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Re ae. Arata, maéftro di cappella to. the 
rt of Ruffia, tie born at Naples. His firit effay in com- 
Sonten after quitting the ps eee was the opera o 
«‘ Berenice pees. med at the cou rt of the grand duke o: 
Tufcany at Florence i Thi 1 
5 he was cailed 
ands in 1738 Sem 
The emprefs Bliuabet, bes hats er jas in 174%, 
and had a paffion for mufic, nued Araia in the office of 
maeftro di pee - rae ane At her econ: “La 
-Clemenza di 'T'sto”’ of Metaitafio, fet by Hafle, was perform- 
rocris, a 
language, which was likewif fet in the Italian ftyle by Araia, 
whofe tafte was refined and melody graceful. wa 
honoured with the title of Alic pera and received ae 
mares prefents sou urt e qui R 
1759 her ceed iy polfeffed of ‘confiderable 
wealth: and {ettled at Bologna, where he enjoyed the fruits of 
his labours and good fortune in {plendid eafe_and tranquillity. 
FRANCESTOWN, in Geography, an interior poft- 
town of America, in Hillfborough county, pee amphhire, 
on the E. fide of Con eye river, about 21 miles to the 
S.W: of Concord. It’ was eisai oe in 1772, and in 
1800 ‘contained 1355 he ees 
ty otc oe the Mayne, 
: n the circle of the U pper page fituated in 
salty, fertile ne beautiful country o er Mayne 
divides it into two soe diingwihed by the names 
of Fraiicfort. and eee i ae 3; 2om N.E Mentz, 
and 350 W. by N. of Vien The whole ae is fs dieide d 
into 14 wards, of which ee are fituated.in Saxenhaufen. 
Its eae ee is about a league and a half; its ‘fortificas 
tions, confifting 
arts, baftions, &c. are ene and 
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habitants Tee in a coftl e. Europe 
nd more magnificent Sa elegant private 
ious inns, all built o ar 
ftones. The = called Romer,” is a large mag- 
nificent buildin and among its archives is feen a ecafket of 
golds. containing ae golden bull of the ee or Charles Iv. 
bed, at atin capita Jett 
In one of the churches belonging to 
ries of ‘the empire. 
onfifting of three 
the Roman catholics is a curious clock, 
parts. In the loweft, which has the ap 
dar, arefeveral: circles, the firft of which fhews the days and 
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eighth circles éxhibit eae honrs and minutes of t: 
rifing and fetting. - 
12 es Of the zodidc,- - four Ci the 12 months, 
marked. . The circle in the centre fhews the moveable 
a large, wealthy, imperi ial 
of a wall lined with towers, and ditches. 
earance of a’calen-. 
&c. continent of Europe. 
FRA 
feafts. The figures which ftrike the hours se hee two 
fmiths with hammers in aria ap ‘This e de o 
i hederingat yas Put up in nd Baer for th 
time in I n 1780 its habeas. including Jews and 
Catholics, were ston to be about 40,000. he Roman 
catholics have three churches, and the Lutherans fix: the 
city, be- 
ae . the "eigaee of Hell oti: In the ah 1790) 
they obtained permiffion to ere€t public pla aces of worfhip, 
and w ere allowed the free serie ee a religion. ‘Their 
French proteftants, who 
of the edict of Nantz; they have two ye ees 
sane — sa wie an, atid to the other a 1 Pench 
e feveral convents of Sosa a nobility, . 
her 
ions to proteltant pager s, the ladies of which are 
allowed to marry and to aflociate with the moit noble 
families in the city. There a1 are alfo feveral Roman catholic 
emale convents, the members of which do not keep 
and are ac agers 
o the Roman ear 
« Englith Pro 
reign of queen Mary ; 
driven from Holland by s peng of the cee 
found an afylum for themfelves and their pofterity in this city. 
The Jews of abe ort are reckoned to be about 8000; 
they are reftritted aw to 
from living ina voter part of the gare eae have a public 
f fize.” Fran 
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ynagogue of confiderable 
ccefs. Dogors o 
medicine, furgery, natural hiftory, 
chanics, &c. mee 
year. Modern nobili ee comprehen 
tained the rank of no 
cians,”” they refide bee Ce 
ae _ as bear aw hae merchant ne have made - 
heir fort yc are very numerous. 
Fr ner ae is advantageoully fi fit aia oe trade; ng bly aia 
which it exports confiit of wine, corn, hem 
ne 
other raw m Pz} § trade 1 
by its two ul fairs to which there is a eet eee - 
perfons from all parts of Europe. One fair ins 
after Tuefc ee = my in the middle of the er of ae 
sana “3 ande ontinues a weeks. Six months before 
h fair bere. oan ey: rom ms parts 0 
word with foreign ftores, ae &e. r by: 
or by land; and it -may-then b 
At ae in a hes fair, the w 
in the Ger ort to this.c 
their purchafe and fale eee aa all. other 
‘Fhe third week of the: fair is c 
the pay-week. ; and thofe who then negle@ their i ee 
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city, an 
é€ firft . 
a narrow ftreet, and prohibited . 
ermany, who refide here - he ure in the 
and are ‘generally called “patri- 
the “ bur-' 
P» r, flax 
d of all forts, linen, lace, ides, paris ; 
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be called a pps of tae 
ealthieft mer- 
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