n a a 
September 4, 5, and 6, for horfes, cows, (beep, jend cheefe; 
and October 18 and jg, for Englifli, Welch, and Scotch, 
cattle. The clmrch is fituated in the centre, of the town, 
and is a very ancient edifice ; it is a chapel of eafe to the 
village of Eaft Barnet. Here is a free-fehool for boys, 
founded by queen Elizabeth, and endowed partly by that 
queen, and partly by alderman Owen, of London, whofe 
additional endowment is paid by the fi fit monger’s company, 
who appoint twenty-four governors, by whom the matter 
and nftier are chofen. Here are alio twelve alms-houfes, 
with good donations to the poor. This parifh has a very 
large common-right, in the midft of which is a mineral 
fpring, formerly of great note. The town and country 
around is very healthy and fruitful, and is famous for 
good hay, which is lent to the London market. 
B AR'NEVELDT (Jolmd’Olden), the celebrated Dutch 
ftatefman, and one of the founders of the civil liberty of 
Holland. His patriotic zeal inducing him to limit the 
authority of Maurice prince of Orange, the fecond ftadt- 
holder, the partizans of that prince falfely accufed him of 
a delign to deliver his country into the hands of the king 
of Spain. On this ablurd charge he was tried, condemned, 
and beheaded, in 1619. His Ions William and Rene, to 
revenge their father’s death, formed a confpiracy againft 
the ftadtholder, which was difcovered. William fled : but 
Rene was taken and condemned to die ; which fatal cir- 
cumflance has immortalized the memory of his mother, of 
whom the following anecdote is recorded. She folicited 
a pardon for Rene ; upon which Maurice exprelfed his 
furprife that (he fliould do that for her foil, which (lie had 
refufed to do for her hulband. To this remark, flie re¬ 
lied with indignation, “ I would not alk a pardon for my 
ufband, becaufe he was innocent : I folicit it for my fon, 
becaufe he was guilty.” William, who fled, was obliged 
to take refuge in Spain, where he fpent fome time in a 
fiate of exile, wandering from place to place, till affairs in 
Elolland had taken a favourable turn ; when he was re¬ 
called, and, from the virtues and patriotifm of his father, 
he became in great favour with the States General, it is 
remarkable, that, during his abode in Spain, he became 
enamoured of a lady of noble birth, and of a fimilar for¬ 
tune with hiinfelf. Her parents had been driven from 
France by a fimilar political commotion, and had found 
an afylum in the cottage of a poor old hermit, in the fo- 
«eft of Ardennes. In this hermitage the lady was born ; 
and her mother, being obliged to fly, left her to the care 
of the hermit, who undertook her education ; but in fuch 
a way, that at the age of twelve Ihe remained ignorant of 
fexual diftinCtions. From this period the hermit employed 
liimlelf in floring the mind of his pupil with the knowledge 
of manners, politics, and in (liort all the tranfaclions of 
civil fociety. When (lie reached the age of eighteen years 
her preceptor died; and from the wilds of the foreft flie 
emerged into civilized life. Alone, and unprotected as 
flie was, llie alfumed for fecurity the drefs of a man, went 
to refide in Flanders, and became engaged in a variety of 
innocent intrigues with the women; till, tired of that mode 
of (pending her time, (he went to Paris, (till retaining her 
mafeuline garb. At Paris (he became acquainted with 
fignora Florino, an Italian lady ; a mutual attachment 
took place between them ; but, on an eclaircilfement, the 
fignora proving to be the count Rofino, they quitted Pa¬ 
ris together ; and on their arrival at Florence, the refidence 
of the count’s parents, they were married. Their happi- 
nefs, however, was of (liort duration; for, on a voyage to 
Smyrna, the (hip in which they embarked was attacked by 
a corfair, and a fevere action enfued, which terminated 
in the death of the count, and the captivity of his wife. 
'Imminent was the danger to her chaflity while immured 
in a feraglio at Tunis ; but, being at length ranfomed and 
fet on (hore in Spain, (lie there met with William Barne- 
veldt, juft as he was recalled to Holland.^' A mutual af¬ 
fection taking place, they fet off on their journey together; 
but, being attacked by a party of robbers, they feparated 
them, plundered them of their valuables, and fet them 
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oat by different routes. She proceeded to Amfterdam, and 
from thence to Bruirels; where (he heard that Barneveldt 
was alive, and at the Hague; for, though he had been 
cruelly treated by the robbers, he had recovered of his 
wounds, and had been joyfully received by his country¬ 
men. On her arrival at this place, (lie had not only the 
happinefs of celebrating her nuptials with William Barne- 
veldt, but had the lingular felicity of meeting with her 
long-loft mother. 
BAR'NEVELTS ISLANDS, two final 1 flat iflands 
near the coal! of Terra del Fuego. Lat. 53. 40. S. Ion. 
66. 58. W. Greenwich. 
B AR'NEVILLE, a town of France, in the department 
of the Channel, and chief place of a canton, in the diftriet 
of Valognes; four leagues and a quarter weft-fouth-weft 
ofValognes, and five and a quarter fouth-fouth-vveft of 
Clierburg. 
B AR'NF'I ARD, f. in ornithology, the name of a bird 
ufually feen at fea, and looked on as a foreteller of bad 
weather. It is about tlae (ize of a fparrow ; its neck and 
back are black, and its bread: and belly grey ; its feet are 
red, and its bill black and fomewliat broad. It lkims very 
nimbly along the furface of the water. 
BAll'NSLEY, a market town in Yorkfliire, fituated 
fifteen miles weft from Doncafter, upon the turnpike-road 
leading from thence to Manchefter, from which it is dif- 
tant thirty-eight miles ; north front Sheffield fourteen 
miles ; foulh from Wakefield ten miles ; upon the great 
we (tern turnpike-road from London into the north. It is 
about five furlongs in length, on the fide of a hill. It 
carries on a confiderable trade in wire, and hardwares made 
of iron and (fee). The town, though it is well built of 
done, is called Black Barnlley ; but whether front its 
forges, which are continually fmoaking, or from the neigh¬ 
bouring moors, which have a footy alpeft, is not certain. 
The land about this place is remarkably good, and famous 
for its growth of wheat and other crops of grain; nor is 
the place and neighbourhood lefs diftinguilhable for the 
goodnefs and plenty of fuel, coals being as cheap here as 
in any part of the kingdom. A fchenie is in agitation for 
bringing up a navigation to this town front the river Dunn, 
by wliicit the Eaft Riding of this county, and the counties 
of Lincoln, Leicefter, Nottingham, &c. would be mate¬ 
rially benefited by increafing and cheap fupplies of coals, 
and 110 place is better calculated, front the population of 
its neighbourhood, the plenty and cheapnefs of provifions, 
the abundance of done and timber, and iron-done, &c. for 
eftablifhing and conducting manufactures of every kind. 
The wive-manufactory is of confiderable antiquity here* 
and fuppofed to be the belt in the kingdom, front the good- 
nefj of the materials and the long experience of its artifts. 
Alfo, a linen-manufaCtory is carried on in this town and 
neighbourhood, and there is fuppofed to be five hundred 
looms, or more, employed in weaving of linen cloth and 
checque. A glafs-manufaCtory of black bottles is carried 
on near the town. Here is a well-built church, with a good 
peal of eight bells; alfo a free grammar-fchool, founded 
and endowed by Thomas Keresforth, in 1665. It has three 
fairs, viz. Wednefday before February 28, May 12, and 
October 10, for horned cattle, horfes, hogs, &c. Market- 
day, Wcdnefday. Two miles from Barnlley is Monk Bret- 
ton priory, in the deanery of Doncafter and archdeaconry 
of York. Here Adam Fitz-Swain, early in the reign of 
Henry II. founded a monaftery of the Choniac order to the 
honour of St. Mary Magdalene ; it was firft made fubor- 
dinate to the priory of St. John PontefraCt, who had, till 
the diifolution, from this houfe, a (mall yearly acknow¬ 
ledgment in money. The (ituation was on the north fide 
of the river Devon ; but it is nearly all demolilhed, except 
one entire window belonging to the church, the porter’s 
lodge, and a round building which was ufed as an oven in 
the time of the religious, now converted to a_dove-cot; and 
a gateway, over which is an efcutcheon of (lone, where¬ 
on were cut three covered cups. Lady Mary Armyn, 
daughter to Henry Talbot, fourth foa of the illuftrious 
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