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BUCK, a town of the United States of America, in 
Georgia : thirty miles (outh-weft of Savanna. 
BUCK, or Uuchow, a town of. Germany, in the cir¬ 
cle of Upper Saxony, and Old Mark of Brandenburg : 
four miles fouth of Tangerinunde, and twenty-two weft- 
north well of Bradenburg, 
BUCK, or BusK, a town of Poland, in the palatinate 
of Belz : twenty-four miles fouth-fputli-eaft of Belz. 
BUCK ISLAND, one of the fmaller Virgin illands in 
the Weft Indies. 
BUCK'BEXN,yi \bockjboonen, Dut.] In botany, a fort 
of trefoil. See Menyanthes. 
BUCK-THORN, j. in botany, the Englifh name of 
the Rham-nus. 
BUCK-WHEAT,y. in botany. See Polgonum. 
BUCK'ARIDGE (John), born at Draycott near Marl¬ 
borough in Wiltfhire. Ilis character for an eminent prea¬ 
cher occalioned his being pitched upon by king James to 
preach before his majefty at Hampton-court, to.bring the 
two' Melvins, and f'ome other Prefbyterian Scots, to a 
right underftanding of the church, of England. He took 
liis text out of Romans xiii. i. and managed the difeourfe 
to the fatisfaftidn of all the hearers. He was conlecrated 
biffiop of Rochefter in 1611 ; and, upon the death of Ni¬ 
cholas Felton, bilhop of Ely, was tranflated to.that fee in 
1628. lie was'a perfon of great worth and learning, and 
died in 1631. His works are, De Poteftate Paipae ill'Rebus 
temporalibus, lijve in Regibus deponendis Ufurpata, ad- 
yerfus Robertunt Cardinalem Bellarminum. This book is 
counted a mafter-piece in its kind. A Difeourfe concern¬ 
ing Kneeling at the Communion; printed with a fermon 
upon that fubjeft.- To thefe we may add fbme otherfer- 
litorts. 
BUCK'BASKET,/. The bafket in which clothes are 
carried to the w'afh.—They conveyed me into a buckbajkct ; 
rammed me in with foul flirts, foul dockings, and greafy 
napkins. Shvkcfpeare. 
, BUCK'EBOURG, a town of Germany, in the circle 
of Weftphalia, and county of Schaucnburg, furrounded 
with walls, with a caftle, where the tribunal of juftice is 
lield. It contains one church, two colleges,- and a houfe 
of orphans : three miles eaft of Minden. 
BUCK'EBOURG (Count de), a celebrated general, 
eniployed by the Portuguefe in the late war with Spain ; 
the.Angularity of whole perfon and manners fo forcibly 
(truck the minds of the Spanilh generals/ while they were 
reconnoitring the enemy with their telefcopes, that they 
exclaimed with once voice, “Are the Portuguefe com¬ 
manded by Don Qmxote ?” Writers, however, have fpo- 
ken with enthufiaftic rapture of the good conduct of Bucke¬ 
bourg, m Portugal, and praifed in the warmed: terms the 
excellence of fiis mind, and the greatnefs of his character. 
His heroic countenance, his flowing hair, his tall and mea¬ 
gre figure, and above all, the extraordinary length of his 
vifage, might, in truth, bring back, the recollection of 
the knight of la Mancha; for certain it is, that at a dif- 
tance he made a mod romantic appearance; but, on a near¬ 
er approach, this degrading idea immediately vanidied. 
The fire and animation of his features announced the ele¬ 
vation, fagacity, penetration, kindnefs, virtue, and fere- 
nity, ot his foul. Sublime fentiments and heroic thoughts 
were as familiar and natural to his mind,' as they were to 
the noblelt characters of Greece and Rome. The count 
was born in London, of German parents ; and his conduct 
was Without doubt whimfical and extraordinary. The 
anecdotes related concerning him, are perhaps not gene¬ 
rally known. He was fond of contending with the En- 
glifii in every thing. For inftance, he laid a wager that 
he would ride a horfe from London to Edinburgh back¬ 
wards, that is, with the horfe’s head turned towards Edin¬ 
burgh, and the count’s face towards London ; and in this 
manner he actually rode through feveral counties. He 
not only traverfed the greateft part of England on foot, 
but travelled in company with a German prince through 
feveral of the counties in the character of a beggar. Be- 
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irig informed that part of the current of tlie Danube, aj 5 ove 
Regenfberg, was fo ltrong and rapid that lio- one had ever 
dared to fwim acrofs it, he made the attempt, arid (warn 
fo far, that it was with difficulty he laved iiisdife. Du¬ 
ring the war in which the count commanded the artillery 
in the army of prince Ferdinand of Brunlwick, againft 
the French-, lie one day invited feveral Hanoverian officers 
to dine with him in his tent. When the cbmpany were in. 
high fpirits and full of gaiety, feveral cannon-balls flew in 
different directions about the tent: “The French (ex¬ 
claimed the officers) cannot be far off.” “No, no, (re¬ 
plied the count,) the enemy, 1 afl’ure you, are at a great 
diftance;” .and be deli-red them to keep their feats. The 
firingToon, afterwards re-commenced; when, one of the 
balls carrying away the top of the tent, tlie officers a- 
rofe fuddenly from their chairs, exclaiming, “ The French 
are here.” “No,, (replied the count,) the French are not 
here ; and therefore, gentlemen, I delire you will fit'down, 
and rely upon my word.” The balls continued to fly about; 
the officers, however, continued to eat'and drink without 
apprehenfion, though not without'whifpfcring their con¬ 
jectures to each other upon the Angularity ot their enter¬ 
tainment. The count at length role from the table, and, 
adclrefling himfelf to the company, laid, “ Gentlemen, I 
was willing to convince you how well I can rely on the 
officers of my artillery ; for I ordered them to fire, during 
the time we continued at dinner, at tlie pinnacle of the 
tent; and they have executed my orders with great punc¬ 
tuality.” The count was long in the habit of (leepilig over 
a magazine of gunpowder, which.he had made under 
his' bedchamber in Fort Wilhelmftein-;' upon which one 
of his friends obferved, that lie ffiould not deep very con¬ 
tentedly there during the hot nights of fummer. The 
count replied, with infinite .compofure, that he had al¬ 
ways obferved the greateft danger, and no danger at all, 
to be one anti the fame thing. He wrote a large folio vo¬ 
lume On the Art of defending^ (mail Town againft a great 
Power, intended as a prefent to the king of Portugal. 
M. Mendelfohm ('peaks of it both as a mafter-piece, both 
for its correct language'and fine phildfophy. Thole who 
laugh at Buckebourg, 011 acctnmt of lus long vifage, his 
great hat, and little (word/ may very well indulge their 
(miles, if, like the count, they are philofophers and he¬ 
roes. The count de Buckebourg, however, never-fmil'ed 
at the world or upon men hut with kindnefs. Without 
hatred, without mjlanthrophy, lie enjoyed the tranquillity 
of his country-houle, Atuated in the bofom of a thick fo* 
reft,. frequently alone, or with the virtuous woman whom 
he had chofen for his wife ; and for whom, while living, 
lie did not appear to entertain any extraordinary fpndnels ; 
but, when (he died, his affeftiou for her was fo great, that 
her lofs brought him finally to the grave. 
BUCK'EN, a town of Germany, in the circle of Weft¬ 
phalia, and county of Hoya : two miles fouth of. Hoya. 
BUCK'ENHAM, or New' Buckenham, a fmall town 
in the county of Norfolk, with a weekly market on Satur¬ 
days. It had formerly a very ftrong caftle, the ruins of 
which are now only to be feen : the manor of Buckenham 
is held upon this honourable condition, that the lords of 
it be butlers at the coronation of the kings'pf England. It 
is fourteen miles fouth-veft of Norwich, and ninety-fix 
north-north-eaft of London. 
BUCK'ET, f. \_baquct , Fr. ] The veffel in which water 
is drawn out of a well. — Is the l : *a ever likely to be evapo¬ 
rated by the fun, or to be emptied with buckets? Bentley. 
—The veffel in which water is carried, particularly to 
quench a fire: 
Now ftreets grow throng’d, and, bufy as by day, 
Some run for buckets to the hallow’d quire ; 
Some ctit the pipes,. and Come the engines play; 
And feme, more bold, mount ladders to the fire. D'ryd. 
BUCKHA'VEN, a fmall fifhing-town.of Scotland, in 
the county of Fife, on the north of the Frith ol Forth : 
five miles north of Dyfart. 
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