrfter, from 

 pii, pWof, a /lender iivig, and ywv, a joint, becaufe of its 

 (lender, jointed, twining habit, was referred by the foil of 

 the author, as well as by the younger Linna*us, to Smilax ; 

 (fee that article.) Mr. Brown, neverthelefs, retains Ripo- 

 gonum, in Prodr. Nov. Holl. v. I. 293, becaufe of its her- 

 maphrodite flowers, the two bracteas at the bafe cf each, 

 and the racemofe inflorefcence. Two fpecies are mentioned, 

 3 R. album 



