NYE 
oe, in Ornithology, a {pecies of Ardea. 
See 
NYD, in Ge ography, a river of Norway, which runs into 
the North fea, in the bay of Drontheim 
A, a town of Sweden, in the province of Sma- 
AU, a town of Switzerland, in the territory of 
Bienne, at the N.E. ey ‘of the ite is Bienne, on the 
S. fide of the Tiel canal, oppofite to Bienn 
NYE, Puivip, in Biography, an iene Englifh non- 
conformift divine, le dikinguifed himfelf by his zeal in 
ft king Charles I., and 
y of divines at Wetft- 
il 
In this fituaticn he continued 
of the epifcdpal 
ly with the impofitions of 
pine e pcan, he fled into 
ears. 
tingdonthire. Th 16 
active in Scotland, in procuring the affiftance of the natives, 
that the taking of the folemn league - covenant might be 
expedited, a after his return, he fat as a member in the 
famous affembly of divines at Weltminfter, in the fele€tion 
of whom sane ha a confiderable influence. When the refo- 
On the day fixed 
i fable it, the two houfes, and the aflembly being 
met in the church of St. Margaret, Weftminfter, he {poke 
in juftification of taking the ee from {cripture pre- 
cedents, and difplayed the advantages which the church 
had received from fuch facred combinations. _ He then read 
s 
prefented to the reGtory of Acton 
was one of the committee who drew 
, near London. 
up the preface to the 
DireGory, which was ordered to be fubftituted in the room of ment 
the Common Prayer book ; but when it was determined to 
eftablifh a Prefbyterian form of government, he openly 
avowed and vindicated his diffent from it, and contended 
r. Nye interefted him 
felf much in political affairs, and he was’ often confulted by 
men in power. In 1647 he was appointed one of the chap- 
lains who attended the commiflioners empowered to treat 
with king Charles I. in the Ifle of Wight ; and Anthony 
Wood fays, that about the fame time he was employed to 
obtain fubfcriptions from the London apprentices, &c. 
againft a perfonal treaty with the king, while the citizens 
of the metropolis were petitioning for one. In the year 
1653 he was appointed one of the ¢ryers for examining 
NY K 
into the qualifications and charaéters of minifters; and 
inated one nts to the 
commiffioners for ejecting infufficient minifters and {chool- 
8 ne of the principal managers in the 
in the Savoy, in 1658, 
om more than a hundred churches in England : 
$ opportunity fee till the 
about the age of feventy-fix 
works, the titles of which may be feen in the Biog. 
and Gen. Biog. to which, and to Toulmin’s Neal. we refer 
our readers. 
NYEBYE, in Geography, a town of Denmark, on the 
E. coaft of the ifland of Taafinge. N. lat. 54° oq E. 
long. 10° 40’. 
YED, a town of Sweden, in the ‘province df War- 
meland ; 18 miles N.N.E. of Carlftadt 
NYEKIOBING, an ancient town of Denmark, in the 
ifland of Falfter, on a narrow channel oppofite to Laland. 
This M@rge and well-built town is fituated in the ftrait which 
divides Falter from Moen ; fortified on the land fide by a 
wall and ditch, and carrying on a confiderable trade. The 
royal palace is a great ornament is saat town. N. lat. 94° 
6. E. long. 11° 51 Alfo, a ef Denmark, on the 
N. coaft of the ifland of Zealand, in in the ulf of Tishord, 
having | a good harbour and confiderable cortimerce. N. lat 
55° 55". E. long. 11° qr’. 
NYEVRE, or Nrévre, formerly Nivernois, one of the 
rance, in N. lat. 
and the Allier, and on the 
Cher. It is 24 French leagues i in fength, and 23 in in breadth, 
comprehends iometres, or 362 fquare leagues, ati 
251,158 inhabitants, and is divided into 4 circles, 25, cantons, 
and 330 communes. e circles are Cofne, “including 
ae inhabitants ; Clamecy, 65,4 465 5 eee, 1735903 
and Chateau-Chinon, 50,309. According to Haflenfratz, 
the number of circles is 9, of cantons 47, and of inhabitants 
e se is Nevers. Its contributions, in the 
expences 218,836 fr. "66 c 
» in oe yields ne 
i. 
NYKEE, a town of Africa, atid capital of a diftri& in 
Melli, fituated on the road from Kong to Cafhna. N. lat 
14° 45'._ E. long. 9° 20'. 
NYKIRKE, a town of Sweden, in Eaft Gothland ; 24 
miles N.W. of Linkioping. 
NYKOPING, a town of Sweden, in Sudermahland ; 
49. miles $.W. of Stockholm. N. lat. #8° as! EB. loag. 
CORYL, a town of Sweden, in Eaft Gothidid; 
miles $.S.W. of Linkioping. 
NYKYRKA, atown Pal Sweden, in thé govetliment of 
ho. 
Abo; 30 miles N.W. 0 
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