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an argument by analogy for the confirmation of the whole 

 fexual hypothefis. BeCdes, a very llriking proof of the 

 analogy between plants and animals may be drawn from 

 obfervations made in their infant ilates, at which early pe- 

 riod they feem nourifhed and protefted in a iimilar manner. 

 Thofe who defire farther fatisfaCtion, may lee the fevcral 

 demonftrations collected, and methodically connefted, in 

 the " Sponfalia Phntarum" of J. Guftavus Walhbom, 

 publifhed in the " Amoenitates Academics," at Leyden, in 

 1749. See Botany, Classification, Fructification, 

 Plants, and Vegetation. 



SEXUALISTtE, among Botanical Authors. See Bo- 

 tany, Fructification, and Sexual Sjr/lan. 



SEXUNX, in Pharmacy, the weight ot fix ounce.-;, or half 

 a pound troy. 



SEYBO, or Seyvo, in Geography, a feltlement in the 

 fouthern part of Hifpaniola ; 70 miles N.E. of St. Do- 

 mingo. 



SEYBORSDORF, a town of Pruflia, in the province 

 of Oberland ; 6 miles S. of Liebftat. 



SEYCHELLES, an ifland in the Indian ocean, N.E. of 

 Madagafcar; high and mountainous, andeftimatedat 72 miles 

 in circumference. The foil appears to be rich and good, and 

 the ifland is covered with trees, many of which would lerve 

 for malls and yards for Ihips, as they are large and llraight : 

 among the trees are great quantities of rofe-wood, and cocoa- 

 nut trees. Wild goats, land-tortoifes, and Guinea-fowl, are 

 found in plenty ; and in the harbour abundance of good fi(h. 

 The harbour is well flieltered from the louth-eail wind. 

 When the windi are from the north and north-well, it is 

 rather an open road, but the ground feems to hold well. 

 The tide riles about fix feet, and fets about S.S.W. High 

 water full and ciiange, thirty minutes pall five. S. lat. 

 4° 34'. E. long. 55"- 35'. 



SEYDA, or Sedau, a town of Saxony ; 10 miles E. of 

 Wittcmberg. N. lat. 51" 55'. E. long. 1 2" 59'. 

 SEYDE. See Saide. 



SEYDEWITZ, a nver of Saxony, which runs into the 

 Elbe, near Pirna, in the marggravate of Meifi'en. 

 SEYER. See Pulo Seycr. 



Seyer Oc, an ifland of Denmark, in the Cattcgat, 

 about eight miles long, and hardly one broad ; about five 

 miles from the coaft of Zealand. N. lat. 55° 5 3'. E. long. 

 11° II'. 



SEYFFERSDORF, a town of Silcfia, in the princi- 

 pality of Grotkau ; 3 miles N.N.E. of Grotkau. 



SEYFORTESVOLT, a town of Prulfia, in the pro- 

 vince ot Ermeland ; 9 miles S. of Heillberg. 



SEYGAR, in tiie Materia Medka, a name ufcd by feme 

 authors for tlie niitmcg. 



SEYGERSWALD, in Geography, a town of Pruflia, in 

 the province of Oberland; 4 miles N.E. of Salfeldt. 



SEYLONE, a town of Hindooftan, m Oude, feated on 

 a river which runs into the Goointy ; 15 miles S.E. of 

 Barelly. 



SEYMAN, an ifland in the Red fea. N. lat. 15'' 20'. 

 E. long. 57^^ 30'. 



SEYMOUR, Edward, in Biography, brother of lady 

 ,Tane Seymour, wife of Hknky Vlil. (lee his article), and 

 uncle to Edward VL, was created vifcount Beauchamp, earl 

 of Hertford, and duke of Somerfet. On the accedion of 

 his nephew to the throne he became his guardian, and pro- 

 teftor of the kingdom. Not thinking that the vote ot the 

 executor? of Henry VII L was a fuihcient foHiulation tor 

 the high authority wliich lie partly allumed by the intliicnce 

 which his relationfhip to the king gave him, he procured a 

 patent from Edward, by which he overfct the meaning and 



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intent of the late king's will. In this patent he named him- 

 felf protcftor, with full regal power, and appointed a council 

 entirely of thofe perfons whom he thought he could trull. 

 The protetlor became the warm friend of the reformation, 

 and confulted Cranmer on the bed means of promoting the 

 objeft he had at heart. He appointed a general vifitation to 

 be made in all the diocefes in England, the vifitors confifting 

 of a certain number of the clergy and laity, and they had 

 their different circuits afligned them. The chief purport of 

 their inltruftions was, befides correAing the immoralities 

 and irregularities of the clergy, to abolilh, but with a very 

 lenient hand, ancient fuperftitions, and to bring difcipline and 

 worlhip fomewhat nearer the praftice of the reformed 

 churches. Somerfet made war upon Scotland, and upon his 

 return in Nov. 1 547, he called a parliament, and being elated 

 with the fuccefles which he obtained over the Scots, he pro- 

 cured from the young prince a patent, appointing him to fit 

 on the throne, upon a flool at the right hand of the king, 

 and to enjoy the fame honours and privileges that had ufii- 

 ally been poilefled by any prince of the blood, or uncle of 

 the kings of England. In this patent the king employed 

 his difpenfing power, by felting afide the llatute of pre- 

 cedency enafted during the reign of his father. If, however, 

 the proteftor gave offence by affuming too much flate, he de- 

 ferves high praife on account of the laws which were paffed 

 during this feflion, by which the rigour of former ftatutes 

 was much mitigated, and fonie fecurity given to thofe prin- 

 ciples of freedom which feem to make a part of the conllitu- 

 tion. All laws were repealed which extended the crime of 

 treafon beyond the llatuteof the twenty-fifth of Edward III.: 

 all crimes enadled during the late reign extending the crime 

 of felony ; all the former laws againft herefy, together with 

 the llatute of the fix articles. None, in future, were to be 

 accufed for words, but within a month after they were fpoken. 

 " By thefe repeals," fays Hume, " feveral of the moll rigor- 

 ous laws that were ever paffed in England were annulled, and 

 fome dawn, both of civil and religious liberty, began to appear 

 to the people." 



About this time, moll violent differences fubfifted between 

 the proteftor and his brother, Thomas Seymour, admiral of 

 England. The ambition of the latter was infatiable : he was 

 befides arrogant, affuming, and implacable ; and though 

 ellcemcd of fuperior capacity to the proteftor, he did not 

 poflefs the fame degrceof confidence and regard of the people. 

 By his flattery and addrefs, he had fo far infiiiuated himfelf 

 into the favour of the queen-dowagcr, that fhe married him 

 almoll immediately upon the demife of tiie king. The credit 

 of this alliance fupported the ambition of the admiral, and 

 gave great offence to the duchefs of Somerfet, who, uneafy 

 that the younger brother's wite fliould have the precedency, 

 employed all the credit flie had with her hulband, firll to 

 create, and then to widen the breach between the two bro- 

 thers. Matters, at length, were carried fo far, that the ad- 

 miral was attainted of !iip;h treafon, and executed by a war- 

 rant, which was figned by the hand of his brother, whofc 

 own difgrace was at no great dillance. 



After the duke of Somerfet had obtained the patent, in- 

 veiling him, as it were, with full regal authority, he thought 

 every one was in duly bound to yield to his fcntimcnts. Be- 

 fides his general haulcur, he gave great offence to the higher 

 ranks of fociety, by the attention with which he evidently 

 courted the api>laufe of the people at large. For the relief 

 of the latter he h.id erefted a court of requells in his own 

 houfc, and he intcrpoled with the judges in their behalf, a 

 circumllance that could not but be deemed illegal. Though 

 the protcftor had thus courted the people, to the difplcafure 

 and difgnft of the nobles, whom Hume reprcfents aa " the 

 Z z 2 fured 



