BAR 
Barrow. Mod of his Latin works have alfo been tranfl'at- 
gd into Englifh, and publifhed. 
Dr. Barrow muft ever be efteemed, in all the fubjefts 
which exercifed his pen, a perfon of the cleared percep¬ 
tion, tlie fined fancy, the founded judgment, the pro- 
founded thought, and the doled and mod nervous reaCon¬ 
ing. “The name of Dr. Barrow (fays the learned Mr. 
Granger) will ever be illudrious fora (Length of mind and 
a compafs of knowledge that did honour to his country. 
Lie.was unrivalled in mathematical learning, and efpeci- 
ally in the fublime geometry ; in which he has been excel¬ 
led only by his iuccelCo'r Newton. The fame genius that 
feemed to be born only to bring hidden truths to light, 
and to rife to the heights or defcend to the depths of fci- 
ence, would fometimes amufe itfelf in the flowery paths 
of poetry, and he compofed verfes both in Greek and La- 
fin. He at length gave himfelf up entirely to divinity ; and 
particularly to the mod ufeful part of it, that which has- 
a tendency to make men wifer and better.” 
Several anecdotes are told of Barrow, as well of his great 
integrity, as or his wit, and bold intrepid fpirit and (Length 
of body. In his voyage between Leghorn and Smyrna, 
the (hip was attacked by an Algerine pirate, which after 
a flout relifiance they compelled to (heeroff, Barrow keep¬ 
ing his pod at the gun alfigned him to the lafl. And when 
Dr. Pope in their converfation a(ked him, “ Why he did 
not go down into the hold, and leave the defence of the 
fiiip to thofe to whom it did belong?” he replied, “It 
concerned no man more than myfelf: I would rather have 
loft my life, than to have fallen into the hands of thofe 
mercilefs infidels.” 
Being once on a vifit at a genleman’s- houfe in the coun¬ 
try, where the privy was at the end of a long garden, and 
confequently at a great diflance from the room where he 
flept ; as he was going to it before day, a fierce maftiff, 
that ufed to be chained up all day, and let loofe at night 
for the fecurity of the houfe, perceiving a flrange perfon 
in the garden at that unufual time, fet upon him with great 
fury. The doflor caught him by the throat, grappled 
with him, and, throwing him-down, lay upon him : once- 
he had a mind to kill him ; but he altered his refolution, 
on recollecting that this would be unjuft, fince the dog 
did only his duty, and he himfelf was in fault for ram¬ 
bling out of his room before it was light. At length he 
called out fo loud, that he was heard by fome of the fa¬ 
mily, who came prefently out, and freed the dodtor and 
the dog from the danger they both had been in. 
Among other inftances of his wit and vivacity, they re¬ 
late the following rencontre between him and that wicked 
wit lord Rochefter. Thefe two meeting one day at court, 
while the dodlor was king’s chaplain in ordinary, Rochef¬ 
ter, thinking to banter him, with a flippant air, and a low 
formal bow, accofted him with, “ Dodtor, I am yours to 
my (hoe-tie Barrow perceiving his drift, and deter¬ 
mined upon defending himfelf, returned the falute wit]),. 
“ My lord, I am yours to the ground.” Rochefter, on tills, 
-improving his blow, quickly returned it, with, “ Doctor, 
I am yours to the centre which was as fmartly followed 
up by Barrow, with, “ My lord, I am yours to the anti¬ 
podes.” Upon which, Rochefter, difdaining to be foiled 
by a mufty old piece of divinity, as he ufed to call him, 
exclaimed, “ Dodfor, I am yours to the lowed pit of hell; ” 
upon which Barrow, turning upon his heel, with a farcaf- 
tic fmile, archly re; lied, “There, my lord, I leave you.” 
Bar-row, J. In the 'falt-works, are wicker cafes, al- 
moft in the (liape of a fugar-loat, wherein the fait is put 
to drain. 
Barrow, a river of Ireland, which rifesinthe northern 
part of Queen’s county, and runs into Waterford bay. 
Barrow (Little), a river of Ireland, which runs into 
the Barrow : about four miles eaft of Portarlington. 
Barrow Point, a cape on the fouth coaftof Ireland, 
in the county of Cork: five miles eaft of Kinfale. 
BAR'ROWISTS. See Brownists. ' 
BARRULET',/. In heraldry, the fourth part of the 
Vol. II. No. IOI. 
BAR 
bar, or the one half of the cloflet; an ufual bearing in 
coat-armour. 
BAR'RULY, f. in heraldry, is when the field is divi¬ 
ded bar-ways, that is, acrofs from fide to fide, into feve- 
ral parts. 
B AR'RY (Girald), commonly called Gira!dusCambrenfis r 
i. e. ‘ Girald of Wales-,’ an hiftorian and ecclefiaftic in the 
reigns of Henry II. and Richard I. was born at the caf- 
tle of Mainarper, near Pembroke, in 1146. By his mo¬ 
ther he was defcended from the princes of South Wales ; 
and his father, William Barry, was one of the chief men* 
of that principality. When he was about twenty years of 
age, he was fent to the univerfity of Paris ; where he con¬ 
tinued three years, and became a mod excellent rhetori¬ 
cian. On his return, he entered into holy orders, and 
obtained feveral benefices both in England and Wales. He 
was called to court by Henry II. who appointed him one 
of his chaplains, and fent him into Ireland, A. D. 1185, 
with prince John. By this prince he was offered the united- 
biflioprics of Feme and Leighlin ; but declined them, and- 
employed his time in collecting materials for his Topo¬ 
graphy of Ireland, and his hiftory of the conqueft of that 
ifland. His Topography confided of three books, which 1 , 
he publifhed at Oxford in 1187, in the following manner,, 
in three days. On the firft day he read the firft book to a. 
great concourfe of people, and afterwards entertained all 
the poor of the town; on the fecond day he read the fecond 
book, and entertained all the doctors and chief lcholars ; 
and, on the third day, he read the third book, and enter¬ 
tained the younger fcholars, folaiers, and burgefles. “ A- 
moft glorious fpedlacle ! (fays he) which revived the an¬ 
cient times of the poets, and of which no example had 
been feen in England.” On the acceflion of Richard I, 
he was fent for by that prince into Wales to preferve the 
peace of that country, and was joined in commifiion with; 
William Longchamp, bi(hop of Ely, as one of the regents 
of the kingdom. He was offered preferment, but refufeds 
the bifhopric of Bangor in 1190, and that of Landaff rhe- 
year after. The fee of St. David’s, which had long been 
the object of his ambition, becoming vacant in 1198, he was- 
unanimoufly eleCfed by the chapter; but met with fo power¬ 
ful an adverlary in Hubert archbifhop of Canterbury (who- 
onpofed his promotion with great violence), that it in¬ 
volved him in a litigation which lafted five years, cod him 
three journies to Rome, at a great expence, and in which, 
he was at lad defeated, 1203. Soon after this lie retired- 
from the world, and fpent the lad feventeen years of his' 
life in privacy, compoling many book's, of which we have 
a catalogue in the Biographia Britannica. That Girald 
of Wales was a man of uncommon activity, genius, and 
learning, is undeniable ; but thefe- and his other good, 
qualities were much tarnifhed by his infufferable vanity. 
Barry (James), Lord Sautry, of- Ireland, was an 
eminent date (man in the reign of Charles II. He was- 
chairman of the committee of convocation which voted; 
the king’s federation in 1660. He died in.1672. 
Barry,/ in heraldry, is when an efcutcheon is divided 
bar-ways, that is, acrofs from fide to fide, into an even 
number of partitions, confiding of two or more tinctures, 
interchangeably difpofed : it is to be exprelfed in the bla¬ 
zon by the word harry, and the number of pieces muff be 
fpecified ; but if the divifions be odd, the field mull be.- 
firft named, and the number of bars exprefled. 
Barry-bendy,/, is when an efcutcheon is divided 
evenly, bar and bend-ways, by lines drawn tranfverfe and 
diagonal, interchangeably varying. the tinftures of which 
it confifts. 
BarrY- piLY,/) is when a coat is divided by feveral 
lines drawn obliquely from fide, to fide, where; they, form 
acute angles. 
BARS, a town of Hungary, and chief place of a county 
of the fame name : eight miles weft of Leventz. 
BAR'SA, an ifland on the coaft of France, in the Eng¬ 
lifli Channel, Itinerary: Bafepool according to fome ; but 
according, to others, BardJ'ey. 
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