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printed at Padua in fix volumes, quarto, 1754. 7. Biolio - 
graphia antiquaria , Hamb. two volumes, 1760 : a notice of 
all writers upon Hebrew, Greek, Roman, and ecclefiaftic 
antiquities. Befides tbefe voluminous publications, he 
gave editions of various learned works, and honoured the 
place of his refidence with a copious account of its emi¬ 
nent men, entitled Memories Hamburgenfcs, feven volumes, 
oCtavo, fi.nce augmented by an eighth. A new and im¬ 
proved edition of the Bibliotheca Graca, lias been lately 
publifhed at Hamburgh, by G. C. Harles, Greek pro¬ 
fedbr in the univerfity of Erlangen. The fird volume 
was publifhed, in quarto, in 1790, and a volume has been 
delivered annually from that period, to the entire com¬ 
pletion of this very valuable accelTion to Greek literature. 
FABRI'CIUS (John Louis), a learned Swifs divine of 
the reformed communion in the feventeenth century, born 
at Schaft haufen, in 1639. He commenced his education 
under the care of his father, who was re ft or of the college 
in his native town ; whence he went for farther improve¬ 
ment to Cologne, and afterwards to Heidelberg, where a 
brother of his had obtained the chair of profedbr in hif- 
tory and the Greek tongue. In 1650 lie removed to 
Utrecht, where he was permitted to engage in the office 
of tutor; in which capacity he accompanied the fon of 
M. de la Lane, governor of Rees, to Paris in 1652, and 
continued in that city for three years. Returning to Hei¬ 
delberg, he took the degree of M. A. in 1656; and in 
the following year was admitted to the exercife of the 
minidry, and created profelfor-extraordinary of the Greek 
language. Lie was appointed profedbr of theology at 
Heidelberg, fuperintendent of the college of wifdom, a 
profedbr in philofophy, and director of tire dudies of the 
electoral prince. His abilities, integrity, and prudence, 
occafioned his nomination, in 1664, to the honour of ec- 
clefiadical counfellor to the debtor, who made ufe of his 
talents in a political embalfy to Schafthaufen, in 1666. 
The date of war in which the palatinate was afterwards 
involved, obliged Fabricius frequently to quit Heidel¬ 
berg, and to retire fometimes to other cities in Germany, 
and at other times to SwitTerland. In the latter country 
he was employed by William III. king of England, and 
the dates-general, to affid the Englidi envoy to the can¬ 
tons, and to watch over the intereds of the Dutch repub¬ 
lic. Tliele truds he difeharged to the fatisfaCtion of his 
principals, and in fucli a manner as to gain univerfal 
edeem. He alfo fucceeded in negociating a reconciliation 
between Vaudois and the duke of Savoy, and an alliance 
between that prince and the dates-general, who granted 
him a fpecial commiffion for that purpofe. Having com¬ 
pleted the objeCts of his million to Swiiferland, he returned 
to Heidelberg, whence he afterwards retired to Frankfort, 
where he died in 1697. Befides the reputation which he 
acquired in his political agencies, his theological and con- 
troverfial treadles reflect credit on his talents and erudi¬ 
tion. His w'orks are : 1. De Viis Dei, an & quofque fint 
f miles Viis Hominum. 2. DeSymbolica Dei Vijione. 3. AikTieIi? 
de BaptiJ'me Inf antibus Heterodoxorum conferendo. 4. De Ludis 
Scenicis. 5. De Controverfia circa perfonenn Ckrijli inter Evan- 
gelicos agitata. 6 . Euclidcs Catholicus ad Fratres Walembar- 
gicos. 7. Dr Limitibus ObJcquii erga Homities. 8. De Fide 
Infantum. 9. De Baptifmo per mulicrem, vel hominem priva¬ 
tum adminijlrato , &c. 
* FABRI'CIUS (William), furnamed Ilildanus, a cele¬ 
brated furgeon, born at Hilden, near Cologn, in 1560. 
Lie was a difciple of John Griffon of Laufanne, in which 
place he fettled as phydeian and furgeon, and alfo gave 
public leCtures in anatomy. He was medical furgeon to 
the margrave of Baden ; and finally, in 1615, accepted an 
invitation to become public phydeian at Bern, where he 
pafled the remainder of his life, which terminated at tIre 
age of feventy-four in 1634. Llis works are : 1. Six cen¬ 
turies of Obfervations and Cures, publifhed fucceflively 
from x6o6, and at length collectively in 1641, quarto. 
Lie likewife wrote, 2, On Gangrene and Sphacelus 3. 
On Burns. 4. On Gun-ffiot Wounds. 5. On Lithotomy. 
6. On the Ufe of Anatomy. 7. A Century of Kpiffles ; 
and fome detached pieces. All his works were publifhed 
together by j. Bayer, Francf. 1646, folio, and again in 
■1682. They have been tranflated into German, and part¬ 
ly into French. 
FABRI'CO, a town of Italy, in the principality of 
Corregio : nine miles north of Cerregio. 
FABRISTA'N, a town of Perfia, in the province of 
Mazenderan : fifty miles eafl of Cafbin. 
FA'BRO, a town of Italy, in the date of the Church, 
and patrimony of St. Peter : nine miles north-north-weft 
of Orvieto. 
L'ABRO'T (Charles Annibal), a learned jurid, born 
at Aix, in 1581. After a liberal education, he took 
the degree of doctor of laws in 1606, and was admitted an 
advocate in the parliament of Provence. Through the 
patronage of the fird prelident, William du Vair, lie ob¬ 
tained a chair of profedbr of law at Aix, which he held 
till 1617. He then followed du Vair, who was made keeper 
of the feals, to Paris, where he continued till the death of 
his patron in 1622. After this, he returned to Aix, and 
refumed his employment, and in 1638 was made fird pro- 
felfor of law. At that period he was in Paris, printing 
his notes on the Greek paraphrafeof Judinian’s Inditutes 
by Theophilus. This work procured him great reputa¬ 
tion among the learned ; and the chancellor Seguier, to 
whom it was dedicated, kept him in the metropolis, with 
a pendon, for the purpofe of trandating the Bafilics, or 
collection of Roman laws in ufe in the eadern empire. 
This tafle he finifhed in feven volumes folio, Paris 1647, 
with the title of Bafilicon. He afterwards fuperintended 
at the royal prefs the editions of Cedrenus ; Nicetas; 
Anaditis, the Librarian ; Condantine Manades; Theo- 
phylaCt Simocattus ; and Chalcondylas ; all which he 
enriched with notes and diflertations. He alfo publiihed 
various exercitations on profedional topics, and a contro- 
verfial work againd Sautnaife concerning ufury. In 1C52, 
he undertook a revifion of the voluminous works of Cu- 
jas, which he finifhed in 1638. This edition amounted 
to ten volumes folio. His unwearied application is fup- 
pofed to have abridged his life, which however, did not 
clofe till 1659, in his feyenty-eighth year. He left behind 
him feveral learned pieces in MS. 
FABULA'TION, f. [fabula, Lat. a fable.] The aCt 
of moralizing fables. Scott. 
FABULI'NUS, in heathen mythology, the deity 
which was fuppofed to prefide over children when they 
fird begin to fpeak. 
FA'BULIST, /. [ fabulife , Fr.J A writer of fables.— 
Our bard’s a fabulife, and deals in fiction. Garrick. 
FABULO'SITY,/ - . [fabulofitas, Lat.] Fulnefsof feign¬ 
ed dories; fabulous invention.-—In their fabuloftv they 
report, that they Had obfervations for twenty thoufand 
years. Abbot. 
FA'BULOUS, adj. .[fabvlofus, Lat.] Feigned ; full of 
fables, invented tales.—A perfon terrified with the ima¬ 
gination of fpeCtres, is more reafonable than one who 
thinks the appearance of fpirits fabulous and groundiefs. 
Add fon. 
FA'BULOUSLY, adv. In fiction ; in a fabulous man¬ 
ner,—There are many things fabuloujly delivered, and are 
not to be accepted as truths. Brown. 
FACJA'DE , f. in architecture, denotes the front or 
outwjrd part of a building where the entrance prefents 
itfelf ; or it is any conliderable e*Ction that dands before 
the front of the main edifice. As an example from out- 
ancient architecture, may be mentioned the treble grand 
entrances into the wed front of Exeter cathedral. 
FA'CALA, or Fucate, a feaport of Japan, where the 
Jefuits formerly had a confiderable edablidiment and a 
church. 
FACAU'L, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the province 
of Caramania : fixty-fix miles north-north-wed of Cogni. 
FACE, f. [face, Fr. from facies, Lat.] The vifage. 
'—The children of Ifrael faw thence of Moles, that the 
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