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a court-hotife, jail, See. It lies on the poft-road from 
Richmond to Kentucky, thirty-fix miles eafterly of Lex¬ 
ington, and 192 weft by north of Richmond. 
FINCH, f. [pine, Sax.] A term applied to feveral 
fpecies of fmall birds. See the article Fringilla. 
FINCH (Heneage), earl of Nottingham, fon of (ir He- 
neage Finch, fome time recorder of London, and of a younger 
branch of the Winchelfea family, born in 1621. By his dili¬ 
gence he became a great proficient in the municipal laws; 
was made folicitor-general by Charles II. on his reftora- 
tion ; and was very abtive in the profecution of the regicides. 
In 1670, he was appointed attorney-general ; about three 
years after, lord-keeper of the great feal, on the removal 
of the earl of Shaftlbury; and lord-chancellor in 1675. 
He was created earl of Nottingham in 1681 ; and died 
the year following, worn down by the fatigues of bufi- 
nefs. He publifhed feveral fpeeches on the trials of,the 
judges of Charles I. and left behind him Chancery Re¬ 
ports in manufeript. 
FINCK (Jafper), a German Lutheran divine and phi- 
lofopher, born at Gieften in 1578. For fome time he 
gained his livelihood by inftrubting young children; un¬ 
til Louis, landgrave of HelT'e, who was apptifed of his 
love for the fciences, fettled on him a penfion, by means 
of which he was enabled to purfue his (Indies in the uni- 
verfity of Marpurg. When the academic inftitution was 
eftabliftied at Gieften, he was honoured with the appoint¬ 
ments of profefl'or of logic, phyfics, and metaphyfics. 
Afterwards he was raifed to the chair of profeffor of 
theology. In 1616, he was invited to Coburg, where he 
was appointed preacher and general fuperintendant of 
that diocefe. We are not informed of the time of his 
death. He was the author of, 1. Controverfiee Theologicee 
& Philofophices, oppofitee Goclcnii, Pifcatoris, Angelocratoris S 3 
multorum aliorum Erroneis Opinionibus. 2. Dijputationes An- 
tigocleniana. 3. De Analo'gia Sacramend Zuingliana S 3 Frac- 
iione panis Calviniflica. 4. De Diebus Fejlis S 3 Feriatis in 
Ecclefiis Augufiance ConfeJJionis. 5. Canonum Theologicorum Pro- 
prietatem (3 Naturam Scriptures Sacra Enucleanlium Centuries 
duet. 6. De Monachis , eorumque Conciliis, contra Bellarmi- 
num, &c. -v 
FINCK (Thomas), a Danifti mathematician, born at 
Flenfburg, in South Jutland, in 1361. His father, who 
was a difciple of the celebrated Melanbthon, took upon 
himfelf the care of his early education ; after which he 
was Cent, at fixteen years of age, to Strafburg, where, for 
five years, he ftudied philofophy, the mathematics, and 
eloquence, under various able profefl'ors. From Strafburg 
he proceeded to vifit the principal German univerfities; 
and then went to Bafil, where he formed connections with 
the moft diftinguiftied characters in that place, and pub¬ 
lifhed a geometrical treatife, which procured him great 
applaufe. Afterwards he fpent four years in attending 
the moft eminent profelfors at Padua and Pifa; and, re¬ 
turning to Bafil, was admitted to the degree of dodtor in 
medicine, in 1587. Having taken this title, lie was de- 
firotis of (till further information and improvement before 
he commenced his medical career, and for that purpofe 
vifited the moft famous academies in Germany, and the 
north of Europe. When he had completed his propofed 
literary tour, lie was invited to Gottorp, and made phy- 
fician to prince Philip duke of Slefwick. In 1591, he 
was appointed to the profe(for(hip of mathematics in the 
univerfity of Copenhagen, which he retained until the 
year 1602, when he was created fiift profelfor of elo¬ 
quence. In 1603, he was nominated firft profelfor of me¬ 
dicine in the fame univerfity. He was alfo appointed 
prefident and adminiftrator of the royal economical fchool 
and corporation. He died in 1636, when nearly ninety- 
fix years of age. He was the author of, 1. Geometries Ro- 
tundi, lib. xiv. 4to. 1591. 2. De ConJHtutionc Mathefcos, 4to. 
1391. 3. Horofcopographia, five de inveniendo Stellarum Situ 
AJlrologia, 410. 1591. 4. De Hypothejibus AJlronomicis, Di- 
menfionibus Mundi ac primi Motus Circuits, 440. 1594. 3. De 
Diebus (3 NoElibuSy 4to, 1601. 6, De Menfibus S 3 Annis } 
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4to. t6o2, 7. Tabula Multiplicationis S 3 Divifonis, 4'o t 
1604. 8. Tres Tabula Qnotidiano Numerandi ufui Accommo* 
dates , 1613. 9. De Medicines Corjlitutione, 4to. 1627. 10. 
Appendix de Canonis Triangulcrum ufu eliam in Cyclo Mctricis r 
4to. 1 > 3 27. n. Ephemerides varies, S 3 c. 
To FIND, v. a. [pinban, Sax. vinden , Dut.] To obtain 
by rearching or feeking.—A(k,and it dial 1 be given to you ; 
feek, and ye fir all find. Matth. vii. 7_Whereas thou haft 
fearched all my (tuff, what haft thou found of all thy 
houfehold (luff? Gen. xxxi. 37. 
A bird that flies about, 
And beats itfelf againft a cage, 
Finding at laft no paffage out, 
It fits and fings. Cowley. 
To obtain fomething loftV—When he hath found his (heep, 
he layeth it on his (houlders rejoicing. Lu/texv. 3.—To 
obtain fomething defired : 
Thus I embolden’d fpake, and freedom ufed 
Permiflive, and acceptance found. Milton. 
To meet with; to" fall upon.—The bad mud mifs, the 
good unfought (hall find. Pope. 
There watchful at the gate they find 
Sufpicion vvitli her eyes behind. Dodfiey. 
To know by experience.—The torrid zone is now found- 
habitable. Cowley .—To come to ; to attain : 
The fun that barren (bines 
Whofe virtue on itfelf works no effeift, 
But in the fruitful earth ; there firft receiv’d 
His beams, unabtive elfe, their vigour find. Milton „ 
To difeover by ftudy, or attention : 
Phyficians 
With (harpen’d fight fome remedies may find. Drydcn. 
To difeover what is hidden.—A curfe on him who found 
the oar. Cowley .—To hit on by chance; to perceive by 
accident: 
They build on fands, which if unmov’d they find, 
’Tis but becaufe there was no wind. Cowley , 
To gain by any mental endeavour : 
We oft review, each finding like a friend 
Something to blame, and fomething to commend. Pope. 
To remark ; to obferve ; to perceive.—Beauty or wit is 
all I find. Cowley .—To detebf; to deprehend ; to catch.— 
When firft found in a lie, talk to him of it as a ((range 
monftrous matter, and fo ftiame him out of it. Locke .— 
To reach ; to attain.—They are glad when they can find 
the grave. Job. iii.—To meet: 
A clear confidence and heroic mind, 
In ills their bufinefs and their glory find. Cowley. 
To fettle ; to fix any thing in one’s own opinion : 
Some men 
The marks of old and catholic would find. Cowley, 
To determine by judicial verdibt: 
His peers, upon this evidence, 
Have found him guilty of high treafon. Shakefptare. 
To fupply ; to furnifh : as, He finds me in money and in vic¬ 
tuals .—A war with Spain is like to be lucrative ; if we 
go roundly on at firft, the war in continuance will find it¬ 
felf. Bacon. 
Still govern thou my fong, 
Urania, and fit audience find, though few. Milton. 
[In law.] To approve : as, To find a bill. To determine : 
as, To find for the plaintiff. 
To Find himfelf. To be; to fare with regard to eafe or 
pain, health or (icknefs.—Pray, fir, how d’ye findywr- 
felf? fays the dobtor. IdEJlrange. 
To Find out. To unriddle; to folve.—The finding out 
of parables is a wearifome labour of the mind, Ecclef 
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