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ment of the Rhone and Loire; 12 miles N.N.E. of St. 

 Etienne. 



ROMAINE, William, in Biography, a very popular 

 divine of the church of England, was born at Durham in 

 1714, and educated at Hertford college, Oxford; from 

 whence he removed to Chrift-church, where he took his de- 



times. King Pepin, Charlemagne, and Alfred, had ap- 

 plied to the Roman pontiffs for finging-maders to inltruct 

 their fubjedts. 



The learned Jufquin went thither as a finger, during the 

 pontificate of Sixtus IV. And before the year 1600? the 

 names of near twenty Spanifh fingers and compofers are re- 

 grees in arts. On entering into holy orders, he became a corded, who were employed in the pontifical chapel. Yet 

 frequent preacher before the univerfity, and was noted for all this proves nothing more than that m-ficians of great 

 his zeal in behalf of what were deemed the orthodox doc- abilities, from whatever part of the world lliev came were 

 trines. He removed to London in 1 749, and became lec- certain of encouragement there. For more fa&s to this 

 turer at St. Dunltan's church, Fleet-itreet. He was, for a purpofe, fee Italy. 



fhort time, morning preacher at St. George, Hanover-lquaic, Roman Games, Ludi Roman't, were folemn games, held 



and profelfor of altronomy at Grefham college, which in ancient Rome, thus called by way of eminence, and on 

 fituation he foon refigned. In 1764 he was chofen re&or account of their antiquity, as having been inftituted by Ro- 

 of St. Anne, Blackfriars, where, and at St. Dunltan's, he miilus. 



continued to preach to large and very crowded congrega- They were fometimes alfo called magni ludi, from the 

 tions almoft to his death, which happened in the year 1795. great pomp and expence of them ; and fometimes confualia, 

 Towards the clofe of life his voice was feeble, but his man- becaufe performed in honour of the god Neptune, who was 

 ner was very imprefiive. His works, which are theological, alio called Con/us, in his quality of god of fecret counfeh;. 



They alfo bore the denomination of ludi Ctrcenfes, becaufe 

 held in the Circus. 



This folemnity, Halicarnaffeus obferves, was originally 

 inftituted by Evander, in honour of Neptune, under the 

 name of 'inrio,-, whence the feftival itfelf was called "Itwio- 

 xjalia ; and was afterwards renewed by Romulus, in honour 

 of the fame deity, only under another name. 



For Romulus, needing the advice of a god to counfel him 

 in the defign he had to furnifh his new citizens with wives, 

 applied to the god of fecret counfel himfelf, Confus ; pro- 

 claimed the Confualia ; and invited his neighbours all 

 around to the firft celebration thereof. The confequence 



and on the Calviniltical fcheme, have been collected in 

 8 vols. 8vo. He was editor of Calafio's Concordance to 

 the Hebrew Bible, in 4 vols, folio, in 1749; in which, it 

 is faid, he made fome unwarrantable alterations to ferve the 

 Hutchinfonian doftrine. 



ROMAINMOTIER, in Geography, a town of Swit- 

 zerland, in the canton of Berne, from which a bailiwic de- 

 rives its name ; 1 1 miles S.W. of Yverdun. 



ROMAINVILLE, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of Paris ; j miles E. of Paris. 



ROMALE, a town of Sweden, in Weft Gothland ; 35 

 milies W.S.W. of Skara. 



ROMAN, a town of European Turkey, in Moldavia, was the rape of the Sabine women, who came to be fpedta. 

 on the Siret, the fee of a Greek bifhop ; 145 miles W. of tors of it. 



Bender. The great ceremony, in thefe games, confifted in a caval- 



RoMAN, Cape, a cape on the weft coaft of Eaft Florida, cade of horfes and afl'es, adorned with garlands ; Neptune 

 N. lat. 25 40'. W. long. 82° 25'. — Alfo, a cape on the being reputed the firft author of riding on horfeback. 

 coaft of Chili, in the South Pacific ocean. S. lat. 48 20'. Their horfes here were of two kinds ; viz. cto/xttixoi, or 

 W. long. 76 40'. —Alfo, a cape on the coaft of South Ca- fuch as were merely led up and down for ftate ; and ^ou.xoi, 

 rolina. N. lat. 33 5'. W. long. 79 30'. — Alfo, a cape which were for race and exercife. 



on the coaft of Florida, 20; leagues N. W. by N. from Cape The other diverfions were fencing, and that till one of the 

 Sable, the S.W. point of the peninfula of Florida. — Alfo, combatants was killed on the fpot ; fighting with beads, 

 a cape on the north coaft of Terra Firma, being the north and with the caeftus, or whirlbals ; wrefthng, running, 

 point of the peninfula, which is the eaft limit of the gulf of leaping, fea-fights, horfe-races, chariot-races, &c. 

 Venezuela. Due north of it is the ifland of Orua, or Araba, Thefe games, Livy tells us, were improved, and rendered 

 at eight or nine leagues dillance, belonging to the Dutch. much more magnificent, by Tarquinius Prifcus. Manutius 

 Roman County, a county of North Carolina, containing fays, they were held on the eve of the nones of September ; 

 21,543 inhabitants. i. e. on the 14th day of the month. 



Roman, fomething belonging to the city of Rome. Roman Operas. In treating of the progrefs of the 



Roman Monarchy. See Monarchy, and Romk, infra, mufical drama, in that ancient and renowned capital, during 

 Roman, or Romijh Church, is that of which the pope is the former part of the 17th century, it does not appear 

 head, fo called in oppofition to the reformed churches. See that any regular theatre war. opened there for the perform. 

 Papists, and Popery. See alfo Ciiukch and Reiorma- ance of operas; nor, indeed, can we difcover that any fe- 

 I'lON. cular mufical drama was exhibited there till the year 1632, 



The Roman law is the civil law, or the written law, as when " II Ritorno di Angelica nell' Indie, Drama Mu- 

 compiled by the emperor Juftinian. ficale," is recorded by Leo Allacci, in his Drammaturgia, 



Rom \s Ecclcfiajlical Singing and Mufic, during the middle to have been performed in that city ; but without informing 

 ages. Thefe were in fuch general favour throughout Eu- us where, or by whom let to mufic or fung. Several mu- 

 rope, that it was the cuftom, during the times of the fical dramas, however, were performed there at the palaces 

 greateit mufical and mental darknefs, when reafon and re- of amballadors, and other great perfonages, between 1632 

 flection were the lead cultivated, for the priefts, of almoft and 1661, when " Clearco," fel '. .man 



every part of Europe, to vilit Rome, in order to learn maitcr, was performed. Tin. eompofer, who had .lillin- 

 cantO fermo, and tin- manner of performing thofc rites of guiflled himfelf by his productions for the church, is cele- 

 the church, in which mulic had any concern. Even thofe brated by P. Delia Valle among great Roman muficians in 

 hiftorians who are the lead friends to bigotry, and the mod 1640, 



ready to combat fuperftition and papal ufurpations, allow 

 that it was only at the court of Rome that the arts of ele- 

 gance and refinement were at all cherifhed, during thefe 



The firft public theatre, opened for the exhibition of 



mufical dramas at Rome, in modern times, was il Torre 



di Nona, where " Giafone" was performed, 1671. No 



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