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ternally and internally, with carved and ftuccoed devices ; 

 but thefe are chiefly of the age of James I. and Charles I. 



The commerce and trade of Ipfwich, thoii!jh not upon 

 a large fcale, funiiiTi employment to many of the poorer 

 inhabitants, and fortunes to ihofc who pofTcfs property to 

 fpecuiate with. Several velTfls belong to this town, and 

 many have been built here. Four building yards are at- 

 tached to the port. Tiie chief trade of the place is malt- 

 ing. Ipfwich is fupplicd with live fairs annually, and five 

 days out of the feven are appropriated for markets. For 

 the accommodation of perfons frequenting thefe, a large, 

 commodious market-place has been erected from defigns 

 by Mr. Brown, an architect of this town. A ferics of 

 buildings, on pillars, is difpcfcd round two quadrangular 

 courts, in which perfons who frequent the mai'kct may be 

 provided with flielter and accommodation for a fmall annual, 

 or weekly rent. The plan is judicious, and admirably adapted 

 to its purpofe. In this town are live charity-fchcols for the 

 education and clothing of poor children. 



On the quay is a cuftom houfe : it was determined in t!ie 

 reign of Edward III. that the bailiff and burgefles of Ipf- 

 \vich had the fole right to take cuilom-houfe duties for 

 goods landed at tiie port of Harwich : whence it is inferred 

 that the latter was a fubordinate, and dependant port to 

 the former. Tlie tide commonly rifes from to to 12 feet : 

 but at low water the river is fliallow and narrow. At Ipf- 

 wich are the following public buildings : a town-hall, coun- 

 cil-chamber, and fliire-hail ; a workhoufe, or hofpital, and 

 fome alms-houfes. 



Adjoining the town is a feat and park called Chrift- 

 church, occupying tlie fcite and lands of an ancient priory ; 

 and to the fouth of Ipfwich are the fellowing feats : Tat- 

 tingfton-hal!, Wolverfton-hall ; — to the weft are Chauntry, 

 Sproughton, Burllal, and Bramford, Hintlefliam-hall, Stoke- 

 hall, and Hill-houfe. Among the eminent natives of tiiis 

 town, the name of Thomas Wolfey is particularly diftin- 

 guifiied. He is faid to have been the fon of a butcher, 

 but this is doubted bv the editor of the fecond edition of 

 <' The Suffolk Traveller." It is evident, however, that he 

 rapidly advanced from a low rank in fociety, to be even the 

 itiafter of his tyrannical and fellifh monarch ; but at length he 

 fell a facrihcc to his own ambition and to the caprice of his 

 king. He was born here March 14.71, and died at Leicefter 

 Nov. 29, 1530. Several memoirs and accounts of him have 

 been publillicd, but an " impanial li.^e'" of him " is ftill a defi- 

 deratumin Euglifli biography." Chalmers, in hisintereihing 

 " Hillory of the Colleges and Halls, &c. of Oxford," has 

 given a (liort and difcriminating memoir of him, with refer, 

 cnces to, and obfervations on the cardinal's different biogra- 

 phers. The following names occur as " v/orthies' of I] fwich : 

 Ralph Brownrigg, D.D. and bidiop of Ese'er : William 

 ]5utler, phyfician, who, according to Fuller, " Worthies of 

 England,"*' (vol. ii. p. 340.) was thejEfculapius of the age.'' 

 Mr. Raw, a refpectable bookfciler of Ipfwich, is printing 

 a htdory of this town. Suffolk Traveller, 2d edit. 8vo. 1 764. 



Ipsw icn, the Agawam of the Indians, a poll-town and 

 port of entry in America, pleafantly fituated on both fides 

 ef Ipfwich river, in EfFex county, Maflachufetts, 30 miles 

 N.E. by N. of Bofton, and about a mile from the fea. 

 The towndiip of Ipfwich is divided into four parifhes, and 

 contains 60 1 lioufes, and 3305 inhabitants, who are chiefly 

 farmers ; a few veflels are employed in the fifliery, and fome 

 few trade to the Well Indies: fiik, thread, and lace, of an 

 elegant texture, are manufadturcd here in large quantities, 

 by women and children, and fold for ufe and export;\tion in 

 Bofton and other mercantile towns. Ipfwich townihip was 

 iacorpfirated in 163.J.. It was fcj-.Tierlv a place of conlider- 

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able importance ; but its decline is attributed to a b 

 harbour, and fhoals in the river. N. lat. 42^43'. W. . 

 7°" 5:0'- 



Ii-swiCH, Netv, a fownftiip in Hilliborough county, 

 Hamplhire, containing 1266 inhabitants; fituattd on the 

 W. fide of Souhagan river, and feparated from Wliaiflioi.k 

 mountain by the N. line of Maifachufetts; 56 miles N.W. 

 of Bolion. It was incorporated in 1762, and has a }lou- 

 ri filing academy. 



IQUEIOUY, or Iquique, an ifland in the Pacific 

 ocean, near the coalt of Peru, about a mile in circumference, 

 fitu:fted in a fmall gulf, which affords flielter for veffels, but 

 no frefh water. It is inhabited by Indians and (laves be- 

 longing to the Spaniards, who are employed in collecting a 

 yellow earth, fornled by the dung of birds, as manure for 

 vine?, and with which eight or ten fhips have been loaded 

 annually for a century. S. lat. 20 20'. 



IQUISENQUI, one of the iilands of Japan, fituated 

 near tlie S.E. coall of the ifland of Ximo. This ifland is 

 verv fmall. N. lat. 32-; E. long. 132 40'. 

 IRABAD. SeeHiRABAD. 



I R. A BATTY, a name given to the river Ava, in fome 

 part of its courfe. 



IRAC, Akaei.in, a country of Arabia Deferta, fituated 

 to the fouth of the Tigris and Euphrates ; the ancient 

 Babylonia or Chalda»a. This country, towards the N.E;, 

 is watered by branches of the Euphrates, and is fertile, con- 

 taining a number of cities and towns : towards the S. W. 

 it is a dreary wildernefs. One of the prijicipal places in it 

 is BafTora. 



Irac, or Irac/ljemi, a province of Perfia, chiefly cor- 

 refponding with the ancient Ecbatana; is bounded on the 

 N. by Ghilan and Mazandcrari, on the E. and N.E. by 

 Choi-afan, on the S. by Farfillan, and on the W. bv Kho- 

 fiilaii or Chufiilan, and the Arabian Irac. This province 

 contains apart of ancient Media and Parthia : it is about 

 150 leagues in length, -and 120 in breadth; and part of it 

 confifts of barren mountains, or fandy plains, which are alto- 

 gether unproduftive, but near the rivers there are extenfive 

 and fertile plains. The air is healthy, but very dry ; the 

 cUniate is hot ; and it hardly ever rains in the fummer for 

 fix months together. Mount Taurus, which traverfes the 

 province, furnifhes the animal that yields mufic ; manna, of 

 an exquifite whitenefs, is found in feveral places : galbanum 

 is collected in the mountains near Ifpahau ; and in feveral 

 places they cultivate grapes, fome of which are dried, and 

 others afford white wine. In this province are reckoned 

 about 40 towns or cities. Ifpahan, the capital of Perfia, 

 is the chief. 



IRACOUEO, a river of Guiana, which runs into the 

 Atlantic. N. lat. 5 35'. W. long. 54' 27'. 



IRACUNDUS Mu.scuLus, m. Jlmitomy, a name given 

 by fome authors to one of the mufcles ot the eye, called 

 alfo the rectus' exterior and abducens. It is one of the 

 quatuor refti oculi of Albimix, and is called by him .ind 

 Douglas, as well as many others, the abdudtor. 



IRAMALLY, in Geo^mphy, a town of Hindooilan, in 

 the circar of Dindigul ; 30 miles W.N. W of Dindigul. 



IRAPILLY, a town of Hindooftan, in the Myfore 

 country ; 12 miles S E. of Sankeridurgum. 



IRASBURG.a townfhip of America, in Orleans countv, 

 Vermont, fituated on Black river; 12 miles S. of the Ca- 

 nada line ; containing ij inhabitants. 



IRASCIBLE, in the Old ri,ilofo-^hy, a term applied to 

 an appetite, or a part of the foul, where anger and the 

 other paifions, which- animate us againft things difficult, of 

 odious, were fujjpolcd to refide. 



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