FRI 
FRIESLAND; one of the ftates or departments of 
Holland, fo called from the Frifons, an ancient warlike peo- 
ple, whofe country formerly extende d from the ‘Scheldt to 
(See oe ) It is bounded on the north 
by the German ocean, on the eaft by Groningen’ and 
Ou on the fouth by Overyffel and the Zuyder 
and on the wie by the Flie or Vlie rive i and, 
3 N.W. parts, which lie lowes than the fea, re- 
nd foil, and is famous for its paf- 
g butter in fuch quantities as to be ft 
and ieee excellent oxen, cows, and 
horfes. the more elevated parts 
t i sacl affords wheat that has 
ear, aud the 
peat, 
fea, 
uid fupplying 
rticle of commerce,.a 
fheep, and alfo large 
there is fome . good co 
d in eflination for the finenefs of the 
-of the The chief article of fuel is 
and rounds the. fouth and fouth-eaft there are extenfive 
heaths and foreits o For want of fand-hills — the 
country, and Dokkum, an 
frontiers of -Eaft Friefland. The 
The ink abi 
cially for its —? va is the fineft-in Europe. . This. pro 
vince, being ‘@ part of the ancient Frifia, had formerly 
princes of its own, “iiterwards rete and then kin s: among 
ae 
ed to 
Friefland, under a ftipulation that he fh 
ancient pee: ; ee ors they would never acknowledge 
am. 1s Charles V, purchafed of George duke of 
Saxon ‘hie claim to . country, and fubjeted it to his 
own domini ions 5 pee ee 8 ee Philip HH. the Frifons re- 
covered their to the a of Utrecht. 
ki 
Friefland forms a part of this treaty 5 and b 
ftitutional code fends three members to: the legiflative body. 
What ped changes await it, ‘time mutt difc 
Eg 
e fea, on the ealt 
ric of Mun ter, and on the we 
miles from n 
ulatio 
wnt al cane me a 
part of the country is generally fan interfperfed with fens 
and, | macors, ‘whence the iolbytants ‘Gosly! Fremlies with 
aft, a eee of rae “belonging . 
rth by 
. ifland of St. Ch eae ; two miles E.S. E.. 
ter 
FRI 
peat for fuel, a8 wood is {carce. 
game and fowl; an 
fize. One-third part o 
The chief river is the Ems, which contributes to ae the 
trade and navigation of this province very confiderable. 
The e exportation principally aoe sin large pees horned 
butter, oats, beans, rape-feed, a eli 
The alee abounds with 
lordfhips, moft of which fubmitted, in the year o Ed- 
zard, {urnamc — na or Syr fena, whofe oceclors 
the. empire in 14544 under a tle of 
erick IT. 
on eagnees re) 
1691, ter rince "Chriftian 
his sale to the regency of E 
aa per bail of the eee However, the king of Pruffia, 
° or 
main in undifturbed 
are Lutherans and Calvinitts ; a Catholics enjoy ee. 
tion'in many towns, and the ravians at Emden, Leer, 
and Norden ws are ae tolerate d. Then ae 
‘m the fates, _who ofe tranfactio 
t 360,000 
The pri eae towns are Aurich, Noe and 
FRIESLANDERS, in _ Leclafica ley a fect of 
moderate Anabaptifts, deriving their name trom Paelands 
the country which they i ii he bit. Se 
FRIEZE, 
af 
EZE 
fairs, a ae * of war, ale ally a 
be simu be built, ee for {wift fails ing. When it 
eck, and confequently is of a “fmaller on 
ae call ne a light friga 
Frigates mount con. Grenty to thiey-cigh guns, and 
a 
are efteemed excellent crui name was formerly 
known only i in the Med eres aid applied. to a long 
kind of veffel, navigated in that fea with fails and oars. 
The Englifh were the firft who appeared on the ocean with 
thefe hips, and equipped them for war as well as for com- 
mierc 
Pr RIG ATES built denotes the difpofition of the decks of ich 
diftin@ion- to ee - hofe decks are e for 
the whole — i the fhip, which a are * called.» valleytule 
See. Flifh-D ec 
FRIGATE a. in- a Geograph vy a bay on rhe S..coaft of the 
of. Baffle ee 
FRIGATOON, a Venetian yeffel, commonly ufed in 
e Adriatic, built with a f{quare ftern, and without any 
foresaaal Bowie only ‘a miain-mait, mizen-mait, and -bow- 
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ac) 
ved Be 
FR ‘G ENO, in’ “Geography, by, a town of taly, ix in the de , 
oe of the Adda and Oglio; feven miles N.N.E. of | 
Bre 
FRIGENTUM, 
Italy, E. of E Eclana or 
powers 
vin Ancien’ eee a of . 
which it eee in. 
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Real ni 
