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the ftrvice of the States-general, he was appointed mailer of 

 the ordnance in 1629 ; but retired from public employment 

 fome (hort time before his death, which was occafioned in 

 1 633', in the 70th year of his age, by an apopleftic fit. Lord 

 Vere, no lefs flcilful and brave than his brother as a com- 

 mander, was of a milder and more modeft temper. Biog. 

 Brit. 



Vere, in Geography, a river of England, in the county 

 of Herts, which runs into the Coin, 2 miles S.E. of St. 

 Albans — Alfo, a county or parifh on the fouth ilde of the 

 ifland of Jamaica. 



Vere, Cape, a cape on the W. coail of Calabria. N. lat. 

 39^ zo'. E. long. i6^ 10'. 



VEREA, in Botany, for fo it ought to be written, not 

 Vereia, was thus named by Mr. Andrews, in compliment to 

 James Vere, efq. F.L.S. of Kerifington Gore, whofe gar- 

 den has long been celebrated among the richeft, and beft 



cultivated, in the neighbourhood of London Andr. Repof. 



t. 21. WiUd. V. 2. 471. — We regret that this memorial of 

 our amiable and liberal friend cannot be preferved. This 

 fuppofed genus is merely a Cotyledon, with four -cleft oftan- 

 drous flowers, of which feveralare known, (fee Cotyledon,) 

 nor can they, on any found principle, be feparated therefrom. 



The Verea crenata is Cotyledon crenaia, Venten. Malmaif. 

 t. 49. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 3. 1 10. Leaves croffing each 

 other in pairs, ovate, obtufe, crenate, flelhy. Flowers four- 

 cleft, ereft, in cymofe panicles. — Native of Sierra Leone ; 

 kept in the dry (love or tan-bed, where it flowers in fummer 

 and autumn. The_/?fm is Ihrubby. Leaves green, large 

 and handfome, very juicy. Flowers an inch long, yellow, 

 with a green tube and orange mouth. 



VERELIUS, Olof, in Biography, a Swedifh antiquary 

 and librarian in the academy of Upfal, was the fon of a 

 clergyman of Eaft Gothland, where he was born in the year 

 1618. Having commenced his education in the gymnafium 

 at Linkoeping, he purfued it for five years at the academy 

 of Dorpt, and in 1638 removed to Upfal. Soon after he 

 became tutor to fome young Swedidi gentlemen, whom he 

 accompanied in their travels through various parts of Eu- 

 rope, and on his return in 1650, he was, by favour of the 

 queen, appointed profeflTor of eloquence at Dorpt in 1 651, 

 and in 1653 became treafurer to the academy of Upfal. In 

 1662 he was appointed profelfor of the antiquities of his 

 native country, and in 1666 antiquary of the kingdom. He 

 was in the fame year nominated afleflbr in the college of an- 

 tiquities, and died at Upfal in 1682. He was a good Latni 

 fcholar, and well flcilled in Swediflt antiquities, fo that fome 

 of his countrymen honoured him with the appellation of 

 " Parens Eloquentigs, et Filum Ariadnaeum Antiquitatum 

 PatriK." He was a zealous advocate for the ancient origin 

 of the Swedes, infomuch as to contend that the Goths who 

 took Rome iffued from Sweden, and to affert, " that thofe 

 who deny their antiquity ought to have tluir brains knocked 

 out with Runic ftones." His difpute with profelfor Scha;fFer, 

 concerning the former fituation and name of the town and 

 temple of Upfal, produced a number of pubhcations. 

 Among his other principal works are, " Gothrici et Rolfi, 

 Veftro-Gothi^E Regum, Hiftoria lingua antiqua Gothica 

 confcripta, quam c Manufcripto vetuftiflimo edidit, Verfione 

 et Notis illuftravit," Upfal 1664, 8vo. and feveral pubhca- 

 tions relating to Gothic literature and Swediflt hiftory. 

 Gen. Biog. 



VERELLA, Cape, in Geography, a cape on the E. 

 coaft of Cochinchina. N. lat. 12° 55'. E. long. 109° 18'. 



Verella, Cape, Falfe, a cape on the S.E. coaft of 

 Cochinchina. N. lat. 11° 45'. E. long. 109° 4'. 



VERELST, Simon, in Biography, was born at i^ntwerp 

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in 1604, and became an admirable painter of fruit and flowers. 

 He came to England in the time of Charles II. and obtained 

 very confiderable praftice ; and not only in thofe matters 

 for which his talents admirably qualified him, but alfo in 

 portraits for which he was not quahfied. His vanity was 

 at leart equal to his abilities as an artift, and having been 

 employed and laughed at till he was 47 years of age, death 

 then kindly removed him from any further opportunity of 

 expollng- himfelf. 



VERERIA, in Geography, a town of Ruflia, in the 

 government of Mofcow ; 56 miles W.S.W. of Mofcow. 

 N. lat. ^f 18'. E. long. 35° 50'. 



VERES, a town of Ruflia, in the government of Arch- 

 angel ; 80 miles N.N.W. of Kola. 



VERESMAN, a town of Hungary; 12 miles E. of 

 Munkacz. 



VERETUM, in Ancient Geography, a town of Italy, in 

 Meffapia, on the confines of the country of the Selentini, ac- 

 cording to Strabo, who fays that it was anciently called 

 Baris. 



VERFEIL, in Geography, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Upper Garonne ; II miles E.N.E. of 

 Touloufe. 



VERGA, Cape, a cape on the W. coaft of Africa. 

 N. lat. 10° 4'. W. long. 1 3° 40'. 



VERGADELLE, m Ichthyology, the name of a fifli of 

 the mullet kind, called by others the chelon, remarkable 

 for the thioknefs of its lips. 



VERGiE, in Ancient Geography, a town of Italy, in 

 Brutium. 



VERGANTINAS, in Geography, a town of Spain, in 

 Galicia ; 20 miles S.W. of Corunna. 



VERGARA, or Vargara, a town of Spain, in Gui- 

 pufcoa ; 7 miles S. of Tolofa. 



VERGAVILLE, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Meurte ; 4 miles N.W. of Dieuze. 



VERGE, ViRGA, a rod, fwitch, or yard ; particularly 

 a ftick or wand, which perfons are admitted tenants by 

 holding in their hand, and fwearing fealty to the lord of the 

 manor. 



On this account, they are called tenants by the •verge. 



Verge, among Gardeners, generally denotes the edge or 

 outfide of a border ; but more particularly, is ufed for a 

 flip of grafs adjoining to gravel-walks, and dividing them 

 from the borders in the parterre-garden. 



Verge, Dented. See Dented. 



Verge is alfo ufed for the compafsor extent of the king's 

 court ; within which is bounded the jurifdiAion of the lord 

 fteward of the king's houfthold. 



It is thus called, from the verge or ftaff which the mar- 

 ftial bears. It was anciently denominated pax regis, or the 

 king's peace. 



The lord fteward, by virtue of his office, without any 

 commlfhon, judges of all tranfgrefGons, as treafons, murders, 

 felonies, bloodflied, &c. committed in the court, or within 

 the verge of it ; which extends, every way, by 13 Ric. II. 

 flat. I. cap. 3. (in affirmance of the common law) for twelve 

 miles round the king's place of refidence ; only London, by 

 charter, being exempted. 



Verge, Court of. See Court. 



Y^RGF, 0/ Land, Vlrga Terra. See Y AUD-Latid. 



VERGELLUS, in Ancient Geography, a torrent or river 

 of Italy, in Apulia, near the place in which was fought the 

 battle of Cannx. This river was rendered famous by a 

 bridge made here for the paflage of the army. 



VERGENNES, in Geography, a poft-town of America, 

 and one of the moll flouriihing commercial towns of Ver- 

 mont, 



