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overlooking each other ; forinto this condition th.e par'fli 
churclies in London are driving apace, as appears by the 
many every day built in them. Graunt. 
High lifted up were many lofty towc/r?, 
And good!y g^aZZer/d'j fair'overlaid. Spenfer. 
A privafe^cZZery ’twixt tld apartments led. 
Mot to the foe yet known. Denham. 
The feats in the playhoiife above the pit, in which the 
meaner people fit: 
While all its throats the gallery extends, 
And all the thunder of the pit afcends. Pope. 
G AL'LESE, a town of Italy, in the ftate of the church, 
and province of Patriinonio : twenty-five miles north of 
Rome. 
GAL'LEY, f. \_galea, Ita]. galsre, Fr. derived, as fome 
think, from,!,^aZfa, Lat. a helmet, pidtured anciently on th 
prow ; as others from the fword-fitli ; as others 
from ga/kon, exprelllng in Syriac men expofed to the fea. 
f rom galley come galleafs, galleon, galliot, &c.] A vefiel 
driven with oars, much ufed in the Mediterranean, but 
found unable to endure the agitation of the main ocean : 
Great Neptune grieved underneath the load, , 
Of thips, hulks, gallies, barks, and* brigandines. Fairfax, 
It is proverbially cenfidered as a place of tollfome mifery, 
becaufe criminals are condemned to row in them.—The 
rnoft voluptuous perfon, were he tied to follow his hawks 
a.nd his hounds, his dice and his courtfliips, every day, 
would find it the gre.iteft torment that could befal him: 
he would fly to the mines and {he gallies for Ills recreation, 
and to the fpade and the mattock for a diverfion from the 
mifery of a continued uninterrupted pleafurc. South. 
GAL'LEY-FOIST, yi The London city barge, which 
conveys the new lord mayor to Weflminfler.—When 
the gaily foif is afloat to Wef’cminfter. B. Jovfon. 
G AL'LKY-SLAVE, y. A man condemned for fome 
crime to row in the gallies.—Hardened galleyJaves delpife 
nianumilflon. Decay of Piety, 
The furges gently dafli againft the fhore. 
Flocks quit the plains, awi. galUy-Jlavcs {.\\e\x oar. Garth. 
GAL'LI, in ancient geography, a nation of Europe, 
naturally fierce, and inclined to war. They were very 
fiiperfiitious; and in their facrifices often immolated hu¬ 
man vicfinis. In fome places, they had large fratues 
made with twigs, which they filled with men, and redu¬ 
ced to allies. Tiiey believed themfelves defcende,d from 
Pluto; and from that circumfiance they always reckoned 
their time, not by tlie days, as other nations, but by the 
nights. Theirobfequies were fplendid ; and not only the 
mod precious things, but even flaves and oxen, were 
burnt on the funeral pile. Children, among them, never 
appealed in the prefence of their fathers, before they 
were able to bear arms in the defence of their country. 
Strabo .—The name of Galli was alfo applied to the priefls 
ot Cybele, from the river Galltis, in Phrygia, where they 
celebrated their fellivals. They mutilated themfelves 
before they-were admitted to the priefliiood, in imitation 
of Atys, the favorite of Cybele. The chief among them 
was called Archigallus. Lucian. 
GAL'LI, five linall defolate iflands on the coafl of the 
Principato Citra of Naples. They arc fiippofed to be 
the Syrenufae, or iflands once inhabited by the Sirens, 
which Ulyffes is (aid to have paffed with fo much caution 
and hazard. Great revolutions, however, have been oc- 
cafioned in their (hape, fize, and number, by the effetts 
of fubterranean filre ; and fome writers aflert, that thefe 
rocks have rifen from the bottom ot the fea fince the time 
of Homer. The tradition of Sirens having refided here, 
is very ancient j but what they really were, divefied of 
their fabulous and poetical dilguife, it is not eafy to dif- 
cover. See the article Siren, 
GAL 
G ALLT-HALFPENCE, an ancient coin, which, with 
fufleins and doitkins, were forbidden by the ftattue of 
Hen. in. c. 5. It is faid they were brought into Eng¬ 
land by the Genoefe merchants, who trading hither in 
galleys, lived commonly in a lane near Tower-ftreer, and 
w ere called galley-men, landing their goods at galley-key, 
and traded with their own fmail (liver coin termed galli~ 
halfpence. Stow’s Survey, 137. 
GAL'LI A, in ancient geography, a large country of 
Europe, called Galatiahy the Greeks. The inhabitants 
were called Galli, Celtce, Celtiberi, and Celtofcytha. Ancient 
Gaul was divided into four different parts by the Romans, 
called Gallia Belgica, Narbonenfs, Aquitania, and Ccltica, 
Gallia Belgica was tlie largeft province, bounded by Ger¬ 
many, Gallia Narbonenfis, and the German ocean ; and 
contained the modern diflridts of Alface, Lorraine, Pi¬ 
cardy, part of the low countries, and of Champagne, and 
of the Ifle of France. Gallia Narbonenfis, which con¬ 
tained the provinces afterwards called Languedoc, Pro¬ 
vence,Dauphine, and Savoy, was bounded by the Alps and 
Pyrenean mountains, by Aquitania, Belgicum, and the 
Mediterranean. Aquitania Gallica, wliich afterwards form¬ 
ed the provinces of Poitou, Santonge, Guienne, Berry,Li- 
mofin, Gafeogny, Auvergne, &c. was fituated between the 
Garumna, the Pyrenean mountains, and the ocean. Gallia 
Celticd, or Lugdunenfis, was bounded by Belgium, after¬ 
wards GalliaNarbonenfis, the Alps, and the ocean. It con¬ 
tained the country'afterwards known by the name of Ly- 
onnois, Touraine, Francbe Comte, Senenois, SwifTerland, 
and part of Normandy. Befides thefe grand divifions, 
there is often mention made of Gallia Cifalpina or Cite- 
rior, Tranfalpina or Ulterior, which refers to that part of 
Italy whicii was conquered by the Gauls who crolTed the 
Alps. By Gallia Cil'alpina, the Romans underfiood that 
part of Gaul which lies in Italy, and by Tranfalpina, that 
which lies beyond the Alps, in regard only to the fitua- 
tion of Rome. Gallia Cifpadana, and Tranfpadana, is 
applied to a part of Italy conquered by the Gauls ; and 
then it means the country on this fide of the Pc, or beyond 
the Po, with refpeft to Rome. By Gallia Togata, the 
Romans underflood Cifaipine Gaul, where the Roman 
gowns, were ufually worn. Gallia Narbonenfis was 
called Braccata, on account of the peculiar covering of the 
inhabitants for their thighs. The epithet of Comata is 
applied to Gallia Celtica, becaufe the people fuffered 
their hair to grow to an uncommon length. The inhabi¬ 
tants were gteat warriors, and their valour overcame the 
Roman armies, took the city of Rome, and invaded 
Greece in dKTerent ages. They fpread themfelves over 
the greatefl part of the world. They were very fuperfti- 
tious in their religious ceremonies, and revered the fa. 
cerdotal order as if they had been gods. They long main¬ 
tained a bloody war againft the Romans, and Ca;(ar refi- 
ded ten years in tlieir country before be could totally 
fubdue them. See Gaul. 
GALLI A'NO, a town of Italy, in the duchy of Milan ; 
fix miles routh-foiuh-eaft of Como. 
GAL'LIARD,yi tgaitlard, Fr. fuppofed to be de¬ 
rived from the GaulKh ard, genius; and gay.'\ A gay, 
biifk, lively, man ; a fine fellow.—Selden is a galliard by 
himfelf. Ckaveland .—An active, nimble, fpritely, dance. 
It is nowill both fenfes obfolete.—The tripla’s and chan¬ 
ging of times liave an agreement with the changes of mo¬ 
tion ; as vihtn galliard time and mealure time are in the 
medley of one dance. Bacon. 
There’s nought in France 
That can be with a nimble galliard won : 
You cannot revel into dukedoms there. Shakefpeare. 
GAL'LI ARDlSE,yi [French.]Merriment; exuberant 
gaiety. Notinufe .—lam noway facetious.ij nor difpofed 
(or the mirth wA galtiardife of company. Browne. 
GAL'L 1 CAN ,_/1 & adj. IGallicanus, Lat.3 Belonging to 
France or the French nation. 
GAL'LICISM, 
