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GONZA'GA (Scipio), cardinal, born in 1542. He 
was carefully inftnuSted in letters, and lent to Ihidy at 
Padua, where he diftinguiflied himfelf in clalTical lite¬ 
rature. In that city he inflituted the academy Degli 
Eterei, of which he was the head and patron; and fome 
of Ids verfes appear in their firft publication in 1567. 
He afterwards turned his fludies to theology and philo- 
fophy, in which he acquired a great name. The learned 
Mtiretus in 1571 dedicated to him the.firft volume ot 
his Orations with a high panegyric. Guarini fubmitted 
his Pajlor Fido to his criticifm, and lie held an intimate 
correfpondence with Taffo. On account of iome dif¬ 
ference with the duke of Mantua, he was arrefted at 
Rome by order of pope Gregory XI 11 . but he was li¬ 
berated by Sixtus V. who created him cardinal 10^587. 
He died at Sanmartino in 1593. He left in manufcript, 
commentaries of his own life, written in elegant Latin. 
GONZA'GA (Vefpafian), duke of Sabbioneta, born 
in 1531, obtained great reputation as a commander in 
the fervice of Charles V. and Philip II. He is, how¬ 
ever, chiefly worthy of commemoration as a fplendid 
promoter of the arts and fciences. He built from the 
ground the little city of Sabbioneta, which, for the_ 
breadth and regularity of its ftreets, the architefture of 
the private houfes, the beauty of the churches, the 
elegance of the public places, and the ftatues and pic¬ 
tures which adorn the whole, excited univerlal admira¬ 
tion. He allb founded in it a public fcliool for the La¬ 
tin and Greek languages, to wliich he invited as a pro- 
felibr Mario Nizzoli, one of the moft learned men of 
the age. His palace was always full of men of learn¬ 
ing,, of whom he w'as the liberal patron. He employed 
the celebrated Scammozi in the erection of a very line 
theatre for the performance of dramatic pieces ; and he 
is recorded as being himfelf an elegant Italian poet. 
He was likewife a great colleClor of books. Taffo 
mentions him with high commendation. He died in 1591. 
GONZA'LEZ (Thyrfus), a Spanifli Jefuit, whole 
merits railed him to the poll of general ot his order, 
died at Rome in 1705. Among other pieces, he was 
the author of an acute treatife On the DoCtrine ot Pro¬ 
bability, 1694, folio; in w’hich he ably refuted the opi¬ 
nions on-that fubjeCt maintained by the greater part of 
the cafuifts belonging to his order ; but he did not at¬ 
tempt dogmatically to impofe his fenfe of the doCtrine 
on the brotherhood, declaring that he wrote merely in 
the character of an individual, and not as general.—He 
had a contemporary, named Emmanuel Gonzalf.z- 
Tellez, who was a profelfor of law in the univerlity 
of Salamanca, and publilhed A Commentary on the 
Decretals, 1693, in 4 vols. folio. 
GONZIN'GEN, a town of Germany, in the circle 
of the Upper Rhine, and county of Salm : tour miles 
iiorth-eaft of Creutznach. 
GOOCH'LAND, a county of the American States, 
in Virginia, furrounded by Louifa, Fluvanna, Henrico, 
Flanover, and Powhatan, counties. It is about forty 
miles long and fourteen broad, and contains, by the cen- 
fus, nine thoufand and fifty-three inhabitants. 
GOOT>, adj. [comp, totrr, luperl.i^^; 30b, Sax. 
goed, Dut.] Having, either generally or for any parti¬ 
cular end, fuch phyfical qualities as are expeCfed or 
defiled. Not bad ; not ill.—God faw every thing that 
he had made, and behold it was very good. Gen. i. 31. 
Ah! ne’er fo dire a third of glory boaft, 
Nor in the critic let the man be loft! 
Good nature and good fenfe muft ever join; 
To err is human, to forgive, divine. Pope. 
Proper; fit; convenient; right; not wrong.—Amongft 
a man’s inferiors one fliall be fure of reverence, and 
therefore it is good a little to be familiar. Bacon. —It 
was a good time to comply with the importunity of the 
gentlemen of Sull'ex. Clarendon. —Conducive to happi- 
uefs.—It is not good that the man fhould be alone. 
Gen. ii. iS.—We may as well pretend to obtain the good 
which we want without God’s afliftance, as to know 
what is good for us without his diredlion. Smalridge. — 
Uncorrupted ; undamaged.—He bartered away plumbs, 
that would have rotted in a week, for nuts, that would 
laft good for a whole year. Locke. —V/holef'ome; falu- 
brious : 
A man firft builds a country feat, 
Then finds the walls not good to eat. Prior. 
Medicinal ; falutary.—The water of Nilus is fweeter 
than other waters in tafle, and it is excellent good for 
the done and hypochondriac melanclioly. Bacon. —Plea- 
fant to.the tafte.—Eat thou honey, becaufe it is good-, 
and the honeycomb, which is fweet. Prov. xxiv. 13. 
—Complete ; full.—The proteftant fubjefts of the ab¬ 
bey make up a good third of its people. Addifon on Italy. 
—Uf'eful ; valuable.—All quality, that is good for any 
thing, is originally founded upon merit. Collier. —Sound ; 
not falfe ; not fallacious.—He is refolved now to fhew 
how flight the propofitions were which Luther let go 
for good. Atterbury. —Legal ; valid ; rightly claimed or 
held.—According to military cuftom, the place was 
good. Wotton. —Confirmed ; attefted ; valid : 
Ha! am I fure Ihe’s wrong’d? Perhaps ’tis malice! 
Slave, make it clear, make your accufation. Smith. 
With as preceding. It has a kind of negative or in¬ 
verted fenfe; as good as-, no better than.—Therefore 
fprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, fo 
many as the ftars of the Iky in multitude. Heb. xi. _ 
With as preceding. No worfe.—The mafter will be as 
good as his word, for his own bulinefs. L'FJlrange. —Well 
qualified ; not deficient.—If they had held tlieir royal¬ 
ties by that title, either there muft have been but one 
fovereign over them all, or elfe every father of a family 
had been as good a prince, and had as good a claim to 
royalty as thel'e. Locke. —Skilful ; ready ; dexterous.— 
Thofe are generally good at flattering, who are good for 
nothing elle. South. 
I make my way where-e’er I fee my foe ; 
But you, my lord, are good at a retreat. Dryden. 
Happy ; profperous.—Behold hovf.good and how plea, 
fant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. Pf. 
cxxxiii. 1. 
Many good morrows to my noble lord ! 
— Good morrow, Catelby; you are early ftirring. Shakejp, 
Flonourable ; 
Silence, the knave’s repute, the whore’s good name, 
The only honour of the wifning dame. Pope. 
Cheerful; gay. Joined with any words exprelfing tem¬ 
per of mind.—They may be of good comfort, and ever 
go cheerfully about their own atfairs. aMac.xi. 26.— 
Conliderable; notfmall, though not very great.— A good 
while ago God made choice that the Gentiles by my 
mouth fhould hear the word. A&s,xv. -j .—The plant 
doth prey upon the grafs a good way about, by drawing 
the juice of the earth from it. Bacon. —Real ; ferious ; 
not feigned.—Love not n\ good earneft, nor no farther in 
fport neither, than with lafety of a pure blufh thou 
may’fl in honour come off again. Shakejpeara. —Rich ; 
of credit ; able to fulfil engagements.—Antonio is a 
good man: my meaning, in faying that he is a good man, 
is to have you underhand me that he is fufficient. Shake- 
Jp'eare,~-~il-dw'mg moral qualities, fuch as are wilhed ; 
virtuous; pious; religious; applied both to perfons 
and adfions. Not bad ; not evil.—For a good man fome 
would even dare to die. Rom. v. 7.—The woman hath 
wrought a good work upon me. Matt. 
All man’s works on me. 
Good or not good, ingraft; my merit, thefe 
Shall perfect, and for thefe my death lhall pay, Milton, 
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