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oe - 2361 Out of this fim, granted to Chrit- 
urc ford, a perpetual curacy was endowed, which is 
See held by a Rudent of that colle 
founded here in Ww 
niverfal 
this 
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place in 1614. 
aventry has a large weekly market on Wednefdays, and 
four annual fairs, © 
cel le cailed Bur- 
row-hill, It is difpofed i in an ov al fhape, extends about 
three quarters of a mile in length, by one ponies in breadth. 
He is canoe on one fide by a double fofs and vallum, and 
n fome place Bt four, and five. On the fouth-ealt 
agree to fix here th 
Hiftory of enn 
Chefter to Londo 
DAUGHTERS, among the Ancients, were more fre- 
quently expofed than fons, as requiring eet charge to 
educate and feitle them in the hs e Expostnc of 
Children. ‘Thofe who had no legiti car were obliged, 
by the Athenian laws, to Jeave their eftates to their a 
o were confined to marry their neareft relations, o otherw 
to forfeit thejr inheritance ; as we find to have been ane 
likewife am a the Jews, many of whofe laws feem to have 
been a 
rary. Bridge’s 
Pennant’s 3 Journey from 
o be married before her father” 8 
inheritance, and even to take t 
which is faid to have been a common cafe. Potter, Archeol. 
rec. lib. iv. c. 15. tom. ii. p..441. See Son 
The fons and daughters of the king of Pega are called 
the fons and daughters of England ; becaufe all the fubjects 
of Py een have a {pecial intereft in ae See Prince. 
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det: in sd es Neaae called ¢ a Narbonnenfis.’’ 
s between Selet aa s to the fouthewelt and Vapincum to- 
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VID, in ay, king of the Jews, 1 in many re- 
{pects an illuftrious chara€ter of ancient times, was the 
youngeft fon of Jefle, of the tribe of Judah, and was born 
about 1085 years before Chrift. When Saul by his mifcon- 
dud had ae aan the crown to which he had been elected, 
of body and mind, that prepared him for the delicate and dif- 
ficult fcenes through which he would be called to 
When Saul was finking into a ftate of defpondency brought 
on by his vice, and by difobedience to the divine command, 
David, who was a proficient in mufic, was fent for to foothe 
the anguith of his wounded mind by the founds of his harp. 
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were different forts, viz. the fhield, the tarzet and fpear, 
bucklers and fw : ’s being ur-bearer to Saul, 
plies no more than that he was conftituted one of his 
What particular duties attached to this office it 
would be difficult to afcertaia; they were, however, of fo 
eafy a nature as not to preclude him oe attending again te 
his father’s domeftic concerns, r breaking out be- 
tween the tdi and oe in nbc A hake Be to 
the decifive engagement that was expe e champion 
Goliah challenged the bravelt of his ee to feels combat, 
David was allowed to accept the challenge, and Saul w 
have c.othed him in his own armour, but he chofe to make 
ufe of no other weapons than his oe ard fling, in the has . 
which, hke the fhepherds of his times, he 
‘Thus accoutred he coor ae proud Goliah to ae 
he ng, and he 
d and prefented it to 1. The 
defeat of the Philiftines was the confequence of the death of 
their leader, ‘This exploit recommended David fo much to, 
the king, that he refolved to keep him near his own perfon, 
appointed him to many potts of honour, _ J upon 
giving him his eldelt an Sg a he had made fome tur- 
ther trial of his prudence an In aA fituation he ac- 
quired the friendfhip of Jon tat sau s eldeft fon, 
elteers among the people. (1 Sam ul 
jealousofthe reputation and pions hich David had among 
He refolved to deftroy him, and devifed 
ods for this purpofe, but David eluded them all. 
the rout of their army, and where David-received the firft 
tokens of his favour. ou as Saul was returning to his own 
city, accompanied by , the women came out of all the 
citles of ‘Ural through whic h they paffed, Ainging | and danc- 
ing, to t the kin ng, with tabrets and other in 
mufic to ee their oe 
d the preferen 
ignated y Samuel, when 
do ld be given to a neighbour of his that was better 
than at ”” for Saul faid in his rage, “ they, have 3 
cribed to David ten thoufands, and to me they have af- 
cribed but thoufands; and what can he aye more but the 
kingdom?” From this time to the very end of his life, 
Saul looked on David with a malignant eyes and watched 
very convincing proofs ; for the very next day after 
thefe acclamations of the women, Saul fell into one of hi 
d fitsof yen hare we render the *“prophee 
ler tranflates he expreffion for critical aay et which he 
afligns, “‘howled and grumbled’? in his frenzy ; and as David 
was playing, without the leatt fufpicion of danger, to divert 
his melancholy, Saul in an a threw at him a javelin, 
which he had in his hand, a refolution to ftrike him 
dead to the wall. David toeily efcaped this danger, and ra 
out of the room ; and upon his entering it a fecond time, Sal 
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