G E R 
iiiofl eminent men In the hitter communion, to whom he 
recommended himl'eit’ by his learning', piety, and ami¬ 
able manners. In 1578, Gerlach took his leave of the 
aihbadador, and returned to 'I'libingen, where he was 
made profelfor in ordinary of the prophetic Scriptures, 
dean of the church of Tubingen, and colleague of the 
academic fenate. In 1590, he was appointed to deliver 
a courfe of lectures exjilanatory of the Kpiftles ot 
St. Paul ; and was made infpector and fuperintendant 
of the-theological college at Tubingen. The duties of 
thefe refpeitive appointments he difeharged with ex¬ 
emplary diligence, until incapacitated by diforders 
which brouglit on a fudden decay of his faculties. He 
died in 1612, in the fixty-fixth year of his age. He was 
the author of An KpitOme of Ecclefiaftical Hiflory, 
written in Latin ; A Journal of the Embalfy fent to the 
Porte by the fsinperors Maximilian II. and Rodolt II. 
in file German language, and aboun'ding-in curious and 
intereding particulars, hillorical, ecclefiaftical, and theo¬ 
logical ; and numerous theological Difiertations, Thefes, 
and Dilputations, in controverfy witli the Catholics, 
Calviniftj, &c, 
GERLATZ'KOI, a fortrefs of Ruffian Siberia, on 
the eaft fide of the Irtifeh, in the government of Koli- 
van ; 212 miles iveft of Kolivan. Lat. 54. 20. N. Ion. 
93. 10. W. Greenwich. 
GERM,y'. Igermcn, I,at.] A fprout or flioot; that 
part w'hich grows and i'preads.—Whether it be not made 
out of the germ, or treadle of the, egg, doth feem of 
leifer doubt. Brown. 
GERMA'IN (Thoma's)j^ a celebrated artift, born at 
Paris in 1674. l-Jis father was the king’s goldfmith, 
alfo a w'orkman of great fkill. His father dying while 
lie was a child, his mother fent him to the fchool of tlic 
painter Boullongne. Thence, under the proteddion of 
Louvois, he v/ent to Italy; but his progrefs was inter¬ 
rupted by the death of his proteflor, which deprived 
hini of fupport. dyith the true fpirit of one devoted 
to improvement, he Ifiound himfelf apprentice to a gold¬ 
fmith for fix years, on condition that he fhould be al¬ 
lowed two hours a-day to draw at the Vatican. He 
well kn^w that all the departments of art are connefted, 
and that it is impoliible to excel in one without poirefling 
the bafis of the whole. His great application, there¬ 
fore, made .him a mafter in his profefiion. .During his 
refidence at Rome he became known by many fine 
Iculptures in metal, and upon his return to France he 
took the lead in all works of that kind. Plate richly 
chafed vvas then greatly in vogue, atid Germain was em¬ 
ployed for all the fplendid ornaments of the toilets of 
queens and the buffets of kings which were fent as pre- 
fents from that magnificent court, or ordered fromParis, 
the'lcat of tafte and elegance. Apartments were given 
him in the Louvre, and in 173S he was created cchevin 
or llicriff of Paris. He was fkilled in architedfure, and 
from his defigns were conftrudted a fine church at Leg¬ 
horn, and tiiat of St. Louis in the Louvre. Fie died in 
1748, and was interred in the latter edifice. 
GER'MAN, f. \_germain, Fr. grrwa/ttw, Lat.] Bro¬ 
ther; one approaching to a brother in proxilnity of 
blood : thus tlie children of brothers or fifters are called 
cou(in%-germun .—Wert thou a bear, thou wouldft be 
killed by tiie horfe ; wert thou a horfe, thou wouldft 
be fe'ized'by the leopard; wert thou a leopard, thou 
wert german to the lion, and the fpots of thy kindred 
were juries on thy life. Bhakefpeare ,—The German lan¬ 
guage—Do you learn German yet, to read, write, and 
I'peak It. Chjhrfield. 
GER'MAN, Lat. ] Related. Obfo/cte, 
•—Not he aloiie lhall lufi'er what wit can make heavy, 
and vengeance bitter; but thoi'c that ate german to 
him. Shakejpeare ,—Spoken in Germany.—I alio expedt 
that you inake yourielf perfccl mafter of the. German 
language.' Qhejlcrjidd .—Aijy thing belonging to G.er- 
Voj,. VIll. No. 317. 
G E R dlfil 
many; as the German empire, German flute, Gcrm.m 
legion, dec. 
GER'MAN, a townftiip of the American States, in 
Fayette county, Pennfy 1 vania. 
GER'MAN FLATS, the chief townftiip of Herkc- 
mer county, in tlie American States, taken, from that 
of Montgomery, in New'-York. By tliccenfusof 1790, 
it contained 1307 inh.abitaitts ; and by the ftate cenfus 
of 1796, 4194 inhabitants. It lies on tlie foiith lide of 
Mohawk river, oppofite Herkemer : twenty-four miles 
call of V/hitellown, and fixty w'eli of Scheiiedtady. 
GERMAN'DER, y. in botany. See Teucrium'. 
GERMAN'ICUS (Caefar), a fon of Drufus and An¬ 
tonia tlie niece of Augnftus. He ivas adopted by his 
uncle Tiberius, and railed to the molt important offices 
of tlie ftate. Wlien his grandfatlier Augnftus died, he 
was employed in a-war in Germany, and the affedlion of 
tlie foldiers unaiiimoufly fainted liim emperor. He re¬ 
filled tile unfeafonable honour, and appealed iJie tumult 
which his indifference occalioned. Fie continued his 
wars in Germany, and defeated the celebrated Armi- 
iiius, and was rewnirdcd with a triumph at his return in 
Rome. Tiberius declared iiim emperor of the eaft, and 
fent him to appeafe the feditions of tlie Armenians. 
But the fuccefs of Germaniciis in the eaft was loon 
looked upon witii an envious eye by Tiberius, and his 
deatli v/as meditated. He was fecretly poifoned at 
Daplme, near Antioch, by Pifo, A. D. 19, in the tliirt)-- 
fouith year of his age. The news of liis deatii was 
received with the greateft grief, and themoft bitter la¬ 
mentations, and Tiberius feemed to be tlie only one wlia 
rejoiced in the fall of Germaniciis. Fie had married 
Agrippina, by whom he had ninccliildreii, one of vvlioni, 
Caligula, dil'graced the name of his ilhillrious father. 
Germaniciis has been coinmended, -not only for his mi¬ 
litary accomplilliinents, but alfo for his learning, huma¬ 
nity, and extenfive benevolence. In the midft of war, 
lie devoted fome moments to ftudy, and he favoured 
the world witli two Greek comedies, tome epigrams, 
and a tranflaticn of Aratus in Latin verfe. 
GER'M AN ISM, /I An idiom of the German lan¬ 
guage.— It is full of Latinifms, Gallicifms, GermanJ'ms, 
and all ifms but Anglicifms. Chcjlcrjield. 
GERMAN''ITY, y. \_gcrminaias,l.,-.xt .1 Brotherhood. 
GER'MANTOWN, a town of the American States, 
in Columbia county, containing 516 inliabitants. In 
1796 it had feventy-five qualified voters. 
GER'MANTOWN, a town of the American States, 
in Pliiladelphia county, Pennfylvania; feven miles north 
ot Philadelphra, and efteemed the fecond town in the 
country, until feveral inland towns eclipfed it by fupe- 
rior cllabliftnnei'its and number of inhabitants. It is a 
corporation,, coalifting cliiefiy of High and I..OW Dutch, 
and contains about 250 houles, chiefly of ftone, fome of 
which are large, elegant, and commodious, built chiefly 
in one ftreet, about two miles in length. The public 
buildings are a German Calvinift and Lutheran ciuireh, 
a I'riends' meeting-houfe, and an academy. Knit 
ftockings, of cotton, thread, and worfted, are manii- 
fatlured liere to a conliderable extent, and of an excel¬ 
lent quality. It is an ancient town, pleafantly fituated, 
and by its vicinity to the metropolis, v'cdl adapted for . 
manufactures. Flere is the principal congregation of 
the Mennonifts, and tlie mother of that fetl in America. 
They derive their name from Menno Simon, a learned 
man of Witmars in Germany, one of tlie reformers, 
born in 1305, Some of liis followers came into Penn. 
fylvania tVom New-Yoik, in 1692. There arc about 
four.thoufand of them in the ftate. They do not, like 
the Tunkers, believe in general falvation ; yet, like 
tliern, they will neither I'wcar nor fight, nor Bear any 
civil office, nor go to law, nor take intereft for inoiiev. 
They uie,. great plalnnefs in tlieir drefs, and pracLl'c 
many of the rites of the primitive Chnltian ciiurdi. 
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