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indeed both of them from their births and Rations in life 
had been ever accudomed to), added to the volatile and 
lively turn he poffefied, rendered him perfectly matter of 
dialogue and polite language, might execute the deligns 
formed by the other, and raife the fuperftruClure of thofe 
lively and fpirited fcenes which Beaumont had only laid 
the foundation of; and in this die was fo fuccefsful, that, 
though his wit and raillery were extremely keen and poign¬ 
ant, yet they were at the fame time fo humorous, that 
they ufed rather to pleafe than difguft the very perfons on 
whom they feemed to reflect. Yet that Fletcher wasmot 
entirely excluded from a (hare in the conduct of the drama, 
may be gathered from a (lory related by Windanley, viz. 
that, our two bards having concerted the rough draught of 
a tragedy over a bottle of wine at a tavern, Fletcher faid, 
he would “undertake to kill the king;” which words be¬ 
ing overheard by the waiter, who had not been witnefs to 
the context of their converfation, he lodged an informa¬ 
tion of treafon againft them. But, on their explaining it 
only to mean the dedrudtion of a theatrical monarch, (their 
loyalty being unqueftioned,) the affair ended in a jett. 
On the whole, the works of thefe authors have undoubt¬ 
edly great merit, and fome of their pieces defervedly (land 
on the lift of the prelent ornaments of the theatre. The 
plots are ingenious, interetting, and well managed; the 
charadlers llrongly marked ; and the dialogue (prightly and 
natural: yet there is in the latter a coarfenefs which is not 
fuitable to the politenefs of the prefent age ; and a fond- 
nefs of repartee, which frequently runs into obfcenity; 
and which we may fuppofe was the fafhion of that time, 
fince even the delicate Shakefpeare is not entirely free from 
it. Some of their plays were printed in quarto during the 
lives of the authors; and in the year 1645 there was pub- 
liflied in folio a collection of fuch plays as had not been 
printed before, amounting to between thirty and forty. 
This collection was publittied by Mr. Shirley, after the 
(hutting up of the theatres; and dedicated to the earl of 
Pembroke by ten of the mod famous actors. In 1679 
there was an edition of all their plays publittied in folio; 
another edition in 1711 by Mr. Tonlbn in 7 vols. 8vo. and 
the lad in 1751. 
Beaumont, a town of France, in the department of 
the Calvados, and chief place of a canton, in the didridt 
of Pont l’Eveque, one league wed of Pont i’Eveque, and 
fix north-ead of Caen. 
Beaumont, a town of France, in the department of 
the Cote d’Or, and chief place of a canton, in the didrift 
of Is-fur-Tille, fixteen miles north-ead of Dijon. 
Beaumont, a town of France, in the department of 
the Channel, and chief place of a canton, in the didrift 
of Cherburg, eight miles wed of Cherburg. 
Beaumont, a town of ’France, in the department of 
the Puy de Dome, and chief place of a canton, in the dif- 
trift of Clermont Ferrand, two miles fouthof Clermont. 
Beaumont, a town of France, in the department of 
the Seine and Oife, and chief place of a canton, in the 
didrift of Pontoife, on the Oife: thirty-three miles north 
of Paris, and nine north-ead of Pontoife. 
Beaumont, a town of France, in the. department of 
the Dordogne, and chief place of a canton, in the didrift 
of Belvez, three leagues and a half wed of Belvez, and 
nine fouth of Perigueux. 
Beaumont, a town of France, in the department of 
the Sarte, and chief place of a canton, in the didridt of 
Frenay-le-Vicomte, five leagues north-ead Le Mans. 
Beaumont en Argonne, a town of France, in the 
department of the Ardennes, and chief plage of a canton, 
in the didridt of -Sedan, three leagues and a half fouth- 
fouth-ead of Sedan, and nine ead of Rethel. 
Beaumont les Forges, a town, of France, in the 
department of the Nyevre, and chief place of a canton, 
in the didrict of La Chariie, on the Nyevre : thirteen miles 
north of Nevers. 
Beaumont en Gatinois, a town of France, in the 
department of the Seine and Marne, and chief place of a 
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canton, in the didridt of Nemours, four leagues fouth-well 
of Nemours, and eight fouth-fouth-wed of Fontainebleau. 
Beaumont de Lomagre, a town of France, in the 
department of the Upper Garonne, and chief place of a 
canton, in the didridt of Grenade, five leagues north-wed 
of Grenade, and three and a half fouth-fouth-wed of 
Cadel Sarrafin. 
Beaumont le Roger, a town of France, in the de¬ 
partment of the Eure, and chief place of a canton, in the 
didridt of Bernay, five leagues wed of Evreux, and two 
and a half ead of Bernay. La,t.49.5.N. Ion-, x 8 . 27,E. 
Ferro.. 
Beaumont sur Vesle, a town of France, in the de¬ 
partment of the Marne, and chief place of a canton, in 
the didridt of Rheims, fituated on the Veile: eight miles 
louth-ead of Rheims. 
BEAUNE, a town of France, in the department of 
the Mayne and Loire, and chief place of a canton, in the 
didridt of Bauge, three leagues ead of Angers, and three 
wed of Bauge. 
Beaune, a town of France, and principal place of a 
didridt, in the department of the Cote d ! Or, feven leagues 
fouth of Dijon, and eight and a half fouth-ead of Aux> 
onne. Lat.47. o.N. Ion. 22. 31. E. Ferro. 
Beaune, a town of France, in the department of the 
Loiret, and chief place of a canton, in the didridt of Bois- 
C.ommun, one league north of Bois-Commun, and four 
and a half wed-north-wed of Montargis. 
BE AUPLEAD'ER,yi [pu/chre placitando, Lat. beauplai ~ 
der, Fr. to plead fairly.] Is a writ upon the datute of Marl- 
brige, 52 Hen. III. c. 11, whereby it is enacted, That nei¬ 
ther in the circuit of judices, nor in counties, hundreds, 
or courts-baion, any fines fhatl be taken, for fair-pleading, 
viz. for not pleading fairly or aptly to the purpofe; upon 
which datute this writ was ordained,, diredted to- the (he- 
rifF, bailiff, or him who {hall demand fuch fine, and it is a 
prohibition not to do it; whereupon an alias and pluries, 
and attachment , may be had, &c. New Nat. Br. 596; And 
beaupleader is as well in refpedt of vicious pleadings, as 
ot the fair pleading, by way of amendment. 2 Injl. 122. 
BEAUPREAU', a town of France, in the department 
of the Mayne and Loire, and chief place of a canton, in 
the diftridt of St. Florent, three leagues fouth of St. Flo- 
rent, and three north-north-wed of Chollet. 
BEAUQUE'SNE, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Somme, and chief place of a canton, in the 
didridt of Doulens, two leagues fouth-ead of Doulens. 
BEAUREGARD', a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Dordogne, four leagues fouth of Perigueux. 
Beauregard, a town of France, in the department of 
Puy de Dome, three leagues ead of Clermont-Ferrand. 
Beau reg ard, a town of France, in the department of 
Lot, five leagues ead-fouth-ead of Gabon. 
BEAUREPAIR', a town of France, in the department 
of the Saone and Loire, and chief place of a canton, in 
the didridt of Louhans, two leagues and a half ead of Lou- 
hans, and three north of Cuzeau. 
BEAUREPAIR'E, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Ifere, and chief place of a canton, in the dii- 
tridt of Vienne, nine leagues fouth-fouth-ead of Lyons, and 
three fouth-ead of Vienne. 
BEAURIEU'X, a town of France, in the department 
of the Aifne, and chief place of a canton, in the didridt 
of Laon, three leagues and a half north-wed of Rheims. 
BEAUSO'BRE (Ifaac de), a very learned Protedant 
writer, was born at Niort in France, in 1659. He was for¬ 
ced into Holland to avoid the execution of a fentence which 
condemned him to make amende honorable ; and this for hav¬ 
ing broken the royal dgnet, which was put upon the door of 
a church of the reformed, to prevent the public profeffion 
of their religion. He went to Berlin in 1694.; was made 
chaplain to the king of Prudia, and counfellor of the royal 
conlidory. He died in 1738, aged feventy-nine, after ha¬ 
ving publifhed feveral works ; as, 1. Defenfe de la Doc¬ 
trine des Refovnies, 2. A Tranflation of the New Teda- 
ment,, 
