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had any other views, but continued there the remainder 
of his life, which was terminated by a fever the 4th of 
November, 1613, at forty-eight years of age, in tile midft 
of his purfuits, and before he had taken proper care to 
collect and digeit his learned labours ; which, however, 
were not loft; being reduced to’order, and published after 
his death. Thefe were as follow: 1. De Ponderibus et 
Pretris veterum Nummornm, Lend. 1614, 4to. printed al-fo 
in the"Gritici Sacri, vol. viii. and in the Apparatus of the 
Biblia Polyglotta. 2. Enquiries touching the Diverfity 
of Languages and Religions through the chief parts of the 
World, Loud. 1614, 23, 25, 4to.. 164.7, &c. 8vo. To this 
was prefixed a learned preface by his nephew and heir, 
Robert Brerewood. 3. Elementa Logicce, I.ond. 1614, 
1-615, &c. 8vo. 4. Tra&atus quidam logici de Predica- 
bilibus et Predicamentis, O'xon. 4-to. 1628 ; 1637, Svo. 
5. Traffatus duo ; quorum primus erf de Meteoris, fe- 
cundus de Oculo, Oxon. 1631, 163S, Svo. 6. A Trea- 
tife of the Sabbath, Oxf. 1631, 4to. 7. Mr. Byfield s 
Anfwer, with Mr. Brerewood’s Reply, Oxf. 1631, 4to. 
8. A fecond Treat i(e of the Sabbath, Oxf. 1632, 4to. 
9. Comnientarii in Ethica Ariftotelis, Oxon. 1640, 4to. 
10. A Declaration of the Patriarchal Government of the 
Ancient Church, Oxf. 1641, 4to. London. 1647, Svo. 
BRESAR'GI A, a town of Sardinia, in the north part of 
the ifland denominated Capo di Lugatori. 
BRES'CIA, a city of Italy, and capital of the BrefTan, 
fituated in a beautiful plain on the river Garza ; the ri¬ 
vers Mela and Navilo likewife pafling near it. It was 
built by Brennus, after which it became a Roman colony. 
It fuffered exceedingly during the revolutions of Italy ; 
and.it is obferved that in the courfe of twenty-eight years 
it changed mailers- feven times. The inhabitants are in- 
duftrious, and carry on feveral flourifhing manufactures. 
The fire-arms made here are particularly celebrated. The 
palace is remarkable for the beauty of the architecture, 
and the paintings in frefco ; it was built with part of the 
ruins of a temple of Vulcan. In the cathedral is ihown 
the ftandard of Conilantine; this, and feveral of the 
churches, are adorned with beautiful ltatues and paint¬ 
ings. The magiftracy confiits of 600 citizens, which, are 
divided into many inferior councils, with a governor, or 
podeftat. It is the fee of a bifliop,. fufFragan of Milan, 
and contains eleven parifh-churches, thirty convents, and 
above 50,000 inhabitants. This city was taken by the 
French republican army under Bonaparte in 1796 ; in 
confequence of which the country of BrefTan was then 
united to the Cifalpine republic, but now makes part of 
the new kingdom of Italy. It is thirty-two miles north- 
well of Mantua, and forty-three eail of Milan. Lat. 45. 
30. N. Ion. 27. 4.5,. E. Ferro. 
BRESPN 1 , a final] town of Poland, in the palatinate 
of Lenczicz. 
BRE'SINS, or Bkeso.N3, a fmall ifland in the Atlantic, 
near the fouth-well coall of England, a little to the foutlv 
well of Cape Cornwall 
BRE.SK, or Bres'can, a town of Africa, in the coun¬ 
try of Algiers, fituated on the fen-coaft, at the bottom of 
a bay in the Mediterranean.: fifty miles yveft-fouth-well 
of Algiers. Lat. 36. 50. N. Ion. 2. 30. E Greenwich. 
BRES'KENS, a town of Flanders, in the ifland of Cad- 
iand : ten miles north of Sluys. 
BRES ; LAU,. or Wratislau, a principality ofSilefia, 
bounded on the north and norrh-en!t by the principality 
of Oels, on the.lcuth-eaft by the principality of Brieg, on 
the fouth and fouth-wefl by the principality of Brieg and 
Schweidnitz, and on the well by the principalities of Lig- 
nitz and Wohiau. The form is a long, fquare, about 
twenty-five miles long, and fixteen broad. The country is 
very Hat and level, and the parts near the rivers fwampy. 
The country in general produces excellent corn and mad¬ 
der, ami feeds a great number of- large black cattle. On 
the divifion of Silefia among the fons of Wladiflau II. king 
of Poland, Breflau came to Boleilaus Aitus ; on a difpute 
among his lucctffors, one of them implored the afliltance 
B R E 
of John king of Bohemia, and promifed him the fuccef- 
fion if he died without heirs ; John fucceeded, and in 13 37- 
granted the government of the country to the city of Bre¬ 
flau, and in 1505 Wladiflau transferred the judicature oF 
the whole principality to the fame, and the firfl magiflrate 
was governor till the year 1635, when the emperor Ferdi¬ 
nand III. obliged the city to iurrender up the govern¬ 
ment and judicature,- with all other rights, and referved ’ 
the difpofal of all offices to himfelf; in which flate it 
continued till it was united to Pruffia. The principal 
towns are Breflau, Neumarkt, Canth, Nanaflou, and Reich- 
tal. The principal rivers are the Oder, the Loh, the 
Ohiau, and the Schweidnitz. 
_ BRES'LAU, the capital of the above-mentioned prin¬ 
cipality, and all the duchy of Silefia, fituated on the fouth ■ 
fide of the Oder, with the Ohlan running through it. The 
town was deflroyed by the Tartars in the year 1241, and 
rebuilt where it now Hands. It was furrounded with 
walls in 1529. Taking the whole of the town, New and 
Old, with the fauxbourgs, it is faid to be two German 
miles in length. The Roman catholics- have feveral 
churches and convents. The Lutherans have feven. 
churches within the walls, and two without. It- holds 
the third rank among the Pnvffian cities, that is to fay,., 
next to Berlin and Konigfberg, The magistracy is Lu¬ 
theran, and confifts of a town-court and a council. This 
city is the centre of all the trade of Silefia, and carries on 
divers manufactures. It was in the year 1741 that it fell • 
under the Pntffian government. In 1757, a fmall Pruf- 
fian army, under the command of Auguflus-William,. 
duke of Rrunfwick-Bevern, fortified itfeif in this neigh¬ 
bourhood,. and, being attacked on the 22d of November 
by the Auftrianforces, made a moft vigorous refinance 
till evening, but in the night quitted their camp, and 
again crofted the Oder, on which the city furrendered to- 
the Andrians. On the 20th of December, however, it 
was retaken by the king of Pruffia, and the Auftrian gar- 
rifion,. which amounted to near 18,00c men, were made 
prifoners of war. Jan. 5, 1807, it was taken by the 
French under Jerome Bonaparte. It is 126 miles ealt of 
Drefden. Lat. 51. o. N. Ion. 34, 55. E. Ferro. 
.BRESLE, a town of France* in the department of the 
Ode, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrifi of Beau¬ 
vais : feven miles fonth-eafl of Beauvais. 
BRESLE, a river o £ France, which rifles near Aumale, 
and feparntes the department of the Somme.-from the de¬ 
partment of the Eure, till it falls into the fea at Treport. 
BRES'SAN, a county of Italy, bounded on the north 
by the county of Bormio, on the north-eafl by the Tren- 
tin, on the eafl by the Veronefe, on the fouth by the Man¬ 
tuan and Grernonefe, and on the well by the Bergatnafco. 
The lake Garda divides it from the Veronefe, and the lake 
Ifco,. in a great meafure,. from the Bergatnafco. The 
country is mountainous, but, by the care and indu(lry of 
the .people, is rendered exceeding fertile. They wind a. 
great deal of filk, and make oil from the ftones of their 
grapes ; forae of thefe grapes-are kept till February,. 
when they are preffed,and make wine. There are manu¬ 
factures of-iron, filk,.paper, &c. The air is wholeflome,. 
and the country populous. It became a province of the 
Venetian Hates in 1517; but, being conquered by the 
French in 1796, it was united with the Cifalpine republic* 
and in 1805 became part of the kindom of Italy. Bref- 
cia is the capital. The principal rivers are the Adda and 
the Oglio. 
BRESSAY', or Eras/sa, one of the Shetland iflands 
of- Scotland, about four miles long, and two broad, fepa- 
rated from the main land of Shetland by a narrow fea^ 
called Brejfay.Sound, one of the belt harbours in the world, 
lb that a thoufand fail of Ihips may ride at the fame time. 
Here the Dutch velfels, employed in the herring-fifliery,,, 
alfemble about the middle of June. The inhabitants of 
Breflay fit out about twenty-fix large filhing-boats. The 
mountains yield peat for firing, and flate for building. 
Lat. 6a. zo. N. ion. o. 50. W. Greenwich... 
BRESSE. 
