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•ankeenS, JltufFs of (ilk and woollen, cotton, linen of all qua- 

 lities and defies, lace, ribbons, carpets, hats, ftockings, 

 paper, foap, &c. The citadel of Lifle has been reckoned 

 one of the beft works of Vauban, and, except Turin, the 

 ftrongeft in Europe. N. lat. jo" 38'. E. long. 3^ 7'. 



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Lilly, WlLLIA.^r, an-Englifli a(lrologer,wa5 bom atDif-- 

 worth, in Lcicefterfliire, in the year 1602, and vas educated 

 at Afhby-de-la-Zouch. The knowledge he acquired at this 

 place was very fcanty, owing to the fhort time that he was 

 allowed to remain in it. In 1620 he came to London to 



LILLEBONNE, a town of France, in the department feek his fortune, and was bound apprentice to a tradefman 

 of the Lower Seine, and chief place of a canton, in the dif- in St. Clement Danes. In 1624 he became book-keeper to 

 tricl of Le Havre ; 16 miles E. of Havre. The place con- the malter of the Sailers' company, on whofe death he mar- 

 tains 601 j and the canton 8685 inhabitants, on a territory of ried his widow. Being now his own mafler, and poflelTed 

 135 kiliometres, in 20 communes. "" *" "■ ' " .... . - 



LILLERS, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Straits of Calais, and chief place of a canton, in the diftriiSl 

 of Bethune; 6 miles W.N.W. of Bethune. The place con- 

 tains 4107, and the canton 14,682 inhabitants, on a terri- 

 tory of 10) kiliometres, in 9 communes. 



LILLO, George, in Biography, an Englifh writer of 

 tragedies, born in London in the year 169^, was the fon 

 of a Dutch jeweller, by an Enghfli mother. He was 

 brought up to his father's trade, and carried on the bu- 

 finefs with great reputation for feveral years. His firll 

 publication, as a literary character, was entitled " Sylvia, a 

 haliad-opera ;" but his fame is founded on his tragedies, 

 which are rcprefentations of domeftic dillrefs in common 

 Hfe, exhibited for a moral purpofe. By the choice and ma- 

 nagement of his Horses, he f\icceeded in rendering them 

 eminently pathetic, and he difplayed no inconfiderable 



of fome fortune, he fpent much time in frequenting fermons, 

 leftures, 5;c. and became attached to the Puritan party. In 

 1632 he ftudied aftrology under a perfon named Evans, a 

 profligate clergyman, who, on account of certain immora- 

 lities, was obliged to quit a curacy. Lilly in a few weeks 

 obtained of his mafter all the requifite knowledge of his art, 

 and in a fnort time excelled him in calculation. The firil 

 fpecimen which he gave the public of his flcill in aftrology, 

 was an intimation, that the king had chofen an unlucky ho- 

 rofcope for his coronation in Scotland. About the year 

 1634 he got poffeffion of a book in MS. entitled " Ars 

 notoria," teaching the pretended occult fciences, from 

 wluch he eagerly imbibed tlie doclrine of the magic cir- 

 cle, and the invocation of fpirits, which he praftifed fer 

 fome time, ufmg certain prayers prefcribed in it, addrcfled 

 to angels whom it reprefents to be inftruftors of men ii\ 

 thele grand arcana. Previoufly to this, few perfons, who 

 knowledge of the human heart. His tragedies are " George praftifed in the aitrological art, pretended to go farther 

 Barnwell,"' "Fatal Curiofity," and " Arden of Fever- than to endeavour to trace out and recover ftolen goods ; 

 (ham." The firil of thefe is, we believe, uniformly brought but Lilly treated this part of the myftery with great 

 on the ftage about Chriftmas in every year, and it generally contempt, and laid claim to the fupernatural fight, and 

 brings crowded houfes : the play entitled " Fatal Curiofity" the gift of predicting future events, which he well knew 

 is mentioned by the late James Harris, efq. in his " Philo- how to turn to his own advantage. In i6'6 he fettled 

 logical Inquiries,'" as a fine example of the gradual unfold- at Her/ham, near Walton on Thames, in Surrey, where be- 

 ing of a" fcene of horror, not lefs perfeft than that which remained till 164 1, when he came to London, with a num-- 

 has been fo long and highly applauded in the (Edipus of ber of curious books, in his ov.-n art, which he had pur- 

 Sophocles. Attempts have been made to revive its reputa- chafed in the country. In 1644, he pubbdied his " Mer- 

 tion, but without fuccefs. The "Arden of Fevertham" linus Anglicus," an almanac, which he continued annually 

 was a pofthumous piece. His other performances have till his death, and feveral other works which were written 

 long fince been forgotten. He died in 1739, at the age of on the fubjefts of his art ; devoting his pen and other la- 

 47, and his works were collected and edited in 2 vols. 8vo, hours fometimes to the king's pavtv, and fometimes to that 

 by Mr. Davies, v.-ith a thort account of his hfe ; to wliich of the parliament ; raifing his forfjne by favourable pre- 

 the reader is referred for farther particulars. See alfo the dictions to both parties, at one time by prefents, and at 

 new edition of the Biographia Dramaiica. another by penfions. Lilly was certainly confulted refpeft- 



LlLLO, in Giogrophy, a town of SpaiB, in New Cadile ; iiig the king's projefted efcape from Cari.^rook-caftle, and 



by his advice and contrivance the monarch attempted feveral 

 times to make his efcape from his confinement : he procured 

 and lent aquafortis and files to cut the iron bars of his 

 priion windows, but advifing and writing for the other 

 party at tlie fame time. In 1648 and 1649, he read public 

 lectures on aftrology, for the improvement, as he pretended, 

 of young (Indents in the art, and managed matters fo well, 

 and profitably, that in 1651 and 1652, he laid out nearly 

 2000/. in an eitate at Herlham. During the fiege of Col- 

 cheiter, he and Booker, another aftrologer, who was alfo a 

 licenfer of mathematical books, were fent thither to encou- 

 rage the fcldiers, which they did, by aifuring them that the 

 town wouldfoon be taken, which proved true in the event. 

 In the year 1 650, having predicted in his almanac that the 

 parliamentary gevernment would be overturned, he was 

 lummoned to anfwer for his conduft, but during the inter- 

 val of four-and-twenty hours, which were allowed him, he 

 got the obnoxious leaves reprinted, and carried before the 



28 miles E.S.E; of Toledo 



LiLLO, a fortrefs of Brabant, on the E. fide of the 

 Scheldt, built bv the Dutch in 1584, and ever fince gar- 

 rifbned. This fortrefs, which guards the pafiTage to An- 

 twerp by large velTels, was taken by the French in 1794 ; 

 9 miles N.W. of Antwerp. 



LiLLO, in Ichthyology, a name given by the Rhodians to 

 the labrus. 



LILLY, John, in Biography, an Englifli writer, was 

 bom about the year 1553, and educated at Magdalen col- 

 lege, from whence he removed to Cambridge, alter he had 

 taken his degrees in arts. On his anival in London, he be- 

 came acquainted with fome of queen Elizabeth's courtiers, 

 by whom he was careffed as a poet and a wit ; and her nia- 

 ie'.ly, on particular feltivals, honoured his dramatic pieces 

 witk her prefence. He attended the court feveral vears, 

 yet fo little did he get by his attendance there, notwith- 

 Itanding his literary reputation, that he was under the ne- 



cefTity of petitioning the queen for a fmalftipend to fupport committee fix copies thus altered, which he faid were co- 



him in his old age. He died about the year f6oo. He was pies of his edition, the others having been printed with .-» 



autho? of feveral plays, as Endmuon ; Campafpe ; Midas; view to ruin his reputation. By this trick and fa' ihood he 



aaed before queen Elizabeth j the Maid's Metamorphofis, efcaped with only an iniprifonment of thirteen dave. In 



&c. i-'jjj he was indicted for giving an opinion in the cafe *f 



Vet. XXI. E iiolcB 



