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bawdy-houfe, it muflbeexprefsly alleged to be fuch a houfe, 
and that the party knew it ; and not by fufpicion only. A 
man may be indited for keeping bud women in his own 
houfe. i I-Iawk^ P. C. c. 61. A conftabie upon informa¬ 
tion, that a man and woman are gone to a lewd houfe, or 
about to commit fornication or adultery, may, if he tine’s 
them together, carry them before a juftice of the peace 
without any warrant, and the juftice may bind them over 
to the feffions. Dalt. 214. Conftubles in thefe cafes may 
call others to their a ffi fiance, enter bawdy-houfes, apd ar- 
ref! the offenders for a breach of the peace: in London 
they may carry them to prifon; and, by the cuftom of the 
city, whores and bawds may be carted. 3 Ihjl. 206. But 
it is faid, a woman cannot be indicted for being a bawd 
generally ; for that the bare felicitation of chaftity is not 
indiftable. 1 Hawk. P. C. c. 74. 
By flat. 25 Geo. II. c. 36, made perpetual by flat. 28 
Geo. II. c. 19, if'two inhabitants, paying fcot and lot, fhall 
give notice to a conftabie of any perfon keeping a bawdy- 
houfe, the conftabie fhall go with them before a juftice of 
peace, and fhall, (upon fitch inhabitants malting oath, that 
they believe the contents of fuch notice to be true, and 
entering into a recognizance of 20I. each, to give material 
evidence of the offence,) enter into a recognizance of 30). 
to profecute with effeft fuch perfon for fuch offence at the 
next feftions; the conftabie (hall be paid his reafenable 
expences by the overfeers of the poor, to be afeertained 
by two juftices; and, if the offender be convifted, the 
overfeers (hall pay to the two inhabitants 10!. each. On 
the cofiftable’s entering into fuch recognizance as afore - 
faid, the juftice-fhall bind over the perfon accufed to the 
next feffions, and, if he (hall think proper, demand fecu- 
rity for fuch perfen’s good behaviour in the mean time. 
A conftabie neglecting his duty forfeits 20I. Any perfon 
appearing as mailer or miftrefs, or as having the care or 
management, of any bawdy-houfe, fhall be deemed the 
keeper thereof, and liable to be punifhed as fitch. The 
fame aft alfo direfts the licenfing by magiftrates of all 
public places within twenty miles of the metropolis. 
It was always held infamous to keep a bawdy-houfe; 
yet feme of our hiftorians mention bawdy-houfes publicly 
allowed here in former times till the reign of Henry VIII. 
and aftign the number to be eighteen thus allowed on the 
bank-fide in Southwark. Mr. Pennant, in his work en¬ 
titled London, fpeaks of them; and the following regula¬ 
tions are quoted from an ancient record of the court-leet 
in the borough of Southwark, when public ftews or bro- 
thel-houfes were permitted within the manor, and tinder 
the jurifdiftion, of the bifhop of Winchefter. Item. “That 
no ftewholder keep any woman within his houfe that hath 
any ftchnejs of braining, but that (he be put out, upon pain 
of making a fyne unto the lord of c {hillings. hem. 
The women that be at common bordel to be feen every 
day what they be ; and a woman that liveth by her body 
to come and goe where (lie lift, only, according to ancient 
ctiftom, fne fhall pay every week xiv pence for her cham¬ 
ber. Item-. If any woman of the bordel let-Any man of his 
way, but fit ftill at the door, and let them go or come, and 
chofe wider they wol; or if they draw any man by his 
gown, or by his hood, or by any odir thing, flie dial! make 
a fyne unto the lord of xx (hillings. Item. Thar, if any 
woman living by her body take any moneys to lye with a 
man, and (hall not lye^with them till the morrow, fhe 
fhall make a fyne of vi (hillings and vm pence.” 
Bawdy-houfes are at this time licenfed in Holland, and 
pay a confiderable tax towards the public revenue. 
To BAWL, v. n. [balo, Lat.] To hoot; to cry with 
great vehemence, whether for joy or pain. A word al¬ 
ways ufed in contempt: 
Loud menaces were heard, and foul difgrace, 
And bawling infamy, in language bale, 
Till fenfe was loft in found, and filence fled the place. 
Dry den. 
To cry as a froward child.—If they were never fuffered 
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to have what they cried.for, they would never, with bawl¬ 
ing aw A peeviftinefs, contend for maftery. Locke. 
Do Bawl, v.a. To proclaim as a crier.—It grieved me 
when I faw labours, which had coft fo much, bawled about 
by common hawkers. Swift. 
B AW O'ROW, a town of Red.Ruflia, in the palatinate 
of Lemberg, lixty-four miles eaft of Lember^. 
BAW'REL,yi A kind of hawk. 
BAW'SIN,y. A badger. 
fiAVV T, a town of Perlia, in the province of Irak A- 
geVni, eighty miles north of Ifpahan. 
BAWi'TRY, a market-town in the Weft Riding of 
Y01 kftiire. eight miles from Doncafler, and 152 from Lon¬ 
don, fituate on the river Idle, about ten miles from its fall 
into the Trent, and partly in Nottinghamfhiie, noted for 
a trade in mijl-ftones, and being a great thoroughfare in 
the pthl-road from London to Scotland. The river brings 
hither fi-.m Deibyfhirp, not only mill and grind (lone's, 
but lead and iron-ware from Sheffield, which are convey¬ 
ed hence to Stockwith, Burton, Hull, &c. it being the 
centre of all canal exportation from the riding wheiein it 
is lituated. Its market-davs are. Wednefdays and Satur-' 
days. Fairs, four days in Whitfun-week, Old Martinmas, 
and November 22. The canal-navigation is of vail ad¬ 
vantage to this town and neighbourhood. 
BAXA'NA,/ [Ind.] A poifenous tree growing near 
Ormuz. 
' B AX'TER (R ichard), an eminent di vine among the non- 
eonformirts, was born at Rowton in Shrppthire, Novem¬ 
ber 12, 1615;- and diftinguifhed him.felf by his exemplary 
life, his pacific and moderate principles, and his numerous 
writings. Upon the opening of the long parliament, he 
was chofen vicar of Kidderminfter. In the heat of the 
civil wars he withdrew from that town to Coventry, and 
preached to the garrifon and inhabitants. When Oliver 
Cromwell was made proteftor, he would by no means 
comply with his meafures, though he preached before 
him. He came to London and preached before the par¬ 
liament the day before they voted the return of Cha. II. 
who upon his reftoration appointed him one of his chap¬ 
lains in ordinary. He aftifted at the conference in the Sa¬ 
voy, as one of the commiftioners for Hating the funda¬ 
mentals in religion, and then drew up a reformed litur¬ 
gy. He was offered the bifhopric of Hereford, which he 
refufed, affefting no higher preferment than the liberty 
of continuing mini Her of Kidderminfter; which he could 
not obtain, for he was not permitted to preach there above 
twice after the reftoration. Whereupon he returned to 
London, and preached occafionally about the city, till the 
aft of uniformity took place. In 1662, Mr. Baxter was 
married to Margaret Charleton, daughter to Francis 
Charleton, Efq. of the county of Salop. She was a wo¬ 
man of great piety, and entered thoroughly into her huf- 
band’s views concerning religion. During the plague in 
1665 lie retired into Buckihghamfhire ; but afterwards re¬ 
turned to Afton, where he flaid till the aft again!! con¬ 
venticles expired ; aqd then his audience was fo large that 
he wanted room. Upon this he was committed to prifon ; 
but, procuring an habeas corpus, he was difeharged. Af¬ 
ter the indulgence in itS- 72 , lie returned to London; and 
in 1682 he was feiied for coming within five miles of a 
corpoiation. In 16S4 he was fe.zed again; and in the 
reign of James iI. was committed prifoner to the King’s 
Bench, and tried before the lord chief juftice Jefferies for 
his Paraphrafe on the New Te (lament, which was called a 
feandalous and {editions book againft the government. He 
continued in prifon two years ; from whence he was at laft 
difeharged, and lfad his fine remitted by the king. He 
died December 8, 1691; and was buried in Clrrift-church. 
He was honoured with the friendfhip of feme of the great- 
eft and belt men in the kingdom, as the earl of Lauder¬ 
dale, the earl of Balcarras, lord chief juftice Hales, Dr. 
Tillotfen, &c. and held correfpondence with feme of the 
mod eminent foreign divines. He wrote above 120 books, 
and had above fixty written againft him. Mr. Granger’s 
charafter 
