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to keep pace with him : having not only been difabled by 
aftonifliment, but overpowered by his talents. There 
was none of all Fat inelli’s excellencies by which he fo far 
furpafled all other fingers, and aftonifhed the public, as 
his me/Ja divocc, or fwel! ; which, by the natural forma¬ 
tion of his lung<, and artificial economy of breath, he was 
able to protratt to fuch a length, as to excite incredulity 
even in thofe who heard him ; who, though unable to 
detect the artifice, imagined him to have had the latent 
help of fome inflrument by which the tone was continued, 
while he renewed his powers by refpiration. The cele¬ 
brated Senefino was at the fame time in London ; but the 
two performers being engaged at -different theatres, had 
not as yet heard each other. At length they happened 
to fing in the fame piece on the fame ftage. Senefino was 
to reprefent a furious unrelenting tyrant, and Farinelli an 
unfortunate hero in chains ; when the latter, in his firft 
fong, fo charmed and foftened the former, that, forgetting 
the part he was to fuflain, he ran to him, and gave him a 
tender embrace. Farinelli" left England in 1737, w ith 
an intention to return ; but the exercife of his talents in 
Spain produced an engagement which rendered that coun¬ 
try for many years a fcene of his uncommon influence. 
It is related that Philip V. king of Spain, being feized 
with a total dejection of fpirits, which made him refufe to 
be fhaved, and rendered him incapableof attending council 
or tranfafling affairs of fhite, the queen, who had in vain 
tried every common expedient that was likely to contri¬ 
bute to his recovery, determined that an experiment fhould 
be made of the elfedts of mufic upon the king her hufband, 
who was extremely fenlible to its charms. Upon the ar¬ 
rival of Farinelli, of whole extraordinary performance an 
account had been tranfmitted to Madrid from feveral 
part's'of Europe, but particularly from Paris, her majefly 
contrived that there fhould be a concert in a room adjoin¬ 
ing to the king’s apartment, in which this finger perform¬ 
ed one of his moft captivating fongs. Philip appeared at 
firft furprifed, then moved ; and at the end of the fecorid 
air, made the virtuofo enter the royal apartment, loading 
him with compliments and careffes; afked him how he 
could fufficientl-y reward fuch talents ; alluring him that 
lie could refufe him nothing. Farinelli, previously inftru£t- 
ed, only begged that his majefly would permit his atten¬ 
dants to fhave and drefs him, and that he would endeavour 
to appear in council as ufual. From this time the king’s 
difeale gave way to medicine : and the linger had all the 
honour of the cure. By finging to his majeftv every 
evening, his favour increafed to fuch a degree that he 
was regarded as firft minifter ; but what is ftill more ex¬ 
traordinary, inftead of being intoxicated or giddy with his 
elevation, Farinelli, never forgetting that lie was a niu- 
fician, behaved to the Spanifh nobles about the court 
vvitli fuch humility and .propriety, that inftead of envy¬ 
ing his favour, they honoured him with their efteem and 
confidence. 
One day in going to the king’s clofet, to which he had 
at all times accefs, he heard an officer of the guard curfe 
him, and fay to another that was in waiting, “ Honours 
can be heaped on fuch fcoundrelsas thefe, while a poor 
foldier, like myfelf, after thirty years fervice, is unno¬ 
ticed.” Farinelli, wirhout feeming to hear this reproach, 
complained to the king that lie had neglected an old fer- 
vant, and procured a regiment for the perfon who had 
fpoken fo hardily of him in the anti-chamber ; and in 
-quitting his majefly he gave the commilTioii to the officer, 
telling him that lie had heard him complain of having 
ferved thirty years, but added, “ You did wrong" to accufe 
the king of neglecting to reward your zeal.” After the 
death of Philip, Farinelli continued to enjoy the favour 
of his fuccefl'or Ferdinand VI. a proof that he had not 
abufed bis influence in the former reign. The honour of 
the knighthood of Calatrava was conferred upon him, and 
he was ftill employed as a political agent, efpecially by 
the minifters of thofe courts which were oppoied to the 
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French intereft in Spain. At the deceafe of that monarch, 
the Cvflem of politics changed, and Farinelli was difmiffed 
to Italy, retaining, however, his penfions. He fixed his 
refidence in the vicinity of Bologna, in 1761, where he 
built a fplendid manfion, and devoted the evening of his 
life to the enjoyment of elegant leifure. He was grateful 
to his former friends and patrons, and was particularly at¬ 
tentive to Englifhmen who vifited him upon their travels. 
PolTefled of the general efteem, he died in 1782, at the age 
of feventy-eight. 
FARINO'LA, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Na¬ 
ples, and province of Abruzzo U Itra : elevenmilesioutli- 
foLith-eaft of Terumo. 
FAR'I.ES, a river of North Wales, which runs into 
the Irifh Sea, about four miles weft of Crickaeth, irs 
Caernarvonfhire. 
FAR/LEU, f. in the law of tenures, money paid by 
tenants in lieu of a heriot.—In fome manors of Devon- 
(liire, far leu is often diftinguifhed to be the beft goods, as 
he riot is the beft beaft, payable at the death of a tenant. 
Cezod. — It is a duty of fixpence paid to the lord of the 
manor of Weft-Slapton, in Devonfliire. Bailey. 
FAR'LOF, a town of Sweden, in the province of 
Schonen, fix miles north of Chrifiianftadt. 
FARM, or FERM.y. [finna, Lat. from the Sax. peopme, 
i.e. food; and peojvman, to feed or yield victuals.) A 
meffuage and land, taken by leafe under a certain yearly 
rent, payable by the tenant; and in former days, about 
the time of king William, called the Conqueror, thefe 
rents were referved to the lords in victuals and other ne- 
celfaries arifing from the land ; but afterwards, in the reign 
of Henry I. were altered and converted into money. A 
farm is moft properly the chief meffuage in a village; 
and it is a collective word, confifting of divers things ga¬ 
thered in one, as a lrteffuage, land, meadow, pafture, 
wood, common, &c. Lccare ad-Jirmam is to let or fet to 
farm ; and the reafon of it may be in refpeCt of the firm 
or fin re hold the tenants thereof have above tenants at will, 
A farm in Lancafhire is called ferm holt ; in the north a 
tack-, and in Effex a zvike. Plowd. 195. By ftatute, no 
parfon or fpiritual perfon may take farms, on pain of for¬ 
feiting ten pounds per month, &c. No perfon whatfoever 
fhali take above two farms together, and they to be in the. 
fame parifh, under the penalty of three (hillings and four- 
pence a week. 25 Hen. VIII. c. 13. 32 Hen. VIII. ct 
28. f. 4. For the culture and management of farms, fee 
the article Husbandry. 
To FARM, v. a. To let out to tenants at a certain rent : 
We are enforc’d to farm our royal realm, 
The revenue whereof lhall furnith us 
For our affairs in hand. Shakefpeare. 
To take at a certain rate.—They received of the bankers 
fcant twenty (hillings for thirty, which tlie earl of Corn¬ 
wall farmed of the king. Camden. —To cultivate land. 
FAR'MER, f. \_jertruer, Fr. or from farm.~\ One who 
cultivates hired ground.—Thou haft feen a partner's dog 
bark at a beggar, and the creature run from the cur : there, 
thou mighl’ft behold the great image of authority ; a dog’s 
obey’d in office. Shakfpeare. —One who cultivates ground, 
whether his own or another’s.—Nothing is of greater pre¬ 
judice to the farmer than the (locking of his land with 
cattle larger than it will bear. Mortimer .—One who rents 
at a certain rate an uncertain revenue.—To fide with the 
Jarmcrs againft the improvement of the revenue. Marq. 
of H difax. 
FAR'MER (Hugh), a learned Englifh divine among 
the proteltant diffenters, born at Shrewsbury in 1714- 
Being defigned for the Chriftiun minifrry, he was lent ty 
profecute his theological (Indies under the it ftruCtions of 
Dr. Doddridge, at Northampton, in 1730. He afterwards 
fettled as chaplain in the family of William Coward, efq. 
of Walthamftow, in Effex, arid at the fame time undertook 
the office of minifter to a dilfenting congregation in that 
