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out great frugality. But he was ftiil uiifatisfied with 
tlie iervices lie had rendered to his lellovv-creatures ; 
and upon queen Elizabeth’s reconinieiiding the efta- 
blilhinent of free fchools, to the I’urprife of his frieiids, 
he undertook to build and endow a graminar-fchool : a 
defign wliicli liis exatt economy enabled him to accom- 
plifh. This fchool w:is no fooner opened than it began 
to flourifli ; and tliere was fo great a refbrt of yofitig 
people to it, that in a little time tlie town was not able 
to accommodate them. Mr. Gilpin, therefore, fitted 
lip a part of his houfe for that purpol'e, where he 
hoarded twenty or thirty children, bellowing clothing 
tmd maintenance on the greater part of them, whole pa¬ 
rents were in poor circumluinces. I'o inliire their good 
inftrudtion he procured able mailers from Oxfo!d,'and 
himlelt conliantly infpecled their proficiency, taking 
notice of and encouraging the molt diligent and forward, 
lie likewile feat feveral of them to the univeriities, 
where he maintained them at his own expence, and en¬ 
deavoured to render an academical education as ufeful 
to them as pofiible. For this purpol'e he held a con- 
Itunt correl'pondence with their tutors, and made the 
youths themlelves frequently write to him and give 
him an account of their Ihidies ; and he alfo made 
journeys to the univeriities, generally once every other 
year, to examine into their behaviour, and to give them 
the benefit of his perfonal advice. In the latter part 
ol ills life, Mr. Gilpin went through his duty with 
great difficulty. His health was much impaired, and 
his conftitution broken, by the great fatigues which he 
had undergone during fo many years. He died in 1583, 
in the fixty-fixth year of his age. Such was the life of 
Bernard Gilpin, who, for his exemplary piety, labo¬ 
rious virtue, and unbounded benevolence, deferves to 
have his name tranlmitted to polterity in letters of gold. 
To the particulars already mentioned concerning him 
vve may add, that his imagination, memory, and judg¬ 
ment, were lively, retentiv'e, and folid. By his unwea¬ 
ried application he had amafl'ed a great-flock of know- 
ledge, and was ignorant of no part of learning at that 
time in ellecm. In languages, hiltory, and divinity, he 
particularly excelled, and was no mean poet, though 
he expended little time in the piirfuit of any lludics fo¬ 
reign to his profeflion. He had a very extraordinary 
(kill in tlie art of managing a fortune. He conlidercd 
hinifelf barely as a (leward for other people ; and took 
care, therefore, that his own defires never exceeded 
what calm reaion could jultify. Extravagance with 
him w'as another word for injultice ; and in his ow'n 
manner of living he was very temperate, and rather ab- 
(leinious. And whatever his other virtues were, their 
lufhe was greatly increafed by his fincerity and humi¬ 
lity, which his religion led him to jiraitile in the moft 
unariected and amiable manner. But the'moft diflin- - 
guilliing parts of his cb.aracter were, Iris confeientious 
diUharge ol t'ne miniflerial office, his ektenfive bene¬ 
volence, and his exalted piety, which, taken in connec¬ 
tion with the uniform tenor of his virtuous and exem¬ 
plary lile, defervedly gained him among his contempo¬ 
raries tiie title of the “Northern .'’^po^l^e.” 
GIL'SON, a townfiiip of the -American States, in. 
Chefhire county. New H.tmpfliire, (ituat.ed on the call 
fide of Alhuelot river, and joins Keene on the fouth. 
GILiP, J. Golden iliow ; gold laid on th.e lurface of 
any matter. Noio obfokte .—'When tiiou wall in thy 
and thy perfume, they mockt thee for too much curi- 
olity : in tiiy rags thou know’ll none, but art defpifed 
for tlie contrary. Shakcjpcare .—Gold money.—Though 
guilt condemns, ’tis gilt mull ma.ke us glad. MiddUton’s 
Mad IVurld. 
Have for the gilt, of France (O guilt indeed !) 
Confirm’d confpiracy with leariul'France. Shahefpeare. 
GILT, [tlie participle of Gild, which fee].—Where 
she gut chaiioi never mark’d its way. Pope. 
G I M 
GILT'HEAD, f, A fifii ; for which fee Sparus.--- 
He blended togetlier the livers oi giltheadi, the brains of 
pheafants and peacocks, tongues of phenicopters, a'nd 
tlie melts of lampreys. Hakeiaill. 
G\h\, ndj. Neat; Ipruce; well drefied. An old word. 
GI'MAR, a town of the illand of Cuba: fix miles 
call of Havannah. 
GIM'BALS, f. A contrivance by means of which 
barometers, velfels of oil, liie mariner’s compafs, &c. 
may be fiifpended fo as to arrange tlie-ir upper parts hg. 
rizontally. The nature of this contrivance will be at 
once underllood, by fhewing its application to a mari¬ 
ner’s compals. It conlills of a hoop or ring fupported 
upon two pins diametrically oppoiite each other, and 
ill'uing from the external furface of tlie ring in liicli a 
direction, that both lie in the ftme diametrical line. 
When the hoop is I'ufpended on ihefe pins, it is at li¬ 
berty to turn freely about tlie diameter, of which they 
conllitute the prolongation, the notches or holes of 
fupport are difpol'ed horizontally. The compal's-box 
itlelf is placed in a limilar ring with two projecting pi¬ 
vots ; and thefe pivots are inferted in holes made in tlie 
former ring, at equal diltances from each of its pivots. 
If, tliefefore, the whole be left at liberty, the compafs- 
box may vibrate upon the diametrical line of the outer 
ring, as well as upon a line formed by its own pivots, 
at right angles to that diametral line. The confequence 
of this arrangement is, that the centre of gravity of the 
compafs-box will difpofe itfelf immediately beneath the 
inlerfedtion ef both lines on which it is at liberty to 
move: that is to fay, if ihe weight of tlie box and its 
component parts be properly difpol'ed, the compafs will 
alTume a polition in which the upper furface lhall be 
horizontal. 
GIM'BORN, a citadel of Germany, in the circle of 
Weltphalia, which gives name to a lordfliip, united 
with Nculladt ; eredted in the year 1631, with a feat 
and voice in the circle of Weltphalia: eight miles 
foiith-fouth-eall of Wipperfurt. 
GIM'CRACK, yi [Siippofed by Skinner to be ludi- 
croully formed from gin, derived from ] A flight 
or trivial meclianifm.—'What’s the meaning of all thefe 
trangrams and gimcracki? jumping over my mailer’s 
liedges, and running your lines crol's his grounds \ Ar- 
buthnot. 
For though tliefe gimcracks were away, 
However more reduc’d and plain, 
The watch would Hill a watch remain. Prior. 
GI'MESCH, a town and caltle of Hungary: ten 
miles well of Bukans. 
GIMIGLIA'NO, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of 
Naples, and province of Calabria Ultra ; ten miles 
call of ..Nicafiro. 
GIMT.ET, /. \_gihelcl, guimbelet, Fr.] A borer with 
a lerew at its point.—The gimlet hath a worm at the end 
of its bit. Moxon. 
GIM'MAL,/'. [Suppofed by Skinner and Ainfworth 
to be derived from gmellus, Lat. and to be ufed only of 
fomething confilling of correl'pondent parts, or double. 
It feems rather to be gradually corrupted from geometry^ 
or geometrical. Any thing done by occult means is vul¬ 
garly faid to be done by geometry. It may probably 
be a coiruptionof Gimbal, which fee.] Some little 
quaint devices or pieces of machinery. Hanmer. 
I think by fome odd gimmals or device 
Their arms are fet like clocks, Hill to Ilrike on, 
Elfe thl:y could not hold out fo us they do. Shakefpeare. 
GIM'NIAL, [from theyi] Confilling of links. 
—A ring with one link hanging. Brewer’s Lingua. 
In their pale dull mouths tlie gimmat bit 
Lies foul with chew’d grafs. Hill and motionlefs. Shakefp. 
GIM'MER.yi Movement; machinery.—The hold¬ 
ing together of the parts of matter has fo confounded 
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