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the heaviefi rains. It is no corporation; but an aft was 
lately paired, veiling a power in thirty-fix commiflioners, 
to erefl a market, pave, light, and cleanfe, the flreets, 
and execute other matters ne'cellary for the good order 
and regulation of the town. A conftable and four head- 
boroughs, annually chofen at lord Abergavenny’s court, 
have the dilh'ibution of juftice and the guardianfhip of the 
peace of the town. Here is a grammar and other fchools 
for the inftruftion of youth in various branches of litera¬ 
ture. The church (lands a little out of tire town, on a 
hill, to the well. The living is a fmall vicarage, with the 
redtory of Blatchington annexed, in the gift of the bifhop of 
Chichefler. The church has a fquare tower, which, from 
its fituation, is a land-mark a confiderable didance at lea. 
Here are two fairs held'annually, viz. on Holy Thurfday 
and the 4th of September. About half a mile to the wed 
is an excellent chalybeate, which lias often been drunk to 
advantage in relaxed habits. In time of peace, a packet 
fails every week from Brighthelmflone to Dieppe ; and 
vefiels may be had on Ihort notice to any other part of 
France. It was from this place king Charles embarked 
for France, after the battle of Worcefter. 
Four miles from Brighthelmflone is Stanmere, the ele¬ 
gant feat of lord Pelham. And about four miles call, is 
the pleafant village of Rottingdeane. At this place con¬ 
venient lodgings, machines, and careful guides,"are kept, 
for the life of bathers. It is generally frequented by fuch 
as are not difpofed to mix in the gaiety of a place fo much 
frequented as Brighthelmflone. About fix miles north- 
weft is a fteep hill, called the Devil’s Dyke, which is fre¬ 
quently vifited as an extraordinary natural curiofity. From 
it there is a mod extenfive view of a fine rich and fertile 
country. 
BRIGHT'LY, adv. Splendidly; with luflre : 
Safely I fiept, till brightly dawning flione 
The morn, confpicuous on her'golden throne. Pope . 
BRIGHT'NESS,/. Luflre; Splendour; glitter: 
The blazing brightnefs of her beauty’s beam, 
■And glorious light of her f un-fhining face, 
To tell, were as to drive againfl the Stream. Spenfer. 
Acutenefs.—The brightness of his parts, the Solidity of his 
judgment, and the candour and generality of his temper, 
dillinguifhed him in an age of great politenefs. Prior. 
BRI'GITTINS, or Bridgetins, a religious order, 
denominated from tlieir founder St. Bridget or Birgit, a 
Swedifh lady in the fourteenth century, whom fome re- 
prefent las a queen ; but Fabricius, on better grounds, as 
a princef’s, the daughter of king Birgenes, legiflator of 
Upland. The rule of this order differs but little from that 
of St. Augudin; only with certain additions fuppofed to 
have been revealed by Clnift, whence they alfo denomi¬ 
nate it the Rule of our Saviour. The firfl monaflery of the 
Bridgetin order was erefled by the foundrefs about the 
year 1344, in the dideefe of Lincopen ; on the model of 
which all the re ft were formed. The Bridgetines affeft 
great mortification, poverty, and Self-denial, as well as 
devotion ; and they are not to polfefs any thing they can 
call their own, not fo much as a halfpenny ; nor even to 
touch money on any account. This order Spread through 
Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Sec. In England 
we reaci but of one monaflery of Brigittins, built by 
Henry V. in 1415, oppofite to Richmond, now called 
Sion-houfe ; the ancient inhabitants of which, fince the 
diifolution, are fettled at I.ifbon. The revenues were 
reckoned at 4495I. per annum. 
BRIGN A).S', a town of France, in the department of 
the Rhone and Loire: two leagues South of Lyons. 
BRIGNEU 1 L' L’AINE, a town of France, in the de¬ 
partment of the Charcnte, and chief place of a canton, in 
the didrift of Confident: three leagues S. E. of Confident. 
BRIGNO'LA, a town of Italy, in the fhue of Genoa: 
twenty-three miles north-eaft of Genoa. 
BRIGNO'LES, a town of France, and principal place 
®f a diftrict, in the department of the Var, celebrated for its 
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fruit, and particularly the pluMs, which take tlieir name 
from it: the country is fertile, and Surrounded with moun¬ 
tains. It is fix leagues north of Toulon, and nine and a 
half eafl of Aix. Lat. 43. 26. N. Ion. 23. 44. E. Ferro. 
BRIHUE'G A, a town of Spain, in New Caftile, on the 
river Tajuna, containing three parifhes ; its chief trade is 
in wool. In the year 1710, this town being taken poflef- 
fion of by general Stanhope, with a large body of troops 
for the archduke Charles, the duke of Vendome laid fiege 
to it in behalf of Philip king of Spain, and compelled the 
garrifon, confiding of eight fquadrons of Englifh, eight 
of Spaniards, and one battalion of Portuguefe, to Surren¬ 
der prisoners of war. It is forty miles eall-north-eaft of 
Madrid, and twenty fouth-fouth-wefl of Sigiienca. 
BRlLL (Matthew and Paul), natives of Antwerp, and 
good painters. Matthew was born in the year 155c, and 
Studied for the mod part at Rome. He was eminent for 
his performances in hidory and landfcape, in the galleries 
of the Vatican ; where he was employed by pope Gre¬ 
gory XIII. He died in 1584, being no more than thirty- 
four years of age. Paul was born in 1554 ; followed his 
brother Matthew to Rome; painted feveral things in con¬ 
junction with him ; and, after his deceafe, brought him- 
Self into credit by his landfcapes, but efpecially by thoSe 
which lie compofed in his latter time. The invention of 
them was more pleafant, the difpofition more noble, all 
the parts more agreeable, and painted with a better gudo, 
than his earlier productions in this way ; which was owing 
to his having dudied the manner of Hannibal Carrache, 
and copied fome of Titian’s works in the fame kind. He 
was much in Savour with pope Sixtus V. and for hisfuc- 
cefTor Clement VIII. painted the famous piece, about Six¬ 
ty-eight feet long, wherein the Saint of that name is repre¬ 
sented cad into the Sea with an anchor about his neck. 
He died at Rome in the year 1626, aged Seventy-two. 
BRILL AC', a town of France, in the department of 
the Charente: five miles north of Confident. 
BRILLE. See Brif.l. 
BRIL'LI ANCY, f. Luflre; fplendour. 
BRIL'LIANT, adj. \_brillant , Fr.] Shining; fpark- 
ling ; lucid; fplendid ; full of luflre.: 
So have I feen in larder dark 
Of veal a lucid loigi, 
Replete with many a brilliant fpark, 
As wife philofopbers remark, 
At once both dink and diine. Dorfet. 
BRIL'LIANT,/'. A diamond of the fined cut, formed 
into angles, fo as to refract the light, and fhine more. 
BRIL'LI ANT,/, with horfemen, a brifk, high-mettled, 
dately horfe, that has a railed neck, a high motion, ex¬ 
cellent haunches, upon which he riles, though never fo 
little put on. 
BRIL'LI ANTNESS, f. Splendour; ludre. 
BRILLS, J'. The hair on the eye-lids of a horfe. 
BRILON', a town of Germany, in the circle of the 
Lower Rhine, and capital of the duchy of Wedphalia ; 
formerly Anfeatic. Calamine is found in the neighbour¬ 
hood. It is fixty miles ead-north-ead of Cologn, and forty 
wed of Cade!, and thirty north-wed of Naumburg. 
BRIM,/] [brim, Icelandifh.] The edge of anything.— 
His hat being in the form of a turban, daintily made, the 
locks of his hair came down about the brims of it. Bacon,—' 
The upper edge of any vedel: 
So, when with crackling flames a cauldron fries, 
The bubbling waters from the bottom rife, 
Above the brims they force tlieir fiery way. Dryden. 
The top of any liquor.—The feet of the priefls, that bare 
the ark, were dipped in the brim of the water. Jofli. iii. 15. 
—The bank of a fountain: ' 
It told me it was Cynthia’s own, 
Within whofe cheerful brims 
That curious nymph had oft.been known 
To bathe her fnowy limbs. Drayton. 
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