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blifhment of fnch an order, rcprefcntiiig it not only as nn- 

 npcelTary but extremely dangerous. He again threw him- 

 felf at the feet of the pope, and propofed that bcfidcs the 

 three vows of poverty, ehaftity, and monallic obedience, 

 which are common to all the orders of regulars, the members 

 of his fociety (hould take a fourth vow, of obeilience to the 

 pope, binding thcmfelves to go whitherfoever he fhould 

 command for the fervice of religion, and without requiring 

 any thing from the holy fej for their fuppOrt. This was a 

 propofnl which the pope could not rejeft ; lie confirmed 

 tlie inlUtution of tlie Jefuits bv" a bull, granted the mod 

 ample privileges to the members of the fociety, and ap- 

 p->inted Loyola to be the firll general of the order. (See 

 our article .Iesuits.) In I 550, he was defirous of refigning 

 his office of general, but the fociety would not confent to 

 the meafure, and he retained it till his death in 1556, when 

 he was in the fixty-fi:<th year of his age. Before that event, 

 he had fecn his order Ipivad over the grcatelt part of the 

 old and new worlds, and ho had ellablilhed, in the (hort 

 fpace of lixtecn years, twelve large provinces, containing 

 at lead an hundred colleges. He was beatified by pope 

 Paul v., and in 1622 he was canonized by Gregory X\\ 

 Bayle. Moreri. Robert fon, and art. Jefuits. 



LoYOL.v, in Geography, a village of Spain, in the 

 province of Guipufcoa, formerly belonging to the family of 

 Ignatius, four.der of the order of Jefuits. See Jesuits.— 

 Alfo, a town of South America, in the audience of Quito; 

 50 miles S. of Loxa. 



LOZE, a river of Congo, in Africa, which runs into 

 the Atlantic, navigable for boats, but having no harbour at 

 its mouth. S. lat. 7 95'. 



LOZENGE, or LozANGE, in Geometry, a kind of pa- 

 rallelogram, or quadrilateral figure, confiliing of four equal 

 and parallel lines or fides, whofe angles are not right, but 

 whereof two oppufite ones are acute, and the other two ob- 

 tufe ; the diflance between the two obtufe ones being always 

 equal to the length of one fide. 



Scaligcr derives the word lozenge from laurengla ; this 

 figure refembling, in fome refpefts, tliat of a laurel leaf. 

 In geometry, it is ordinarily called rkombits ; and, when the 

 fides arc unequal, rhoinboidcs. 



LozENGK, in Heraldry, is a rhombus, or figure of equal 

 fides, but unequal angles ; refembling a quarry of glafs in 

 our old windows ; placed ereft, point-ways. It is in this 

 figure that all unmarried gentlewomen and widows bear 

 their coats of arms ; becau;e, as fome fay, it was the figure 

 of the Amazonian Ihield ; or, as others, becaufe it is the 

 ancient figure of the fpindle 



The lozenge differs from the fitjil, in that the latter is 

 narrower in the middle, and not fo fharp at the ends. 



LoZEXGES, among JewelLrs, are common to brilliant 

 and rofe diamonds. In the former they are formed by the 

 meeting of the fkill and ftar-facets on the bezi! : in the lat- 

 ter, by the meeting of the facets in the horizontal ribs of 

 the crown. 



Lozenge is alfo a fort of medicine, made into fmall 

 pieces, to be held or chewed in the mouth till they are 

 melted there ; the fame with what are othcrwife called tro- 

 ihifcl. troches. 



LOZERE, in Qengraphy, one of the nine departments 

 of the fouthern region of France, compofed of Gevaudan 

 and part of the Cevennes, N. lat. 44° 30', S.E. of Can- 

 tal, and S. of the Upper Loire, 18 French leagues long, 

 and 15 broad, contains 5390 kiliomctres, or 269 fqiiare 

 leagues, and 155 927 inhibitants. It is divided into three 

 diilrifts, 24 cantons, and 193 communes. The dillrifls are 

 Marvejols, including 60,750 inhabitants; MenJe, 52,813; 



and Florae, 42,364. Its capital is Mende. Its contri- 

 butions amount to 'fM)'2,']-]G fr. and its expences to 179,687 

 fr. The northern dilhifts confift partly of granite moun- 

 tains ; towards the middle of the department the hills are 

 calcareous ; and in the fouthern part the Cevennes are com- 

 pofed of fchlllus. A confiderable proportion of this terri- 

 tory is not fiifceptible of culture. The chief produfts are 

 barley, flax, hemp, fruits, and paftures for flieep. Here are 

 mines of iron, copper, lead, and antimony, with mineral 

 fprings. 



LOZICZE, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 

 Biellk; 56 miles S.W. of Biel/lt. 



LOZZI, a town of the illaud of Corfica ; II miles 

 N.W. of Corte. 



LOZZO.atown of Italy, in the Paduan ; Smiles S.S.W. 

 of Padua. 



LU, a town of France, in the department of Marengo ; 

 8 miles W. of Alexandria. 



Lu, in Chinefe Miific, implies a key. Dividing the oc- 

 tave into 12 feir.itones, they give the name of lu to eacli, nu- 

 Bieriollv. See Chinese Mu.sic. 



LUA, in Geogrnphy, a river of the ifland of Cuba, 

 which runs into the fea ; 25 miles N.E. of Cape Cruz. — 

 Alio, a town of Arabia, in the province of Oman, on tha 

 coail ; 10 miles N. of Sohar. 



Lu.4, in Mythology, a Roman divinity mentioned by 

 Livy, lib. viii. and invoked in war. The name is fuppofed 

 to be derived iro-m here, to expiate. 



LUABO, in Geography, a river on the W. coaft of 

 Africa, a branch of the great river Zambezi, which fe- 

 parates from it at the diftance of 30 leagues from the fea. — 

 Alfo, an ifland fituated between the Luabo and Zam.bezi. 



See MOCMIANGA. 



LUANA Point, a cape on the S. coaft of Jamaica. 

 N. lat. 182'. W. long. 77' 50'. 



LUANCO, a town of Spam, in Afturia, near the W. 

 coaft ; 20 miles N. of Oviedo. 



LUANZA, a town of Africa, in the country of Moca- 

 ranga, S. lat. 17^ 15'. E. long. 33 30'. 



LUA RCA, a fea-port town of Spain, on the N. coaft, 

 in the province of Afturias ; 30 miles N.W. of Oviedo. 



LLTBAD, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Natolia, on a 

 lake of the lame name, 21 miles long, and four broad ; 7 miles 

 S. of Burfa. 



LUBAN, a town of Lithuania, in the palatinate of 

 Novogrodek ; 20 miles S.E. of Sluck. 



LuRAN, or Louban, one of the Philippine ifiands, 

 ab»ut 12 miles in circumference. 



LUBA RTO W, a town of Poland, in Volhynia ; 36 miles 

 W. of Berdiczow. 



LUBASZYN, a town of Lithuania, in the palatinate of 

 Miiiflc ; 52 miles E. of Minfk. 



LLTBAT, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Natolia; 28 

 miles W. of Burfa'. 



LUBATCPIOW, a town of Auftrian Poland, in Ga- 

 licia ; 16 miles N. of Lemberg. 



LUBBFCKE, or Luthicke, a town of Weftphalia, 

 in the county of Minden, confiliing of about 258 dwell- 

 ing-lioufes, wl'.ich obtained' the privileges of faints in 1270, 

 and was furroiinded with ramparts, ditches, and walls. This 

 town enjoys feveral immunities, and particularly a territo- 

 rial jurifdiilion over a confiderable diflrift. Its chief trade 

 coi'.fifts in yarn and linen, breeding of cattle, and brewing 

 of beer. It has fuftained, at feveral times, great damage 

 by fire ; 14 miles W. of Minden. 



LUBBEN, or Lubio, a town of Lower Lufatia, fitu- 

 ated on the Spree, in a circle to which it gives name ; 

 36 miles 



