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named year he vifiteJ Spain, a country which he had never 

 before fecn, and was well received by the king, who en- 

 gaffcd him to arrange his cabinet of medals : but during this 

 employment he was taken ill, and died in 1737, at t\v- ;ige 

 of fevc ity two. He was author of a work, entitled, " Tra- 

 vels of Paul Lucas," in fevcn volumes. In four of them is 

 an account of his voyage to the Levant, to Greece, Aila 

 Minor, Macedonia, and Africa. His travels in Turkey, 

 Afia, Syria, Palellinc, and Egypt, were publiflied at 

 Rouen, in three volumes. 



Lucas, Richard, a native of Wales, was born at Prcf- 

 teigne, in Radnorfhire, in the year 1648; and ivhen he 

 had laid a good foundation in grammar learning, he was 

 fent to the univerfity of Oxford, and entered a Itudent at 

 Jefus college in 1664. He took his degree of arts in 1668, 

 and in 1672 ; and was fome time mafter of the frec-fchool 

 at Abergavenny, in Monmouthfhire. From this place he 

 removed to London, and obtained the vicarage of St. 

 Stephen's, Coleman-itrcet, and became lefturer of St. Olaves, 

 Southwark, in 1683. In 1691 he took his degree of doftor 

 of divinity, awd was inllalled prebendary of Wcftminller in 

 1696. Soon after this, an inlirmity which he had ex- 

 perienced in his eyes, from his youth, deprived him totally 

 of his fight. He died in 17 15, at the age of fixty-feven, 

 and was buried in Weftminiter Abbey. He was highly 

 valued by his contemporaries for his piety and learning ; and 

 his writings have tranfmitted his name with honour to pof- 

 tcrity. Of thefe the moft important is his " Inquiry after 

 Happinefs," in two volumes, 8vo., which has gone through 

 many editions. It is remarkable that it was compofed by 

 the author, after he had loft his fight, and was rendered in- 

 capable of pubUc fervices. His other works are " PraiSical 

 Chriftianity," and " The Morality of the Gofpel ;" " A 

 Guide to Heaven ;" " Five Volumes of Sermons," and 

 fome fmaller pieces. He tranflated into the Latin language 

 " The whole Duty of Man," which was printed in 1680. 

 Biog. Brit. 



Lucas, Si., in Geography, a town of Mexico, in the 

 province of Guatimala ; 12 miles E. of Guatimala. — Alfo, 

 a fmall ifland near the coail of Mexico, in Salinas bay. 

 N. lat. to- 15'. W. long. 85" 22'. 



LUCAU, or Lucca, in Geography, a town of Saxony, 

 in the principality of Altenburg ; 8 miles N.N.W. of Al- 

 tenburg. N. lat. 51^ 6'. E. long. 13 iS. — Alfo, a town 

 of the duchy of Carinthia, near the Geil ; 32 miles E. of 

 Brixen. 



LUCAYA I.SLAUDS. See Bahama. 



LUCAYO, one of the Bahama illands ; 20 miles long, 

 and five broad. N. lat. 27^ 25'. W. long. 78^ 



LUCAYONEQUE, one of the Bahama iflands ; 75 

 miles long, and five or fix broad, but of an irregular form. 

 N. lat. 27^ W. long 77- ;;o'. 



LUCCA, a fmall republic of Italy, on the coaft of the 

 Tufcan fea, in N. lat. 43" 50'. It is bounded N. by the 

 late duchy of Modena ; on the S.W. by the Mediterranean ; 

 and every where elfe by Etruria. It is computed to be 

 upwards of 35 miles in length, and from 15 to 20 in breadth, 

 and to contain 288 fquare miles, and within its extent one 

 city, 150 villages, and 120,000 inhabitants, of whom, it is 

 ftiid, that from 20,000 to 30,000 are able, on occafion, to 

 bear arms. The Luccanefe are the moil induftrious people 

 of Italy, and no fpot of ground is left uncultivated ; the 

 hills being covered with vines, olives, chefnut, and mulberry 

 trees, while the meadows near the coaft nonrifh numerous 

 cattle ; but the country does not produce corn fufficient for 

 the confumption of its inhabitants. Oil and filk are the 

 ckief exports of Lucca, and their motto is LibertjIS, a 



goddefs, rarely found more amiable than here. Lucca was 

 anciently a Roman colony ; v.-hen the Lombards overran 

 Italy, it became tributary to them ; afterwards it was an- 

 nexed to the dominion of the Franks, and from them the 

 emperors of Germany claimed its fovcreignty. In the 

 reign of Charles IV. it became an independent ftate, and 

 has, during three centuries, maintained its hberty, under 

 the proteftion of fome foreign power. In the recent revo- 

 lutions of Italy, this ftate adopted a conllitution fimilar to 

 the French ; and it is now a principality, with the addition 

 of Mafia Carrara, and Garfagnana. 



Lucca, the capital of the fore-mentioned principality, 

 and the refidence of the government, is delightfully fituated 

 in a plain, terminated by eminences, and diverfified with vil- 

 lages, feats, fummer-houfes, vineyards, meadows, and corn- 

 fields. This city is regularly fortified with eleven baftions ; 

 its circuit is about a league ; it is well-built, and the ftreets, 

 though irregular, are broad and well paved. Situated near 

 the river Serchio, 12 miles N.E. of Pifa, it contains a ftate- 

 palace, within whicii is a large arfenal, a Gothic cathedral, 

 with a richly furniflied chapel, 25 churches, 40 convents, and 

 about 40,000 inhabitants ; among whom are many artifts 

 and manrifafturers, efpecially in filk and gold, and filvcr 

 ftufFs. The bifiiop holds immediately of the pope, and is 

 entitled to the pallium, or crucifix, as an archbifhop. In 

 the cathedral is a volo fanto, or wooden crucifix, to which 

 a peculiar veneration is paid. In the year 1799, the French 

 entered this city, and impofed upon it a contribution of 

 2,000,000 liyres. They feem to have taken it under their 

 proteftion, and to allow it its freedom. N. lat. 43° J4'. 

 E. long. 10" 34'. 



Lucca, a river of Afia, which rifes in Perfia, and runs 

 into the Indus, about 18 miles above the conflux with the 

 Chunaub. 



LtJCCHESI, Andrea, in Biography, a native of Venice, 

 and maeftro di cappella, in 1772, to the eleftor of Cologne. 

 A pleafing compofer, whofe motets were frequently fnng by 

 Manfoli, and other great fingers in the cliurches of Italy, 

 and whofe fymphonics were much efteened, even in Ger- 

 many, where they have been brought to the greateft per- 

 feftion. In 1767, he compofed a cantata for a grand fef- 

 tival given to the duke of Wirtemburg at Venice. ' 



LUCCI, in Geography, a town of Naples, in Calabria 

 Citra ; \ miles S. of Bifignano. 



LUCCOS, a river of Morocco, anciently called Lveos, 

 which runs into the Atlantic at Laracha. 



LUCE, St., a clutter of fmall iflands in the Indian fea, 

 near the eaft coaft of Mad^gafcar. S. lat. 24'-' 30'. E. 

 long. 47^ 40'. 



Luce, Eau de. See Eau de Lues. 



LUCE A, in Geography, a bay or harbour, on the N. 

 fide of the ifland of Jamaica, into which run two rivers, 

 called Eaft and Weft Lucea ; 14 miles Wi of Montego bay. 

 N. lat 18= 28'. W. long. 78' 9'. 



LUCENA, a town of Spain, in the province of Cordova, 

 in which are ten convents ; 29 miles S.S.E. of Cordova. 

 N. lat. 37° 32'. W. long. 4" 29'. — Alfo, a town of Spain, 

 in Valencia ; 18 miles N.E. of Scgorbe. 



LUCENAY l'Eveque, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Saone and Loire, and chief place of a 

 canton, in the diftricl of Autun ; 7 miles N. of Autun. 

 The place contains 804, and the canton (>i68 inhabitants, 

 on a territory of 25'o kiliomctrcs, in 12 communes. N. lat. 

 47° 5'. E. long. 4-' 20'. 



LUCERA, an ancient, inconfiderable, manufadturing 

 town of Naples, capital of the provicce of Capitanata, 

 and fee of a bifltop, fuffragan of Benevcnto ; containing 



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