BAN 
capillary, length of the -corolla,. inferted into a glandule 
furrounding • the germ; antheras roundifli. Piflillum : 
germ fomewhat globofe, feated in a glandule; dyle fili¬ 
form, of the height of 'the damens ; (tigma headed. Pe- 
ricarpium : berry globofe, but little fucculent, one-celled, 
crowned by the permanent ftyle. Seeds: very many, ve¬ 
ry final!, cornered, driated.— EJfentiaL Charader. Calyx 
fix-parted, permanent; corolla lix-petalled ; germ feated 
on a glandule; digma headed; berry globofe, one-celled, 
many-feeded. 
Only one fpecies, named banara Guianenfis. It is a tree 
of ten feet or more in height, and about feven inches in 
diameter, with a greyifli bark, and a whitifii light wood. 
Leaves alternate, ovate-oblong, toothletted, fiiarp ;■ green 
and fmooth on the upper furface, paler and (lightly tomen- 
tofe on the lower. The petiole is fhort, with two finall 
deciduous Ifipules at the bafe. The larged leaves are five 
inches long, and two broad. Flowers in axillary and ter¬ 
minating racemes, with a iingle bra fie to each pedicel. 
The corolla is" yellow ; the berry black. Native of the 
ifiand of Cayenne, flowering in May, and bearing fruit in 
July. 
BANA'RES. See Benares. 
BAN AW', a river of Pruflia, which runs into the 
Frifch Haffe, two miles weft-north-wed of Heiligenbeil. 
BANAZ', a town of Afiatic Turkey, thirty miles north- 
wed of Kara-hifar. 
BAN'BURY, [of bana, manflaughter, and byrig, Sax. 
a city ; perhaps fo called from fome great daughter hap¬ 
pening there. ] A borough-town in Oxforddiire, fituated 
near the river Charwel, on the edge of Northamptonfliire, 
in the road from Buckingham to Bridgenorth, feventeen 
miles from Oxford, and feventy-four from London. A 
cadle was built here, anno 1125, now totally demolidied. 
In the reign of James I. it was incorporated, with a mayor, 
twelve aldermen, and fix capital burgefles; and, in 1718, 
it had a new charter from George I. It is now governed 
by a mayor, high-deward, recorder, fix capital burgefles, 
and thirty aflidants, a town-clerk, and two ferjeants-at- 
rnace. It has a fine large handlome church, a free-fchool, 
and two charity-fchools. It was famous, even in Cam¬ 
den’s time, for good cheefe; and in the ploughed fields 
near it are often found coins of the Roman emperors. 
The pyrites aureus, or golden fire-done, is found here in 
great plenty. The principal manufafture is pluflt, or diag 
cloth, modly exported to Portugal. The fairs are, the 
firfi Thurfday after the 17 th of January, forhorfesand cat¬ 
tle ; the firfi Thurfday in Lent, for fiIll and cattle ; Holy 
Thurfday, for fifh and cattle; Thurfday after Trinity 
Sunday, for cattle; the 12th of Augud; Thurfday after 
Ofiober 10, for hiring fervants, and cattle ; and lad, on 
*he 29th of Oftober. The market-day (Thurfday) near¬ 
ed to Old Lady-day is fully attended, and nearly adequate 
to a fair, as is alfo the fecond Thurfday before Chriflmas. 
The feats in the vicinity of Banbury are, Wroxton- 
lioufe, belonging to the earl of Guildford ; Brougluon- 
cadle, the refidence of lord Say and Sele ; alfo of W. Hol- 
becli, Efq. at Farnborough ; of John F. Willes, Efq. at 
Afirop; of Francis Eyre, Efq. at Warkfworth; and of 
Charles Fox, Efq. at Chalcomb. 
Three miles and a half fouth-ead of Banbury is the 
pleafant village of Adderbury, on the direft road to Ox¬ 
ford ; from which another road branches out to the ead, 
at the north end of the village, being the direfi: London 
road from Banbury, through Buckingham. It was for¬ 
merly refpeftable for a number of genteel inhabitants, as 
there are feveral feats in it; among which is the noble mo¬ 
dern-built manfion of the duke of Buccleugh, who is lord 
of the manor; and another fine old houfe, formerly the 
feat of the Cobbs, baronets. In the wed part of the vil¬ 
lage, are the feats of John Barber, and Chridopher Ap- 
lin, Efqrs. About a mile and a quarter from Adderbury, 
the Oxford canal (from Birmingham and Coventry) crof- 
fes the Charwel], by a wear, 150 yards below the bridge. 
BAN'CA, an ifiand in the Indian Sea, about 100 miles 
Vol. II. No. 95. 
BAN 
long, and thirty broad, with a chain of mountains extend¬ 
ing nearly its whole length. It is populous, tolerably fer¬ 
tile, and lies to the ead-north-eafi of Sumatra, being fe- 
parated by a narrow fea, called the Straits of Banca. Lat. 
3. 10^ to 3. 50. N. Ion. 104. 30. to 106. 20. E. Ferro. 
BANCA'LA, a kingdom in the ifiand of Celebes. 
BANCA'LIA, f Cufhions, or coverings for feats and 
benches. 
BANCA'LIS, a town of the ifland of Sumatra, in the 
kingdom of Acheen. 
BANCK (Peter Vander), an engraver of confiderable 
repute, was born at Paris, and was a pupil of the celebra¬ 
ted Franpois de Poilly. He came to England with Gafcar 
the painter, in 1674 ; and married the titter of agentleman 
in Hart ford fli ire, named Forreder. His chief talent was 
engraving portraits; and, according to Vertue’s account, 
publifhed by the Hon. Mr. Walpole, he was the fird in 
England who engraved them on a large fcale. But ei/en 
the novelty, added to their merit, could fcarcely fupport 
the artid. Like many of Poilly’s difciples, his great me¬ 
rit, according to Mr.. Strutt, confided in the laboured neat- 
nefs and management of the mechanical part. Freedom, 
harmony, and chadenefs of outline, are by no means the 
charadteridic of his prints. However, though they can¬ 
not rank with the fuperior productions of Edelink or Nan- 
teuil, See. they will be always edeeined in England as pre¬ 
fer ving the bed refemblance of many eminent perfons of 
that time. 
BAN'CO, in commerce, an Italian word, ufed among 
merchants, principally in Holland, to didinguith bank-mo¬ 
ney from the common currency. See the article Arith¬ 
metic, p. 177, of this volume. 
BAN'COCK, Bankok, or Fou, a town of Afia, in 
the kingdom of Siam, fituated on an ifland formed by the 
river Menan. 
BANCOO'TE, an ifland in the Indian Sea, near the 
coad of Concan; 
BANCOU'L, a town in the ifland of Sumatra, and king¬ 
dom of Indrapour, where the Englifh have a fort. 
B AN'CROFT (Richard), archbifliop of Canterbury in 
the reign of James I. diflinguifhed as an able ftatefman, 
and polemical writer, was born in 1544, and died in 1610. 
BAND,/’[iffl(/q Dut. band, Sax. J A tie; a bandage ; 
that by which one thing is joined to another.-—You dial! 
find the band , that feems to tie their friendfliip together, 
will be the very ftrangler of their amity. Shakefpcare .— 
A chain by which any animal is kept in redraint. This is 
now ufually fpelt, lefs properly, bond; 
So wild a bead, fo tame ytaught to be, 
And buxom to his bands , is joy to fee. Hub. Tale, 
Any means of union or connexion between perfons: 
Here’s eight that mud take hands, 
To join in Hymen’s bands. Shakefpcare, 
Something worn about the neck; a neckcloth. It is now 
redrained to a neckcloth of particular form, worn by cler¬ 
gymen, lawyers, and dudents in colleges. Any thing 
bound round another.—In old datues of done in cellars, 
the feet of them being bound with leaden bands, it ap¬ 
peared that the lead did fvvell. Bacon. — In architecture, 
any flat low member or moulding, called alfo fafcia,face , 
or plinth. A company of foldiers. A company of perfons 
joined together in any common defign: 
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. Shakefpcare, 
Straight the three bands prepare in arms to join, 
Each band the number of the facred Nine. Pope. 
Band, a town of Perfia, in the province of Mecran, 
400 miles fouth-fouth-wed of Candahar. 
Band, a military order in Spain, indituted by Alphon- 
fus XL king of Cadile, for the younger fons of the nobi¬ 
lity; who, before their admiflion, mud ferve ten years ei¬ 
ther in the army or at court; and are bound to take up 
arms for the Catholic faith againd the infidels. 
3 G . Banb 
