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poor, and comforting the fi'ck ; and Lucas Trelcatius and 
Francis Junius dying of that difeafc at Leyden, - Arminius 
was chofe’n proifeffor of divinity there, and was made doc- 
tor of divinity. Difputes were foon after kindled in that 
univerfity ; and lie was engaged in a contelf, occalioned by 
a deputation of his concerning the divinity of the Son. 
Thefe contefts, his continual labour, and the concern of 
feeing his reputation blafted by a multitude of Handers in 
relation to his religious opinions, impaired his health, and 
threw him into a fit of iicknefs, of which he died, onthe 
iyfii of October, 1609. Arniinius was efteetned an excel¬ 
lent preacher: his voice was low, but audible; and his 
pronunciation was admirable : he was eafy and affable to 
perfons of all ranks, and facetious in his converfation a- 
monglt his friends. Id is great delire was, that Chrillians 
would bear with one another in all contvovefiies which did 
not aiie£t the fundamentals of tlveir religion ; and, when 
they perfeented each other for points of indifference, it 
gave him the utmofi: diffatisfaefion. The curators of the 
univerfity of Leyden had fo great a regard for him, that 
they fettled a penlion upon his wife and children. He left 
feveral works, viz. 1. Difputationes de diverlis Chriftianae 
religionis capitibus. 2. Orationes, itemque tradfatus in- 
figniores aliquot. 3. Examen modefti libelli Gulielmi 
Perkinfi de prasdeFinationis modo et ordine, itemque de 
amplitudine gratiae divinae. 4. Analyfis capitis noni ad 
Romanos. 5. DitLertatio de vero et genuino fen fit capitis 
feptimi epiftolse ad Romanos. 6. Arnica collatio cum D. 
Francifco Junio de pr^eftinatione per literas habita. 7-- 
Epiftolaad Hippolitum a collibus.” 
ARMI'POTENCE,yi [from arma, arms, and potentia, 
power, Lat.] Power in war. 
ARMI'POTENT, adj. \_amnipotens, Lat.] Powerful in 
arms; mighty in war.—The manifold linguift, and the 
armipotent foldier. Shakefpearc. 
For if our God, the Lord armipotent, 
Thofe armed angels in our aid down fend, 
That were at Dathan to his prophet fent, 
Thou wilt come down with them. Fairfax. 
Beneath the low’ring brow, and on a bent. 
The temple Food of Mars armipotent. Dryden. 
ARMI'RA, a fea-port town of European Turkey, on 
the well fide of the Gulf of Volo, on the coaftof Theffaly, 
ten miles S. of Volo. Lat. 39.20. N. Ion. 40.54. E. Ferro. 
Armira, a town of South America, in Guiana, four 
leagues from Cayenne. 
ARMISCA'RA, f. A fort of punilhvnent decreed or 
impofed on an dffender by the judge. Malrnjb. lib. 3. p. 97. 
Walfingham, p. 430. At nrft it was to carry a faddle at his 
back in token of fubjeftion. Brampton fays, that in tiie 
year 1176, the king of the Scots promifed king Henry II. 
at York, Lanceam & fcllam fvam fuper altare Sandii Petri ad 
perpeluam hujus fubjeFlionis memoriam offer re. See Spclm. in v. 
ARMI'SONOUS, adj. [Lat.] Ruilling with armour. 
AR'MISTICE, f. \_armijtitium, Lat.] A Ihort truce ; a 
ceffation of arms for a (hort time. 
ARM'LET, f. [from arm. ] A little arm; as, An arm- 
let of the fea. A piece of armour for the arm. A bracelet 
for the arm: 
And, when (lie takes thy hand, and doth feem kind. 
Doth fearch what rings and armlets file can find. Donne. 
AR MOl'SIN, f. A filk fluff, or kind of taffety, manu¬ 
factured in the Eafi Indies, at Lyons in France, and at 
Lucca in Italy. That of the Indies is llighter than thofe 
made in Europe. 
ARMO'NA, a town in the ifland of Negroponte, twen¬ 
ty-two miles fouth-eaft of Negroponte. 
ARMO'NIAC. See Ammoniac. 
ARMORA'CIA,/! in botany. See Cochrearia. 
AR'MORER,yi [ armorier, Fr. ] He that makes armour, 
or weapons.—The armorers make their Feel more tough 
and pliant, by afperfion of water and juice of herbs. Bacon. 
He that dreffes another in armour; 
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The armorers accompliFiing the knights, 
With bufy hammers doling rivets up, 
Give dreadful note of preparation. Shak'cfpeare. 
Among the Romans, armorers were difpofed in certain 
places in the empire, it being forbid either to fell, or buy, 
or make arms, elfewhere. They were exempt from all 
offices and taxes', and received a falary from the public. 
When once they had taken the employment on themfelves, 
neither they, nor their children, were allowed to quit it. 
To prevent this, they had a kind of note, or Figma, im- 
prelied upon the arm, whereby they might be known. If 
any ot them fled r or fecreted their ware, the reF were 
obliged to anfwer for him ; on account of v hich, the ef¬ 
fects of fuch as died without a legal heir went to the col¬ 
lege. There were fifteen arrnamentaries, or repofitories of 
arms, in the Eafrern empire, placed near the frontiers, and 
nineteen in the WeFern. 
Armorer of a Ship, a perfon whofe office is to take 
care that the arms are in a condition fit for fervice. 
ARMO'RIAL, adj. [French.] Belong ing to the arms 
or efcutcheon of a family, as enligns armorial. 
ARMO'RIC, or Aremoric,/ Something that be¬ 
longs to the province of Bretagne, or Brittany, in France. 
1 he name Armorica was anciently given to all the northern 
and weFern coaF of Gaul, from the Pyreneans to the 
Rhine ; under which name it was known even in Cae far’s 
time. The word is of Bas Breton origin, and denotes as 
much as maritime', compounded, according to M. Menage, 
ot ar, “upon,” and mare, “fea.” 
AR'MORIST, J. A perfon {killed in heraldry. 
ARMO'RUM CONCUS'SIO, the clalhing of armour, 
praftifed by the Roman armies previous to an engagement, 
and intended to Frike a panic into their enemies. 
AR'MORY, f. [from armour.'] The place in which 
arms are repoFted for ufe : 
The fword 
Of Michael, from the armory of God, 
Was giv’n him, temper’d fo, that neither keen, 
Nor lolid, might refill that edge. Milton. 
Armour ; arms of defence. Enligns armorial: 
Well worthy be you of that armory. 
Wherein you have great glory won this day. Fairy Oueen , 
AR'MOUR,y. \_armatcur, Fr. armatura, Lat.] A de- 
fenlive habit, wherewith to cover and fecure the body from 
the attacks of an enemy. In ancient Fatutes this is fre¬ 
quently called karnefs. The defenfive armour of a knight, 
or man at arms, was anciently a coat of mail, called alio 
a hauberk , or habergeon. It was compofed of ringlets of 
iron, linked together like a net ; this covered the body, 
and to it were joined a hood, breeches, Lockings, and la- 
batons or Ihoes, all of the fame conFruiftion ; the hands 
and arms were alfo defended by lleeves of mail. The 
hauberk was the proper armour of a knight; an efquire 
might wear a Flirt of mail over his gambefon, but might 
not ufe the hood, breeches, hofe, nor lleeves, of mail. In 
France, the hauberk, or coat of mail, was armour pecu¬ 
liarly appropriated to perfons polleHed of certain eFatcs or 
feigneuries, called fiefs d’haubert, and might not.be worn 
by perfons of an inferior degree. Commonly under the 
hauberk, though fometimes over it, was worn a loofe gar¬ 
ment, called a gambefon, which defeended as low as the 
knees; it was Fuffed. with wool or cotton, and quilted; 
the ufe of it was to deaden the Frokes of the fword or 
lance, which, though they did not divide the mail, might, 
without the interpofition of the gambefon, feverely bruife 
the body: under or between the hauberk and gambefon, 
a breaF-plate of forged iron, called a plajlron, was occa- 
Fonally put on ; over all, men of family wore furcoats of 
fatin, velvet, or cloth of gold orfilver, richly embroidered 
with their armorial hearings. Princes, and certain great 
lords, had over all, their coats of arms, which held the 
place of the pahidamenfum of the ancient Roman captains, 
and was in figure like a Dalmatic without Feeves; and, de- 
feending 
