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1633. He was educated at Weftminfter fchool by the cele- 

 brated Bufby, from whence he was elefted to Chriftchurch, 

 Oxford. Here he was ioon dillinguiflied for his claflical 

 attainments, of which one of his produfts was an elegant 

 Latin poem addreffed to Ohver Cromwell, on the conclufion 

 of the Dutch war. Another poem of his, which was much 

 read and applauded, was entitled " Mufica Incantans," 

 which was afterwards printed feparately, at Dr. Fell's requelt. 

 In 1657 he commenced M.A., and in the following year he 

 received holy orders from one of the deprived bilhops, and 

 being foon after chofen to preach the aflize fermon before 

 the judges, he made a violent attack upon the Independents, 

 which ingratiated him with the Prefbyterians. Soon after 

 the Relloration, he was chofen public orator of the univerfity. 

 In this office he acquitted himfelf fo much to the fatisfaftion 

 of lord Clarendon, when complimenting him at his invefti- 

 ture as chancellor of the univerfity, that he was taken under 

 the protedlion of that eminent man, and appointed his do- 

 meftic chaplain. He was promoted to a prebend of Welt- 

 miniter in 1663, and was in the fame year admitted to the 

 degree of D.D. He foon fucceeded to a«canonry of Chrill- 

 church, and in 1673 he attended as chaplain to the younger 

 fon of the earl of Clarendon, in an embaliy to Poland. On 

 his return he was prefented to the redtory of Iflip, in 

 Oxfordfhire, and became greatly diftinguifhed by his turn 

 for humorous farcafm, in which he indulged even in the 

 pulpit. During the reign of Charles II. Dr. South was, 

 from principle, a llrenuous aflertor of the royal prerogative, 

 as he was alfo during the following reign, though he was 

 fully fenfible of the dangers to which the eftabliflied religion 

 was expofed under the bigotted and gloomy James. II. He 

 neverthelefs refufed to join in an invitation to the prince of 

 Orange to come to its refcue ; and after the arrival of that 

 prince, he dechned fubfcription to the affociation for his 

 fupport, which was figned by the vice-chancellor, and feveral 

 heads of colleges in Oxford. When William was feated on 

 the throne, he did not fcruple taking the oath of allegiance 

 to the new government, but he is faid to have rejected the 

 offer of fome perfons in power to place him in one of the 

 fees vacated by the nonjuring bifhops. His political con- 

 duft continued the fame : he was a violent enemy to toler- 

 ation, and to any conceffions for conciliating the feparatifts. 

 In 1693 he engaged in the controverfy refpefting the doc- 

 trine of the Trinity with Dr. Sherlock, and is faid to have 

 difplayed as great a want of Clirillian charity, as abundance 

 of learning and orthodox zeal. He now began to dechne 

 in health ; and though his mind was aAive, yet his bodily 

 powers failed him, and he palled the greater part of queen 

 Anne's reign in a (fate of inaftion ; but on Sacheverel's 

 trial, he exerted himfelf vigoroufly to procure a lenient fen- 

 tence from the judges. When his friends came into power, 

 towards the clofc of that reign, he was folicited to accept 

 the bifhopric of Rochefter and deanery of Wcllminfter, but 

 he replied, fuch a chair would be too uneafy for an old in- 

 firm man to fit in. The queen's deceafe was confidered by 

 him as a fignal of his own approaching didolution, " fince," 

 he faid, " that all that was good and gracious, and the very 

 breath of liis noftrils, had made its departure to the regions 

 of blifs and eternal happinefs." He died in July 1716, at 

 the age of 83, and was interred with much folemnity in Weft- 

 minfter Abbey. 



Dr. South cannot be regarded as a proper pattern of a 

 Chriftian minifter, the follower of the meek and holy Jefus ; 

 though his fincerity as a true believer of the doflrines of 

 revealed religion has never been doubted. His temper was 

 harfh and unamiable, irafcible and unforgiving, and his 

 talents for wit and humour led him too frequently to in- 



dulge in ill-natured farcafm. His talenta were cojifiderabl«, 

 and he is ufually reckoned among the good writers of the 

 time, though he frequently manifefted a want of tafte in not 

 adapting his wit to fubjefts fuited to it. He is author of 

 Sermons, in fix volumes, which have palled through many 

 editions. After his deceafe there appeared his " Opera 

 Pofthuma Latina," and his Enghfh potthumons works, 

 which confirted of three additional fermons ; Travels into 

 Poland, and Memoirs of his Life, in 2 vols. 8»o. Biog, 

 Brit. 



South, in Geography, a (hort river of Anne Arundel 

 county, in Maryland, which runs eafterly into Chefapeak 

 bay ; its mouth is about fix miles S. of Annapolis city, and 

 is navigable for vefiels of burden ten or twelve miles. 



South ylnna, a branch of North Anna river, in Virginia, 

 which together form Pamunky river. 



South Bay, a bay in Hudfon's Straits, on the N. coaft 



of Labrador, W. of Cape Cliidley Alfo, an arm of lake 



Champlain, extending weilerly from its fouth extremity. 

 Where it unites with the lake, it receives Wood creek from 

 the fouth. 



South Cape, a cape at the fouthern extremity of New 

 Holland. S. lat. 43° 42'. E. long. 146"^ 56'. 



South Creek, a river of North Carohna, which runs into 

 Pamlico Sound, N. lat. 34° 54'. W. long. 76° 48'. 



South Downs, downs of England, in the county of Suf- 

 fex, between Brighthelmftone and Lewes. 



South Do-wns Sheep. See Sheep. 



SoviH-EaJl Bay, in Geography, a bay of the SE. ex- 

 tremity of Tavia-Poenammoo. S. lat. 46^ 45'. W. long. 

 191° 21'. 



South EJi. See EsK. 



South Friar's Bay, a bay on the S. coaft of the ifland of 

 St. Chriftopher ; 3 miles E.S.E. of BafTeterre. 



South Hams, a tra£l of land in the county of Devon, 

 England, in the vicinity of Torbay, celebrated for cyder. 



South Ha-ven Point, a long crooked projeftion of land on 

 the coaft of Dorfetftiire, in the Englifti Channel, which forms 

 one of the points of entrance into Pool harbour. 



South Head, a cape on the N.E. coaft of New Holland. 

 S. lat. 24° 2'. W. long. 108° 17'. 



South Hero. See Hero. North Hero, in 18 10, con- 

 tained 552, and South Hero 826 inhabitants. 



South Ifland, a fmall ifland in the Indian fea, near the E. 

 coaft of Madagafcar. S. lat. 17°. E. long. 50" 20'. — 

 Alfo, a fmall ifland in the ftraitof Saleyer, near the S. coaft 

 of the ifland of Celebes. S.Iat. 5°45'. E. long. 120° 51'. 

 ^Alfo, a fmall ifland in the Eaft Indian fea, near the 

 S.W. coail of the ifland of Bouton. S. lat. 5" 42'. E. long. 

 122*^ 50' — Alfo, a fmall ifland in the North Pacific ocean. 

 N. lat. 24° 22'. E. long. 141° 20'. 



South Key, a fmall ifland in the Spanilh Main. N. lat. 

 15° 40'. W. long. 82° 35'. — Alfo, one of the Bahamas, in 

 the Weft Indies. N. lat. 22^ 21'. W. long. 74'^ 6'. 



South Mountain. See Blue Ridge. 



South Point, a cape on the S. coaft of the ifland of Anti- 

 cofti. N. lat. 49° 5'. W. long. 62° 35'. — Alfo, a cape at 

 the fouthern extremity of the iiland ofBarbadoes. N. lat. 

 13°. W. long. 58° 23'.— Alfo, a cape on the S.W. coaft 

 of Sir Henry Martin's ifland. S. lat. 8' jS'. E. long. 

 220° 15'. — Alfo, a cape on the S.W. coaft of the ifland of 

 Fortaventura. N. lat. 28' l'. W. long. 14° i'. 



South River, a river of Antigua, which runs into the 

 fea, a little to the north of Young Point. — Alfo, a river of 

 Canada, which runs into the St. Lawrence, N. lat. 46° 56'. 

 W. long. 70" 26'. 



South Salem, a poft-lownftiip of America, in the li.ite 

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