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books, towards the end of that year; and of a French 
“tranflation of the whole Bible, publifhcd at Antwerp, in 
*1530, folio, which was reprinted with corrections in 1534, 
ill 4 vols. Svo. but which was afterwards prohibited and 
fuppreffed. «. 
FE'VRE (James le), a French catholic divine, born at 
Lifieux in Normandy, towards the middle of the feven- 
teenth century. He fuftained his part in the collegiate 
«xercifes of the Sorbonne with diftinguiffied reputation, 
and received the degree of doCtor of divinity in 1674. By 
M. de Gefvres, archbithop of Bourges, he was ap¬ 
pointed one of his vicars-general, and difcharged the du¬ 
ties of that office until his death, which took place in 
1716. His publications were: 1. Dialogues between 
Eudoxus and Euchariftus on Arianihn, 1674, nmo. 2. 
Irrefiftible Arguments for the Conviction of thofe who 
profefs the pretended Reformed Religion, 1682, nmo. 
3. A Reply to M. Arnauld, in Defence of the Irrefiftible 
Arguments, 1683, 12010. 4. Grounds of the Separation 
of the Proteftants, 1685, 121110. 5. InftruCtions for the 
Confirmation of new Converts in the Faith of the Church, 
1686, nmo, 6. Proceedings which have taken place in 
France, favourable, or the contrary, to the Proteftants, 
1686, 121110.' 7. A new edition of AvrAoyiau, feu Contra- 
diEliones apparentes Sacra Scripture, in breviorem methodum 
olim collegia a P. Dominico Magrio Melitenf, Theologo Congre- 
gatioms Oratorii, nunc dimidia parte auct lores £3 c-orrectiores, 
See. x6S 5, I21H0. 
FE'VRE (N. le), a French jefuit, who died in 1755. 
He was the author of two works which are held in high 
eftimation by catholic divines: viz. A Treatife on True 
Religion, in oppolition to Atheifts, Deifts, &c. and, 
Bayle en Petit, cu Anatomie des Ouvrages de ce Philofopke, af¬ 
terwards reprinted under the title of A Critical Examina¬ 
tion of the Works of Bayle. Both are recommended as 
furnifliing their readers with ufeful antidotes to infidelity. 
FE'VRE (Tannegui le ; in Latin, T-anaquil Faber), a 
fcholar of eminence, born in 1615, of a reputable family 
at Caen. After making confiderable progrefs in the lan¬ 
guages in a domeftic education, he went to the college 
of La Fleche, where he greatly diftinguiflied himfelf. 
At Paris he acquired feveral friends of confequence, and 
obtained the patronage of cardinal Richelieu, who pro¬ 
cured him a penfion of two thoufand livres, as infpeCtor 
of the works printed at the Louvre. After the death of 
that minifter he went to Langres, where he declared him¬ 
felf a proteftant, and foon after was invited to Saumirr, 
to the profefforftup of claffical literature. His works are 
■comments upon a great number of Greek and Latin au¬ 
thors ; and tranflations of feleCt parts of feveral of them; 
two volumes of Letters; Lives of the Greek Poets, in 
French ; and Greek and Latin poems. He died in 1672, 
juft as he was preparing to quit Saumur for Heidelberg, 
whither he had been invited by the prince-palatine. He 
was the father and inftruCtor of the celebrated madame 
Dacier. 
FEUR*S, a town of France, in the department of the 
Rhone and Loire, and chief place of a canton, in the dif- 
trict of Montbrifon : three leagues and a half north-eaft 
of Montbrifon, and eight and a half weft of Lyons. 
To FEU'TER, v. a. \_feutrer, old Fr.] To prepare.— 
-His fpear he feutred, and at him it bore. Spenfer. 
F'EU'TERER,/. A dog-keeper : perhaps the cleaner 
■of the kennel. 
FEUTS'KING (John Henry), a learned German Lu¬ 
theran divine, born in the duchy of Holftein, in 1672. 
Having finiflied his claftical education at Itzehoe and 
Krempen, he went to Roftock to ftudy philofophy and 
•(theology ; and afterw’ards removed to Wittemberg, where 
he was created doCtor in philofophy, in 1692. In that 
•«niverfity he acquired much reputation by the learning 
end ingenuity with which he publicly defended feveral 
theological thefes. As a reward of his merit, he was 
appointed paftor and fuperintendant of the diocefe of Jef- 
en, in-1697. In.1709, he accepted an invitation from 
Vox. VII, No. 431. 
the univerfity of Wittemberg, to undertake the offices of 
profeftor of divinity, and afleffor of the ecclefiaftical con- 
iiftory in that city. While he difcharged the duties cf 
thefe fituations, he likewife preached once a-week before 
the eleCtrefs of Saxony, at Lichtenberg, and was honour¬ 
ed witli the poll of ecclefiaftical counfellor to the duke of 
Saxe-Gotha. His laft appointment was that of confeffor 
to the eleCtrefs of Saxony, in 1712, which he enjoyed 
but a fhort time; for he died in 1713, when only forty- 
one years of age. He was the author of: 1. Hijloria Cle- 
rogamia Evangelic a, five de Primo Sacerdote, marito evangclico 
Meletema. 2. Hodegeticum Concordandale, five de rccondito Con- 
cordantiarum l.ankifianarum ufu Sohediafma. 3. Hijloria Col- 
loquii Jcverenfis inter Lutheranos £3 R-cformatos, Arino 1573, 
injlituti. 4. Sylloge prapofitorum Kembergenftum. 3. Prafa- 
tio elenElica in Nicolai Hunnii mataologiam fznaticam, J'nb No¬ 
mine Collegia Tripolitani evulgatam. 6 . Hxperafpifes I.utkeri. 
7. IntroduBio in tkrenologiam propheticam Georgii Schimmeri, 
8. Gynaceum kereticofanaticum. 9. Palinodia facra,five de 
retraBati.onibus Theologorum in Rebus Fidei Schediafma. 10. 
Ortkodoxia Menzcriana. n. Prefatio ad novam Urbani Rke- 
gii de formulis caute loquendi Editionem. 12. Commentaries 
on the Firft Epiftle to Timothy, the Firftand Second Epif- 
tles of St. John, and the Epiftle of St. Jude, which he 
annexed to a new edition of the Evangelico-apoftolical 
Treafure of Hunnius : and numerous theological difterta- 
tions, fermons, See. 
FEW, adj. [peo, yteopa, Sax./ba, Dan.] Not many ; 
not in a great number.—Party is the madnefs of many, 
for the gain of a few. Swift. 
So much the third of honour fires the blood ; 
So many would be great, fo few be good ; 
For who would virtue for herfelf regard, 
Or wed without the portion of reward ? Dryden. 
Sometimes elliptically ; not many words.—Thus Jupiter 
in few unfolds the charge. Dryden. —The firm refolve I 
here inj few difclofe. Pope. 
So having faid, he thus to Eve in few : 
Say, woman, what is this which thou haft done ? Milton. 
FEW'EL, f. [/ci!, Fr.] Combuftible matter ; mate¬ 
rials for keeping fire : as fire-wood, coal.—A known 
quantity of Jewel, all kindled at once, will caufe water to 
boil, which being lighted gradually will never be able to 
do it. Bentley. 
Others may give the few el or the fire. 
But they the breath, that makes the flame, infprre. Denh. 
“ Take away Fewel, take away flame.”—This pro¬ 
verb affords a good lelfon for temperance and moderation ; 
for where the body is not pampered, the mind and paf- 
fions are generally cool and collected. As we fay in the 
fame fenfe : Without meat and drink, love is cold ; and 
fo the French ; Sans le vin £3 la bonne chere Vamour ejl bien 
froid. The Latins fay ; Sine Cerere £3 Bacchofriget Venus ,— 
Without Ceres, the goddefs of corn; Bacchus, the god 
of w'ine ; Venus, the goddefs of love, is cold and frigid. 
To FEW'EL, v. a. To feed with fewel: 
Never, alas! the dreadful name, 
That Jewels the infernal flame. Cowley. 
FEW'MET, or Fumet,/! Dung of a deer: 
By his flot, his entries, and his port, 
His frayings,/ezw;zr&, he doth promife fport. E. Jonfon. 
FEW'NESS,yi Paucity; fmallnefs of number.—Thefe, 
by reafon of their Jcwncfs, I could not diftinguifh from 
the numbers with whom they are embodied. Dryden .•— 
Paucity of words ; brevity ; concifenefs.— Fewnefs and 
truth, ’tis thus. Shakefpeare. 
7 b FEY, v. a. [ veghen, Dut.] To cleanfe a ditch of 
mud: 
Such muddy deep ditches and pits in the field, 
That all a dry fummer no water will yield, 
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