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mo ft fecret councils of the emperor and-his generals. He 
was fent feveral times into Germany to the princes of the 
Protel’ant league, and was made a knight of the order of 
St. Michael. He was a man of learning, having compofed 
feveral works ; the mod remarkable of which was, the 
Hiftory of his Own Times, in Latin ; divided into ogdo- 
ades, that is, feveral parts each confiding of eight books. 
When Langey was in Piedmont in 1,542, he had fome re¬ 
markable intelligence which he was defirous himfelf to 
communicate to the king, and, being very infirm, he or¬ 
dered a litter for his conveyance ; but after having palled 
the mountain of Tarara, betwixt Lyons and Roan, he 
found himfelf lb extremely ill at Saphorin, that lie was 
obliged to fop there, where he died the 9th of January, 
1543. He was buried in the chu.-ch of Mans, and a noble 
monument was erebled to his memory. 
BEL'LAMY (George Anne), a celebrated comedian 
of the ancient fchool, originally intioduced by Mr. Rich 
on the Covent Garden ftage, though much againft the ap¬ 
probation of Mr. Qujn. She was the child of a fortuitous 
intercotirfe between a Mifs Seale, and lord Tyrawly, an 
Iri(h nobleman. Her firlt entre was in the character of 
Monimia, in the Orphan, in which flie gained great and 
deferved applaufe, and for a length of time attracled a 
crouded audience. At the entreaty of Mr. Sheridan, (lie 
vilifed Dublin in company with the celebrated Garrick, 
.and performed on the Iriflt ftage with lingular eclat. On 
her return to England, (lie became a great favourite of 
Quin, and appeared again on the Covent Garden ftage in 
the character of Athenias, in Theodofius. Youth, and 
a confiderable- lliare of beauty, rendered her a delirable 
obje£t of fedudtion ; infomuch that flie was caught up by 
a gentleman of the name of Methain, juft as flie was go¬ 
ing upon the ftage in the 5th act of the Provoked Wife. 
He forced her into a coach, and carried her to lodgings 
provided for the purpofe; and from hence mu ft be dated 
thaf period of her life which was fo remarkably chequered 
with misfortunes. After fome time (lie refumed her the¬ 
atrical profeflion, and was introduced on the ftage of Old 
Drury, by Mr. Garrick. She played the character of 
Juliet with great fuccefs; and, during her continuance at 
this theatre, her perfomances were (o much approved, 
that the late Lord chief juftice Mansfield exclaimed, “I 
came to admire Garrick, but I go away enchanted with 
Bellamy.” Site long continued to be the favourite of both 
theatres; and was honoured with the acquaintance ot a 
great number of the 1110ft diftinguiflied perfonages among 
the Englifh and lrilh nobility ; yet the vicifljtudes of her 
life was fuch, that (he was often reduced to great ftraits, 
and finally, died in the moft diftrefled circumftances. She 
w rote an Apology for her Life, in 5 vols. i2tno. which is 
not without merit, and was favourably received by the. 
public. 
BELLA'NO, a town of Italy, in the Milanefe: feven- 
teen miles north of Como. 
BEL'LARMIN (Robert,) an Italian Jefuit, one of the 
bell controverfial writers of his time. In 1576 lie read lec¬ 
tures at Rome 011 controverfies ; and in 1599, he was ho¬ 
noured with a cardinal’s hat. No Jefuit ever did greater ho¬ 
nour to his order than lie; and no author ever defended the 
craufe of the Roinifh church in general, and that of the 
pope in particular, to more advantage. He was a man of 
great chuftity and temperance, and remarkable for his pa¬ 
tience. 
BEL'LATRIX, in aftronomy, a ruddy glittering ftar 
of the'Jecond magnitude, in the left fhoulder of Orion. It 
takes its name from odium, as being anciently fuppofed 
to have a great influence in kindling wars, and forming 
warriors. 
BELLE,/, [beau, belle, Fr.] A young lady : 
What motive could compel 
A well-bred lord t’ aflault a gentle belle? 
O fay, what ftranger caufe, yet unexplor’d, 
Could make a gentle belle rejedl a lord ? Pope, 
BEL 
BELLEAU' (Remi), a French poet of eminence. He 
lived in the family of Renatus of Lorraine, marquis of El- 
beuf, general of tlve French galleys ; and attended him 
in his expedition into Italy, in 1557. d his prince greatly 
efteemed Belleau for Iris courage ; and having alio a high 
opinion of his abilities, emrufted him with the education 
ot his fon Charles of Lorraine. Belleau was one of the 
feven poets of his time, who were denominated the French 
Pleiades. He wrote feveral pieces; and tranfluted the odes 
of Anacreon into the-French language, but in this he is 
thought not to have preferved the natural beauties of the 
original. His paftoral pieces are in the great eft efteem. 
His verfes in that way are exprefied with Inch beaiity and 
•fnnplicity, that they feem fo be a-living pidlure of-what 
they deferibe. He alto wrote an excellent poem on the 
nature and difference of precious Itones, which by fome 
has been reputed his heft performance. He died at Paris 
in March 1577. 
BELLE-BAY, on the fouth coaft of Newfoundland, 
and north of Fortune Bay : forty nwles north of Pont May. 
BELLEFORES'i ' (Francis de), a French author, born 
in 1530. He was but (even years of age when he loft his 
father; and his mother was left in poor circumftances, but 
fhe contributed all in her power to his education. He was 
lupported fome years by the queen of Navarre, After to 
Francis I. Some time after he went to (ludy at Bour- 
deaux ; thence he removed to Touloufe : -and at laft to 
Paris, wheie he became acquainted with men of learning, 
and vvas honoured w ith the friendlhip of many- perlons of 
qualify. Pie vyrole, 1. A hiftory of the nine Charles’s of 
Fiance. 2. Annotations on the Books of St. Auguftin. 
3. An Univerfal Hiftory of the World. 4. The Chroni¬ 
cles of Nicholas Gdlet, augmented. 5. An Univerfal 
Cofmography. 6. Annals, or a General Hiftory of France, 
and many other works. He died in 13S3. 
BELLEGAR'DE,'a town of France, and fortrefs, in 
the department of the Averon, it was taken by the Spa¬ 
niards in the year 1674, and retaken the following year by 
marechal Schomberg. After the peace of Nimeguen, 
Louis X_JVL had a regular fortrefs built with five baftions 
to defend the palfage of the Pyrenees. In the month of 
June, 1793, this town was lurrounded and bombarded by 
the Spaniards ; and the garrifon, which confided of 900 
men, being reduced to great diilrefs, was compelled to 
furrender, after a fiege oi thirty-three days. Butin 1694 
it was recovered ; and in the month of Augtift that year, 
the Spaniards, under command of the count de l’Unioq, 
were defeated near this town by the French, with the lois 
of 2500 killed, and a great number wounded and taken 
prifoners. In this action the French general Mirabel was 
killed. The town is diftant five leagues fouth of Perpig¬ 
nan, and one and a half fouth-eaft of Ceret. 
Bellegarde, a town of I' ranee, in the department of 
the Loiret, and chief place of canton, in the diftrict of 
Bois-Commun : three milesJouth-eaft of Bois-Commun. 
Bellegarde, a town of France, in the department of 
the Creufe, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrift of 
Aabullbn : two leagues eaft of Aubulfon, and four and a 
half fouth-fouth-weft of Evaux. 
BELLEPSLE, or Belleisle-en-Mer, an bland in 
the Bay of Bifcay, near the welt coaft of France ; about 
nine miles long, and from two to four broad, furrounded 
by (harp rocks, which leave only three fortified paflages 
to reach the ifland. The foil is diverfe, rocky, fait marihes 
and fome fertile grounds. Palais is the capital; it contains 
three other fmall towns, and about twenty villages. The 
inhabitants are very poor, and the only trade carried on is 
the curing of pilchards. There are three harbours in the 
ifland, viz. Palais, Sauzon, and Gouldford; every one of 
which labours under fome capital defeat, either in being 
expofed, (hallow, or dangerous in the entrance. In 1761, 
an expedition was undertaken againft this illand by a Bri- 
tifh fleet under the command of commodore Keppe), hav¬ 
ing on-board a confiderable land force commanded by ge¬ 
neral Hodgfon, The fleet failed from Spithead on the 
