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HA'BLE, adj. [frcfrn'iiMw, tat.'J Proper : 
As hagard hauke, prefuming to contend 
With hardy fowle above his liable might. Spenfer. 
HA'BLE, f. A fea-port; a haven. An old word. 
HABNAB', adj. jkap ne hap, or nap; as would nould, 
or ne would-, will nill, or nevilT, that is, let it happen or not .] 
At random ; at the mercy of chance ; without any rule 
or certainty of effeCt : 
He circles draws, and fquares, 
With cyphers, aftral characters, 
Then looks ’em o’er to underftand ’em, 
Although fet down habnab at random. Hudibras. 
HA'BOR, a city of Aflyria, fituated on the river .Go- 
zan ; to which part of the ten tribes of Ifrael were led 
captive by Shalmaneler king of Aflyria, in the reign of 
Hofheakingof frael. 2 Kings, xvii. 6.xviii. ix. 1 Citron. 
v. 26. 
HABO'ST, a town of Perfia, in the province of Se- 
geflan; fixty-feven leagues fouth-eafi of Zareng. 
HABS'BURG, orHAPs'BURG, a bailiwick of Swif- 
ferland, in the canton of Lucerne. 
HABS'BURG, or Haps'burg, a caftle of Swifler- 
land, in the canton of Berne, advantageoufiy fituated 
on the right bank of the Aar, about a league above the 
town of Bruck, built by count Vernor, biffiop of Straf- 
burg, in the eleventh century, and by him given to his 
brother Radbad. The fon of Radbad, furnamed Ver- 
-nor after his uncle, was the firft of the houfe who took 
the title of the count of Habfburg, which his defcend- 
ants always bore till the elevation of Rudolph I. to the 
empire of Germany, and archduchy of Auftria. It was 
then given as a fief to the lords of Wildeck, and after 
them to the lords of Wholen. When the Bernois con¬ 
quered the Argau, in 1415, this caftle came under their 
dominion. An officer is ftationed here to give the alarm, 
in cafe a fire fhould break out in the neighbourhood. 
It is five miles north of Lenzburg. 
HAB'SHEIM, a town of France, in the department 
of the!)pper Rhine, burnt by the Swifs in 1468 : eleven 
miles north-riorth-weft of Huningue, and nine north- 
north-eaft of Altkirch. 
HA'BUR, a fmail ifland in the Red Sea, two leagues 
from the coaft of Arabia. Lat. 16. 45. N. Ion. 41.45. E. 
Ferro. 
HA'BUR, a town of Arabia, in the province of e - 
men : twelve miles fouth-weft of Chamir. 
BA'CHA, or La Hacha, a province, and a river, 
with a town of the fame name, in Terra Firma, or Caftile 
del Oro, in South America. The province is furrounded 
on two fide? b.y the ocean, viz. on the north and north- 
weft, and on the third eaftward by the gulf of Vene¬ 
zuela. 1 he town is fituated at the mouth of the river, 
oirits welt fide, on a little hill, about a mile from the 
fea. The foil about it is very rich, and abounds with 
produCtionscommen to the climate, alio European plants 
and fruits; well fqpplied with falt-fprings, veins of gold, 
and foine gems of great value. The harbour is none of 
the’belt, being expofed to the north winds. It is about 
eight leagues from New Salamanca, and eighteen from 
Cape Vel>a, north-by-eaft, and 246 miles ealt of Cartha- 
gena. Here the Spaniffi galleons touch on their arrival 
fn South America,from whence exprelfes are font to all 
the letilements to give them notice of it. In 1595 it 
was furpriled and lacked by fir Francis Drake. Lat. 11. 
38. N. Ion. 51.50. W. Ferro. 
HACH'ENBURG, a town of Germany, in the circle 
of Weftphalia, and county of Seyn, which gives title 
to a branch ot that houfe called Seyn Hachenburg: l'even- 
/ - teen miles jiprth-eaft of Coblentz. Lat. 50. 35. N. Ion. 
.35. 34. E. Ferro. 
HACH'ILAH, a mountain of Paleftine, fituated feuth 
©f-jeihimon, near the wildernefles of'Maon and Ziph ; 
one of the many places where.David fecreted himfelf 
-• .Utmt the fury of Saul. 1 Sam. xxiii. 1 9. xxvi.,1, 3, 
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KACH'OW'KA, a town of Poland, in the palatinatq 
ofVolhynia: thirty-four miles north of ZytomierS. 
HACH'UT, or Hahet, a town of Hungary: eight 
miles north of Canifcha. 1 V 
To HACK, v. a. [haccan, Sax. hackcn," Dut. kacher, 
Fr. from acaj-e, Sax. an axe.] To cut into fmail pieces ; 
to chop ; to cut llightly with frequent blows; to man¬ 
gle with u-tifkilful blows. It bears commonly fome no¬ 
tion of contempt or malignity.—Burn me, hack me, hew 
me into pieces. Dryden. 
Not the' hack'd helmet, nor the dufty field, 
But purple veils, and flow’ry garlands,'pleafe. Addifo/n, 
But fate with butchers plac’d thy prieftly flail. 
Meek modern faith to murder, hack, and mawl. Pope. 
To fpeak unreadily, or with hefitation.—Difarm them, 
and let them queftion; let them keep their limbs whole, 
and hack our Engliffi. Shakejpeare. 
To. HACK, v. n. To hackney; to turn hackney or 
proftitute. Hanrntr. 
HACK, f. [from the verb.] A violent cut or frac- . 
ture.—Look you, what hacks are on his helmet. Shakefp, 
HACK, f. [contracted from hackney.'] A horfe much 
ufed, or let out for hire. , 
HACKAN'BO, a town of Sweden, in the province of 
Upland : twenty-eight miles north of Upfal. 
HACK'EMBERG, a mountain of Swifterland, in the 
canton of Glaris: fix' miles north-eaft of Schweitz. 
HACK'ET (John), a learned Engliffi prelate, born 
at London in 1592. He received his grammar learning 
at Weftminftfv;-lchool, whence he was eledted to Trinity- 
college, Cambridge, in 1608. In 1612 he was adniitted 
to the degree of bachelor of arts, and as foon as the fta- 
tutes permitted u>as chofen fellow of his college. He 
retired into'Nottinghafnlhire with lord Byron ; and while 
there compofed a Latin comedy, entitled Loyola ; which 
was twice adted before James I. and printed in 1648, 8vo« 
Upon his return to college, he applied himfelf wholly 
to the ftudy of divinity, and in 1618 was admitted into 
holy orders. His merits recommended him, in 1623, to 
the degree of bachelor in divinity ; and in the fame year 
he was nominated chaplain in ordinary to James I. and 
collated to a prebend in the cathedral church of Lincoln.. 
During the following year, upon the lord-keeper’s re¬ 
commendation, he was prefented to the valuable redtory 
of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, in London; and in the fame 
year obtained, through the influence of the fame patron, 
theredtory of Cheam, in Surrey. In 1628, he commenced 
doCtor of divinity ; and in 1631 was made archdeacon of 
Bedford. He now diligently applied himfelf to the dif- 
charge of his paftoral duties in the parilh .of St. An¬ 
drew’s, and to maintain in his flock a fteady attachment 
to the do Trine and difeipline of the church as eftabliffied 
by law. In 1642, Dr. Hacket was prefented to a prebend 
and refidentiaryffiip in the cathedral church of St. Paul’s, 
He enjoyed little benefit, however, from thefe prefer¬ 
ments, as the civil wars between the king and parliament 
foon commenced, and the ecclefialtical eftabliffiment 
was overturned. LTpon the melioration of Charles I?, 
however, he recovered all his preferments, and was of¬ 
fered the biffiopric of Gloitcefter, which he refufed ; but 
foon afterwards accepted that of Lichfield and'Coven¬ 
try, and was coniecrated in'x6di. When he took pof- 
feflion of his fee, he found the cathedral chrir.ch of Lich¬ 
field in ruins, owing to the efiett of cannon-lhot and 
bombs that had been dilcharged againft it,, and the em¬ 
bezzlement of Inch of the materials as could be con¬ 
verted to profit ; while the egilcopal palaces were either 
entirely demoliffied, or in a wretched Hale ;r 010 dilapi¬ 
dations. In the coiirfe of eight years he entirely reflored 
his cathedral, in a more complete and beautiful'form 
than before its deftrutt.on, at the expence of twenty 
thoufand pounds, a conliderable part ot which was de¬ 
frayed by himfelf. During the lame period he proved 
himfelf a benefactor to the uhivejrhty of Cambridge, by 
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