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great fpiritand intrepidity. Juftina the emprefs, and mo¬ 
ther of Valentinian, who was an Arian, refolved to reftore 
Arianifm at Milan, began with demanding of St. Ambrofe 
one of the churches, which was called the Portion church : 
but he refufed it; and, the people furrounding the palace 
in a body, the was obliged to leave him in poffeffion ot 
his church, and even delire him to pacify the people. He 
died at Milan, the 4th of April, 307, being fifty-feven 
years of age, according to Mr. Du Pin and fome other 
writers; but Dr. Cave and Olearius fay that he was lixty- 
four years old at his death. He was buried in the great 
church at Milan. He wrote feveral works, the moftcon- 
fiderable of which is that Dc OJfciis. Paulines wrote his 
life, and dedicated it to St. Auguftin : this life is prefixed 
to St. Ambrofe’s w orks ; the bell: edition of which is reck¬ 
oned to be that publifhed by the Benedictine monks, in 
two volumes, folio, Paris, 1686 and 1690. 
Ambrose (Ifaac), an eminent diffenting minifter, was 
educated at Brazen-nofe-college, Oxford, where he took 
the degree of bachelor of arts, and became minifter of 
Prefton, and afterwards of Garfiang, in Lancafhire, w here 
he was, in 1602, ejected for nonconformity. It was ufual 
with him to retire every year for a month into a little hut 
in a wood, where he fliunned all fociety, and devoted him- 
felf to religious contemplation. Dr. Calamy obferves, 
that he had a very ffrong impulfe on his mind of the ap¬ 
proach of death, and took a formal leave of his friends at 
their houfe a little before his departure ; and the laft night 
of his life he fent his difeourfe concerning angels to the 
prefs. The next day he (hut himfelf up in his parlour, 
where, to the great furprife and regret of all who faw 
him, he was found juft expiring. He died in 1663-4, 
in the feventy-fecond year of his age. He wrote feveral 
other books; as the Prima, Media, el Ultima, or the Firft, 
Middle, and Laft, Things; War with Devils, Looking 
unto Jefus, &c. 
Ambrose, or Si. Ambrofe in the Wood, an order of reli¬ 
gious, who ufe the Ambrolian office, and wear an image 
of that faint engraven on a little plate : in other refpccts 
they conform to the rule of the Auguftins. 
AM'BROSIA, A \_ambrofie, Fr. ambrojia , Ital. Sp. and 
I.at. ap.^ocria, Gr. compounded of the particle a and 
(S^ulo,-, immortal, as being fuppofed to render thofe im¬ 
mortal who fed on it.] In heathen antiquity, denotes the 
folid food of the gods, in contradiftihdftion from the drink, 
which was called ncElar ; front which every thing eminently 
pleating to the fntell or tafte is called ambrofia. 
Ambrosia is alfo a pompous kind of title given by 
fonte phylicians to certain alexipharmic compofitions of 
extraordinary virtue. The name was particularly given 
to a famous antidote of Philip of Macedon, again!! all 
poifons, bites, and ftings of venemous creatures, as well 
as many internal difeates. 
Ambrosia, f. in botany, a genus of the monoecia pen- 
tandria clafs, ranking in the natural order of compofitic 
nucamentaceae. The generic characters are—I. Male 
flowers compound. Calyx: perianthium common, one- 
leafed, flat, of the fame length with the flofcules. Co¬ 
rolla: compound, uniform, tubulous, equal, hemifpheri- 
cal; proper, one-petalled, tubulous, funnel-fhaped, ereCt, 
quinquefid. Stamina: filaments very fmall; anthene ereCt, 
parallel, acuminate. Piftillum : ftyle filiform, length of 
the ftamens ; ftigma orbiculate, membranaceous. Recep- 
taculum : common, fcarcely any, naked. 11 . Female flow¬ 
ers below the males, doubled. Calyx: perianthium one- 
leafed, acuminate, entire, permanent, the belly five¬ 
toothed, one-flowered. Piftillum: germ ovate, in the 
bottom of the calyx ; ftyle filiform, of the fame length 
with the calyx ; ftiginas two, fetaceous, long, divaricate. 
F’ericarpium : a fubovate nut, formed from the calyx har¬ 
dened, one-celled, not opening, crowned with the five 
acuminate teeth of the calyx. Seed Tingle, roundifh.— 
Fffential Character. Male. Calyx common, one-leafed. 
Corolla one-petalled, trifid, funnel-fhaped. Receptacu- 
$um naked. Female. Calyx one-leafed, entire, the belly 
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five-toothed, one-flowered. Corolla, none. Nut of the 
hardened calyx one-feeded. 
Species. 1. Ambrofia trifida, or trifid-leaved ambrofia : 
leaves three-lobed ferrate. It is a common weed in North 
America ; it often grows eight or ten feet high ; and if it 
be planted in a rich moift foil, or often watered, it will 
grow much higher, and fpreadout into many branches ; in 
which cafe they muft be fupported by frakes, being very 
fubject to break with ftrong winds. The flowers are-not 
more confpicuous than thofe of hemp, and therefore this 
plant is preferred only by perfons curious in botany. It 
is an annual. 
2. Annbrofia eliator, or tail ambrofia : leaves pinnatifid.; 
racemes panicled, terminal, finaoth. This is an annual 
herbaceous plant, from two to three feet in height, up¬ 
right and branched. Native of Jamaica, in barren, Tandy, 
and rocky, (filiations, by river fides, in the feuthern part 
of the ifland. It flowers there from February to June$ 
but with us in July and Auguft. It has the appearance 
and tafte of wormw ood. Mr. Miller affirms, that he has 
frequently received the feeds from Virginia and Carolina, 
as well as from the Weft-India illands. 
3. Ambrofia artemififolia, or mugwort-leaved ambro¬ 
fia : leaves bipinnatifid, the firft leaves at the origin of the 
fmaller branches undivided, and quite entire. This is an 
annual, and a native of North America. 
4. Ambrofia maritima, or fea ambrofia: leaves multifid, 
fpikes folitary, hairy, fubfetlile. Annual ; grows natu¬ 
rally in Cappadocia, Tufcany, and the county of Nice, on 
fandy fhores. 
3. Ambrofia arborefeens, or tree ambrofia: leaves pin¬ 
natifid, hirfute, racemes folitary terminating, ftem fhrubby. 
Grows to the height of ten or twelve feet, with a woody 
ftem, dividing into feveral branches. This fpecies is 
perennial; a native of Peru. 
Propagation and Culture. The feeds, when Town in the 
fpring, fehlqm germinate the firft year, but frequently 
remain in the ground until the following fpring; fo that, 
when the plants do not appear, the ground muft not be 
difturbed till after the fpring following. When the plants 
come up, fome of them may be tranlplanted into a moift 
rich foil, allowing them at lead four or five feet room 
every way. If the feeds ripen and are fullered to fcatter, 
they will vegetate the following fpring, provided the 
ground be not difturbed ; or, if the feeds be fown in au¬ 
tumn, the plants will come up in the fpring, and may be 
treated as above. See Artemi si a and Coch lea ri a. 
Ambrosia, a daughter of Atlas, and one of the Hyades. 
AMBRO'SIAl., adj. Partaking of the nature or qua¬ 
lities of ambrofia; fragrant; delicious; delectable : 
Thus while God fpake, ambrofial fragrance fill’d 
All heaven, and in the bleffeii fpirits eleCt 
Senfe of new joy ineffable diffus’d. Milton. 
To fartheft fhores th’ ambrofial fpirit flies, 
Sweet to the world, and grateful to the Ikies. Pope. 
AMBRO'SIAN Office, or RrrE,y. in church hif- 
tory, a particular formula of worffiip in the church of 
Milan, which takes its name from St. Ambrofe, w’ho in- 
ftituted that office in the fourth century. Each church 
originally had its particular office; and when the pope, in 
after-times, took upon him to impofe the Roman office 
upon all the weffern churches, that of Milan fheltered it- 
felf under the name and authority of St. Ambrofe ; from 
which time the Ambrofian ritual has prevailed. 
AM'BROSIN.yi in middle-age writers, denotes a coin 
(truck by the lords or dukes of Milan, whereon was repre- 
fented St. Ambrofe on horfeback, with a whip in his hand. 
AMBROSIN'IA, /. [from Bartolomeo and Hyacinto 
Ambrofmi, Profeffors of Botany at Bologna fifty-two years.] 
In botany, a genus of the gynandria polyandria clafs, 
ranking in the natural order of piperitte. The generic 
characters are'—I. Males. Calyx: fpathe one-leafed, 
cowled, convolute at the bafe, converging at the tip ; 
partition membranaceous. Stamina: filaments none ; an- 
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