to B I E 
in the difcharge of by his condant attendance upon that 
prince. He died at Leyden, April 1713, being fixty-four 
years of age. There was published at Leyden, in 1719, a 
mifcellaneous colleftion of his poems in Low Dutch. 
Bl'DON, J. A liquid meafure, containing about five 
pints of Paris, that is, about five quarts Englifh wine-mea- 
fure. It is feldotn ufed but among finips crews. 
BIDOUR'LF, a river of France, which paffes by South 
Hypolite, Sauve, Sommieres, &c. and runs into the lake 
of Permit, three leagues ead of Montpellier. 
BIDOU'ZE, a river of France, which runs into the 
Adotir, near the junction of that river with the gaves of 
Pau and Oleron. 
BIDU'MI, a country of Afiatic Turkey, the fouth part 
of Syria, bounded on the north by Palefiine, on the iveft 
by Egypt, on the ead and fouth by Arabia : it is nearly a 
defert, with only a few draggling villages. 
BIDZIGUR', a town of Hindoftan, in the country of 
Benares: forty-five miles fouth of Benares, and 128 fouth- 
wed of Patna. 
B 1 E (de Adrian), an eminent painter, born at Liere in 
X594. After learning the rudiments of the art, he tra¬ 
velled to Rome, where he fpent fix years in fludying the 
works of the bed maders. His pencilling was fo exceed¬ 
ingly neat, and his touch and colouring fo delicate, that 
he vvas frequently employed to paint on jafper, agate, por¬ 
phyry, and other precious materials. 
BIE'BER, a town of Germany, in the circle of the 
Upper Rhine, and countyol" Hanau Munzenberg: fixteen 
miles ead of Hanau. 
B IEBERS'BACH, a town of Germany, in the circle 
of Franconia, and principality of Bayreuth. 
BIE'BRA, a river of Poland, which runs into the Na- 
rew, near Wiezna, in Mafovia. 
BIE'CHOV STA'ROV, a town of Ruflia, in the go¬ 
vernment of Mogilov : 32 miles S. of Mogilov, and 364 S. 
of Peterfimrg. Lat.53.20-N. Ion. 48. E. Ferro. 
BIE'DA, a town of Italy, in the date of the church, 
and province of Patrimonia : ten miles wed of Sturri. 
B 1 EDENKOPF', a town of Germany, in the circle of 
the Upper Rhine, and principality of Upper Hefle: fixteen 
miles north-wed of Marburg. 
BIE'EZ, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of Craco- 
via, remarkable for its mines of vitriol. It is feated on 
the river Wefeloke, forty-eight miles fouth-ead of Cracow. 
BIEKA', Bieqjje, or Boriqjjen, or Crab Island, 
one of the Virgin illands, in the Wed Indies, about four¬ 
teen miles in circumference. The foil is rich, and there 
is a good road on the fouth fide: about three leagues ead- 
foutii-ead from Porto Rico. Lat. 18. N. Ion. 65. 15. W. 
Greenwich. 
BIEKOW', or Jezow, a town of Poland, in the pala¬ 
tinate of Lenczicz : 24 miles fouth-ead of Lenczicz. 
BI'EL, a town of Spain, in Arragon : fix leagues fouth- 
wed of Jaca. 
Biel, a river of Spain, which joins the Ores at Exea. 
BIE'L A, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Czaflau : 
fix miles north-ead of Teutfch Brod. 
BIK'LACH, a river of Germany, in tlie archduchy of 
Audria, w hich runs into the Danube near Melck. 
BIEI.AS'TENA, a town of Croatia: ten miles north 
of Bihacs. 
BIELAY', a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Ko- 
rigingratz: four miles fouth-wed of Branau. 
BIEI.BS'KOI, a town of Siberia: forty miles fouth 
of Enifeifk. 
BIELCEPOL', a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 
Kiov : forty-eight miles wed of Bialacerkiew. 
BIELEFELD', a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Wedphalia, arid county of Ravenfberg, divided by the 
Lutterbach into Old and New Town, fituated at the foot 
of a mountain; it contains about 800 houfes; the inhabi¬ 
tants are partly Lutherans and partly Roman catholics ; 
the former town has two churches, the latter a convent 
and chapel. It received municipal privileges in the year 
B I E 
1287, and was formerly Hanfeatic : twenty-two miles north 
of Lippdadt. 
BILLER', a town of Ruflia, in the government of 
Tula : fifty miles wed-fouth-wed of Tula, and 340 fouth- 
fouth-ead of Peterdmrg. Lat. 55.15. N. Ion. 54. E. Ferro. 
BIELGOROD', a town of Rudia, in the government 
of Kurfk: fifty miles fouth-fouth-wefl or Kurd;, and 340 
fouth-fouth-ead of Peterdmrg. Lat. 50. 55. N. Ion. 23. 
40. E. Ferro. 
B 1 EI.GRAD', a town of Croatia: forty miles fouth- 
ead of Bihacs. 
BIELIAN', a town of Ruffian Tartary. Lat. 43. 20. N. 
Ion. 83. 50. E. Ferro. 
BIELI'CA, a town of Lithuania, in the province of 
Wilna : ten miles fouth ot Lida. 
BIELISKY', a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 
Kiov : forty-eight miles fouth-wed of Kiov. 
BIELITZI', a town of Ruflia, in the government of 
Mogilev : ninety-fix miles fouth of Mogilev, and 464 fouth 
of Peterdmrg. Lat. 52. 20. N. Ion. 48. 40. E. Ferro. 
BIEL'L.A, or Biela, a town of Piedmont, and capi¬ 
tal of a fmall country, bounded on the north by the Alps, 
on the wed by the duchy of Aoda, on the ead by the Ver- 
cellois and the Mafleran, and on the fouth by the Canavez. 
Biela is a rich and populous town, containing 7000 inhabi¬ 
tants; it is divided into Upper and Lower, containing four 
churches and four monafleries: thirteen miles north-ead 
of Ivrea, and twenty-four north-wed of Vercelli. 
BIEL'LE, a town of France, in the department of the 
Upper Marne, and chief place of a canton, in the didrift 
of Chaumont: fix miles ead-fouth-ead of Chaumont. 
Bielle, a town of France; in the department of the 
Lower Pyrenees, and chief place of a canton, in the dif- 
trift of Oleron : fourteen miles fouth of Oleron. 
BIE'LO, a lake of Ruflia, in the government of Nov¬ 
gorod : fixty miles long, and near thirty where wided. 
Lat. 60. to 61 . N. Ion. 49. 30. to 51. 20. Ii. Ferro. 
BIELO'I, a town of Ruflia, in the governmen of Smo- 
lenfko, on the river Meza: fifty miles nonh-north-ead 
of Stnolenfko, and 270 fouth-fouth-ead of Peterfburgh. 
Lat. 55.50. N. Ion. 51. E. Ferro. 
Bieloi, an ifland in the Karlkoi Sea, about feventy 
miles in circumference; twemy miles from the continent 
of Rudia. Lat. 73. 40. N. Ion. 87. E. Ferro. 
BlELOKAMES'KOl, a fortrefs of Rudia, in Siberia, 
on the ead tide of the Irtifch : twelve miles fouth-fouth- 
ead of Semipo'atnoi. 
BIELO'POLE, a town of Rudia, in the government of 
Charkov : eighty-four miles north-north wed of Charkov, 
and 555 fouth-fouth-ead of Peterdmrg. 
BIEI.OVITZ', a town of Croatia : eleven miles fouth- 
wed of Damianovitz. 
BIELOVOD'SK, a town of Ruflia, in the government 
of Voronez, on the Derkul : 130 miles fouth of Voronez, 
and 710 fouth-fouth-ead of Peterdmrg. Lat. 49. 20 N. 
Ion. 57. E. Ferro. 
BIELOW', a town of Poland, in the palatinate of Vol- 
hynia : thirty-fix miles ead of Lucko. 
BIELOZERSK', a town of Rudia, in the government 
of Novgorod, on the fouth dde of lake Bieloi : fixty-four 
miles north-ead of Vologda, and 220 ead north-ead of 
Novgorod. Lat. 59. 52. N. Ion. 56. E. Ferro. 
B 1 ELSA', a town of Spain, in Arragon: fix leagues 
from Ainfa. 
BIELSK', a town of Poland, and capital of the palati¬ 
nate of Podlachia, called alfo the palatinate of Bielik, on 
the river Biela : thirty-fix leagues eaft-north-ead of War- 
iaw. Lat. 52. 40. N. Ion. 41. 40. E. Ferro. 
Bielsk, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of Ploczko: 
ten miles north-ead of Ploczko. 
BIELTSCH', a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Chru- 
dim : lixteen miles north of Chrudim. 
BIENENBUT'TEI,, a town of Germany, in the circle 
of Lower Saxony, and principality of Lunenburg : ten 
miles fouth-fouth-ead of Lunenburg. 
BIEN'NEj 
