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the age of eighty-eight, dying September 12, 1721. From 
fome (light intimations recorded in a family msnufcript, 
we learn that the father of the prelate had oblerved his 
conduct with anxiety and concern. On one occafion, we 
are told, “ His father’s conftant prayer was, to keep him 
from ambition and fuperftition.” Again we read, “My 
lord’s father reproved him for fpeaking, as he had heard, 
in the houfe of lords about the late troubles, and faid, 
Hon, you had better have b'eenfick in your bed.” At another 
time it is added, “ My lord bowed to the altar; and 
his father faid, Son, you give me offence.” The death of 
Charles II. is thus related in the manufeript: “An. 16 S 4, 
February 6, king Charles dies. My lord waited on him 
at chapel the Sunday before. My lord never fibred from 
him during his (icknefs: he was Tick five days and five 
nights, and my lord was not abfent two hours. The 
king’s mifehief and complaint was from eating a fwan’s 
egg at the duchefs of Purtf mouth’s. She hole a diamond 
ring from his hand while he w'as lick in bed, but king 
James made her return it after the king’s death.” We 
lhall finifli this article by obferving, that one of his bio¬ 
graphers expreffes a perfuafion, that the miftaken princi¬ 
ples of bi(hop Crew in the affairs of government, though 
they (lain his memory, will be all obliterated from the 
benevolent mind, by his charity and extenfive munifi¬ 
cence.—But, fays another writer, “ it has always been 
held that tcjlamentary donations have too much the com¬ 
plexion of atonement and expiation, and the work of an 
affrightened confcience, to deferve fuch praifes.” On 
the whole, lord Crewe left behind him no memorials of 
liis learning, or of his virtues, which can entitle him to 
be ranked among the ornaments of the church of Eng¬ 
land ; but the principal events of his life exhibit a line 
of conduct to be carefully fliunned by every Englifh pre¬ 
late who refpefls his own character, or the true interefls 
of that body of which he is a member; and with this 
view only are they delerving of being recorded. In him 
the title is extinff. 
CREW'EL, J. [ klewel , Dutch. ] Yarn twifled, and 
wound on a knot or ball.—Take filk or crewel , gold or 
filver thread, and make thefe fait at the bent" of the 
hook. Walton's Angler. 
CREWK'ERNE, an ancient town in the county of So- 
tnerfet, fituated near the confines of Dorfet, in the great 
weftern road, 132 miles from London, nine from Yeovil, 
twenty fromTaunton, fourteen from Axminfter,and twelve 
from Bridport, which is the neareft fea-port. The chief 
object of the Inhabitants is agriculture ; a final 1 quantity of 
dowlas and fail-cloth being the only manufactures Crewk- 
erne could boaft till within a few years ; when the girth- 
web manufactory, and that for making ftockings, was in¬ 
troduced, which feem to be rapidly increafing, and pro- 
mife great advantages to the town. The market, which 
is on Saturdays, is well fupplied with meat and corn. At 
the fiieep-markets, which are held only in April and May, 
is generally a large (how of (heep, and other cattle. The 
fair is annually on the 4th of September, for all kinds of 
cattle, cheele, linen-drapery, and toys. The church is 
an ancient and elegant Gothic ftruCture, decorated with a 
great variety of hieroglyphic figures, well deferving the 
attention of the curious. Here are two alms-houfes found¬ 
ed and endowed by Mrs. Mary Davies, and a work-houfe; 
the new alms-houfe is a handfome ftructure, inhabited 
by eight families, who have a weekly allowance of money 
and wood, payable out of Blackmore eftate. The market- 
houfe is fituated in the center of the town, and is a hand- 
fome ftruCture. Here is a free grammar-fehool, and an 
Englifli preparatory fchool, both well endowed. The 
lands round the town are in a (late of high cultivation, 
and exhibit many pleaiing and piCturefque profpeCts of 
hill and dale. 
CRIB, y. [cjrybbe, Sax. crib. Germ.] The rack or 
manger ot a ftable.—Let a beaft be lord of beafts, and 
his crib (hall Hand at the king’s meffe. Shahefpeare. 
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The fteer and lion at one crib fhall meet, 
And harmlefs ferpents lick the pilgrim’s feet. Pope. 
The flail or cabin of an ox. A fmall habitation ; a 
cottage : 
Why rather, fleep, lieft thou in finoaky cribs, 
Upon uneafy pallets ftretching thee, 
Than in the perfum’d chambers of the great ? Shakefp. 
The cards laid out of each hand at cribbage, to be reck¬ 
oned in favour of the dealer : thus we fay, Twelve in 
hand, fix teen in crib. 
To CRIB, v. a. To (hut up in a narrow habitation; to 
confine ; to cage : 
Now I am cabbin’d, cribb'd, confin’d, bound in 
To faucy doubts and fears, Shahefpcare. 
CRIB-BI'TER, f. A horfe that is addided to bite 
his crib or manger. Befides that it has an unfeemly 
appearance, it is apt to blow the horfe, by over filling 
his bowels with wind, and hence inducing the wind- 
cholic, To overcome this pernicious habit, the- horfe 
ftiould be tied to a ftaple fixed in a bare wall, his hay laid 
upon a lock of ftraw, and his corn be given him in a bag. 
If this method be purfued for fome little time, he will 
totally forget the vice, and ftand as quiet in his ftall as 
ever. 
CRIB'BAGE, f. A game at cards. 
CRIB'BLE,yi [cribrum, Lat.] A corn-fieve. 
CRIBRA'TION, f. \_cribro, Lat.] The aCt of lifting, 
fearcing, or feparating, by a fieve. 
CRI'BRIFORM, adj. [from cribrum , a fieve, and 
forma, a likenefs.] Perforated like a fieve. 
CRICELA'SIA, f. The exercife of driving a hoop, 
which was one of the ancient gymnaftics. It was com¬ 
mended for rendering the limbs pliable, and for ftrength- 
ening the nerves. 
CRICH'TON (James), a perfon whofe extraordinary 
accomplifliments of mind and body, exaggerated by na¬ 
tionality and the love of wonder, have fixed upon him 
the epithet of The Admirable, was defeended from a good 
family in Scotland, in which country he was born, ac¬ 
cording to the common accounts, in 1551. He tvas edu¬ 
cated at Perth and St. Andrew’s, and appears to have 
made a mod rapid progrefs through the whole circle of 
letters and fciences as then taught. He travelled abroad, 
and is faid firft to have vifited Paris, and have given there 
moft wonderful proof of his abilities as a linguift and a 
difputant, as well as of his dexterity in all forts of games 
and martial exercites; but the account of this matter 
may well be fufpedled of great exaggeration, if not of ab- 
folute fiiffion. A difplay of a fimilar kind at Rome is 
next attributed to him. It is more certain that he was 
at Venice, where he endeavoured to conciliate the public 
favour by a Latin poem in praife of the city, and where 
he contracted an acquaintance with feveral eminent lite¬ 
rary characters. Among thefe was Aldus Manutius the 
younger, from whofe teftimony is collected alrnoft the 
only authentic account of Crichton’s uncommon talents. 
From his narration, contained indeed in a high-flown de¬ 
dication of the Paradoxes of Cicero to Crichton himfelf, 
it appears, that he poffelfed, or pretended to, the know¬ 
ledge of ten languages, as well as of all kinds of fcience, 
and all gymnaftic exercifes; that he had fpoken with 
the greateft applaufe before the doge and fenate of Ve¬ 
nice, and in many affemblies of learned men, who flocked 
from all parts to behold him ; and that, in particular, 
he had held a folemn deputation before the univerfity of 
Padua, commencing with an extemporaneous poem in 
its praife, and maintained fix hours, with the moft emi¬ 
nent profelfors, on a variety of topics, efpecially the 
Ariftotelian philofophy ; all concluded with an unpre¬ 
meditated oration in praife of ignorance. He afterwards 
luftained a fcholaftic conflict for three days, againft all 
oppolers, in any form which they chole. This feene 
appears 
