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chofen on the 8th of September by the freemen at large. 
It once contained a monaftery and five pari Hi churches, 
blit lias now only one parifh church, and three meeting, 
bottles. The town commands an cxtenfive view of the 
French coall, as well as over a large lweep of variegated 
inclofures, terminating with thofe high tremendous cliff's, 
of which the immortal Shakefpeare, in his tragedy of 
Lear, fays. 
From the dread fummit of this chalky bourn 
Look up : a height—the ftuill-gor’d lark fo far 
Cannot be heard or feen. 
Tliefe, added to the opennefs of the adjacent country, 
the falubrity of.the air, and the commodiournefs of.the 
lea-ffiore for bathing, induce many to refort here in the 
fummer-feafon. A copious fpring runs through the town. 
The place is noted for the multitude of fifhing-boats that 
belong to its harbour, which are employed in the feafon 
in catching mackerel for London; to which place they 
are carried by the mackerel-boats of London and Bark¬ 
ing. About Michaelmas, the Folkftone barks engage 
■with others from Sufiex in the herring filhery. Dr. 
William Harvey, immortalized for his difeovery of the 
circulation of the blood, left 200I. to be bellowed, at 
the dire&ion of his brother fir Eliab Harvey, on the poor 
of this his native place, who, willing to crown the do¬ 
nor’s wilhes, by a deed of truft, dated March 28, 1674, 
founded a fchool for twenty boys, and endowed it with 
the profits of a farm called Coom. 
The conftant, though almoft imperceptible, encroach, 
merits of the ocean on this place, have robbed the anti¬ 
quarian of thofe curioftties naturally looked for among 
the ruins of a caftle, four churches and a monaftery, 
which, during the Saxon heptarchy, was noted for being 
a feminary for princes, and in which the religious Eanf- 
wide lived, died, and was entombed. But what the anti¬ 
quarian hath loft the naturalift has gained by the dif¬ 
eovery of different ftrata, in which many curious marine 
exuvia, as well as pyrites, talc, fuller’s-earth, and a kind 
of corroded fulphur, are imbedded, which accounts for 
thofe chalybeate fprings that abound fo much about 
Folkftone. 
FOL'LIA,/! in mufic-books, a particular kind of air. 
FOL'LICLE, f. [Jol/iculus, Lat. of follis, a bag.] Any 
cavity having ftrong coats. In forgery, it means a little 
bag which contains the matter of feme abfcelfes or tu¬ 
mours. In botany, the thin membrane which covers the 
Feeds of plants. In anatomy, it means a fimple gland. 
FOL'LICLES, [ pi. in botany, the keys of maple. 
FOL'LICULATED, adj. in botany, having feed vef- 
fels. 
FOLLI'CULUS,yi in botany, the feed-veffel, the cap- 
fula. In anatomy, the gall-bladder. 
FOL'LIFUL, adj. Full of folly.—The common peo¬ 
ple call wit, mirth; and fancy, folly; fanciful and folli- 
ful they ufe indiferiminately. S'icvjlone. 
FOL'LIS, or Fous,yi anciently lignified a little bag or 
purfe ; whence it came to be ufed for a fum of money, 
and very different fums were called by that name: thus 
the fcholiaft on the Bafilics, mentions a follis’ of copper 
which was worth but the twenty-fourth part of the mili- 
arenlis; the glolfae nomicas, quoted by Gronovius and 
others, one of 125 miliarenfis, and another of 250 denarii, 
which was the ancient feftertium; and three different 
fums of eight, four, and two, pounds of gold, were each 
called follis. According to the account of the fcholiaft, 
the ounce of filver, which contained five miliarenfis of 
fixty in the pound, was worth 120 follis of copper. The 
gloifographer, deferibing a follis of 250 denarii, fays it 
was’equal to 312 pounds fix ounces of copper ; and as the 
denarius of that age was the eighth part of an ounce, an 
ounce of filver mull have been worth 120 ounces of cop¬ 
per ; and therefore the fchoiiaft’s follis was an ounce of 
copper, and equal to the gloffbgrapher’s nummus. But 
-as Conftantine’s copper-money weighed a ouarter of a 
Vo t,, VII. No. ,447. f 
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Roman ounce, the fcholiaft’s follis and the gloffogra- 
pher’s nummus contained four of them, as the ancient 
nummus contained four alfes. 
To FOL'LOW, v. a. [poljian, Sax. volgen , Dut.] 
To go after; not before, or tide by fide.—I had rather, 
forfooth, go before you like a man,' thanhim like 
a dwarf. Shakefpeare. 
Him and all his train 
Follow'd in bright proceffion, to behold 
Creation, and the wonders of his might. Milton. 
To purfue as an enemy ; to chafe : 
Where ranks fell thickeft was indeed the place ♦ 
To feek Sebaftian, through a track of death 
\ follow'd him by groans of dying foes. Dryden . 
To accompany ; not to forfake : 
Up he rode. 
Follow'd with acclamation and the found 
Symphonious of ten thoufand harps that tun’d 
Angelic harmonies. Milton. 
To attend as a dependant.—And the three eldeft fons of 
Tefie went and followed Saul to the battle. 1 Sam. xvii. 13. 
Let not the mule then Hatter lawlefs fway, 
No xfollow fortune where flie leads the way. Pope. 
To go after.—We follow fate, which does too fall purfue. 
Pry den. 
Some pious tears the pitying hero paid. 
And follow'd with his eyes the fleeting (hade. Dryden. 
Tofucceed in order of time.—Signs following figns, lead 
on the mighty year. Pope. —To be confequential in ar¬ 
gument, as eftedts to caufes : 
I laugh, when thofe who at the fpear are bold 
And vent’rous, if that fail them, fttrink and fear 
What yet they know mull follow, to endure 
Exile or ignominy, bonds or pain. Milton. 
To imitate, to copy, as a pupil; or to be of an opinion 
or party.—ill patterns are fure to be followed more than 
good rules. Locke. —To obey ; to obferve, as a guide or 
direction.—If all who do not follow oral tradition as their 
only rule of faith are out of the church, then all who 
follow the council of Trent are no Chriltians. Tillotfon. 
Fair virtue, fhould I follow thee, 
I fhould be naked and alone, 
For thou art not in company, 
And fcarce art to be found in one. Evelyn. 
To purfue as an objedt of defire.— Follow peace with all 
men. Hebrews.—Follow not that which is evil. John .—- 
To confirm by new endeavours; to keep up indefatiga- 
bly.—They bound themfelves to his laws and obedi¬ 
ence ; and in cafe it had been followed upon them, as it 
fhould have been, they fhould have been reduced to per¬ 
petual civility. Spenjer. —To attend to ; to be bulled 
with.—He that undertaketh and followetli other men’s 
bufinefs for gain, (hall fall into fuits. EccleJ. 
To FOL'LOW, v. n. To come after another.—The 
famine fhall follow dole after you. Jer.-~ To attend ler- 
vilely : 
Such fmiling rog'ues as thefe footh every pafflon. 
That in the nature of their lords rebels : 
As knowing nought, like dogs, but following. Shakefpeare . 
To be pofterior in time: 
Living carcafes delign’d 
For death, the following day, in bloody fight. Milton. 
To be confequential, as effect to caufe.—If the negledl 
or abufe of liberty to examine what would ieally and 
truly make for his happinefs nriflead him, the mifear- 
riages tha t follow on it mu/t be imputed to his own elec¬ 
tion. Locke. —To be confequential, as inference to pre- 
mi fes.—Though there are or have been fometimes dwarfs’, 
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