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fubulate fegments. This is biennial ; flowers in May and 
June, and is a native of Madeira. 
Propagation and Culture. The roots feldom continue 
longer than two years, except when they grow in rubbiSh, 
or out of a wall. They may all eafily be propagated by 
feeds, fown in the autumn, upon a bed of light Tandy earth;, 
and in the fpring, when the plants are (Irong enough to 
remove, they Should be planted in beds, at two feet dis¬ 
tance; obferving, if the feafon prove dry, to water them 
till they have taken root, after which they will require no 
farther care, but to keep them clear from weeds. If the 
feeds of the common forts be permitted to Scatter, the 
plants will rife in plenty. See Bari.eria, Borago, 
Lithospermum, Myosotis, Onosma, and Pulmo- 
NARIA. 
AN'CIENT, adj. \_ancien, Fr. antiquus, Lat.J Old; that 
happened long Since; ~of old time; not modern. Ancient 
and old are distinguished ; old relates to the duration ot the 
thing itfelf, as, An old coat, a coat much worn; and ancient, 
to time in general, as, An ancient dreSs, a habit uSed in 
former times. But this is not always obferved, for we 
mention old cujloms', but though old be Sometimes oppofed 
to modern, ancient is feldom oppofed to new , but when new 
means modern. Old; that has been of long duration.— 
With the ancient is wifdom, and in length of days under¬ 
standing. Job, x ii. 12. Pad; former. 
Ancient, f. Thofe that lived in old time were called 
ancients, oppofed to the moderns: 
And though the ancients thus their rules invade. 
As kings difpenfe with laws themfelves have made ; 
Moderns, beware! or, if you mud offend 
AgainSt the precept, ne’er tranfgrefs its end. Pope. 
Ancient-, f The flag or dreamer of a fliip, and, for¬ 
merly, of a regiment. The bearer of a flag, as was Ancient 
Pijlol ; whence, in prefent ufe, enflgn: 
This is Othello’s ancient, as I take it. 
The fame, indeed, a very valiant fellow. Shakefpeare. 
Ancient Demesne, in law, a tenure whereby all ma¬ 
nors belonging to the crown in William the Conqueror’s 
and Edward the Confeflor’s time were held. The num¬ 
bers, names, See. hereof were entered by the Conqueror, 
in a book called Domefday Book, dill remaining in the Ex¬ 
chequer ; fo that fuch lands as by that book appeared to 
have belonged to the crown at that time, are called ancient 
demefne. The tenants of ancient demefne are of two forts; 
one who hold their lands frankly by charter; the other by 
copy of court-roll, or by the verge, at the will of the lord, 
according to the cudom of the manor. The advantages 
of this tenure are, i. That tenants holding by charter can¬ 
not be rightfully impleaded outof theirmanor; and, when 
they are, they may abate the writ, by pleading the tenure. 
2. They are free from toll for all things relating to their 
livelihood and husbandry; nor can be impannelled on any 
inquefl. Thefe tenants held originally by ploughing the 
king’s land, plafliing his hedges, and the like fervice, for 
the maintenance of his houfehold ; and it was on this ac¬ 
count that fuch liberties were given them, for which they 
may have writs of monjlraverunt to fuch as take the duties of 
toll, &c. No lands are to be accounted ancient demefne, 
but fuch as are held in focage. Whether land be ancient 
demefne or not, fliall be tried by the book of Domejday. 
AN'CIENTLY, adv. In old times.—The colewort is 
not an enemy, though that were anciently received, to the 
vine only, but to any other plant, becaufe it draweth 
drongly the fatted juice of the earth. Bacon. 
AN'CIENTNESS, J\ Antiquity; exidence from old 
times.—The Fefcenine and Saturnian were the fame; they 
were called Saturnian from their ancientnefs, when Saturn 
reigned in Italy. Dryden. 
AN'CIENTRY, /. The honour of ancient lineage; the 
dignity of birth.—Of all nations under heaven, the Spa¬ 
niard is.the mod mingled and mod uncertain. Wherefore, 
molt foolifhly do the Irish think to ennoble themfelves, by 
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w-reding their ancientry from the Spaniard, who is unable 
to derive himfelf from any in certain. Spenfcr. 
ANCl'LIA,/ - . See Ancyle. 
ANCIL'LON (David), a minister of the reformed 
church at Metz, where he was born on the 17th of March 
1617. He went to Geneva in 1623; and dudied divinity 
under Spanheim, Diodati, and Tronchin, who conceived 
a very great edeem for him. He left Geneva in April 
1641, and offered himfelf to the fynod of Charenton, in 
order to take upon him the office of a minider: his abili¬ 
ties were greatly admired by the examiners, and the whole 
affembly were fo highly pleafed with him, that they gave* 
him the church of Meaux, the mod considerable then un¬ 
provided for. He returned to his own country in the year 
1653, where he remained till the revocation of the edit! 
of Nantes in 1685. He retired to Francfort after this fa¬ 
tal blow ; and, having preached at the French church at 
Hanau, the profedbrs of divinity, and the German and 
Dutch ministers, attended his fermons frequently: the 
count of Hanau himfelf, who had never before been feen 
in the French church, came hither to hear Mr. Ancillon. 
This occalioned a great jealoufy in the two other miniders ; 
which tended to make his fituation uneafy. He therefore 
went to Berlin; where he met with a kind reception from, 
the eieftor, and was made minider of the city. Here he- 
had tire pleafure of feeing his elded foil made judge and 
director of the French in the fame city, and his other fon 
rewarded with a penfion, and entertained at the univerfity 
of Francfort upon the Oder. He had likewife the fatis- 
fafiion of feeing his brother made judge of all the French 
in the States of Brandenburg; and his fon-in-law, engineer 
to his eieftoral highnefs. He enjoyed thefe agreeable cir- 
cunucances, and Several others, tilL his death, which hap¬ 
pened at Berlin the 3d of September, 1692, when he was 
Seventy-five years of age. He publiffied a book, in quarto,, 
in which the whole difpute concerning Traditions is fully 
examined: he alfo wrote an apology for Luther, Zuing- 
lius, Calvin, and Beza, and Several other pieces. 
ANCIS'TRUM, f. [ocymo-T^oi/, Gr. a hook.] In bo¬ 
tany, a genus of the diandria monogynia clafs, ranking in 
the natural order of rofaccae. The generic characters are— 
Calyx : perianthium one-leafed, turbinate, truncate, four¬ 
toothed ; teeth cylindrical-awned, ereft, terminating in- 
four reverfed hooks. Corolla : fuperior, one-petalled^ 
funnel-flvaped with a very fhort tube, and a Spreading qua- 
drifid border; tire divifions nearly equal, obtufe, the length 
of the tube. Stamina: filaments fafiened to the bafe of 
the tube, longer than the corolla, capillary; anthene 
roundiffi. Piftillum: germ oblong; Style filiform, the 
length of the corolla; Sfigma pencil-lhaped. Pericarpiumf 
none, but the calyx; in the bottom of which is the fruit. 
Seed: Jingle, oblong.— EJfential CharaElcr. Calyx, four¬ 
leaved. Corolla, none. Stigma, many-parted. Drupe, 
dry, hifpid, one-celled. 
Species. 1. AnciStrum decumbens: (ferns decumbent, 
peduncle fcape-form Solitary, flowers in a globular head, 
leaflets wedge-form deeply ferrate hoary beneath, feed co¬ 
vered with th.e thickened calyx. It refembles burnet in 
the herb and manner of flowering; and is a native of 
New Zealand. 
2. AnciStrum lucidum, or Shining anciStrum: Stems fub- 
demerged, peduncles fcape-form, fpikes ovate, leaflets ob¬ 
long quite entire acute Subfafcicled. Native of Falkland 
islands ; flowers in May and June. 
3. AnciStrum latebrofum, or hairy anciftrum : Stems de¬ 
merged, peduncles fcape-form, fpikes elongate, leaflets 
oblong gafhed villoSe, fruits armed on every fide. The 
Strufture of the fruit in this fpecies is Somewhat different: 
from that in the firft; but the difference is not confidera- 
ble, and the StrinSture of the other parts is nearly the fame, 
in both. 
AN'CLAM, a town of the WeStern, Swedish, or Royal, 
Pomerania, in Upper Saxony. It made a good figure once 
among the Hanfe-towns, and has an advantageous Site a- 
rnong good corn lands aud excellent pastures, with the 
conveniency. 
