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France, joined to a naturally cauffic difpofition, rendered 
him a very rigid critic of all contemporary commanders ; 
and as he was ho.ftile to all, all were foes to him. It was 
(aid of him, “ that he was the braved man in Europe, 
for he flept amidft a hundred thonfand of his enemies.” 
He publifhed Memoirs, i vol. 4to. 4 vols. -12010. the 
fuhftanc'e of which are the faults committed by the gene¬ 
rals of Louis XIV. The work Hands high in reputation 
for the clearnefs of its ffyle, the freedom and general 
truth of its reprefentations, and the depth and fagacity 
of its remarks.; yet his love of cenfure has led him fome- 
tioies to diftort facts, and to judge with unreafonable le¬ 
vel ity. He enumerates twelve capital faults committed 
by the French generals at the battle of Blenheim*. Un¬ 
fortunate events can never fail to afford abundance of 
matter to a critic of this temper. He was, however, an 
excellent officer, and frequently foretold the iffue of a 
campaign from fome circumftance of its commencement. 
He died in 1711, having a few hours before his death 
written a letter to the king, in which with great feeling 
he recommended to his majefty’s favour his only fon, as- 
“ innocent of what had made him unfortunate, and born 
of a race which had always faithfully ferved their king.” 
FEUR'BORN (Juftus), a learned German proteftant 
divine, born at Hervoden, or Herwerden, in Weffphalia, 
in 1587. His earlier education lie received in his native 
place, whence he was fent to Lembgovv, to be brought 
up to the profefiion of the law. His inclination, how¬ 
ever, leading him to prefer the ftudy of theology and the 
belles-lettres to that of jurifprudence, he relinquiffied the 
latter, and went from Lemgow to Statthagen, and in 1612 
to Gielfen, where he followed the bent of his mind under 
the inftru6tions of Mentzerus, Helvicus, and Fink. In 
1614, he commenced his public career by becoming a 
tutor in philofophy. In 1616, he was created dotftor in 
divinity ; foon after which the landgrave Louis fent for 
him to Darmftadt, and appointed him to the ftation of 
preacher to his court. After he had continued to offi¬ 
ciate for fome time in that capacity, he was chofen to fill 
the chair of profeffbr-extraordinary of divinity at Gieflen. 
The death of Helvicus, in 1617, having occafioned a va¬ 
cancy in the poll of profeffor of divinity in ordinary, Dr. 
Feurborn received that appointment, which he held with 
great reputation until 1624, when the landgrave thought 
proper to break up the univerfity at Gielfen, and to trans¬ 
fer its privileges to that of Marpurg. At the fame time 
he appointed Feurborn to the fame ports in the latter 
place as lie had poffefted at Gielfen. In 1649, he was 
nominated preacher to the court by the landgrave George; 
and, in the following year, on the re-effablifoment of the 
univerfity of Gielfen, he was created its firfr redtor, firfi 
profeffor of divinity, and fuperintendant. His high re¬ 
putation, and excellent character, procured him invita¬ 
tions from many other places, fome of which were ac¬ 
companied with very advantageous offers ; but he chofe 
to fpend his days at Gieffen, where he died in 1656. He 
was the author of feveral eminent works, among' which 
are: 1. KivuicnypuCptu xpte loAoyiKn, Sciagraphies Theologica; 
Diffi. IX. de Ciirijlo. 2. Di/put. Tkcol. de Quecffiionibus, An 
in Infantes aclualia cadant Pcccata, &c. 3. Fafdculi VI. Dif- 
fertationum. 4. Examen Confcffionis Joan. Combachii Prof. 
Marpurg. de Perfona & Officio, Chriffii. 5. Sacrarum Difqui- 
fitionum Syntagmata duo, in quibus beata ivQuvucrtu Chrijliana 
Ghremajlica, Sacra J. C. Cana, &c. explicantur. 6. Funda- 
• vientalis Dcduclio centra uuoiQa.ta.Ca/el/ana. 7. Anti-Enjcdi- 
nus pcffihumus. 8. Anti-OJJorodus. 9. De Natura, & Gratia, 
contra Amyraldum, &c. 
FE'VRE (Guy le, Sieurde la Boderie), an early French 
poet, born in 1541, at the family feat of la Boderie, in 
Lower Normandy. He became well acquainted with the 
oriental languages, and had a conliderable fliare in the 
compofition of lie Polyglott of Antwerp, of which Arias 
Montanas had the principal direction. Guy le F.evre, 
with his brother Nicolas, went to Antwerp for the pur- 
pole of affiffing in this work, and Guy reviled Pagninus’s 
F 'E V - . 
Latin verfion of the Hebrew text, and added to the Poly¬ 
glott a Syro-Chaldaic lexicon. On his return to France 
he was made fecret3ry and liriguift to the duke of Alen- 
yon. Retiring at length to his effate of La Boderie, he 
died there in 1598. He publilhed various works relative 
to the Syriac and Chaldaic languages, and gave a verfion 
of a treatife on the rite of baptifm, by Severus, patriarch 
of Alexandria. He unbent from feverer ffudies in the 
coHipofition of French poetry, of which lie publilhed a 
i.irge quantity, whereby he acquired conliderable reputa¬ 
tion in his.own time. 
FE'VRE (Antony le, de la Boderie), brother of the 
preceding, born about 1555. He was for fome-time charge 
des affaires for Henry IV. at the court of Rome, and, in 
1597, was his ambaffador at Brnflels, where he difcovered 
the confpiracy of the marfhal Biron. He was ambaffador- 
extraordinary in England in 1606, and again in 1610 ; and 
received fingular marks of friendfiiip from king James. 
The memoirs of his negociations, in letters written by 
him to the minifters, and their replies, were publilhed in 
5 vols. nmo, Paris, 1750, under the title of Atnba/fades 
de M. de la Boderie cn Angleterre fous le Rcgne de Henri IV. & 
la Minorite de Lcuis XIII. He occafionally amufed himfelf 
with poetry and polite literature, and is faid to have been 
one of the authors of the Catholicon. He died in 1615. 
FE'VRE, or Fabri (James le), of Etaples, in Latin 
Faber Stapulenfis, a learned French eccleliaftic, born at 
Etaples, in the diocefe of Amiens; but in what year can¬ 
not be afeertained. He was a very little man, and of 
mean extradition ; but he poffeffed vigorous mental powers, 
which he improved by a diligent application to the dif¬ 
ferent branches of ufeful and ornamental learning. He 
purfued his ffudies in the univerfity of Paris, where he 
firfi applied himfelf to philofophy, and the mathematics, 
and afterward-s to divinity, in which faculty he took the 
degree of doctor. His extenfive acquirements procured 
him a high reputation in that univerfity, and induced 
many pupils to attend the leihires which lie delivered 
there in the belles-lettres and philofophy. His mind, 
however, was too enlightened and liberal to be bound by 
the trammels of the fchools; and lie was one of the fifjt 
of thofe who began to expel the grofs ignorance which 
tJie old fyffems of education had introduced, by reviving 
a taffe for ancient literature, and folid ufeful knowledge. 
Thefe efforts of his expofed him to the jealoufy and re- 
fentment of ignorant and bigoted zealots, who accufed 
him of being favourable to the reformation. His enemies, 
by their influence with the parliament of Paris, induced 
that body to order a procefs to be carried on againff him. 
From the effects of fucli a procedure he was delivered, 
in conlequence of a letter which Francis I. then a pri- 
foner in Spain, wrote to the parliament, forbidding them 
to come to any refolution againff Le Fevre, before his 
majefty’s pleafure fhould be communicated to them. At 
the fame time Margaret queen of Navarre, fifter to 
Francis I. received him into her protection at Nerac, and 
honoured him with her efteem and confidence during the 
remainder of his days. He died in 1537, when he had 
arrived at a very advanced age. It was once Le Fevre’s 
misfortune to be involved in a conteft with his friend 
Erafmus, but which was at length amicably fettled. He 
was the author of various works, which difplay much 
folid erudition, and great critical ffcill, and entitle him to 
be ranked among the beft commentators of his age. In 
this number are, i. Pfa.lte.rium quintuplex, Galliam, Roma- 
n\un, Hebraicum, Vetus, Conciliation, 1509, folio. 2. F.piJ- 
tolee. Beati Pauli , cum Commentariis, 1515, folio. 3. De Maria 
Magdalena, triduo Chrifii, & ex tribus una Maria, Dijceptatio, 
1518, 4,to. 4. Co.mmentarius in Ecclefiajlcn, in IV Evange/ia, 
1522, folio. 5. Commcnlarius in Epi/lolas Canorricas, 1527, 
folio ; and, 6. Agones Martyrum Merjis Januarii, 1325, folio. 
He was alfo the author of a French tranfiation of the New 
Teffament, now exceedingly fcarce, of which the firfi: 
part, containing the four evangelifts, appeared before t.he 
year 1523 ; and the fecond part, containing the remaining 
books, 
